Page 17 - The importance of conscience in the Qur'an

Evidence of Allah's Existence Can Be Seen Through Conscience 15

Let us give a well-known example of how a covered con-
science can deceive a man, in spite of his intelligence and know-
ledge. Francis Crick is one of the two scientists who discovered
the structure of DNA during the 1950's. This was undoubtedly
one of the major discoveries in the history of science; it required
some painstaking work, considerable accumulated knowledge
and, no doubt, intelligence. As a result of all the work he did, this
'scientist' was awarded the Nobel Prize.
During his research, Francis Crick became so amazed at
the structure of the cell and its hidden design that, despite being
an ardent evolutionist, he mentioned the following in his book:
An honest man, armed with all the knowledge available
to us now, could only state that in some sense, the
origin of life appears at the moment to be almost a
miracle, so many are the conditions which would have
had to have been satisfied to get it going. (Francis
Crick, Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature, New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1981, p. 88)
When Crick, who believed in evolution and the idea that
life came about as a result of coincidences, saw the details in
the cell, he wrote the above lines and stated that a cell could
not possibly be formed by coincidence, but could only be a
miracle. Evolutionists, however, do not believe in any
explanation other than coincidence, for it would require them
to accept the existence of Allah. Crick was so impressed with
the perfection and intactness of the cell that despite advocating
a different ideology, he had to confess his amazement.
However, Crick could not follow his conscience for long and
said that he could not accept the existence of Allah, so this
whole design, which requires a superior wisdom and can by no
means be explained by coincidences, was created not by Allah,