Page 575 - Atlas of Creation Volume 2

Harun Yahya

The fact that some backward
civilizations existed 1,000 years
ago does not mean that history
itself evolved, or that societies

progress from the primitive to
the more advanced. Because
alongside these backward com-
munities, there were also highly

advanced ones that made huge
strides in science and technol-
ogy and founded deep-rooted
civilizations. Yes, cultural inter-

action and the accumulated
knowledge handed down
through generations may well
play a role in societies' develop-

ment. But this is not evolution.
In citing examples of the
communities that lived in the
past, God tells us in the Qur'an

that some of these did indeed
build advanced cultures:
Have they not traveled in the
Earth and seen the final fate of

those before them? They were
greater than them in strength and
left far deeper traces on the Earth
... (Surah Ghafir: 21)

Have they not traveled in the land
and seen the final fate of those
before them? They were more nu-
merous than them and greater in

strength and left more and deeper
traces on Earth, but what they
earned was of no use to them.
(Surah Ghafir:82)

How many wrongdoing cities We
destroyed, and now all their roofs
and walls are fallen in; how many
abandoned wells and stuccoed

palaces! (Surat al-Hajj: 45)
These statements imparted
in the Qur'an are supported by
archaeological findings. When

archaeological discoveries and the sites where past communities lived are examined, it can indeed be seen
that most of these societies enjoyed a higher level than some present-day communities, and that they made
enormous advances in the fields of construction technology, astronomy, mathematics and medicine. This yet
again invalidates the Darwinist myth of the evolution of history and societies.

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