It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning this saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "And He knows its place of settlement and its place of deposit" [Surah Hud: 6] that he said: "Mustaqarr (the place of settlement) refers to the mother's womb, in which there is one who is alive or has died, and mustawda' (the place of deposit) refers to the man's loins (sulb)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.