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“Evolution is no longer viewed as a mindless affair, quite the opposite . ...
one eventually winds up with the idea of the universe as a mind that over-
sees, orchestrates, and gives order and structure to all things. We no longer
feel ourselves to be guests in someone else's home and therefore obliged to
make our behavior conform with a set of preexisting cosmic rules. It is our
creation now. We make the rules. We establish the parameters of reality. We
create the world. And because we do, we no longer feel beholden to outside
forces. We no longer have to justify our behavior, for we are the architects of
the universe. We are responsible for nothing outside ourselves, for we are the
kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.” 166

Rifkin’s statement reveals why Darwinists feel so close to the New
Age movement. The perverse materialistic worldview has for centuries
rejected Allah’s certain existence and credited coincidental develop-
ments with the creation of the universe. They represent the same view
that puts man at the center of existence like the New Age movement.
As we have mentioned before, in reality man is a helpless being creat-
ed from nothing by Allah and wholly dependent on our Lord, Who has
created the whole universe and the world so perfect for our needs, with
all the beings it contains created to unequalled standards of perfection.
Each being exists in its ideal environment with a bodily order perfect-
ly adapted to it. It is possible to see our Lord supreme creation in every-

thing that exists in the universe. Allah reveals the perfection of his sys-
tem in the Surat al-Mulk:
He Who created the seven heavens in layers. You will not find any
flaw in the Creation of the All-Merciful. Look again – do you see
any gaps? Then look again and again. Your sight will return to you
dazzled and exhausted! (Surat al-Mulk: 3-4)

The following are other verses on the subject:
Say: “Am I to take anyone other than Allah as my protector, the
Bringer into Being of the heavens and the earth, He Who feeds and

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)