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to as "native copper"). A society that uses copper must first possess a level of knowledge to identify it in pow-
der form in these rocks. It must then construct a mine to extract the copper, remove it, and carry it to the sur-
face. It is clear that these things cannot be done using stone and wooden tools.
Copper ore must be introduced to red-hot flame in order for it to liquefy. The temperature needed to melt
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and refine copper is 1,084.5 C (1,984 F). There also needs to be a device or bellows to ensure a steady flow of
air to the fire. Any society working with copper must construct a kiln able to produce such high heat and also
make such equipment as crucibles and tongs for use with the furnace.
This is a brief summary of the technical infrastructure needed to work copper—which by itself, is too soft

a metal to hold a sharp edge for long. Producing harder bronze by adding tin, zinc and other elements to cop-
per is even more sophisticated, because every metal requires different processes. All these facts show that com-
munities engaged in mining, producing alloys and metal-working must have possessed detailed knowledge. It
is neither logical nor consistent to claim that people with such comprehensive knowledge would never have

discovered iron.
On the contrary, archaeological discoveries show that the evolutionist claim that metal was unknown and
not used in very ancient societies is untrue. Proof includes such findings as the remains of a 100,000-year-old
metallic vessel, 2.8-billion-year-old metal spheres, an iron pot estimated to be 300 million years old, fragments

of textiles on clay dated to 27,000 years ago, and traces of metals such as magnesium and platinum, success-
fully melted in Europe only a few hundred years ago, in remains dating back a thousand years. These scattered
remains totally demolish the Rough Stone Age, Polished Stone Age, Bronze and Iron Age classifications. But a
large part of these findings, after appearing in many scientific publications, have either been ignored by evolu-

tionist scientists or else hidden away in museum basements. Fantastical evolutionist tales have been presented
as the history of mankind, instead of the true facts.

Believers Have Led Civilized Lives Throughout History

Throughout the course of history, God has sent messengers to call people to the true path. Some people
have obeyed these messengers and believed in the existence and oneness of God, while others have persisted
in denial. Ever since humans first came into existence they have learned faith in the one and only God, and the

moral values of the true religion, by means of our Lord's revelations. Therefore, the evolutionist claim that ear-
liest societies did not believe in the One and Only God is untrue. (Greater detail will be provided on this sub-
ject later in this book.)
In the Qur'an, it is revealed how, in all periods of history, God has sent messengers to call people to believe

and live by religious moral values:
Humanity was a single community. Then God sent out prophets bringing good news and giving warning, and
with them He sent down the Book with truth to decide between people regarding their differences. Only those

who were given it differed about it, after the clear signs had come to them, envying one another. Then, by His
permission, God guided those who believed to the truth of that about which they had differed. God guides who-
ever He wills to a straight path. (Surat al-Baqara: 213)
Another verse reveals that a messenger has been sent to every society to warn its members, remind them of
the existence and oneness of God, and to call them to abide by religious virtues:

... There is no community to which a warner has not come. (Surah Fatir: 24)
Although our Lord has sent people messengers and sacred scriptures, some have fallen into misunder-
standing, turned their backs on the virtues of the true religion and adopted deviant superstitious beliefs. Some
have developed pagan beliefs and fallen into the perversion of worshipping the earth, stone, wood, the Moon

or the Sun, and even so-called evil spirits. Even today, along with believers in the true religion, there are also
some who worship fire, the Moon, the Sun or idols made of wood. Some people ascribed partners to our Lord,
even though they were fully aware of His existence and uniqueness. Yet still our Lord has sent them messen-
gers, revealed to them the errors they had fallen into, and called on them to abandon their superstitious beliefs

and live according to the true religion. And in all periods in history, there have been believers and unbelievers,
those with a pure faith and those who have gone down paths of perversion.

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