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Hull City AFC (DMD) said:
I'm not sure how much clearer that part of the question can be from how I originally asked it.

, what does the koran say man was made from?

Does it say he was made of blood (96:2)

or clay as in (15:26)

or nothing as in. (52:35)

or sperm as in (16:4)

I guess I should have phrased the question as, which one is right, which I guess begs the follow up, why mention the others?

I wasn't really tyring to limit it to specific contradictions, they exist. I was more interested to see if you agreed, and if so could explain why they exist.
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Below is a simple explanation and hopefully that answers your query about 96:2 and 16:4 and I don't see the contradictions here either to be honest.

Surah al 'Alaq -the Blood Clot [96]
khalaqal insan - created man.

Allah has described that He has created everything by not specificying in the previous ayah, and even more specifically - the human, in this ayah.

min (from) 'alaq;
'Alaq - aliqa - to cling and to hang off.

The sperm reaches the egg, and hangs off it. This is studied in modern embryology, and was not known at the time of Allah's Messenger in such detail.

'alaq - a clot of blood, more literally a piece of wet sticky fluid which hangs ofof something.
Like mu'allaqa - that which hangs off.

mu'allaqaat - this was the title for famous poems which were written, and hung off [mu'allaq] the Ka'ba by the pre-Islamic Arabs.

That term is also used for marriage, when the husband has a wife but he isn't treating her fully like a wife. So she is stuck to you, but left Hanging on in the marriage.

Allah says;
Soon we shall show them our signs on the furthest horizons, and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is truth. Is it not enough that your Lord witnesses all things?

(Fussilat 41:53)

When Allah mentions the creation of the human being, He mentions 3 words;

Surah al 'Alaq -the Blood Clot [96]

Nutfa amshaj (sperm drop) -
Salsaal (dry clay) -
Teen (clay) -

He mentions man's origins to prove;
1 - Resurrection. The One who can make you from a fluid can easily bring your body back to life.

2- This fluid which seemed worthless turns into such a complex being which has the potential to rule the entire world. When things have high capabilities should do high levels of good purpose. This shows the higher purpose the human was made for.

3 - To humble the human. You were a liquid which was worthless and your parents wanted to wash it off their clothes quickly. So your high positioned job/looks/wealth/status should not make you feel so arrogant.
 
Hull City AFC (DMD) said:
Having shown I'd been lazy in an example I gave, and Highbury put me right, I need to look again at some of what I thought, but in a similar, lazily checked claim, my understanding is that the koran talks of shape shifters when referring to jinns.
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I wouldn't say the Jinns are shape shifters as you put it, below is some excerpt from the Qur'an about Jinns. The Jinns existed before Adam (as) was created and they were destroyed apart from some because of their evil and corrupt way and then Allah(swt) created Adam(as) the first man.

The Noble Qur'an - Ar-Rahmaan 55:15, 15
He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.
And the jinns did He create from a smokeless flame of fire.


The jinn are NOT fallen angels. They were created from a smokeless flame of fire. The first recordedjinnto be disobedient isIblis. Disbelieving, disobedient jinn and humans are known as shayateen (satans).

The Noble Qur'an - Ar-Rahmaan 55:15, 15
He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.
And the jinns did He create froma smokeless flame of fire.

The Noble Qur'an - Al-Hijr 15:26-42
26. And indeed, We created man from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud.
27. And the jinn, We created aforetime from the smokeless flame of fire.
28. And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "I am going to create a man (Adam) from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud.
29. "So, when I have fashioned him completely and breathed into him (Adam) the soul which I created for him, then fall (you) down prostrating yourselves unto him."
30. So, the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together.
31. Except Iblîs (Satan), - he refused to be among the prostrators.
32. (Allâh) said: "O Iblîs (Satan)! What is your reason for not being among the prostrators?"
33. [Iblîs (Satan)] said: "I am not the one to prostrate myself to a human being, whom You created from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud."
34. (Allâh) said: "Then, get out from here, for verily, you are Rajîm (an outcast or a cursed one)." [Tafsîr At-Tabarî]
35. "And verily, the curse shall be upon you till the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)."
36. [Iblîs (Satan)] said: "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day they (the dead) will be resurrected."
37. Allâh said: "Then, verily, you are of those reprieved,
38. "Till the Day of the time appointed."
39. [Iblîs (Satan)] said: "O my Lord! Because you misled me, I shall indeed adorn the path of error for them (mankind) on the earth, and I shall mislead them all.
40. "Except Your chosen, (guided) slaves among them."
41. (Allâh) said: "This is the Way which will lead straight to Me."
42. "Certainly, you shall have no authority over My slaves, except those who follow you of the Ghâwîn (Mushrikûn and those who go astray, criminals, polytheists, and evil-doers, etc.).
 
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