What do the words "nutfa", "alaqa", "mudgha" and "amshaj" mean in Arabic dictionaries, and in which ancient Arabic poems and hadiths do these words appear?
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"Nutfa" means pure or small amount of water, and it is used to refer to the man's semen. "Alaqa" is a congealed piece of blood that attaches to the womb. "Mudgha" means a small piece of flesh. "Sulala" is what is extracted from something, and it refers to the semen of both man and woman. As for "Amshaj," it refers to the mixed fluids of man's and woman's semen combined. These terms have been mentioned in the Prophetic traditions to describe the stages of human creation.
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