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The stages of the embryo

مراحل الجنين

God forms the human in the womb in stages: a drop, then a clinging clot, then a lump shaped and unshaped, then bones clothed in flesh, then brought forth as another creation — blessed is God, the best of creators.

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Summary

God forms the human in the womb in stages: a drop, then a clinging clot, then a lump shaped and unshaped, then bones clothed in flesh, then brought forth as another creation — blessed is God, the best of creators.

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 22:5· Qur'an 23:14· Qur'an 39:6

People and things also explored

Dreams (ahlam)· The Higher Assembly· The Creation and Nature of Angels· Sihr (sorcery)· Adam's disobedience and Iblis· The Incident of the Slander (Hadith al-Ifk)· In the Courts of the Hadith Qudsi (television programme)· Liqa' al-Iman, Meeting of Faith (television programme)

Sources

  • Tafsir Ibn Kathir
  • Sahih Muslim
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Dreams (ahlam)

What the sleeper sees in sleep. The hadith collections divide it into the true dream (ru'ya), which is from God and a glad tidings for the believer; the bad dream (hulm), which is from Satan; and the soul's idle talk (hadith nafs), which is not acted on.