{"id":2976,"date":"2017-05-08T18:42:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T18:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=2976"},"modified":"2022-02-08T16:52:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:52:55","slug":"quran-semen-production","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=2976","title":{"rendered":"Qur&#8217;an-Wrong on Semen Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">In the name of All\u0101h,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> the Beneficent, the Merciful.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> DEDICATED TO<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> All\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Lord of the worlds<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> AND TO<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Mohammad\u2013who brought the world<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> to our feet and eternity to our arms<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 QUR\u2019AN\u2013WRONG \u00a0ON SEMEN PRODUCTION<br \/>\n(See also<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=123\">Qur\u2019an-science<\/a><\/span>).<br \/>\nChristian and other critics of Islam claim that the Qur\u2019an is wrong in its teaching that <span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cHe (man) is created of water pouring forth, Coming from between the back and the ribs\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 86:6-7). <\/span>They argue that semen comes from the testicles not from between the back and ribs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The following is taken from the website (if link does not connect please copy and paste. Color added-NGBA):<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hZdHyMAlOC\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/yahyasnow.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/23\/quran-got-it-right-about-semen-production\/\">Quran Got it Right About Semen&nbsp;Production!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Quran Got it Right About Semen&nbsp;Production!&#8221; &#8212; Yahya Snow&#039;s Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/yahyasnow.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/23\/quran-got-it-right-about-semen-production\/embed\/#?secret=9Hg3P7VaxP#?secret=hZdHyMAlOC\" data-secret=\"hZdHyMAlOC\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cQuran Got it Right About Semen\u00a0Production!<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/yahyasnow.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/23\/quran-got-it-right-about-semen-production\/\">AUGUST 23, 2009<\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/yahyasnow.wordpress.com\/author\/yahyasnow\/\">YAHYASNOW<\/a><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/yahyasnow.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/23\/quran-got-it-right-about-semen-production\/#comments\">7 COMMENTS<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some Christians claim that the Quran has a scientific error in it regarding sperm production<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is incorrect again. The critic focuses on the verses 86:6-7, especially verse 7 as this is where their contention is directed. The critic claims the Quran (86:7) is telling us that semen is produced between the backbone (sulb) and the ribs (tara\u2019ib). The Arabic words mentioned by the Quran are sulb and tara\u2019ib. Tara\u2019ib is thought to mean ribs, though there is some dispute. However, the chief point of interest is the word sulb. Sulb\u00a0 can be translated as \u2018loins\u2019 or \u2018backbone\u2019 or \u2018lower back\u2019. The critic favours the translations which use the word \u2018backbone\u2019 as they use it to attack the Quran by claiming the Quran teaches that semen is produced between the backbone (sulb) and the ribs (tara\u2019ib).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the critic is very selective in deciding which translation to use as he\/she avoids the numerous translations which translate \u2018sulb\u2019 as \u2018loins\u2019. They avoid these translations as they scupper their critical claims straight away as loins. Here, the word loins refers to:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The region of the hips, groin, and lower abdomen.<\/li>\n<li>The reproductive organs. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(1)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So the critic refrains from using this translation for the word sulb as it is clearly scientifically accurate, ie the semen is produced in the are between the loins and ribs. So, if we translate the Quran (86:7) this way there is no contention. The misleading methodology of the critic is to avoid mention of the numerous translations which translate the word sulb as loins. Not only do they avoid mentioning the numerous translations using the word \u2018loins\u2019 they highlight translations which use the word \u2018backbone\u2019. This is rather deceptive, especially considering a number of non-Muslim translators, including a Christian translator, translates it as \u2018loins\u2019 (A.J Arberry, George Sale, J.M Rodwell and Henry E Palmer) as well as a number of Muslim translators who also use the word loins (Hamid S Aziz, Muhammad M Ghali, Muhammad M Pickthall and Mohammad Asad) (4). It is unscholarly as well as misleading on the part of the critic not to mention this important fact.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the critic does use Abdullah Yusuf Ali\u2019s translation which translates it as \u2018backbone\u2019, therefore rendering a meaning of between the backbone and ribs. So the critic understands the Quran as teaching us that semen is produced between the backbone and ribs. In the way of intellectual honesty I do not want the reader to believe that only Abdullah Yusuf Ali translates this verse by using the word \u2018backbone\u2019, Shakir and Khan\/Hilali also do this. The question still remains; which word should be used in the translation?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Well, the critic does not tell you that Dr Edward William Lane\u2019s Lexicon indicates the word sulb\u2019 to mean \u2018loins\u2019 and even refers to the verse in question (86:7) as referring to the \u2018loins\u2019. So it does seem that the more accurate translation of this would be \u201cbetween the loins and the ribs\u201d as opposed to \u201cbetween the backbone and the ribs\u201d (4). Hence the critic uses the weaker translation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, even if we assume the critic to be correct and take the translation; \u201cbetween the backbone and the ribs\u201d we still see no scientific error. The critic assumes that the ejaculate (semen) emanates from the testes, this is incorrect.\u00a0 Sperm is produced in the testes and is then transfered to the seminal vesicles awaiting ejaculation, the=is accounts for 5 % of the ejaculate, the rest of the ejaculate comes from the seminal vesicles (46-80%),with the prostate gland and the bulbourethral and urethral glands producing the rest of the ejaculate <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(2).<\/span> At the time of ejaculation, all this (semen, which contains the sperm) is released<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From the seminal vesicles which are in fact between the backbone (coccyx, lower back) and the ribs! So if we run with the translation of the critics we see something that people would describe as a scientific miracle and not a scientific error.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Osama Abdallah says the same thing but goes into a little more detail (bracketing is mine):<br \/>\n\u201cIf one was to insist upon the literal meaning (the translation favoured by the critics), one would still find that the Quran is 100% correct literally, too.\u00a0 The seminal vesicles are anterior to the sacrum and coccyx (lower back, loin) and the ribs are anterior to the seminal vesicles.<br \/>\nIf one was to draw a line from the tip of the coccyx, to the upper portion of the seminal vesicle _ either one of the two_ and extend the line forward it will catch the\u00a0ribcage. The\u00a0seminal vesicles from which the semen spurts out during coitus, lies between the ribs and the coccyx (backbone)!\u201d <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(3)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The irony is that the critics accuse the Quran of making a scientific error yet the error is on their part as they only believe it to be an error as they wrongly believe semen emanates from the testes, while in fact in emanates from the seminal vesicles which are in between the backbone and the ribs! So now we all know the critics are being unfair, unscholarly and misleading when they claim the Quran (86:6-7) tells us that semen is produced in the kidneys etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">May Allah guide us all to further Truth. Ameen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further reading:<br \/>\nThis short article lent very heavily on Fotfoundation\u2019s video presentation on this subject. This two part video presentation (in my view) is the best explanation of this subject and most in depth (all praise is due to Allah) so if the reader wishes to study further then please view:&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">(For convenience to the readers we have added below the two videos by Fotfoundation-NGBA):<br \/>\n<\/span>Part 1 by Fotfoundation:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Quran  | Embryology and Semen Production From between the Backbone and the Ribs | Part 1\" width=\"490\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RMQPkDKnOCM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RMQPkDK nOCM&amp;feature=video_response<br \/>\n<\/span>Part 2 by Fotfoundation<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Quran  | Embryology and Semen Production From between the Backbone and the Ribs | Part 2\" width=\"490\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2eghBcXYddk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2eghBcXYddk&amp;feature=response_watch\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2eghBcXY ddk&amp;feature=response_watch<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">(See also<\/span>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=123\">Qur\u2019an-science<\/a><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0-NGBA).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.1875rem;\">Other further readings:<br \/>\n<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.understanding-islam.com\/related\/text.aspx?type=question&amp;qid=100\">http:\/\/www.understanding-islam.com\/related\/text.aspx?type=question&amp;qid=100<br \/>\n<\/a><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/answering-christianity.com\/munir_munshey\/semenproduction_rebuttal.htm\">http:\/\/answering-christianity.com\/munir_ munshey\/semenproduction_rebuttal.htm<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span>References:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1.\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/loins\">http:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/loins<br \/>\n<\/a>2.<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.netdoctor.co.uk\/menshealth\/facts\/semenandsperm.htm\">http:\/\/www.netdoctor.co.uk\/menshealth\/facts\/semenandsperm.htm<br \/>\n<\/a>3.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/answering-christianity.com\/munir_munshey\/semen%20production_rebuttal.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/answering-christianity.com\/ munir_ munshey\/ semen production_rebuttal.htm<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">THE \u00a0QUR\u2019AN: \u00a0MIRACLE \u00a0 OF \u00a0ALL \u00a0MIRACLES: by Dr. Zakir Naik: Though the two videos are similar there is additional info \u00a0in \u00a0one; and also in the question and answer section).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GdIsRTf2fYw?feature=oembed\" width=\"490\" height=\"368\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r5h6CNhtVls?feature=oembed\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/answering-christianity.com\/munir_munshey\/semen%20production_rebuttal.htm\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the name of All\u0101h, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad. DEDICATED TO All\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High, Lord of the worlds AND TO Mohammad\u2013who brought the world to our feet and eternity to our arms * \u00a0 \u00a0 QUR\u2019AN\u2013WRONG \u00a0ON SEMEN PRODUCTION (See also\u00a0Qur\u2019an-science). 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