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[quote]Assalaamu’alaikum,
                 I will share my knowledge especially on the sex determination and little bit about the “challenge” with the need of the expert opinion for the final decision.
               After six weeks of pregnancy, the external sex characters start to develop but the structures in both the sexes are so similar that they can’t be differentiated even on the gross examination till fourth month after which the features becomes clear day-by-day and becomes sure at the fifth month. So before the fifth month, the results are false and the false positive results are by chance. 
            The factors which affect results of the ultrasound are, expertness of the sonologist, resolution of the machine, position of the foetus, status of the foetus whether having any abnormality or not, amount of liquor amnii (fluid around the foetus), any uterine or abdominal pathology (disease), thickness of the abdominal wall, amount of gases in the intestine and amount of urine in the urinary bladder. These factors seem to be the barriers, which safeguard the secrets set by Allah Almighty.
             On the other hand, the sex determination although neither in black and white nor proved by the studies, is done most of the times by the multiparae (having the experience of multiple pregnancies) also. They have their different feelings (eating habits, mood changes etc) soon after amenorrhoea (loss of menses) in the different sexes. So this way determines the sex much earlier than the ultrasound. In the next pregnancy, one woman often has the same changes, specified for the each sex but these changes differ from women to women. I have the personal experience in my family but this is not always true. Now here lies another barrier.
              No doubt Allah knows 100% and the above mentioned ways of sex determination are doubtful, so not 100%. These figures prove the open defeat of this modern false challenge. So far as my knowledge is concerned, it is a sort of modern prediction as the doctors can make even about the time of death of the patients, which is often true. This prediction is a knowledge that is not forbidden rather this knowledge provokes to ponder more to know about His complex universe, hence a cause to remember Him more, which He wants for His pleasure leading to paradise (Please see the comments dated September 29, 2004 at the following link with a feed back). 
http://www.studying-islam.org/forum/topic.aspx?topicid=191&pg=2&lang=&forumid=1
            Ultrasound is a very safe and fruitful investigation due to which the patients can be treated by pricking by a needle instead of giving a long incision on the abdomen or other parts of the body. So the patients may easily escape from the major operations. It must be remembered that the treatment decision is not done exclusively on the basis of the ultrasound report but many more other information also. Sometimes some important information nullifies the ultrasound result and the whole treatment plan is changed after which the patient is recovered completely. My views have become lengthy to know value of the ultrasound. I think, in the light of this discussion “It seems to be failed to challenge” Suppose this is really a challenge then there seems to be another challenge to Holy Quran “ No body can know the hidden or unseen things but Allah”. We are knowing through different media, almost every thing (audio, video live or recorded) from all over the world that is hidden and we can’t know except the devices like radio, TV, telephone, internet etc. These media are much more powerful and their accuracy rate is many times high than that of the ultrasound. The ultrasound is involved only in a smaller area on the abdomen but these media cover whole of the world and we can see as low as in the bottom of the oceans and as high as inside the moon and also exactly about the future e.g. about the weather and changes in the solar systems. I think the problem is over but we can wait for the next more comprehensive approach according to the teachings of Islam.   
             In the end, as the ultrasound is facing a challenge in the medical field and helping the mankind, if the sex determination is a challenge to the claim of Holy Quran, I believe that Allah Almighty might ignore it because the intention is not to be a challenge and He is GHAFUR- UR-RAHEEM, GHAFFAR and loves His creatures. 
           May Allah help and forgive us, Aameen!
           Allah Hafiz!
            Dr. Akhlaq[/quote]

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