Stages of the embryo

Nutfa, 'alaqa, mudgha, bones clothed with flesh, then 'another creation' (23:12-14). Ibn Kathir explains 'alaqa as a clot of blood; some modern exegetes add 'something that clings'. Scholars differ on details such as al-sulb wa'l-tara'ib (86:7).

35 verses

Themes describe what a verse speaks about. They make no claim of scientific miracles. Pending scholarly review.