The Quran on Human Embryonic Development

 A) The Quran on Human Embryonic Development:

 In the Holy Quran, God speaks about the stages of man’s embryonic development:

We created man from an extract of clay.  Then We made him as a drop in a place of settlement, firmly fixed.  Then We made the drop into an alaqah (leech, suspended thing, and blood clot), then We made the alaqah into a mudghah (chewed substance)…  (Quran, 23:12-14).

Literally, the Arabic word alaqah has three meanings: (1) leech, (2) suspended thing, and (3) blood clot.