Quran and Semen Production

Deltassippi: Quran 86:7 says semen comes from the ribs and backbone. Medical science tells us semen comes from prostate gland. Therefore, Quran is wrong & cannot be God’s word.

Hu Wen: Let’s do a word for word translation of Quran 86:7 to see if it really says semen comes from the ribs and backbone. Below is a word for word translation of 86:7-

يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ

يَخْرُجُ = come out/go out

مِن = from

بَيْنِ = between

الصُّلْبِ = steel/loin

وَ = and

التَّرَائِبِ = ribs

Correct translation: “[Ejected fluid] go out [of the body] from between [the area of] ribs and loin” – Quran 86:7

Some translators mistranslated the Arabic word “الصُّلْبِ” as backbone. But the word “الصُّلْبِ” doesn’t mean backbone in Arabic. It can either mean “steel” or “loin”. The reason “loin” is appropriate in this verse instead of “steel” is that the verse is talking about human body and organs. Loin is a noun and it means “the region of the sexual organs” which is from the lowest ribs to hipbones. We know that male genital (penis) ejects semen at the time of orgasm. And male genital (penis) is literally located in the area of human body that is in between loin & ribs. Therefore, Quran is right.

References:

86:5- So let man observe what he was created from.

86:6- He was created from an ejected fluid

86:7- which comes out from between the loin and ribs.