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THE EVOLUTION MISCONCEPTION
very detail in this universe points to a superior cre-
ation. By contrast, materialism, which seeks to deny
E 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 co-
incidences, 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. 1
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-
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