Did ancient Greek scholars — such as Aristotle — discover how an embryo is formed before the revelation of the Qur’an, as some Hindus claim in order to invalidate the Qur’an’s scientific inimitability?

Philosophers, physicians, and wise men spoke about the origin of the fetus based on conjecture. Aristotle mentioned two theories: the first, that the fetus is ready in the man's fluid and grows in the womb; and the second, that the fetus is formed from menstrual blood and semen. The debate continued until the microscope discovered the sperm, and it became known that the fetus is formed from the mixture of the male and female gametes. The Holy Quran accurately confirmed this in His (Allah's) saying: "Indeed, We created man from a mingled sperm-drop that We may try him; and We made him hearing and seeing." [Al-Insan: 2]. Thus, it becomes clear that the words of Aristotle and those like him are delusions, and that the Holy Quran described the truth to which falsehood cannot come, and that modern science has only provided clarification and detail to what the Quran stated.