The stages of creating the fetus

The Qur’an affirms that the human being is not created at once, this was the belief that prevailed since the reign of Aristotle until before the past century, but rather the Quran stated that the fetus is created in fixed stages.

Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) :

{ What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur While He has created you in stages?1 }

NUH (13:14 )

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The stages of creating the fetus