Hadith 397

(The book) ‘Tawheed’ of Al Mufazzal –
‘We shall begin, O Mufazzal, with mention of the creation of the human being, so take a lesson with it. So, the first of that what can be pondered with is the foetus in the womb, and it is veiled in three (layers of) darkness – a darkness of the belly, and a darkness of the womb, and a darkness of the placenta, where there is no means with it in seeking sustenance nor to dispel any discomfort, nor bring any benefits, nor repel any harm. So there flows to it from the blood of the menstruation, what provides it, just as the water provides the vegetation. That provision does not cease until when its creation is complete and its body is stronger, and its surface is strong enough to face the direct air, and its eyes upon meeting the light, agitated by being separated from its mother, and is uncomfortable with intense discomfort, and convolutes until it is born. And when it is born, that blood from the blood of its mother which used to nourish it, gets diverted to her breasts, and the taste and the colour changes to another variety of the provision, and becomes intensely compatible for the new born that the blood, and it suffices him in the time of its need to it. So, when the new born trembles and moves its lips seeking the breast-feeding, he finds the breast of its mother like the two instruments (fruits) hanging for his need to it. So, he does not cease to be nourished with the milk for as he is of wet body, delicate intestines, soft limbs, until when he moves and is needy to a provision wherein is solidity for the intensity and strength of his body. There emerge for him the grinders from the teeth and the molars, for him to chew the food with it, and it is softened for him, and easier for him to absorb. He does not cease to be like that until he becomes aware (older). So, when he is older, and was a male, the hair emerges in his face, and that was a sing of the male, and an honour of the man which comes out with it from the limit of the child, and (from) resembling the women. And if it was a female, her face would remain pure from the hair, or the glory and the freshness to remain for her, which makes the man move to what is in it the permanence of the lineage and its remaining. Consider, O Mufazzal, regarding what the human being is regulated with in these various stages. Do you see any possibility that it would happen to be with the neglect (without planning)? Do you see, if that blood had not flowed to it, and he was in the womb, wouldn’t he be im