The
Coccyx
The Coccyx is the last
bone in the vertebral column. It was mentioned in many Hadiths that
this bone is the origin of humans and the seed from which they will
be resurrected on the Day of Judgment and that this part
doesn’t decay in the earth.
The honoured
Hadiths:
Abu Huraira reported
that The Prophet (PBUH) said: “All what of son of
Adam will (be eaten???) by the earth except the coccyx from which
he was created and from which he will be resurrected ”
Reported by Albukhari, Al Nassaii,
Abu Daoud, Ibn Majah and Ahmad in his Mousnad and Malek in his
Mouattaa.
As was reported by Abu
Huraira the prophet (PBUH) said: “There is
a bone in the Son Of Adam that the earth will never eat. They
said
what is it Oh Prophet of Allah? He said: It is the
coccyx” Reported by Albukhari, Al Nassaii,
Abu Daoud,
Ibn Majah,
Ahmad in his book “al Mousnad” and Malek in his book “Al
Mouattaa”.
So the previous Hadiths
are clear and contain the following facts:
Human are created from
the coccyx.
The coccyx does not
get decayed.
On the Day of
Judgment, the Resurrection will be from the
coccyx.
Stages of foetus
formation:
When
the sperm fecundate the ovule, foetus formation starts. The
fecundated ovule or the zygote divides into 2 cells, and each cell
divides into another 2 cells. Cells division and growth continue
until the formation of the embryonic disk that contains 2
layers:
The vertebral column and the last
vertebrae
External “Epiblast”: contains
the cytotrophoblasts that fix the embryo in the uterus wall and
enable its nutrition from the blood and the secretions of the
glands of the uterus wall.
Internal “Hypoblast”: From
which the foetus is formed with the Will of Allah The Almighty.
On
the day15 the primitive
streak appears in the dorsal
aspect of the embryo with a pointed end called the
primitive node.
The side on which the
primitive streak appears is known as the back of the embryonic
disc.
From the primitive streak and node all the foetus tissues and
organs
are formed as follows:
The Ectoderm: gives
the skin and the central nervous system
The Mesoderm: gives
the digestive tract smooth muscles, the skeletal muscles, the
circulation system, the heart, the bones the sexual and urinary
systems (except the bladder), the subcutaneous tissues, the
lymphatic system, the spleen and the cortex..
The Endoderm: the
linings of the digestive tract and the respiratory system, the
organs related to the digestive tract (ex: liver and pancreas),
the bladder, the thyroid gland, the hearing canal.
After that, the
primitive streak and node become emaciated and reside in the sacral
zone, in the last vertebrae, so that the coccyx is
formed.
Therefore, the primitive
streak and the primitive node represent the coccyx that the prophet
(PBUH) told us about.(1)
Foetus malformation is a proof
that the coccyx contains the mother cells for all the human
tissues:
After the creation and
formation of the foetus from the primitive streak and the primitive
node, those reside in the last vertebrae of the sacrum (the coccyx)
and retain their characteristics. If those are motivated somehow,
they start to grow similarly to the foetus growth and so give a
tumour (Teratoma) that resembles a defective foetus with some
organs
fully formed (hands or feet with nails) (see the
picture). Therefore the sacrum
indeed contains the mother cells and what the prophet (PBUH) said
about the Resurrection of humans from their coccyx on the Day of
Judgment has been proved.
The conclusion: the
coccyx contains the primitive streak and primitive node and those
are able to grow giving the three layers that form the foetus:
ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm and so can give all the organs as
the surgeon when opening the tumour previously mentioned found
fully
formed organs inside it like teeth, hair…
Humans can be then
recreated from their coccyx that contains the primitive streak and
node of the overall potential. (2)
And so the coccyx can not get
decayed:
Researchers found that
foetus cells’ formation and organisation are exerted by the
primitive streak and node and before their formation no cells’
differentiation could have taken place. One of the most famous
researchers who proved this was the German scientist Hans Spemann.
After his experiments on the primitive streak and node
he found that those organise the creation of the foetus and so he
called them “The primary organiser”. He cut this part from one
foetus and implanted it in another one in the primary embryonic
stage (third and fourth week). This lead to the formation of a
secondary foetus in the guest body due to the influence and
organisation exerted by the surrounding guest’s cells on the
implant.
The German scientist started his experiments on the
amphibians by implanting the primary organiser in a second foetus,
which led to the growth of a secondary embryo. The implantation of
the cut primary organiser was in another foetus of the same age
under the
Epiblast layer and lead to the apparition of a secondary
embryonic anlage.
In 1931, when Spemann crushed the primary organiser and
implanted it again, the crushing did not affect the experiment as
again, a secondary embryonic anlage grew.
In 1933, Spemann and other scientists conducted the same
experiment but the primary organiser was boiled this time. A
secondary embryonic anlage grew in spite of the boiling showing
that
the cells were not affected. In 1935, Spemann was awarded the
Nobel Prize for his discovery of the Primary Organiser. (3)
Dr Othman Al Djilani and Sheikh Abd Al Majid Azzandani did
some experiments on the coccyx in Ramadan 1423 in Sheikh Abd Al
Majid Azzandani’s house in Sanaa.
One of the two vertebras of 5 coccyx bones were burnt on
stones using a gas gun for 10 minutes until their total combustion
(the bones became red then black). They put the carbonised pieces
in
sterilised boxes and took them to the most famous analysis
laboratory in Sanaa (Al Olaki laboratory). Dr al Olaki, the
professor in histology and pathology in Sanaa University, analysed
the pieces and found that the cells of the bone tissues of the
coccyx were not affected and they survived the burning (only
the muscles the fatty tissues and the bone marrow cells were burnt
while the coccyx bone cells were not affected). (4)
by Dr Othman
Aljilani
