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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2. THE GENDER DETERMINATION HADITH

According to embryology, the crucial event that determines whether the embryo will develop into a male or female occurs in the second half of the sixth week of gestation.

See for example: How Is Sex Determined? www.pbs.org

The Prophet Muhammad MHMD - upon him and his House blessings and peace - disclosed the exact same timeframe fourteen centuries ago.

Imam Muslim narrates from Hudhayfa that the Prophet MHMD said:

The sperm-and-ovum drop falls into the uterus [and remains] for forty nights, after which the angel in charge of fashioning it descends upon it and says, "Lord! Male or female?" Then Allah makes it male or female.

Another version from Hudhayfa in al-Bukhari and Muslim states:

The angel is sent to the sperm-and-ovum drop after it has settled in the uterus for [b]FORTY OR FORTY-FIVE NIGHTS and says, "Lord! Is it to be wretched or happy?" Then this is inscribed. Then he says, "Lord! Is it to be male or female?" [/b]Then this is inscribed, together with its deeds, its progeny, its term of life, and its sustenance. Then the records are folded up and nothing more is added nor subtracted.

Having just gone through IVF and PGD, which told me the sex of the fetus after FIVE FREAKING DAYS, I couldn't stop laughing at that one. 
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Thats hilarious….BUT -- Is it possible that the Angel did not know but that God knew all along, even before the embryo became a 5 day old blastocyst?

Here is an article written by Keith L. Moore, Ph.D., F.I.A.C., Professor of Anatomy and Chairman of the Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on how astonished he was that the Quran could have identified key stages of the embryo before the microscope was even invented:

Keith Moore: "Human beings have always been interested in where they came from and how they developed before birth. We know from the earliest records that primitive peoples realized that the birth of a baby was the sequel to sexual union or intercourse. However, for many centuries the idea about human prenatal development were based on speculation and mysticism. The absence of knowledge about embryological processes and the dominating influence of superstition resulted in a non-scientific approach to human development.

As far was we know, Aristotle wrote the first embryology book in the 4th century BC. In it he recorded some observations on comparative embryology, especially on the general progress of the developing chick. He promoted, however, the incorrect idea that the human embryo developed from a formless mass that resulted from the union of the semen with the menstrual blood.

Scientific knowledge of embryology did not progress significantly for nearly 2000 years. It was not until the close of the 17th century, when the microscope was developed, that the early stages of human development could be effectively studied. After it was possible to examine cells under the microscope, it was reasoned in the 18th century that development resulted from the growth and differentiation of embryonic cells.

Almost a year ago I was consulted about the meaning of certain verses in the Qur’an and some sayings in the Hadiths which referred to human reproduction and embryological development.
I was amazed at the scientific accuracy of these statements which were made in the 7th century AD. I have selected verses and sayings for which I shall provide personal interpretations based on my knowledge of embryological history and of the modern science of embryology.

The realization that the embryo develops in stages in the uterus (figure 1) was not discussed or illustrated until the 15th century AD., although Galen had mentioned the placenta and fetal membranes in his book On the Formation of the Foetus written in the 2nd century AD and must have known about the uterus.

This verse from the Koran (39:6) states that God makes you in the wombs of your mothers in stages, one after another, with in three veils of darkness
Figure 1. This verse from the Koran (39:6) states that God makes you in the wombs of your mothers in stages, one after another, with in three veils of darkness.

After the microscope was developed in the 17th century, descriptions of the early stages of the developing chick were made, as observed with simple lenses (Arey, 1974). The staging of human embryos was not proposed until the 1940’s (Streeter, 1942), and the stages used nowadays (figure 2) were not adopted worldwide until a few years ago (O’Rahilly, 1972; Nishumura et al., 1974)."
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