Then We created the seed into an embryo, then We created the embryo into a fetus, then We created the fetus into bone, then We covered the bone with flesh, then We brought forth a new creation. So glory be to God, the best of creators.
Translation endnotes
[23:14] Embryo is the name of the stage when the fertilized egg hangs on the wall of uterus. The word alaq, which we translated as embryo has three meanings in Arabic, (1) blood clot; (2) a hanging object; (3) leech. It is normal for medieval commentators who were ignorant of embryology, to render the meaning of the word alaq as "clot," since it is an organic ingredient of the human body. However, it is no excuse for modern commentators and translators who blindly copy from medieval books, to render this word as "clot," since there is not a stage, from fertilization of the embryo until birth, that could be described as "clot." See 46:15; 95:2.