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Darwin’s Dilemma: The Soul

none of the cells in your fingertip is able to think and make deci-
sions, or grieve or rejoice, the neurons in the brain, which have a
similar structure, have no means of possessing metaphysical attrib-
utes. This is one fact that everyone can clearly understand, without
the need for scientific proof.
Indeed, materialists are also aware of this. But their material-
ist prejudices and their error of thinking that science consists sole-
ly of matter impel them to distort the truth. Yet what they maintain
in the name of materialism indicates a serious logical collapse.
There is no difference between someone who says “Our thoughts
are the product of atoms” and someone else who believes his
dreams to be real or who makes up unbelievable stories and then
believes them. However, rather than admit the existence of Allah,
materialists are prepared to risk this humiliating state of affairs.
The fact is that man is an entity who perceives with the soul
bestowed on him by Allah, who thinks with that soul, who speaks
with it, and rejoices, feels happiness, takes decisions, rules nations
and governs societies with it. Man is an entity with the soul given
by Allah, and that soul is eternal. The body is merely a vehicle in
this world. Man will leave the body behind when he dies, yet the
soul will continue. He will now reside either in Paradise or in Hell.

He [Allah] is the Raiser of ranks, the Possessor of the
Throne, He sends the Spirit by His command to whichever
of His servants He wills so that he may warn mankind
about the Day of Meeting: the Day when they will issue
forth and when not one thing about them will be hidden
from Allah. “To whom does the kingdom belong today? To
Allah, the One, the Conqueror! Every self will be repaid to-
day for what it earned. Today there will be no injustice.
Allah is swift at reckoning.” (Surah Ghafir, 15-17)

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