3:6
He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He pleases. There is no god but He, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
Some contemporary Muslim youth have shown a strong preference for seeking religious verdicts from scholars based in the Middle East, viewing them as more traditionally grounded than Western-based scholars whom they perceive as influenced by modern intellectual trends. In one collected volume of legal opinions, Shaykh Mohammed Absali al-Wasayen discusses the Qur’anic verse in Sūrat Luqmān (31:34), which states that certain forms of knowledge—such as what is in the womb—belong exclusively to God. Addressing modern medical technologies like ultrasound imaging, he argues that Qur’anic interpretation should be considered alongside empirical knowledge. Rather than rejecting scientific discoveries, he suggests revisiting earlier interpretations that assumed human beings could not access such information. According to this approach, the verse continues to affirm divine omniscience by emphasizing that only God knows the complete reality and future of the unborn child, even if some physical details become observable through technology. This perspective illustrates an effort to reconcile traditional exegesis with contemporary scientific understanding, sometimes requiring reinterpretation beyond earlier classical commentaries.