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world in the field of Embryology. He was asked to give his
opinion regarding the material of the Qur’an that was presented
to him.
After carefully examining the verses, Dr. Moore said that most of
the information concerning embryology mentioned in the Qur’an
and the hadiths is in PERFECT conformity with modern
discoveries in the field of embryology. However, he said that
there were certain verses of the Qu’ran that he could not
comment on, as he himself was unaware of the scientific validity
of them, as well as the fact that there was NO MENTION of this
in the latest studies of embryology. One such verse is:
“Proclaim! (Or read) In the name of thy Lord and Cherisher,
Who created – Created man, out of a (mere) clot of (a leech like)
congealed blood”.
Al-Qur’an: 96:v1-2.
Dr. Moore had no knowledge whether an embryo in the initial
stage appears like a leech. To verify this he studied the initial
stage of the embryo under a very powerful microscope and
compared what he observed with the diagram of a leech. He was
ASTONISHED
at the striking resemblance between the two. In
the same manner he acquired more information on embryology,
which was hitherto not known to him from the Qur’an. Dr.
Moore then answered about eighty questions dealing with
embryological data mentioned in the Qur’an and hadith. Noting
that the information contained in the Qur’an and hadith was in
full agreement with the LATEST DISCOVERIES in the field of
embryology. Prof. Moore stated: “If I was asked these questions
thirty years ago (ie: 1950’s), I would not have been able to
answer half of them for lack of scientific information”.
Dr. Moore authored the book called “The Developing Human”
after acquiring new knowledge from the Qur’an and the hadiths.
This book was the recipient of an award for the best medical
book written by a single author. It has been translated into
several major languages and is now used a textbook of
embryology in the first year of medical studies. In the forward to
the book Dr. Moore acknowledges the source of information as