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APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 263 both kinds of development into six stages each, and has declared the sixth stage to be the stage of perfect development; and the affinity between the physical and the spiritual stages of development has been shown in such an extraordinary manner that ever since man was cre- ated, the mind of no man has been able to attain this insight. And if someone claims otherwise, then the onus would be on him to produce this holy philosophy from the book of any human being. But, remem- ber, no one will ever be able to prove any such thing. Hence, this is an evident miracle that Allah the Exalted has revealed in these blessed verses—namely, the deep parallelism that exists in both the physical and spiritual progress until one reaches the point of perfection. And this, in turn, shows that both the physical creation and the spiritual creation have been wrought by the One and same hand; that is, the hand of God. Some ignorant people have also objected that the Holy Quran’s description of the stages of man’s creation, starting from that of a sperm to his full physical perfection, is not accurate in the light of modern medical research. It is foolish of them to interpret these verses to mean that God creates a human being in the رحم [ ri h m —womb] in such a manner that He first completes one organ and then attends to another. This is not at all the intent of the divine verses. Rather, just as I have myself witnessed, the True Creator fashions all the organs—internal and external—at the same time, not one after the other in the develop- ment of the child in the رحم [ ri h m —womb] from a shapeless lump to the end. It is, however, established that at first the human form consists of a clot of blood, then all of it turns into a shapeless lump, and then— at one and the same time—some of it turns into bones at the proper places, and then—at one and the same time—the whole structure is clothed with flesh, which is called the skin and helps to embellish the body. At this point the physical human form becomes complete and is infused with life. I have witnessed all these stages with my own eyes. I will now turn to the six stages of spiritual development, as Allah the Exalted states in the Holy Quran: