Life before birth

When does life begin?
Not from your 'birthday'. Science (Biology and Human Embryology)teaches that life begins after fertilization of the ovum by a sperm. What goes on from the fertilized egg (Zygote), in Humans, to the full term pregnancy and birth of a baby is what I am proposing to talk about in three or more parts.
Very briefly, when an ovum comes to maturity it is shed from the Ovary, taken up by the finger-like processes, Fimbria, of the Fallopian tubes and travels through the tube into the uterus (its cavity) and if not fertilized, goes out with the next menstrual period.If it does get ferilized by a sperm, it is usually at the beginning of its journey and by the time it reaches the uterus it is a tiny ball of cells which will get attached to and then embedded in the uterine wall. This journey takes 5-7 days. Further growth of cells with multiplication and differentiation takes this tiny creature through various stages of development until it is ready for the outside world at birth.I have left out the various names intentionally.
At about 120 days of development its movements can be discerned by the mother (Quickening)although many movements and other activities of the fetus do occur before this time, (recorded beautifully in the recent times only).
Verses of Qur'an Majeed and Ahadeeth related to this process are numerous. In Qur'an Majeed, the purpose of these revelations is not to teach Embryology but to make the Man realize his humble origin and total dependence on God's bounties for everything. The Qur'an described 'stages' of development in terms understandible by people of 7th century Arabia, and at the same time carrying full significance and relavancy to the scientific understanding of 20th and 21st century. First is beginning with 'dust'(xxx, 20 and xxii, 5) or 'clay' (xxiii,12 and xxxii, 7)and then 'despicable fluid' (xxxii, 8 and lxxvii,20) that contains the 'Nutfah'which transforms into 'alaqah' and then 'mudhghah' and then bones that are clothed by muscles and then into 'another creation.
" It is He who has given the best form to everything that He has created. He originated the creation of Man from clay, then (automated the creation of)his progeny by an extract of a despicable water, then He fashioned him in due proportion and breathed into him of His spirit (Rooh). He gave you ears, eyes and heart yet you are seldom thankful" (Sura Al-Sajdah, 32, Ayaat 7,8 and 9).
"Indeed We have created Man from an essence of clay. Then placed him as a drop of semen (Nutfah) in a firm resting place, then changed the semen into a leech-like mass (Alaqah) then leech-like mass into a fetus lump (Mudhghah), then fetus lump into bones, then clothed the bones with flesh and then We brought him forth as quite a different creature (from the embryo);so blessed is Allah the best of all creators. (Al-Mo'minoon 23rd Sura, ayaat 12-14)
The words of Arabic I have placed in brackets are the Key words of so profound a significance that we as non-Arabic speaking and even the Arabic speaking persons cannot appreciate their full depth. The experts (Embryologists) of today had no words to say except, "These words are undoubtedly not human" and compelled some to accept the Truth, embracing Islam. Some power of words of God. See in "Tafseers" the details if you wish, though most of them may lack in the scientific explanations.
(see Prof. Kieth L. Moore, "A scientist's interpretation of references to Embryology in the Qur'an" Journal of IMA, 1986, Jan Issue)
I plan to take up Hadeeth next, insha-Allah.