Surah an-Nahl, 4
The Number of the Human Chromosome
There are some 100 trillion cells in the body of a human adult. The cells all possess the same genetic structure. That genetic structure is also present in the chromosomes in the cell nucleus.
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍۢ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ ٤
He created man from a drop of sperm and yet he is an open challenger!
There are some 100 trillion cells in the body of a human adult. The cells all possess the same genetic structure. That genetic structure is also present in the chromosomes in the cell nucleus. There are 23 pairs, or 46 chromosomes, in a human cell – half from the mother and half from the father. These chromosomes also contain DNA molecules in which the characteristics of the person are recorded: hair colour, eye colour, height and other unique details which make an individual what they are. The scientific world only learned that there are 46 chromosomes in the human cell in the second half of the 20th century.
The words "manayyin" and "nutfatin" in the Qur'an refer to different things (Surat al-Qiyama, 37). "Manayyin" is used to refer to the whole and "nutfatan" to a component thereof.
◉ The word "nutfatin" appears in different forms below, such as nutfatin, nutfata or nutfatan, depending on its use in the sentence or grammatical rules. But the meaning does not change.
◉ The abjad value of the word "nutfatin" (nutfa) is 23. (By minor abjad calculation)
◉ Variety of letters used in the Surah up to the word "nutfatin:" 23.1
◉ Abjad value of the letters used in the verse up to the word "nutfatin:" 23. (By minor abjad calculation)2
◉ Number of dotted letters in the Surah up to the word "nutfatin:" 46.
ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا ٱلنُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقْنَا ٱلْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةًۭ فَخَلَقْنَا ٱلْمُضْغَةَ عِظَٰمًۭا فَكَسَوْنَا ٱلْعِظَٰمَ لَحْمًۭا ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَٰهُ خَلْقًا ءَاخَرَ ۚ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقِينَ ١٤
Then formed the drop into a clot and formed the clot into a lump and formed the lump into bones and clothed the bones in flesh; and then brought him into being as another creature. Blessed be Allah, the Best of Creators!
◉ Abjad value of the word "nutfata:" 23. (By minor abjad calculation)
◉ Number of letters in Surat al-Muminun from "nutfatan" in verse 13 to "nutfata" in verse 14 is 23.
◉ Abjad value of the variety of letters used in the verse up to the term "nutfata:" 46.3 (By minor abjad calculation)
◉ Abjad value of the letters belonging to the term "nutfata" up to "nutfata:" 46. (By minor abjad calculation)4
◉ Number of letters belonging to the term "nutfata" up to "nutfata:" 46.
وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍۢ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍۢ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ۚ وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِۦ ۚ وَمَا يُعَمَّرُ مِن مُّعَمَّرٍۢ وَلَا يُنقَصُ مِنْ عُمُرِهِۦٓ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌۭ ١١
Allah created you from dust and then from a drop of sperm and then made you into pairs. No female becomes pregnant or gives birth except with His knowledge. And no living thing lives long or has its life cut short without that being in a Book. That is easy for Allah.
◉ Abjad value of the term "nutfatin:" 23. (By minor abjad calculation)
◉ Variety of letters used from "nutfatin" to the end of the verse: 23.5
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍۢ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍۢ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍۢ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًۭا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَشُدَّكُمْ ثُمَّ لِتَكُونُوا۟ شُيُوخًۭا ۚ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَلِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَجَلًۭا مُّسَمًّۭى وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ٦٧
It is He Who created you from earth, then from a drop of sperm, then from a clot of blood, then He brings you out as infants, then so you may achieve full strength, then so you may become old men –though some of you may die before that time– so that you may reach a predetermined age and so that hopefully you will use your intellect.
◉ The abjad value of "nutfatin" is 23. (By minor abjad calculation).
◉ Number of dotted letters from the word "nutfatin" to the end of the clause: 23.
◉ The word "nutfatin" is the 23rd in the verse.
◉ There are 23 types of letter in this verse.6
◉ The abjad value of the dotted letters up to the word "nutfatin" in the verse is 46. (By minor abjad calculation)
◉ There are 46 dotted letters in this verse.
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ ٤٦
… out of a sperm-drop when it spurted forth;
◉ The abjad value of the word "nutfatin" is 23. (By minor abjad calculation)
◉ The letters in the term "nutfatin" appear 46 times up to "nutfatin".7
◉ The verse containing the term "nutfatin" is the 46th.
إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍۢ نَّبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ سَمِيعًۢا بَصِيرًا ٢
We created man from a mingled drop to test him, and We made him hearing and seeing.
◉ The abjad value of the word "nutfatin" is 23. (By minor abjad calculation)
◉ The abjad value of the letters from the word "nutfatin" to the end of the clause is 23. (By minor abjad calculation)
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةًۭ مِّن مَّنِىٍّۢ يُمْنَىٰ ٣٧
Was he not a drop of ejaculated sperm?
◉ There are 23 types of letter between verse 35 of Surat al-Qiyama and verse 2 of Surat al-Insan.8
◉ There are 23 words having letters from the clause "nutfa" in verse 37 of Surat al-Qiyama up to "nutfa" in verse 2 of Surat al-Insan.9
Footnotes
- Se, mim, hı, lam, kaf, nun, elif, tı, fe, te ↩
- Nun: 3, tı: 0, fe: 3, te: 4 ↩
- Se, mim, cim, ayn, lam, kef, elif, ze, vav, te, ha, ye, nun, dad, lamelif, be, he, ra, kaf, sad, fe, zel, sin, lamelif bir. ↩
- He, vav, elif, lam, zel, ye, hı, kaf, kef, mim, nun, te, ra, be, se, tı, fe, ayn, cim, ğayn, şın, dal, sin, lamelif iki. ↩
- Nun: 23, tı: 1, fe: 9, te: 13. ↩
- Mim, nun, ye, se, kef, elif, ayn, lam, kaf, te, fe, hı, sin, vav, cim, he, ze, zel, ra, be, dal, ha, şın. Besmele dahil veya hariç. ↩
- Besmele dahil. ↩
- Besmele dahil. ↩
- Elif, mim, ha, sin, be, te, nun ↩
