ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسْلَهُ مِن سُلَالَةٍ مِّن مَّاءٍ مَّهِينٍ
Then He made his offspring from Sulaalah of worthless water..
- surah Sajdah 32:8
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Scientific Miracle 1:
سُلَالَةٍ
Sulaalah:
Surah as-Sajdah 32: 7-9:
ا
ۖ وَبَدَأَ خَلْقَ الْإِنسَانِ مِن طِينٍ
Ayah 7:..and [Allah] originated creation of Man [Adam] from clay.
ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسْلَهُ مِن سُلَالَةٍ مِّن مَّاءٍ مَّهِينٍ
thumma ja'ala naslahu min SULAALATINmin maa'in maheen-
Ayah
8:Then He made his
[Adam's] Nasl (Offspring) fromSulaalatin from worthless
water.
Definitions:
سُلَالَةٍ
Sulaalah
[سلاله]
is the singular
of he Plurals: Sulaal [سلال]
and Sulaalaat.
[سلالات]
1stMeaning:
Arabic Definition: انتزاع الشئ واخراجه من رفق
Sulaalah - something drawn out/separated - from something else.
2ndMeaning:
The word Saleel and Salsabeel - because the drink was Sulla (سلّ) = Purified.
Evidence:
الخالص الصافي(al-khaalis al-saafi) the best and the pure.
In Prophet
Muhammad, Peace be upon him's, Hadith (Saying):
و
في الحديث:
"اللهم
اسقنا من سليل الجنة",وهو
صافي شرابها,قيل
له سليل لأنه سلّ حتى خَلَصْ
O
Allah, give us drink from the Paradise's SALEELسليل,(lisan
al-Arab dictionary explains)and the saleel
is a purely extracted drink.
And it is called SALEEL because it was SULLA ( سلّpurified)
until it became pure and at its best خَلَصْ.
3rdMeaning:
Sul
/ Sal =
Something which is unique and different from its group.Why?Because it has been Purified (Sulla), so it has become Shaadh ((شاذdifferent, unique)) = Different/Unique, beyond any Measuring/comparison (Qiyas).
4thMeaning:
السلسل(al-salsal):the pure and clear.
السلسل
هو الماء العذب الصافي إذا شُرِبَ تسلسل
في الحلق
The
SALSAL سلسلis the
pure and clear water that is when drank, it flows smoothly in the
throat.
SoSalsal = pure and clear water.
5th Meaning:
Sulaalah
is translated (or synonymous) to Jawhar = Quintessence[by al Mawrid Dictionary.
section 4, page 751], or KhulaaSah (exclusive).
Quintessence
means: :
An extract from anything, containing its
rarest virtue, or most
subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity;
pure or concentrated essence. [Dictionary.com].
Man is created and determined from a single flowing Sulaalah, with the above meanings.
Combining
the Definitions and Summarising them,
we see that;
1 - Sulaalah is a Pure (sul /
sal) flowing liquid, drawn
out/separated
from a greater collection
of flowing liquid.
2 -Sulaalah/sulaalatin
is in the Singular
form [sulaal / sulaalaat are plural].
3 - Salsal = it isUnique
(Shaadh).
= The Sperm:
If we study this, what does it resemble? It resembles the liquid semen which the male ejaculates, which contains the Sperm.
The
liquid then gradually
disperses
[separating
the sperm cells] and there are millions of different sperm cells
travelling towards the female Egg - each
sperm cell is only a Singular cell,
this Singular
sperm cell is genetically
Unique
with different characteristics in its genes.
Doesn't
this perfectly describe the Sperm cell?
Purified?
Someone
may wonder; how does the word 'Purified' fit into all of this?
We
know that according to the Sunnah - Prophetic teachings, the
'maniy' (liquid semen which the male ejects at orgasm) is not Najis
(impure), rather it is Pure [Tahir]
[According to: IslamQA
#2458].
Rather,
we see in the Ahadith that Aa'isha (may Allah be pleased with her)
would simply scratch off the dry 'maniy' from the clothes of Allah's
Messenger (sal Allah alayhi wasalam), and he would wear those clothes
in prayer. [Sahih Muslim] This action of his proved that 'maniy' is
Pure.
All the above is implied just through one word alone; Sulaalah.
ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسْلَهُ مِن سُلَالَةٍ مِّن مَّاءٍ مَّهِينٍ
Then He made his offspring from Sperm [sulaalah] of worthless water. - Sajdah 32:8
The praise is for Allah who explains so much through so little..
Sources:
See:
1. Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 6, Page 430-436.
2. Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page .
3. Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 445.
4. Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 639.
5. Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 419.
http://answering-christianity.com/sulalah_means_long_fish.htm
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