Keith Moore describes the early (wrong) beliefs of Galen Aristotle Hippocrates that the human Embryo is formed from Semen and Menstrual Blood. The Quran is just a poor poor copy of this. Qur'an 0 Reality 1 And the Quran is.............. blood blood blood blood clots all the way! verses 22:5 23:15 and 96:2 translations from https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/2... https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/2... https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/9... about 75% or more of translators say we made you from , we created you from a clot, blood clot, congealed blood etc. some have tried to changethis to sticky thing, leech (or tautologies such as we made the embryo into an embryo) but ALL the tafsirs say clot. Chapter 96 is called The Clot! all these tafsirs say its clot (from the brilliant https://www.academia.edu/37094576/2_1... you can see some at https://quranx.com/tafsirs/22.5 "He mentioned the reputed Classical Islamic scholar named Ibn Kathir who supported the idea that "'alaqah " means clotted blood. However, what Hamza does not bother mentioning is that every respectable scholar for the last 1400 years have stated that "'alaqah " means blood clot. In fact, Ibn Kathir's work even quotes Ikrimah al- Barbari, a " very highly respected man of learing and piety'" and one of the most "important disciples" of Ibn Abbass,'1 the cousin of Muhammad, as supporting the idea that "alaqah" is blood. Ibn Kathir states the following regarding verse 23:14, (Then We made the Nutah into a clot,) meaning,' then We made the Nutiah, which is the water gushing forth that comes from the loins of man, i.e., his back, and the ribs of woman, i.e., the bones of her chest between the clavicle and the breast. Then it becomes a red clot like an elongated clot."'"krimah said.," This is blood Moreover, here is a list of over twenty Classical and modern scholars who have stated that "'alaqah " is blood or clotted blood 1. Ikrimah al-Barbari (died. 723 CE) - quoted in Tafsir ibn Kathir!12 2. Zaid ibn Ali (d. 740 CE)- Ghareeb al-Quran 113 3. Muqatil ibn Sulayman (d. 767 CE)"4 4. Al-Tabari (d 923 CE) -Jami al-bayan fi Tafsir al Quran's 5. Al-Tabarani (d. 970 CE) - al-Tafsir al-Kabirll6 6. Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi (d. 985 CE) - Bahar al-Uloom 117 7. al-Tha'labi (d. 1035 CE) - al-Jawahir al-Hisan fi Tafsir al-Quran 118 &. Al-Mawardi (d. 1058 CE)- al-Nakath wa al-Uyoon'19 9. al-Baghawi (d. 1122)-Ma'alim al-Tanzeel"20 10. Al-Zamakshari (d. 1143 CE) - al-kashaaf !21 11, Ibn 'Aţiyyah (d. 1 151) - al-Maharar al-Wajeez fi Tafsir al-Kitab al-Azee-!22 12. Al-Tabarsi (d. 1 153 CE) - Majma' al-Bayan fi Tafsi al-Quran 123 13. ibn al-Jawzi (1201 CE) - Zad al-Maseer fi Mm al-Tafsir'24 14. Al-Razi (d. 1209 CE) - Mafatih al-Ghayb, Tafsir al-Kabir'2s 15. Ibn Abd Al-Salam (d. 1261 CE) - Tafsir al-Quran'26 16. Al-Qurtubi (d. 1273 CE) - al-Jami' al-ahkam al-Quran'27 17. Al-Baidawi (d. 1286 CE) - Anwar al-Tanzeel wa Asrar al-Taweel!2s 18. Ibn Kathir (d. 1373 CE)- Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Kareem'29 19. Ibn Rajab (d. 1392 CE) - Jami' al-'Uloom wal-Hikam 130 20. Fairuz Abadi (d. 1414 CE) - Tafsir al-Quran 131 21. Al-Suyuti (d. 1505 CE) - Tafsir al-Jalalyn 132 63 22. Ash-Shawkhani (d. 1834 CE) - Fatah al-Qadeer'33 23. Muhammad Shafi (d. 1976 CE) - Maariful Quran'34 etc"