Blood and intestines = Purity?

Would the thought of blood and intestines ever allude to something so pure that quenches your thirst? Naturally, no. But when we study the Quran and study how things are formed, we can and will surely be blown away. 

In this groundbreaking verse in surah Alnahl, God describes the milk that is produced from cattle. He says:

وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْأَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةً نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِي بُطُونِهِ مِن بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَّبَنًا خَالِصًا سَائِغًا لِّلشَّارِبِينَ

“And surely in the cattle there is indeed a lesson for you: We give you to drink of that which is in their bellies, between the contents of intestines and blood, as pure milk, appetizing to those who drink it.”

While reading and reflecting on this verse, you are given this image of something a bit gruesome, but within that gory image arises a tasty liquid free of impurities. This concept strikes the reader even more as a listener, while hearing the words being recited slowly, clearly, and beautifully all at once. The fact that a God-given barrier was formed between the different fluids so that neither the color, taste, or smell of blood enters the milk, keeping it “pure” as the verse confirms, is a miracle within itself. 

And when we study the science behind the production of milk, we discover that it is created when nutrients from the intestinal tract are carried by the blood to the mammary glands. And suddenly, you are left speechless, amazed, and bewildered all at once. 

Oh how the pearls of the Quran are infinite. 

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*Translation and meanings of this verse were taken from Yahiya Emerick’s “The meaning of the Holy Quran in today’s English” and Syed Nasr’s “The study Quran”. 

*Video is an audio clip of Qari Alminshawi reciting this verse so beautifully and eloquently.