Lost Verses 1. Al-Fatihah 2. Al-Baqarah 3. Ali 'Imran 4. An-Nisa 5. Al-Ma'idah 6. Al-An'am 7. Al-A'raf 8. Al-Anfal 9. At-Tawbah 10. Yunus 11. Hud 12. Yusuf 13. Ar-Ra'd 14. Ibrahim 15. Al-Hijr 16. An-Nahl 17. Al-Isra 18. Al-Kahf 19. Maryam 20. Taha 21. Al-Anbya 22. Al-Hajj 23. Al-Mu'minun 24. An-Nur 25. Al-Furqan 26. Ash-Shu'ara 27. An-Naml 28. Al-Qasas 29. Al-'Ankabut 30. Ar-Rum 31. Luqman 32. As-Sajdah 33. Al-Ahzab 34. Saba 35. Fatir 36. Ya-Sin 37. As-Saffat 38. Sad 39. Az-Zumar 40. Ghafir 41. Fussilat 42. Ash-Shuraa 43. Az-Zukhruf 44. Ad-Dukhan 45. Al-Jathiyah 46. Al-Ahqaf 47. Muhammad 48. Al-Fath 49. Al-Hujurat 50. Qaf 51. Adh-Dhariyat 52. At-Tur 53. An-Najm 54. Al-Qamar 55. Ar-Rahman 56. Al-Waqi'ah 57. Al-Hadid 58. Al-Mujadila 59. Al-Hashr 60. Al-Mumtahanah 61. As-Saf 62. Al-Jumu'ah 63. Al-Munafiqun 64. At-Taghabun 65. At-Talaq 66. At-Tahrim 67. Al-Mulk 68. Al-Qalam 69. Al-Haqqah 70. Al-Ma'arij 71. Nuh 72. Al-Jinn 73. Al-Muzzammil 74. Al-Muddaththir 75. Al-Qiyamah 76. Al-Insan 77. Al-Mursalat 78. An-Naba 79. An-Nazi'at 80. 'Abasa 81. At-Takwir 82. Al-Infitar 83. Al-Mutaffifin 84. Al-Inshiqaq 85. Al-Buruj 86. At-Tariq 87. Al-A'la 88. Al-Ghashiyah 89. Al-Fajr 90. Al-Balad 91. Ash-Shams 92. Al-Layl 93. Ad-Duhaa 94. Ash-Sharh 95. At-Tin 96. Al-'Alaq 97. Al-Qadr 98. Al-Bayyinah 99. Az-Zalzalah 100. Al-'Adiyat 101. Al-Qari'ah 102. At-Takathur 103. Al-'Asr 104. Al-Humazah 105. Al-Fil 106. Quraysh 107. Al-Ma'un 108. Al-Kawthar 109. Al-Kafirun 110. An-Nasr 111. Al-Masad 112. Al-Ikhlas 113. Al-Falaq 114. An-Nas Abrogated Verses
7

فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ

When the sight is dazed,

Vowel Difference (harakat) - Change Meaning (general semantic shift)
Vowel Difference (harakat) Change Meaning (general semantic shift)
Original (Hafs)

بَرِقَ

is dazed

Variant Reading

بَرَقَ

glows

The vowel on the letter Raa changes from a kasrah (bariqa) meaning 'is dazed' to a fathah (baraqa) meaning 'shines' or 'glows'.

Read by:

Ibn Jummaz, Ibn Wardan, Qalun, Warsh

37

أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ

Was he not a drop of semen emitted?

Diacritical Difference (dots) - Change Meaning (general semantic shift)
Diacritical Difference (dots) Change Meaning (general semantic shift)
Original (Hafs)

يُمۡنَىٰ

emitted

Variant Reading

تُمْن۪ىٰ

an emitted

The prefix changes from a masculine 'ya' (ي) to a feminine 'ta' (ت). In Hafs, the verb 'yumnā' is masculine and modifies 'maniyy' (semen). In the variant, 'tumnā' is feminine and modifies 'nutfah' (drop).

Read by:

Abu Al-Harith, Bazzi, Duri Abu 'Amr, Duri Al-Kisa'i, Hisham, Ibn Dhakwan, Ibn Jummaz, Ibn Wardan, Idris, Ishaq, Khalaf, Khallad, Qalun, Qunbul, Shu'bah, Susi, Warsh

Historical Error
The Quran makes a verifiable scientific error by claiming that humans originate from an emitted drop of semen ('Nutfah'). This reflects an outdated physiological view that ignores the female ovum's equal role in conception, reducing embryology to merely emitted male fluid.
38

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Then he was a clot, and He created and fashioned (him),

Historical Error
The verse states the embryo develops into an 'Alaqah' (a blood clot). This is a scientific error that mirrors the inaccurate, outdated embryological theories of Galen, as modern science proves the embryo never passes through a stage of congealed blood.
39

فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ

and made from it the two sexes, the male and the female.

Historical Error
By claiming the male and female sexes are formed from the blood clot ('Alaqah'), the text reinforces an erroneous sequence of fetal development based on ancient Greek and local mythological physiology rather than accurate biology.

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