How to reconcile the statement of Allah: “And He knows what is in the wombs” with the knowledge of doctors regarding what is in a woman’s womb?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Doctors now know what is in a woman’s womb, whether it is a male or a female. How do you reconcile this with what Allah the Exalted mentioned at the end of Surat Luqman[Luqman 31:34]?
Answer:
First, do they know this without discovery and without ultrasound? I mean, if they stand before a woman, do they know what is in her belly? Does anyone say this? No one says this. Rather, when discoveries and ultrasound came, they learned something about the conditions of the fetus. They did not learn all the matters and conditions of the fetus; they learned only a part of them, only an apparent part. Do you know if it is wretched or happy?
Do you know when it will die? Do you know its term? Do you know if it is intelligent or not? You do not know this. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) knows what is in the wombs. He knows all the affairs of the fetus; He knows them all. As for you, you may have reached only something apparent, something apparent that the Creator revealed to you through discovery, not something you reached through your knowledge and your intellect. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Doctors now know what is in a woman’s womb, whether it is a male or a female. How do you reconcile this with what Allah the Exalted mentioned at the end of Surat Luqman
and knows what is in the wombs
وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْأَرْحَامِAnswer:
First, do they know this without discovery and without ultrasound? I mean, if they stand before a woman, do they know what is in her belly? Does anyone say this? No one says this. Rather, when discoveries and ultrasound came, they learned something about the conditions of the fetus. They did not learn all the matters and conditions of the fetus; they learned only a part of them, only an apparent part. Do you know if it is wretched or happy?
Do you know when it will die? Do you know its term? Do you know if it is intelligent or not? You do not know this. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) knows what is in the wombs. He knows all the affairs of the fetus; He knows them all. As for you, you may have reached only something apparent, something apparent that the Creator revealed to you through discovery, not something you reached through your knowledge and your intellect. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3356- 4717] كيف يجمع بين قول الله:﴿وَيَعلمُ ما في الأرحام) وبين علم الأطباء بما في رحم المرأة؟ — youtube.com
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