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234 THE MIRACLE OF ELECTRICITY IN THE BODY

WHY A MUSLIM CANNOT BE AN ADVOCATE OF

EVOLUTION
Based on the knowledge of the 1940s and 1950s, some Muslims
imagine that evolution is a theory supported by science, and try to
reconcile it with Islam employing a strange logic which suggests that
‘Muslims knew about evolution long before Darwin.’ This logic is a
product of serious lack of knowledge. Science has proven the inva-
lidity of evolution. The fact science reveals is the fact of creation.
The fact that Muslims believe in, and the Qur’an clearly states,
is that God created everything. Therefore, it is impossible for a
Muslim to advocate the theory of evolution, which is a pagan super-
stition dating back to the time of the ancient Egyptians and
Sumerians, explaining everything with coincidences.
God surely could have created the living organisms through
evolution if He had wished so. However, the Qur’an does not con-
tain any such information or any verse supporting the gradual for-
mation of life forms as claimed by evolutionists. Had such a manner
of creation existed, we would have seen it in the verses of the Qur’an
with its elaborate explanations. But on the contrary, God informs us
in the Qur’an that life and the universe is created miraculously with
God’s commandment, ‘Be’.

He is the Originator of the heavens and earth. When He decides
on something, He just says to it, ‘Be!’ and it is.” (Surat al-Baqara,
117)

The fact God heralds in the Qur’an is that mankind was created
out of nothing, in the finest form:
We created man in the finest mold. (Surat at-Tin, 4)
He created the heavens and the earth with truth and formed you,
giving you the best of forms. And He is your final destination.
(Surat at-Taghabun, 3)