By G. C. Goeringer, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.SA.
In this paper the processes of embryonic osteogenesis (the production of bone) and myogenesis (formation of muscular tissue) are described in biological terminology; then the Qur’anic terms ‘izam (skeleton, bones) and lahm (muscles, flesh) are discussed. First presented at an international conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (September 1983).
Embryology in the Qur’an: Bone and Muscle Development
The Islam Papers 