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	{{Quote\|{{Quran\|17\|61}} &{{Qtt\|17\|61}}\|		{{Quote\|{{Quran\|17\|61}} &{{Qtt\|17\|61}}\|
	*Behold! We said to the angels: "Bow down unto Adam": they bowed down except Iblis: he said "Shall I bow down to one whom Thou didst create from clay?" (61)}}		*Behold! We said to the angels: "Bow down unto Adam": they bowed down except Iblis: he said "Shall I bow down to one whom Thou didst create from clay?" (61)}}

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			{{Quote\|{{Quran\|22\|5}} &{{Qtt\|22\|5}}\|
			*O mankind! if ye are in doubt concerning the Resurrection, then lo! We have created you from dust [turabin تُرَابٍ], then from a drop of seed [nutfatin نُّطْفَةٍ], then from a clot [alaqatin عَلَقَةٍ], then from a little lump of flesh [mudghatin مُّضْغَةٍ] shapely and shapeless [mukhallaqatin waghayri mukhallaqatin مُّخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ], that We may make (it) clear for you. And We cause what We will to remain in the wombs for an appointed time, and afterward We bring you forth as infants, then (give you growth) that ye attain your full strength. And among you there is he who dieth (young), and among you there is he who is brought back to the most abject time of life, so that, after knowledge, he knoweth naught. And thou (Muhammad) seest the earth barren, but when We send down water thereon, it doth thrill and swell and put forth every lovely kind (of growth).}}

	===Al-Mumenoon===		===Al-Mumenoon===

	{{Quote\|{{cite quran\|23\|12\|end=16\|style=ref}} &{{Qtt\|23\|12}}\|		{{Quote\|{{cite quran\|23\|12\|end=14\|style=ref}} &{{Qtt\|23\|12}}\|
	*~~And indeed~~ We created man ~~(Adam) out of an extract~~ of ~~clay (water and~~ earth). (12)		*Verily We created man from a product of wet earth [sulalatin min teenin سُلَٰلَةٍ مِّن طِينٍ]; (12)
	*~~Thereafter We made~~ him ~~(the offspring of Adam)~~ as a ~~Nutfah~~ (~~mixed drops~~ of ~~the male and female sexual discharge and lodged it~~) in a safe lodging ~~(womb of the woman).~~ (13)		*Then placed him as a drop (of seed) [nutfatan نُطْفَةً] in a safe lodging [qararin makeenin قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ]; (13)
	*Then We ~~made~~ the ~~Nutfah into~~ a clot ~~(a piece of thick coagulated blood)~~, then We ~~made~~ the clot ~~into~~ a little lump ~~of flesh~~, then We ~~made out of that~~ little lump ~~of flesh~~ bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh, and then ~~We brought~~ it ~~forth~~ as another creation. So ~~Blessed is Allâh~~, the Best of creators~~.[]~~ (14)		*Then fashioned We the drop a clot ['alaqatan عَلَقَةً], then fashioned We the clot a little lump [mudghatan مُضْغَةً], then fashioned We the little lump bones ['ithaman عِظَٰمًا], then clothed [kasawna كَسَوْنَا] the bones with flesh [lahman لَحْمًا], and then produced it as another creation. So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators! (14)}}
	*After that, surely, you will die. (15)
	*Then (again), surely, you will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection. (16)}}

	===Al-Room===		===Al-Room===
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	*(Allah) said: "O Iblis! what prevents thee from prostrating thyself to one whom I have created with My hands? Art thou haughty? Or art thou one of the high (and mighty) ones?" (75)		*(Allah) said: "O Iblis! what prevents thee from prostrating thyself to one whom I have created with My hands? Art thou haughty? Or art thou one of the high (and mighty) ones?" (75)
	*(Iblis) said: "I am better than he: Thou createdst me from fire, and him Thou createdst from clay." (76) }}		*(Iblis) said: "I am better than he: Thou createdst me from fire, and him Thou createdst from clay." (76) }}

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			{{Quote\|{{Quran\|40\|67}} &{{Qtt\|40\|67}}\|
			*He it is Who created you from dust [turabin تُرَابٍ], then from a drop (of seed) [nutfatin نُّطْفَةٍ] then from a clot [alaqatin عَلَقَةٍ], then bringeth you forth as a child, then (ordaineth) that ye attain full strength and afterward that ye become old men - though some among you die before - and that ye reach an appointed term, that haply ye may understand.}}

	===Ar-Rahman===		===Ar-Rahman===
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	{{Quote\|{{cite quran\|76\|2\|end=2\|style=ref}} &{{Qtt\|76\|2}}\|		{{Quote\|{{cite quran\|76\|2\|end=2\|style=ref}} &{{Qtt\|76\|2}}\|
	*Verily, We have created man from Nutfah (drops) of mixed semen (sexual discharge of man and woman), in order to try him, so We made him hearer and seer. (2)}}		*Verily, We have created man from Nutfah (drops) of mixed semen (sexual discharge of man and woman), in order to try him, so We made him hearer and seer. (2)}}

			===Tariq===

			{{Quote\|{{cite quran\|86\|5\|7\|end=7\|style=ref}} &{{Qtt\|86\|6}}\|
			*So let man observe from what he was created. (5)
			*He was created from a fluid, ejected, (6)
			*Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs. (7)}}

	===Al-Alaq===		===Al-Alaq===

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	Taken as a whole, the verses of the Qur'an can be understood to evince a peculiar understanding of the human body, in line with the thought of the ancient Mediterranean world in the 7th century in which Jewish and Greek thought was in circulation.		Taken as a whole, the verses of the Qur'an can be understood to evince a peculiar understanding of the human body, in line with the thought of the ancient Mediterranean world in the 7th century in which Jewish and Greek thought was in circulation.

	In keeping with Biblical and Mesopotamian tradition, the Qur'an states that the first man was created from clay ~~(i.e. water and soil)~~, from whom all subsequent humans are descended. The Qur'an then teaches that the first step in the creation of the human body is the nutfah (small amount of semen) gathered in the womb where it undergoes subsquent stages of transformation. In the second stage the nutfah becomes alaqah (clotted blood). At the third stage the alaqah becomes a bite sized morsel of flesh (mudghah). This mudghah becomes bones (itham) in the fourth stage, and is then clothed with flesh (lahm). Finally, Allah is said to bring forth the child as a new creation. For details and critical discussion of this process as described in the Quran see [[Embryology in the Quran]]. The list below sets out the verses pertaining to the creation of Adam and the fetal gestation and development of the human body in the Quran.		In keeping with Biblical and Mesopotamian tradition, the Qur'an states that the first man was created from clay, from whom all subsequent humans are descended. The Qur'an then teaches that the first step in the creation of the human body is the nutfah (small amount of semen) gathered in the womb where it undergoes subsquent stages of transformation (a popular greek theory at the time). In the second stage the nutfah becomes alaqah (clotted blood). At the third stage the alaqah becomes a bite sized morsel of flesh (mudghah). This mudghah becomes bones (itham) in the fourth stage, and is then clothed with flesh (lahm). Finally, Allah is said to bring forth the child as a new creation. For details and critical discussion of this process as described in the Quran see [[Embryology in the Quran]]. The list below sets out the verses pertaining to the creation of Adam and the fetal gestation and development of the human body in the Quran.

	==Qur'an Surahs==		==Qur'an Surahs==

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	Taken as a whole, the verses of the Qur'an can be understood to evince a peculiar understanding of the human body, in line with the thought of the ancient Mediterranean world in the 7th century.		Taken as a whole, the verses of the Qur'an can be understood to evince a peculiar understanding of the human body, in line with the thought of the ancient Mediterranean world in the 7th century in which Jewish and Greek thought was in circulation.

	~~The~~ Qur'an ~~describes the creation of humans by stating~~ that the ~~human body is~~ created from clay (i.e. water and soil).		In keeping with Biblical and Mesopotamian tradition, the Qur'an states that the first man was created from clay (i.e. water and soil), from whom all subsequent humans are descended. The Qur'an then teaches that the first step in the creation of the human body is the nutfah (small amount of semen) gathered in the womb where it undergoes subsquent stages of transformation. In the second stage the nutfah becomes alaqah (clotted blood). At the third stage the alaqah becomes a bite sized morsel of flesh (mudghah). This mudghah becomes bones (itham) in the fourth stage, and is then clothed with flesh (lahm). Finally, Allah is said to bring forth the child as a new creation. For details and critical discussion of this process as described in the Quran see [[Embryology in the Quran]]. The list below sets out the verses pertaining to the creation of Adam and the fetal gestation and development of the human body in the Quran.

	The Qur'an teaches that the first step in the creation of the human body is ~~coming together~~ of the ~~elements comprising~~ the ~~human body~~. ~~According to~~ the ~~Qur'an these are~~ the ~~elements~~ of ~~earth~~, ~~that~~ is to ~~say clay~~.

	~~The second stage~~ in the [[~~creation~~]] of ~~humans as described in~~ the ~~Qur'an is~~ the ~~Nutfah.~~

	~~After~~ the ~~above stage comes the Alaqa stage~~.

	==Qur'an Surahs==		==Qur'an Surahs==
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	===An-Nahl===		===An-Nahl===

	{{Quote\|{{~~cite quran~~\|16\|4~~\|end=4\|style=ref~~}} &{{Qtt\|16\|4}}\|		{{Quote\|{{Quran\|16\|4}} &{{Qtt\|16\|4}}\|
	*He has created man from Nutfah (mixed drops of male and female sexual discharge), then behold, this same (man) becomes an open opponent. (4)}}		*He has created man from Nutfah (mixed drops of male and female sexual discharge), then behold, this same (man) becomes an open opponent. (4)}}

	===Al-Isra===		===Al-Isra===

	{{Quote\|{{~~cite quran~~\|17\|61~~\|end=61\|style=ref~~}} &{{Qtt\|17\|61}}\|		{{Quote\|{{Quran\|17\|61}} &{{Qtt\|17\|61}}\|
	*Behold! We said to the angels: "Bow down unto Adam": they bowed down except Iblis: he said "Shall I bow down to one whom Thou didst create from clay?" (61)}}		*Behold! We said to the angels: "Bow down unto Adam": they bowed down except Iblis: he said "Shall I bow down to one whom Thou didst create from clay?" (61)}}

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	The Qur'an describes the creation of humans by stating that the human body is created from clay (i.e. water and soil).		The Qur'an describes the creation of humans by stating that the human body is created from clay (i.e. water and soil).

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	The Qur'an teaches that the first step in the creation of the human body is coming together of the elements comprising the human body. According to the Qur'an these are the elements of earth, that is to say clay.		The Qur'an teaches that the first step in the creation of the human body is coming together of the elements comprising the human body. According to the Qur'an these are the elements of earth, that is to say clay.

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	Taken as a whole, the verses of the Qur'an can be understood to evince a peculiar understanding of the human body, in line with the thought of the ancient Mediterranean world in the 7th century.		Taken as a whole, the verses of the Qur'an can be understood to evince a peculiar understanding of the human body, in line with the thought of the ancient Mediterranean world in the 7th century.
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	After the above stage comes the Alaqa stage.		After the above stage comes the Alaqa stage.

	== Qur'an Surahs ==		==Qur'an Surahs==

	The Qur'an is a document which was put down to paper in the 7th century, with material that may be as old as the 6th century AD. As such it evinces an understanding of science and human biology grounded in the thought of the time, which was a combination of received knowledge and the psuedo-scientific findings of Greek philosophy/science, with some practitioners of this being more empirical in their investigations. The Qur'an thus buys into the Greek four-element model of nature as well as various Greek theories of biology which were not arrived at through the scientific method and vigorous empirical investigation.		The Qur'an is a document which was put down to paper in the 7th century, with material that may be as old as the 6th century AD. As such it evinces an understanding of science and human biology grounded in the thought of the time, which was a combination of received knowledge and the psuedo-scientific findings of Greek philosophy/science, with some practitioners of this being more empirical in their investigations. The Qur'an thus buys into the Greek four-element model of nature as well as various Greek theories of biology which were not arrived at through the scientific method and vigorous empirical investigation.
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	The Qur'an teaches that the first step in the creation of the human body is coming together of the elements comprising the human body. According to the Qur'an these are the ~~elemtns~~ of earth, that is to say clay.		The Qur'an teaches that the first step in the creation of the human body is coming together of the elements comprising the human body. According to the Qur'an these are the elements of earth, that is to say clay.

	The second stage in the [[creation]] of humans as described in the Qur'an is the Nutfah.		The second stage in the [[creation]] of humans as described in the Qur'an is the Nutfah.

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	~~Thus~~ Qur'an teaches that the first step in the creation of the human body is coming together of the elements comprising the human body. According to the Qur'an these are the elemtns of earth, that is to say clay.		The Qur'an teaches that the first step in the creation of the human body is coming together of the elements comprising the human body. According to the Qur'an these are the elemtns of earth, that is to say clay.

	The second stage in the [[creation]] of humans as described in the Qur'an is the Nutfah.		The second stage in the [[creation]] of humans as described in the Qur'an is the Nutfah.

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	Thus Qur'an teaches that the first step in the creation of the human body is coming together of the elements comprising the human body. According to the Qur'an these are the elemtns of earth, that is to say clay.		Thus Qur'an teaches that the first step in the creation of the human body is coming together of the elements comprising the human body. According to the Qur'an these are the elemtns of earth, that is to say clay.
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	After the above stage comes the Alaqa stage.		After the above stage comes the Alaqa stage.


	== Qur'an Surahs ==		== Qur'an Surahs ==