Where Did We Come From? (22:5 – 22:7)
Quran Talk Blog · Article · January 19, 2018
Where Did We Come From?
22:5 O people, if you have any doubt about resurrection, (remember that) we created you from dust, and subsequently from a tiny drop, which turns into a hanging (embryo), then it becomes a fetus that is given life or deemed lifeless. We thus clarify things for you. We settle in the wombs whatever we will for a predetermined period.* We then bring you out as infants, then you reach maturity. While some of you die young, others live to the worst age, only to find out that no more knowledge can be attained beyond a certain limit. Also, you look at a land that is dead, then as soon as we shower it with water, it vibrates with lif e and grows all kinds of beautiful plants.
22:6 This proves that GOD is the Truth, and that He revives the dead, and that He is Omnipotent.
22:7 And that the Hour is coming, no doubt about it, and that GOD resurrects those who are in the graves.
*22:5 The Quran’s mathematical miracle is based on the number 19. As it turns out, this number represents the Creator’s signature on His creations. Thus, you and I have 209 bones in our bodies (209=19×11). The length of pregnancy for a full term fetus is 266 days (19×14) (Langman’s Medical Embryology, T. W. Sadler, Page 88, 1985).