God Arises
The Challenge of The Qur’an
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by the Western World as late as 1940. In a paper
written in this connection, he says: “The 1300 year
old Koran contains passages so accurate about
embryonic development that Muslims can
reasonably believe them to be revelations from
God.”
Convincing supportive details can be had from the
analysis Maurice Bucaille makes in his book,
The
Bible, The Quran and Science
which was published in
1970. We reproduce here some excerpts from the
chapter entitled ‘Human Reproduction.’
EVOLUTION OF THE EMBRYO INSIDE THE
UTERUS
The Qur’anic description of certain stages in the
development of the embryo corresponds exactly to
what we today know about it, and the Qur’an does
not contain a single statement that is open to
criticism from modern science.
After ‘the thing which clings’ (an expression which
is well founded, as we have seen) the Qur’an
informs us that the embryo passes through the stage
of ‘chewed flesh’, then osseous tissue appears and is
