What is meant by the phrase, "in the shape of a leech, elongated," mentioned in Ibn Kathir's Tafsir for the noble verse (Then We made the Nutfah into an 'alaqah...)?
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Ibn Kathir meant that the nutfah (sperm drop) became an 'alaqah (clot of blood), which is a thick piece of blood, and its shape is oblong, i.e., long. No scholar who commented on or explained his has clarified Ibn Kathir's intent in this regard.
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