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.

So
yuMtaNa 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;


The
male 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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