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THE EVOLUTION MISCONCEPTION

Every detail in this universe points to a superior creation. By
contrast, materialism, which seeks to deny the fact of creation in
the universe, is nothing but an unscientific fallacy.
Once materialism is invalidated, all other theories based on
this philosophy are rendered baseless. Foremost of them is
Darwinism, that is, the theory of evolution. This theory, which
argues that life originated from inanimate matter through coin-
cidences, has been demolished with the recognition that the
universe was created by Allah. American astrophysicist Hugh
Ross explains this as follows:
Atheism, Darwinism, and virtually all the "isms" emanating
from the eighteenth to the twentieth century philosophies are built
upon the assumption, the incorrect assumption, that the universe
is infinite. The singularity has brought us face to face with the
cause – or causer – beyond/behind/before the universe and all that
it contains, including life itself. 33
It is Allah Who created the universe and Who designed it
down to its smallest detail. Therefore, it is impossible for the
theory of evolution, which holds that living beings are not cre-
ated by Allah, but are products of coincidences, to be true.
Unsurprisingly, when we look at the theory of evolution, we
see that this theory is denounced by scientific findings. The de-
sign in life is extremely complex and striking. In the inanimate
world, for instance, we can explore how sensitive are the bal-