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created the entire universe out of nothing and has also created
everything with a purpose inevitably condemn themselves to a
moral and spiritual collapse. By themselves, wealth, well-being
and economic prosperity cannot bring peace and security. When

people do not obey their reasons and consciences, and regard
themselves as aimless and purposeless, many things cause them
to fall victim to unhappiness, and hopeless pessimism. For these
people who imagine that they will come to nothing when they
die, what matters most is the regret and despair they will feel up-
on seeing the Hereafter.
Yet anyone who believes in God and the existence of the
Hereafter recognizes that true life lies in the Hereafter, not in this
world. He always feels the joy and hope of obtaining God's ap-
proval and the Paradise. He submits to God in all things and thus
never falls victim to hopelessness or pessimism.
As we have seen, it is absolutely impossible for Darwinism's
world view to be reconciled with Islamic moral values, for the
two to be combined, or for there to exist any middle ground be-
tween them. They are diametrically opposed to one another. The