The Beginning and the End Episode 15 Stages Humans Pass Through

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*The Beginning and the End*

*Episode 15*

*Stages Humans Pass Through*

*1. The first stage:* A drop of mixed fluid which results from the mixing of male and female fluids. Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) says: 

And that He [Allah] creates the pairs, male and female. From Nutfah [drops of semen, male and female discharges] when it is emitted. [53:45-6]

If Allah wills, the sperm would mix with the female's fluids and penetrate the ovary; the sperm and the female fluid upon mixing is called 'Nutfah', and is the first stage of human 

development. If it does not penetrate the ovary, the sperm would die. Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) says: 

Verily, We have created man from a nutfah drops of mixed semen [fluids of man and woman] in order to try him, so We made him to hear and to see. [76:2]

In this stage it starts taking some human attributes. Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) 

says: 

Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is! From what thing did He create him? From Nutfah [male and female semen drops] He created him and then set him in due proportion. [80:17-9]

The sex of the fetus is also decided in this stage. Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) says:

To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He creates what He wills. He bestows female (offspring) upon whom He wills, and bestows male (offspring) upon whom He wills. Or He bestows both males and females, and He renders barren whom He wills. Verily, He is the All-Knower and is Able to do all things.

[42:49-50]

Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) also says: 

He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He pleases. Laa ilaaha illa Huwa [none has the right to be worshipped but He] the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. [3:6]

If the mixed drop does not attach to the uterus, it would be removed from the womb, by the will of Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala). Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) says: 

Allah knows what every female bears, and by how much the wombs fall short (of their time or number) or exceed. 

Everything with Him is in (due) proportion. [13:8] 

If Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) wills, it would attach itself to the uterus, and the 'nutfah' would enter the ‘alaqah stage. It implants itself in the wall of the uterus and begins to nourish itself. Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) says: 

And We cause whom We will to remain in the wombs for an appointed term, then We bring you out as infants. [22:5] 

*2. The ‘alaqah stage.* It is called an ‘alaqah (leach-like clot of coagulated blood) due to the fact that it attaches itself to the wall of the uterus and takes it nourishment from its blood. 

This is similar to a leach which also takes nourishment from other creatures to which it attaches itself to. Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) says:

Read! In the Name of your Rubb, Who has created (all that exists), * has created man from a clot [a piece of thick coagulated blood]. [96:1-2]

Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) also says: 

Was he not a Nutfah [mixed male and female discharge of semen] poured forth? *

 Then he became an ‘Alaqa [a clot]; 

then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion. *

 And made him in two sexes, male and 

female. [75:36-8] 

*3. The Mudghah stage:* It is called a mudghah (lump of flesh) due to the fact that in this stage it looks like a chewed piece of flesh. Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) says: 

We made the clot into a little lump of flesh, then We made out of that little lump of flesh bones. [23:14]

In this stage, the fetus starts to take the shape of a human until it reaches its true human form. Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) says: 

Truly, nothing is hidden from Allah, in the earth or in the heavens. *

 He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He 

pleases. [3:5-6]

In this stage, the spirit is also blown into the fetus. Allah (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) says: 

Then He fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed into him the soul (created by Allah for that person) and He gave you hearing [ears] sight [eyes] and hearts. [32:9]

 

NB: (Literally, a mudghah is a lump of something which is chewed).

There is a certain time period for each stage, as is mentioned in the Hadeeth of Ibn Masood (may ALLĀH's Peace be upon him) him in which he - and he is the trustworthy - said: 

"The Messenger of Allah (Blessings and Peace of ALLĀH be upon him) told us: 'One of you would remain Nutfah for 40 days in the womb of his mother, and then 40 days as Alaqah and then 40 days as Mudghah; the angel would be sent to him, and life would be breathed into him; and he would be ordered to record four things: 

his provisions, period of his life, his deeds, and if he is a pious or impious person. By Allah, one of you would (seemingly) do the deeds of the People of Jannah until there is only between him and it an arm-span, and he does a deed of the People of the Fire, and his record would be sealed with it, and he would enter it. And a man would (seemingly) do deeds of the People of Fire until there is 

only an arm-span between him and the Fire, and he does an action of the People of Jannah, and his record would be sealed with it, and he would enter it'." [Bukhari & Muslim]