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Zeal and Enthusiasm Described in the Qur’an

The First Insurmountable Step:The Origin of Life
The theory of evolution posits that all living species evolved from a
single living cell that emerged on Earth 3.8 billion years ago, sup-
posed to have happened as a result of coincidences. How a single
cell could generate millions of complex living species and, if such an
evolution really occurred, why traces of it cannot be observed in the
fossil record are some of the questions that the theory cannot answer.
However, first and foremost, we need to ask: How did this "first cell"
originate?
Since the theory of evolution ignorantly denies Creation, it main-
tains that the "first cell" originated as a product of blind coincidences
within the laws of nature, without any plan or arrangement. According
to the theory, inanimate matter must have produced a living cell as a
result of coincidences. Such a claim, however, is inconsistent with the
most unassailable rules of biology.

"Life Comes From Life"

In his book, Darwin never referred to the origin of life. The primitive
understanding of science in his time rested on the assumption that
living beings had a very simple structure. Since medieval times, spon-
taneous generation, which asserts that non-living materials came to-
gether to form living organisms, had been widely accepted. It was
commonly believed that insects came into being from food leftovers,
and mice from wheat. Interesting experiments were conducted to
prove this theory. Some wheat was placed on a dirty piece of cloth,
and it was believed that mice would originate from it after a while.
Similarly, maggots developing in rotting meat was assumed to be
evidence of spontaneous generation. However, it was later under-
stood that worms did not appear on meat spontaneously, but were
carried there by flies in the form of larvae, invisible to the naked eye.
Even when Darwin wrote The Origin of Species, the belief that
bacteria could come into existence from non-living matter was widely
accepted in the world of science.

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