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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 rec-
oncile it with Islam employing a strange logic which suggests that ‘Mus-
lims knew about evolution long before Darwin.’ This logic is a product
of serious lack of knowledge. Science has proven the invalidity of evo-
lution. 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 superstition dating
back to the time of the ancient Egyptians and Sumerians, explaining
everything with coincidences.
God surely could have created the living organisms through evo-
lution if He had wished so. However, the Qur’an does not contain any
such information or any verse supporting the gradual formation of life
forms as claimed by evolutionists. Had such a manner of creation ex-
isted, we would have seen it in the verses of the Qur’an with its elabo-
rate 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, giv-
ing you the best of forms. And He is your final destination. (Surat at-
Taghabun, 3)