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DEVOTION AMONG ANIMALS

nation for people from all over the world believing that unconscious
and lifeless atoms suddenly decided to come together and form a uni-
verse that functions with a flawless system of organization, discipline,
reason, and consciousness; a planet named Earth with all of its features
so perfectly suited to life; and living things full of countless complex
systems.
In fact, the Qur'an relates the incident of Prophet Moses and
Pharaoh to show that some people who support atheistic philosophies
actually influence others by magic. When Pharaoh was told about the
true religion, he told Prophet Moses to meet with his own magicians.
When Moses did so, he told them to demonstrate their abilities first.
The verses continue:
He said: "You throw." And when they threw, they cast a spell on
the people's eyes and caused them to feel great fear of them. They

produced an extremely powerful magic. (Qur'an, 7: 116)
As we have seen, Pharaoh's magicians were able to deceive every-
one, apart from Moses and those who believed in him. However, his
evidence broke the spell, or "swallowed up what they had forged," as
the verse puts it.
We revealed to Moses, "Throw down your staff." And it immedi-
ately swallowed up what they had forged. So the Truth took place
and what they did was shown to be false. (Qur'an, 7: 117-118)
As we can see, when people realized that a spell had been cast upon
them and that what they saw was just an illusion, Pharaoh's magicians
lost all credibility. In the present day too, unless those who, under the
influence of a similar spell, believe in these ridiculous claims under
their scientific disguise and spend their lives defending them, abandon
their superstitious beliefs, they also will be humiliated when the full
truth emerges and the spell is broken. In fact, world-renowned British
writer and philosopher Malcolm Muggeridge also stated this:
I myself am convinced that the theory of evolution, especially the
extent to which it's been applied, will be one of the great jokes in the

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