Allameh Tabatabaei in Tafsir al-Mizan: "A proper investigation, free from ulterior motives or preconditions, requires that we interpret the literal expressions of [the Quran] according to the meaning as determined by common usage and lexical definitions; and whatever meanings common usage and lexicons have ascribed to the words, we likewise adopt them. Then, regarding their exemplifications, we must seek support from the divine word itself—since religious terms elucidate one another, and …"

TheHolyQuran speaks of the process of an embryo’s development as an external reality, and to elucidate it, it has coined terms such as 'nutfah', 'alaqah', etc., doing so with a deliberate purpose. The author of this article believes that the selection of each of these terms—made with divine wisdom—is the most precise choice to convey the most accurate description of an external reality.

In this article, by employing the method suggested by Allameh—namely, by using the precise and comprehensive meanings of the terms employed in the Holy Quran regarding the "process of the embryo’s growth and development" and by investigating the relationships among these terms—the exact structure of the subject has been logically and systematically uncovered and explained. Among the points discussed are the employment of the various meanings of the verb "khalaqa" (to create), the precise relationship between the stages of embryonic development (such as nutfah, alaqah, etc.), the independence of each stage from the next, and the exact correspondence of each stage with the external reality.

These investigations are rarely seen in other reputable scholarly articles.