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ADNAN OKTAR (HARUN YAHYA) 253

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
‘Muslims knew about evolution long before Darwin.’ This logic is a
product of serious lack of knowledge. Science has proven the invalid-
ity 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 superstition dat-
ing back to the time of the ancient Egyptians and Sumerians, explain-
ing 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 com-
mandment, ‘Be’.
He is the Originator of the heavens and earth. When He de-
cides 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 desti-
nation. (Surat at-Taghabun, 3)

THE PROPHET ADAM (PBUH) AND ALL MANKIND
EXISTED IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM
BEFORE THE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED
In the Qur’an, God informs us He created mankind in the spiri-
tual realm even before the creation of the Universe and called every-
one to testify: