Question #340:
What is the correct meaning of “ʿAlaqa” as used in the Qurʿān? Some give the meaning as “blood clot” others “something that clings”, etc.
Answer:
The “ʿAlaqa” they say is (damun jāmid دم جامد); meaning ‘Blood clot’.
Ibn Rajab says:
والعلقة: قطعة من دم
The ʿAlaqah: Lump of blood.
Answered by: Abū Hārūn Muḥammad ʿAbdin-Nūr