Iftikhar Alam Khattak, Niamat Ullah.
Human embryology and nutrition – Some facts from the Holy Quran.
Rawal Med J Jan ;31(1):32-5.

The Holy Qur-an has provided vast information on various stages of human embryology.. It has been stated that man has been created from the elements provided mainly from water and soil. Quran states that after fertilization, nutfah (zygote) rests in the mother`s womb for some time, where it gets its nourishment and protection from the outside stresses. It grows into alaqa (a clot of congealed blood) and then into mudgha (fetus lump). Then the mudgha is converted into izaman (mass of bones). Then the mother gives birth to the child. The term used in Quran for giving birth is nukh-raja-kum tiflan (expulsion of the baby). The newborn feeds on the mother`s breasts for at least two years or two and a half years, as Allah states in the Holy Quran.

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