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Fossil Trilobite

Period: Ordovician

Age: 480 million years
Region: Russia

The way that all a living thing’s characteristics remain preserved in stone is a great miracle worked
by Allah. A living thing that should decay and become part of the surrounding soil after it dies can so-

metimes leave behind all its details, from the suckers it possesses to its digestive system, and sometimes
even its nerve endings. In this way, the evidence of its existence is exhibited in rock dating back millions
of years. Allah's glorious creation and amazing artistry are there for all to see, in the manner that Allah
chooses, despite the passage of millions of years. One of the greatest proofs of this immaculate artistry is
that of the Precambrian life forms.

Another reason for concentrating on these life forms is to enable evolutionists, who are astonished
by the way Precambrian life forms appeared approximately 500 million years ago, to see the true facts and
to enlighten people who blindly believe in evolution. The scientific evidence clearly shows that no pro-
cess of evolution ever took place in the course of natural history. All life forms appeared in one moment,
with no evolutionary forebearers, and came into being possessing all of their complex characteristics; in
other words, they were created.

Our Lord, the Creator of all, reveals the creation of living things in the following verse:

Allah created every animal from water. Some of them go on their bellies, some of them on two legs, and so-
me on four. Allah creates whatever He wills. Allah has power over all things. (Qur’an, 24:45)

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