God Arises

The Challenge of The Qur’an ~ 370 ~ 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