Page 23 - The Intellectual Struggle Against Darwinism

HARUN YAHYA 21

The Vain Efforts of Those Who Seek to
Reconcile Darwinism with Islam

In the Qur'an, God has revealed many verses about the cre-
ation of life and the universe. Yet these verses contain not the
slightest indication that living things descended from one anoth-
er, or that there exists any evolutionary relationship between
them. Of course, had God so wished, He could have created liv-
ing things by way of evolution. Yet there is no sign of this in the
Qur'an, and not one verse supports the idea of species developing
gradually by stages, as evolutionists maintain. If such a manner of
creation had taken place, we would see detailed accounts of this
in verses from the Qur'an. Yet, on the contrary, it is revealed in the
Qur'an that God brought life and the universe into being in a
miraculous way, by commanding them to "Be!"

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)
If, as is claimed, half-ape, half-human life forms had really
lived before the Prophet Adam (pbuh)— had mutations and nat-
ural selection exerted an effect on the creation of living things—
then God would have informed us of this in the Qur'an in a very
clear, distinct, and intelligible way. However, no verse of the
Qur'an contains any such information. On the contrary, many
verses tell us that man was created out of nothing, in the finest
form:

We created man in the finest mould. (Surat at-Tin:4)
He created the heavens and the Earth with truth and formed
you, giving you the best of forms… (Surat at-Taghabun: 3)

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