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[quote=Anonymous][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?
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If you are referring to the fact that the embryo's gender is already set before it becomes even a five-day blast, then you are correct.

But the "Quran predicted embryology" crowd seems to think that the 45-day cut-off is significant, and the truth is that there is no significance in this stage whatsoever.

What God knows is not something we can ascertain by scientific means.[/quote]

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