أَلَمْ
يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِيٍّ
يُمْنَىٰ
Had
he not been a sperm from Maniyin
yuMNaa?
[Qiyamah
75:37]
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Maniy منِيand Yamnaaيمْنَىٰare
derived from 'MaN' من.
1st
General Meaning:
Maniy
means 'Semen.'
yaMNaa
means 'to
Eject'.
[استمنى]
istaMNaa = heEjaculated the
semen.
2nd
Meaning:
Maniy
- (darbu al shay'a) = Striking/hitting/Penetrating/Poking
something.
i.e. yuMtaNa - synonymous in useage to - yuDRaB - Stricken/Penetrated.Stricken with Penetration.يمتنى(yumtana)[Synonymous to]: يُضْرَبْ(yudrab)is stricken; is penetrated; is stricken with penetration.
و قوله:لم تُقْرَفْ لم تُدانْ لما يُمْتَنى له أي ينظر إذا ضُرِبَتْ ألاقح أم لا أي لم تحمل الحمل الذي يمتنى له
And in his poem, don't be disgusted from what is yumtanaيُمْتَنىto it, meaning (أي) when you look at it when it isstricken and penetrated (by his hand inserted into the animal's vagina) ضُرِبَتْto determine if it were fertilized or not (ألاقح أم لا).
As
is well known, DaRaBa
= to Strike / hit.
SoyuMtaNa
has a synonymous meaning of 'toStrike
and Penetrate'.
3rd
Meaning:
MaNa
[ منى]
= (he) Cutit.
= (QaTa'ah [قطعه]) (due to the meaning of 'striking and penetration' and in effect - Cutting.)منىالشيءأيقطعه-[He]Manathe thingwhich means[He]Cut it.
4th
meaning:
MuNiYa
= to be Stricken
/ Afflicted with a hardship. (uSeeba i.e. muSeebah أُصيب).
مُنِيَ(muniya):أُصيب(o'seeba) to be afflicted with, hit by, stricken by, attacked by, smitten by.
مُنِيَ(muniya): to be afflicted with, hit by, stricken by, attacked by, smitten by, affected by, to suffer, sustain, undergo, experience.
منى(mana): hit, stricken, smitten, emit, to be afflicted, semen, sperm.
Definitions
of 'Maniy' and yuMNa' were according to:
1. Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 8, Pages 719-721.
2. Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 1226.
3. Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 888.
4. Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 1131.
5.
Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page
927-928
Now
if we see surah; Najm
53.46
مِننُّطْفَةٍ
إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ
Was
he not a drop
of sperm, Emitted
forth (Ejected) and Penetrating?
We see
the
following Implications can be found from the words MaNy/yuMNa:
1
- Semen
2 - Emitted / Ejected.
3 - Striking / Hitting. (Darb)
4 - Cutting (QaTa'ah)
5
- Inflicting (i.e. a calamity Inflicts/strikes someone.)
If
we use the definitions from above, we see the following;
Themale Nutfah (sperm)
is;
1
- Emitted/Ejected
2
- Strikes
3
- andCuts.
أَلَمْ
يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِيٍّ
يُمْنَىٰ
Had
he not been a sperm from Maniyin
yuMNaa[Ejected
Semen- which
Strikes, and Cuts."]
[Qiyamah
75:37]
Image: Sperm - Striking, Penetrating and Cutting into the Egg during Fertilisation.
Relation
to Modern Science:
We know now
through Modern Science that the male Sperm
is Emitted from the male Semen,
it swims towards the woman's egg in the Fallopian tube, and Strikes
and Penetrates into the egg.
This is when both the male and female genes combine in the stage of
Fertilization, and form a Zygote, and divide into further
cells, gradually forming into a male or female baby.
All this
has been described through just one word from the same root; "MaNiY"
and "yuMNaa".
Even More
Amazing! :
Male's Sperm Determines Gender of Child! :
Allah tells us that it is the Sperm that
effects whether the child born will be a Male or Female;
فَجَعَلَمِنْهُ
الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ
And
made Min Hu
[from him
(the sperm)] two mates, the male and the female. [Qiyamah
75:39]
Through
this verse - because of the words 'minHU'
[from HIM i.e. the sperm]) - Allah
is telling us that it is the Male's Sperm which determines whether
the person to be born will be Male or Female.
This
is not an exaggeration because only two verses before this [in ayah
37], the sperm is being spoken about. So the discussion from that ayah on towards this ayah is continuous and still referring to the Sperm.
This is amazing,
considering many cultures –over 1000years ago and some even today-
blamed the woman if a female child was born, thinking it was the
woman's fault. Whereas it was the male's sperm which caused the baby to be a female, by the permission of Allah.
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