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....THE
DETERMINATION OF A CHILD'S SEX
....Allah Almighty says:
...."And your Lord creates and
chooses whom He pleases; to choose is not theirs;" (Qasas,
68).
....It is not up to the parents to
choose the sex of their children. They do not have any right of
choice. Nor does the baby, which is merely the size of a drop
of water. So, who determines the sex of a child, then?
....Allah Almighty says:
...."Allah's is the kingdom of
the heavens and the earth; He creates what He pleases; He grants
to whom He pleases daughters and grants to whom He pleases sons."
(Shura, 49)
...."Or He makes them of both
sorts, male and female; and He makes whom He pleases barren; surely
He is the Knowing, the Powerful." (Shura, 50)
....Allah Almighty, the All-Powerful
and the All-Surrounding, has created tiny chromosomes, web-like
and microscopically invisible; these have been given the task
of determining the sex of the child. While males have one X and
one Y chromosome, females have a pair of X chromosomes. If Allah
preordains that the embryo will be male, then, it is fertilized
by the Y chromosome of the sperm, and the child is a boy. If Allah
preordains the embryo to be female, then, it is fertilized by
the X chromosome of the sperm, and the child is a female. Allah
Almighty grants to whom He pleases; boys or girls, or both boys
and girls. Likewise, He makes whom He pleases barren. Surely,
...."And your Lord creates and
chooses whom He pleases; to choose is not theirs;" (Qasas,
68).
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