1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,000 I 2 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:43,980 We'll be right back. 3 00:00:44,000 --> 00:01:07,620 The Quran Refutes Darwinism Part 3 4 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:22,200 Far from being a scientific thesis, Darwinism is a system of thought invented and sustained 5 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:26,680 in order to lead people to deny Allah and one that is constructed upon errors. 6 00:01:28,940 --> 00:01:34,360 Darwinists have neither scientific foundation nor any evidence with which to defend their position. 7 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:44,660 In order to sustain their irrational and unscientific theory, they resort to fraud and demagoguery 8 00:01:44,660 --> 00:01:49,960 and seek to silence their opponents with psychological pressure and methods of indoctrination. 9 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:57,140 The fact is, however, that they are in a hopeless position. 10 00:01:57,140 --> 00:02:06,640 That being the case, it is a grave error for any Muslim to be taken in by evolutionist propaganda 11 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,960 and to attach any credence to this theory. 12 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:13,300 Nonetheless, because of the inferiority they feel when confronted by evolutionists 13 00:02:13,300 --> 00:02:19,640 and out of ignorance, doubt or lack of determination, some people have engaged in a superstitious 14 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:22,260 attempt to reconcile Darwinism with faith. 15 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:27,520 Someone who fails to keep up with the scientific progress and who does not read publications 16 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:33,480 setting out the invalidity of the theory of evolution may be taken in by Darwinist deceptions. 17 00:02:34,260 --> 00:02:39,460 However, lack of awareness is a state of affairs that can easily be overcome by reading about 18 00:02:39,460 --> 00:02:40,140 the subject. 19 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:45,820 No Muslim with detailed knowledge concerning the theory of evolution can any longer possibly 20 00:02:45,820 --> 00:02:49,900 remain undecided or silent in the face of evolutionist claims. 21 00:02:50,460 --> 00:02:55,840 In this third and final part of our series, the Qur'an refutes Darwinism, we shall continue 22 00:02:55,840 --> 00:03:00,960 to examine the errors of those who attempt to find evidence for the theory of evolution in 23 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:01,520 the Qur'an. 24 00:03:09,460 --> 00:03:21,540 The error that Prophet Adam was not the first human being. 25 00:03:25,260 --> 00:03:30,560 One of the claims made by those taken in by the idea of creation to evolution is that the 26 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:36,460 Prophet Adam may not have been the first human being and that he may not even have been human 27 00:03:36,460 --> 00:03:36,880 at all. 28 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,140 Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, is beyond this. 29 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,060 Those making such claims point to the following verse as evidence. 30 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,060 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 31 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:56,360 When your Lord said to the angels, I am putting a khalif on the earth, they said, 32 00:03:57,100 --> 00:04:02,200 Why put on it one who will cause corruption on it and shed blood when we glorify you with 33 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:03,660 praise and proclaim your purity. 34 00:04:04,580 --> 00:04:07,200 He said, I know what you do not know. 35 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:20,960 These people interpret the Arabic verb, jah-elun, used in the expression, I am putting a khalif 36 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,940 on the earth, as meaning, to appoint in English. 37 00:04:24,940 --> 00:04:31,100 They then errorly conclude from this that the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, was not the 38 00:04:31,100 --> 00:04:35,480 first human and that he was appointed khalif from among many human beings. 39 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:42,640 The fact is, however, that the verb jah-elun does not only mean to appoint, but also it 40 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:48,980 is used in various places in the Qur'an to impart such different meanings as to create, bring 41 00:04:48,980 --> 00:04:56,860 into being, invent, convert, make, do, place, etc. 42 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:03,640 Some of the verses in which the verb jah-elun is employed read as follows. 43 00:05:04,860 --> 00:05:07,760 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 44 00:05:08,540 --> 00:05:16,440 He created you from a single self, then produced jah-elun, its mate from it, and sent down livestock 45 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,700 to you, eight coins in pairs. 46 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,920 Say, it is he who brought you into being and gave, 47 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:29,880 wa-ja'ala, you hearing sight and hearts, what little thanks you show. 48 00:05:31,020 --> 00:05:34,020 And placed the moon as a light in them and made, 49 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,660 wa-ja'ala, the sun a blazing lamp. 50 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:40,020 Allah has spread, 51 00:05:40,620 --> 00:05:43,660 jah-alam, the earth out as a carpet for you. 52 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:54,960 As can be seen from these verses, the word jah-elun is used in very different meanings in the Qur'an 53 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,300 in addition of to appoint. 54 00:06:03,460 --> 00:06:08,540 Yet even if the sense of to appoint is applied to the word jah-elun, 55 00:06:08,540 --> 00:06:15,960 it is still incompatible with the Qur'anic moral values to draw the heretical conclusion of creation through evolution. 56 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:25,200 Allah tells us in the Qur'an that angels, jinn, and Satan were all created before the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him. 57 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:32,020 When the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, was created, the angels were required to prostrate themselves before him. 58 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:36,820 And they all did this, with the exception of the jinn, Diabolus. 59 00:06:37,860 --> 00:06:42,900 Therefore, even if the word jah-elun is interpreted as meaning to appoint, 60 00:06:42,900 --> 00:06:46,220 it is still clear that the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, 61 00:06:46,500 --> 00:06:50,980 is being referred to as being appointed caliph over the angels and jinn. 62 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:53,400 Allah knows the truth. 63 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,140 In addition, after his descent to earth, 64 00:06:57,620 --> 00:07:03,600 the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, was appointed caliph over a human society consisting of his own descendants. 65 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:08,240 And this is another sense in which the idea of being appointed is appropriate. 66 00:07:10,980 --> 00:07:15,080 All this goes to show the word jah-elun in the verses do not, 67 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:17,060 contrary to what some people maintain, 68 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:19,320 mean that the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, 69 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,980 was chosen from among several people who existed together with him. 70 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,060 The Qur'an contains no statement in support of such a claim. 71 00:07:27,620 --> 00:07:31,420 To make such an impossible suggestion on the basis of a single word 72 00:07:31,420 --> 00:07:34,400 is a sign of a serious lack of reason and judgment. 73 00:07:35,060 --> 00:07:37,620 Furthermore, it is clearly stated in several verses 74 00:07:37,620 --> 00:07:41,040 that the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, was created out of earth. 75 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,260 These verses make it clear that the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, 76 00:07:44,260 --> 00:07:46,920 was not just one human being from among many, 77 00:07:47,420 --> 00:07:48,720 that he was the first human being, 78 00:07:49,260 --> 00:07:51,920 and that his was a very special and different creation. 79 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,180 Allah states in one verse as such, 80 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,380 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 81 00:07:59,380 --> 00:08:03,500 The likeness of Jesus in Allah's sight is the same as Adam. 82 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:05,720 He created him from earth, 83 00:08:06,060 --> 00:08:07,100 and then he said to him, 84 00:08:07,180 --> 00:08:08,640 Be, and he was. 85 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:15,380 Another important piece of information provided by the Qur'an 86 00:08:15,380 --> 00:08:18,060 with regard to the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, 87 00:08:18,380 --> 00:08:19,700 being the first human being 88 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:22,820 is the way that he and his wife were expelled from paradise 89 00:08:22,820 --> 00:08:25,320 because of the errors of their ways. 90 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:27,260 Allah states in the verses, 91 00:08:27,260 --> 00:08:30,860 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 92 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:32,300 Children of Adam, 93 00:08:32,740 --> 00:08:34,880 do not let Satan tempt you into trouble 94 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:36,940 as he expelled your parents from the garden, 95 00:08:37,420 --> 00:08:38,800 stripping them of their covering 96 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,140 and disclosing to them their private parts. 97 00:08:41,660 --> 00:08:43,600 He and his tribe see you 98 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:45,080 from where you do not see them. 99 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:47,160 We have made the Satans friends 100 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:48,780 of those who have no faith. 101 00:08:50,060 --> 00:08:50,680 We said, 102 00:08:51,020 --> 00:08:51,340 Adam, 103 00:08:51,980 --> 00:08:53,980 live in the garden you and your wife, 104 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:56,180 and eat freely from it wherever you will. 105 00:08:56,180 --> 00:08:58,300 But do not approach this tree 106 00:08:58,300 --> 00:09:00,120 and so become wrongdoers. 107 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,160 But Satan made them slip up by means of it, 108 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:05,100 expelling them from where they were. 109 00:09:05,900 --> 00:09:06,340 We said, 110 00:09:06,900 --> 00:09:09,100 Go down from here as enemies to each other. 111 00:09:09,820 --> 00:09:11,500 You will have residence on the earth 112 00:09:11,500 --> 00:09:13,180 and enjoyment for a time. 113 00:09:13,180 --> 00:09:22,520 The expressions in these verses are crystal clear. 114 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,460 Allah created the Prophet Adam, 115 00:09:24,820 --> 00:09:25,460 peace be upon him, 116 00:09:25,540 --> 00:09:26,160 out of earth. 117 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:27,400 The Prophet Adam, 118 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:28,080 peace be upon him, 119 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,180 was created in a very special manner. 120 00:09:30,700 --> 00:09:33,040 And this can be seen from his initial presence 121 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,920 in and subsequent expulsion from paradise. 122 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:36,920 However, 123 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:42,460 those who espouse the false idea 124 00:09:42,460 --> 00:09:44,000 of evolutionary creation 125 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,880 ignore these evident facts. 126 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,420 They propose the irrational idea 127 00:09:49,420 --> 00:09:50,840 that the word paradise 128 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:51,840 in the verses 129 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,140 refers not to paradise in the hereafter, 130 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,200 but to pleasant places on earth. 131 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:02,600 Yet it is clearly revealed in the Quran 132 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,060 that the Prophet Adam, 133 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:04,760 peace be upon him, 134 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:05,420 and his wife 135 00:10:05,420 --> 00:10:07,080 were first placed in paradise 136 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,560 and then subsequently sent down to earth. 137 00:10:13,100 --> 00:10:16,100 There is no Quranic evidence or basis 138 00:10:16,100 --> 00:10:18,560 for the claim that the word paradise 139 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:19,700 in the verses 140 00:10:19,700 --> 00:10:22,100 refers to pleasant locations on earth. 141 00:10:22,100 --> 00:10:28,440 This claim consists entirely 142 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,220 of illusory speculation 143 00:10:30,220 --> 00:10:32,960 built upon conjecture and guesswork. 144 00:10:33,380 --> 00:10:34,500 It is a serious error 145 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:36,080 to attempt to look for evidence 146 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:37,420 for the theory of evolution 147 00:10:37,420 --> 00:10:38,540 in the Quran 148 00:10:38,540 --> 00:10:40,280 by way of such irrational 149 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,200 and illogical interpretations 150 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,160 when the expressions used 151 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:45,960 in the verses are so clear. 152 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:47,540 There are several verses 153 00:10:47,540 --> 00:10:49,620 that indicate that all human beings 154 00:10:49,620 --> 00:10:51,460 are descended from the Prophet Adam, 155 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:52,080 peace be upon him, 156 00:10:52,100 --> 00:10:53,080 in other words, 157 00:10:53,340 --> 00:10:54,940 that he was the first human being. 158 00:10:55,380 --> 00:10:56,640 One such verse says, 159 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:58,760 I seek refuge in Allah 160 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:00,080 from the accursed Satan. 161 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:01,720 When your Lord took out 162 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:02,620 all their descendants 163 00:11:02,620 --> 00:11:03,580 from the loins 164 00:11:03,580 --> 00:11:04,940 of the children of Adam 165 00:11:04,940 --> 00:11:06,460 and made them testify 166 00:11:06,460 --> 00:11:07,660 against themselves, 167 00:11:08,420 --> 00:11:09,620 Am I not your Lord? 168 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:11,020 They said, 169 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:13,480 We testify that indeed you are. 170 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:15,860 Lest you say on the day of resurrection, 171 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:17,740 We knew nothing of this. 172 00:11:18,060 --> 00:11:18,880 Or lest you say, 173 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,300 Our forefathers associate others 174 00:11:21,300 --> 00:11:21,980 with Allah 175 00:11:21,980 --> 00:11:23,300 before our time, 176 00:11:23,540 --> 00:11:24,800 and we are merely descendants 177 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:25,840 coming after them. 178 00:11:26,220 --> 00:11:27,820 So are you going to destroy us 179 00:11:27,820 --> 00:11:28,960 for what those purveyors 180 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:29,940 of falsehood did? 181 00:11:29,940 --> 00:11:36,320 In short, 182 00:11:36,900 --> 00:11:37,680 the Prophet Adam, 183 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:38,460 peace be upon him, 184 00:11:38,540 --> 00:11:39,660 was the first human being, 185 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:41,740 the first messenger of Allah, 186 00:11:42,140 --> 00:11:44,000 and the forerunner of all humans. 187 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:46,340 The verses on this subject 188 00:11:46,340 --> 00:11:47,180 are so clear 189 00:11:47,180 --> 00:11:49,500 as to permit no other interpretation. 190 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:53,880 Anyone reading the Qur'an 191 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:54,960 with a sincere heart 192 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:55,840 and devotion 193 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:57,240 and heeding the voice 194 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:57,980 of his conscience 195 00:11:57,980 --> 00:11:59,480 will, by Allah's leave, 196 00:11:59,940 --> 00:12:01,540 accurately interpret these verses 197 00:12:01,540 --> 00:12:02,580 and see the truth. 198 00:12:02,580 --> 00:12:20,440 The error of thinking 199 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,180 that the term forefathers 200 00:12:22,180 --> 00:12:23,540 in the Qur'an 201 00:12:23,540 --> 00:12:25,720 refers to evolutionary forebears. 202 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:33,040 Another term that 203 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:34,540 those people taken in 204 00:12:34,540 --> 00:12:35,400 by the idea 205 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:36,940 of evolutionary creation 206 00:12:36,940 --> 00:12:37,920 seek to portray 207 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:39,860 as evidence from the Qur'an 208 00:12:39,860 --> 00:12:40,500 is the word 209 00:12:40,500 --> 00:12:41,620 forefathers, 210 00:12:41,940 --> 00:12:42,900 which appears 211 00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:44,120 in several verses. 212 00:12:45,020 --> 00:12:46,340 According to evolutionists' 213 00:12:46,460 --> 00:12:47,700 erroneous interpretations, 214 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:49,240 this expression 215 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:51,400 supposedly refers to human beings 216 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,760 as primitive evolutionary ancestors. 217 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:55,520 They imagine 218 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:56,900 this is justified 219 00:12:56,900 --> 00:12:58,720 by the word being used 220 00:12:58,720 --> 00:12:59,280 in the plural 221 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:00,180 in the Qur'an. 222 00:13:02,980 --> 00:13:04,240 Some of these verses 223 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:05,440 are as follows. 224 00:13:07,380 --> 00:13:08,980 I seek refuge in Allah 225 00:13:08,980 --> 00:13:10,300 from the accursed Satan. 226 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:11,640 He said, 227 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:13,380 Your Lord and the Lord 228 00:13:13,380 --> 00:13:14,340 of your forefathers, 229 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:15,700 the previous peoples. 230 00:13:17,020 --> 00:13:18,540 There is no God but Him. 231 00:13:19,140 --> 00:13:19,800 He gives life 232 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,040 and causes to die. 233 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:22,420 Your Lord and the Lord 234 00:13:22,420 --> 00:13:23,440 of your forefathers, 235 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:24,840 the previous peoples. 236 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:29,540 It is clear 237 00:13:29,540 --> 00:13:31,360 what an illogical claim this is. 238 00:13:33,140 --> 00:13:34,780 Anyone of normal intelligence 239 00:13:34,780 --> 00:13:35,740 can easily see 240 00:13:35,740 --> 00:13:37,140 that the term forefathers 241 00:13:37,140 --> 00:13:38,360 in these verses 242 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,080 refers to previous generations 243 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:41,080 or the community 244 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:41,720 it addresses. 245 00:13:44,860 --> 00:13:45,840 One can also see 246 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:46,840 how trying to force 247 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:48,360 evolutionist interpretations 248 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,020 onto such a clear 249 00:13:50,020 --> 00:13:51,160 and transparent term 250 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:52,620 stems from a serious 251 00:13:52,620 --> 00:13:53,400 lack of judgment. 252 00:13:55,060 --> 00:13:55,780 All in all, 253 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:56,960 the fact that the term 254 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:57,820 forefathers 255 00:13:57,820 --> 00:13:59,060 is used in the plural 256 00:13:59,060 --> 00:14:00,840 represents no evidence 257 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:01,480 for any 258 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:03,460 evolutionist interpretation. 259 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:05,360 There are several 260 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:06,280 other verses 261 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:07,220 of the Qur'an 262 00:14:07,220 --> 00:14:08,520 in which the term appears. 263 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:10,920 in verse 133 264 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:12,120 of Surah Al-Baqarah 265 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:12,860 for instance, 266 00:14:13,060 --> 00:14:13,620 which reads, 267 00:14:13,620 --> 00:14:19,140 I seek refuge in Allah 268 00:14:19,140 --> 00:14:20,500 from the accursed Satan. 269 00:14:21,140 --> 00:14:22,060 Or were you present 270 00:14:22,060 --> 00:14:23,480 when death came to Jacob 271 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,160 and he said to his sons, 272 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:26,600 What will you worship 273 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:27,460 when I have gone? 274 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:28,880 They said, 275 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:31,020 We will worship your God, 276 00:14:31,020 --> 00:14:32,960 the God of your forefathers, 277 00:14:33,380 --> 00:14:33,960 Abraham, 278 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,000 Ishmael, 279 00:14:35,260 --> 00:14:36,140 and Isaac, 280 00:14:36,820 --> 00:14:37,380 one God. 281 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:38,440 We are Muslims 282 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:39,580 submitted to him. 283 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,400 The term forefathers 284 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:49,240 is also used 285 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:50,140 in the plural here, 286 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:51,820 yet the subject here 287 00:14:51,820 --> 00:14:52,700 is the generations 288 00:14:52,700 --> 00:14:53,660 that lived before 289 00:14:53,660 --> 00:14:54,580 the Prophet Jacob 290 00:14:54,580 --> 00:14:55,420 peace be upon him, 291 00:14:55,780 --> 00:14:56,340 rather than 292 00:14:56,340 --> 00:14:57,960 any evolutionary process 293 00:14:57,960 --> 00:14:58,720 of the kind 294 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:00,100 evolutionists maintain. 295 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:31,040 An error regarding 296 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:31,620 the form 297 00:15:31,620 --> 00:15:32,840 of human creation. 298 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,520 I seek refuge 299 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:37,000 in Allah 300 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,300 from the accursed Satan. 301 00:15:39,140 --> 00:15:39,860 Allah caused you 302 00:15:39,860 --> 00:15:41,000 to grow from the earth. 303 00:15:41,700 --> 00:15:43,260 Then will you return to it 304 00:15:43,260 --> 00:15:44,720 and he will bring you 305 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:45,320 out again. 306 00:15:45,320 --> 00:16:06,660 This verse is one 307 00:16:06,660 --> 00:16:07,980 that is generally misused 308 00:16:07,980 --> 00:16:08,620 by people 309 00:16:08,620 --> 00:16:09,900 who espouse the falsehood 310 00:16:09,900 --> 00:16:11,760 of evolutionary creation 311 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,680 as a supposed justification 312 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:14,720 for their views. 313 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:19,480 Evolutionists interpret 314 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:20,120 the expression 315 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:21,340 caused you to grow 316 00:16:21,340 --> 00:16:22,020 from the earth 317 00:16:22,020 --> 00:16:22,980 as evidence 318 00:16:22,980 --> 00:16:23,720 for a supposed 319 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:25,100 inorganic evolution. 320 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:29,600 The fact is, 321 00:16:29,740 --> 00:16:29,980 however, 322 00:16:30,420 --> 00:16:31,440 that as indicated 323 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:32,640 in many commentaries 324 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,420 and exegetic texts, 325 00:16:35,060 --> 00:16:36,080 it actually refers 326 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:36,800 to the creation 327 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:38,120 of the first human being 328 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:38,940 out of the earth. 329 00:16:38,940 --> 00:16:40,400 In the verse, 330 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:41,720 Allah compares 331 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:42,340 the creation 332 00:16:42,340 --> 00:16:43,440 of a human being 333 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:44,540 from earth 334 00:16:44,540 --> 00:16:45,400 to the emergence 335 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:46,120 of a plant 336 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:46,780 from the earth. 337 00:16:47,460 --> 00:16:48,400 It is just as easy 338 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:49,440 for Allah to create 339 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:50,240 a human being 340 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:51,780 out of inanimate earth 341 00:16:51,780 --> 00:16:53,320 as it is for our Lord 342 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:54,360 to produce a plant 343 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:55,780 from inanimate earth. 344 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:57,220 In short, 345 00:16:57,780 --> 00:16:58,700 the verse contains 346 00:16:58,700 --> 00:17:00,220 a very wise simile 347 00:17:00,220 --> 00:17:01,300 for the creation 348 00:17:01,300 --> 00:17:02,180 of human beings 349 00:17:02,180 --> 00:17:02,820 from the earth. 350 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:04,460 Hamdi Yazir 351 00:17:04,460 --> 00:17:05,160 of al-Mali 352 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:06,640 makes the same statement 353 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:07,580 in his commentary. 354 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:09,340 There are two aspects 355 00:17:09,340 --> 00:17:10,100 to the verse. 356 00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:11,660 The first is that 357 00:17:11,660 --> 00:17:12,140 saying that 358 00:17:12,140 --> 00:17:12,880 He caused you 359 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:13,920 to grow from the earth 360 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:14,840 means that 361 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:15,460 He produced 362 00:17:15,460 --> 00:17:16,880 your father from earth, 363 00:17:17,220 --> 00:17:18,780 creating your line 364 00:17:18,780 --> 00:17:19,980 by first producing 365 00:17:19,980 --> 00:17:20,860 him from the earth. 366 00:17:21,660 --> 00:17:22,580 The other is that 367 00:17:22,580 --> 00:17:24,160 He created you all 368 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:24,820 from earth 369 00:17:24,820 --> 00:17:26,760 because Allah creates us 370 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:27,640 from the soil 371 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,100 and then from mud, 372 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:30,320 from the earth. 373 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:36,980 Omar Nasuhi Belman 374 00:17:36,980 --> 00:17:37,580 interprets 375 00:17:37,580 --> 00:17:39,380 verses 17 and 18 376 00:17:39,380 --> 00:17:40,640 of Surah Nuh 377 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:41,640 as follows. 378 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:47,480 Consider this. 379 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:48,780 Almighty Allah 380 00:17:48,780 --> 00:17:49,440 caused you 381 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:50,440 to grow from the earth. 382 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:51,580 In other words, 383 00:17:51,700 --> 00:17:52,600 your first father, 384 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:53,620 the blessed Adam, 385 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:54,740 was created 386 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:55,480 out of earth 387 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:56,200 or brought 388 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:57,320 into bodily form 389 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:58,600 from the essential matter 390 00:17:58,600 --> 00:17:59,580 that provides 391 00:17:59,580 --> 00:18:00,220 your food. 392 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:01,680 In that way, 393 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:03,200 people have developed, 394 00:18:03,460 --> 00:18:04,220 grown and found 395 00:18:04,220 --> 00:18:05,120 a natural habitat. 396 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:06,520 Later, 397 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:07,820 that great power 398 00:18:07,820 --> 00:18:08,620 will return you 399 00:18:08,620 --> 00:18:09,240 to the earth. 400 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:10,640 In other words, 401 00:18:10,740 --> 00:18:11,320 when you die, 402 00:18:11,900 --> 00:18:12,620 you will be cast 403 00:18:12,620 --> 00:18:13,440 into the earth 404 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:14,100 and will again 405 00:18:14,100 --> 00:18:14,700 become one 406 00:18:14,700 --> 00:18:15,320 with the earth. 407 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:16,840 Later still, 408 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:17,580 He will bring you 409 00:18:17,580 --> 00:18:19,020 out of the grave again. 410 00:18:19,940 --> 00:18:20,500 These are all 411 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:21,560 signs of the truth. 412 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:28,380 In his commentary, 413 00:18:28,620 --> 00:18:29,560 Tabari interprets 414 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:30,000 the verse 415 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:30,020 the verse 416 00:18:30,020 --> 00:18:30,580 as meaning. 417 00:18:33,300 --> 00:18:34,540 Allah has created 418 00:18:34,540 --> 00:18:35,560 you from the soil 419 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:36,220 of the earth. 420 00:18:36,620 --> 00:18:37,220 He has brought you 421 00:18:37,220 --> 00:18:37,840 into being 422 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:38,380 from nothing. 423 00:18:39,060 --> 00:18:39,600 He will later 424 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:40,300 restore you 425 00:18:40,300 --> 00:18:41,700 to your original form. 426 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:42,900 In other words, 427 00:18:43,020 --> 00:18:43,580 to earth. 428 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:45,080 You will return 429 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:45,860 to the form 430 00:18:45,860 --> 00:18:46,680 you had before 431 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:47,520 you were created. 432 00:18:48,340 --> 00:18:49,220 When He so wishes, 433 00:18:49,860 --> 00:18:50,600 He will bring you 434 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:51,920 forth alive once more. 435 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:53,780 You will be restored 436 00:18:53,780 --> 00:18:54,980 to your living state 437 00:18:54,980 --> 00:18:55,660 in this world. 438 00:18:57,300 --> 00:18:58,480 As can be seen 439 00:18:58,480 --> 00:18:59,500 from the commentaries 440 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:01,060 of great Islamic scholars, 441 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:02,460 it is impossible 442 00:19:02,460 --> 00:19:03,140 to interpret 443 00:19:03,140 --> 00:19:03,880 these verses 444 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:05,020 in such a way 445 00:19:05,020 --> 00:19:06,520 as to regard them 446 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:07,200 as evidence 447 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:08,020 for the error 448 00:19:08,020 --> 00:19:09,760 of evolutionary creation. 449 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:27,300 The error that the Qur'an 450 00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:29,040 points to natural selection. 451 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:34,280 One of the main claims 452 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:35,620 made by the theory 453 00:19:35,620 --> 00:19:36,220 of evolution 454 00:19:36,220 --> 00:19:37,420 is the delusion 455 00:19:37,420 --> 00:19:38,520 that natural selection 456 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:40,780 is an evolutionary force. 457 00:19:41,780 --> 00:19:42,860 Modern science 458 00:19:42,860 --> 00:19:43,400 has revealed 459 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:44,180 that this claim, 460 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:45,440 first made 461 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:46,200 under the primitive 462 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:47,340 scientific conditions 463 00:19:47,340 --> 00:19:48,760 of the 19th century 464 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:50,480 when Darwin was alive, 465 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:52,160 is totally unfounded. 466 00:19:54,500 --> 00:19:55,160 In other words, 467 00:19:55,300 --> 00:19:55,980 it has revealed 468 00:19:55,980 --> 00:19:57,260 that natural selection 469 00:19:57,260 --> 00:19:58,300 has no mechanism 470 00:19:58,300 --> 00:19:59,700 permitting the development 471 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:01,180 of existing life forms 472 00:20:01,180 --> 00:20:02,260 or the formation 473 00:20:02,260 --> 00:20:03,320 of new ones. 474 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:05,380 But evolutionists 475 00:20:05,380 --> 00:20:06,240 blindly devoted 476 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:07,100 to Darwinism 477 00:20:07,100 --> 00:20:08,320 ignore this fact 478 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:09,700 in the face of science 479 00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:11,400 and constantly strive 480 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:12,520 to keep the nonsense 481 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:13,680 that natural selection 482 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,640 is an evolutionary force 483 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:16,540 on the agenda. 484 00:20:19,260 --> 00:20:20,380 Their aim 485 00:20:20,380 --> 00:20:21,260 is to impose 486 00:20:21,260 --> 00:20:22,360 the theory of evolution 487 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:23,260 which is devoid 488 00:20:23,260 --> 00:20:24,680 of any scientific foundation 489 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,060 on people lacking 490 00:20:26,060 --> 00:20:26,900 sufficient knowledge 491 00:20:26,900 --> 00:20:27,680 of the subject 492 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:29,420 by way of indoctrination 493 00:20:29,420 --> 00:20:30,260 and propaganda. 494 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:32,720 Ignorant people 495 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:33,720 influenced by such 496 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:35,220 evolutionist indoctrination 497 00:20:35,220 --> 00:20:36,760 and propaganda 498 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:38,420 thus imagine the lie 499 00:20:38,420 --> 00:20:39,360 of the natural selection 500 00:20:39,360 --> 00:20:40,580 is in fact 501 00:20:40,580 --> 00:20:41,840 an evolutionary force 502 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:43,160 to be a scientific fact. 503 00:20:44,380 --> 00:20:45,680 They even go so far 504 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:47,100 as to look for evidence 505 00:20:47,100 --> 00:20:48,160 of this in the Quran. 506 00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:52,680 One of the verses 507 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:54,040 these people point to 508 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:55,260 as supposed evidence 509 00:20:55,260 --> 00:20:56,440 for their claims reads, 510 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:01,460 I seek refuge in Allah 511 00:21:01,460 --> 00:21:02,800 from the accursed Satan. 512 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:04,440 Your Lord creates 513 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:05,000 and chooses 514 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,100 whatever he wills. 515 00:21:06,660 --> 00:21:07,840 The choice is not theirs. 516 00:21:08,660 --> 00:21:09,500 Glory be to Allah. 517 00:21:10,020 --> 00:21:10,780 He is exalted 518 00:21:10,780 --> 00:21:11,500 above anything 519 00:21:11,500 --> 00:21:12,680 they associate with him. 520 00:21:16,420 --> 00:21:17,700 This first states 521 00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:19,240 that the Almighty Allah 522 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:20,420 is the only one 523 00:21:20,420 --> 00:21:20,960 who creates 524 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:21,440 and selects 525 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,060 and that Allah 526 00:21:23,060 --> 00:21:24,020 himself will choose 527 00:21:24,020 --> 00:21:24,600 the people 528 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:25,600 messengers 529 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:26,460 and prophets 530 00:21:26,460 --> 00:21:26,940 on whom 531 00:21:26,940 --> 00:21:28,240 he will bestow salvation. 532 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,560 The theory of evolution's claims 533 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,080 regarding natural selection 534 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:36,320 is the delusion 535 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:37,200 that living things 536 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:37,820 were selected 537 00:21:37,820 --> 00:21:39,000 through evolution 538 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:39,860 as a result 539 00:21:39,860 --> 00:21:40,920 of natural events 540 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:42,400 and that this led 541 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:43,160 to the emergence 542 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:44,140 of new species. 543 00:21:44,140 --> 00:21:49,320 As we have seen 544 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:50,620 the meaning of this verse 545 00:21:50,620 --> 00:21:51,620 has nothing to do 546 00:21:51,620 --> 00:21:52,940 with evolutionist claims. 547 00:21:54,060 --> 00:21:54,740 Not the slightest 548 00:21:54,740 --> 00:21:55,800 inference pointing 549 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:56,940 to any evolutionary 550 00:21:56,940 --> 00:21:58,400 natural selection 551 00:21:58,400 --> 00:21:59,560 can be drawn 552 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:00,200 from it. 553 00:22:01,900 --> 00:22:02,300 Therefore 554 00:22:02,300 --> 00:22:03,080 to claim 555 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:04,360 there is a sign 556 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:05,120 for evolutionary 557 00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:06,120 natural selection 558 00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:07,480 in this verse 559 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,180 will be an imprudent act. 560 00:22:10,420 --> 00:22:11,140 Islamic scholars 561 00:22:11,140 --> 00:22:12,360 are also unanimous 562 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:13,040 in interpreting 563 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:13,600 the verse 564 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:14,300 in the sense 565 00:22:14,300 --> 00:22:15,560 we have outlined. 566 00:22:16,300 --> 00:22:17,020 Imam Tabari 567 00:22:17,020 --> 00:22:17,600 for instance 568 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:18,340 interprets it 569 00:22:18,340 --> 00:22:19,000 by saying 570 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:25,040 Our Lord creates 571 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:26,140 those servants 572 00:22:26,140 --> 00:22:26,960 He desires 573 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:27,720 and chooses 574 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:28,580 from among them 575 00:22:28,580 --> 00:22:30,260 those He will give 576 00:22:30,260 --> 00:22:31,480 faith and guidance. 577 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:33,040 They have no right 578 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:33,560 to choose. 579 00:22:34,300 --> 00:22:35,020 They have no means 580 00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:35,420 of doing 581 00:22:35,420 --> 00:22:36,220 what they desire. 582 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:43,020 The great commentator 583 00:22:43,020 --> 00:22:44,560 Omer Nasuhi Belmin 584 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:45,680 also interprets 585 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:46,040 the verse 586 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:46,700 as meaning. 587 00:22:49,900 --> 00:22:51,560 In those holy verses 588 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:52,900 Allah declares 589 00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:54,100 His creative power 590 00:22:54,100 --> 00:22:55,260 that He favors 591 00:22:55,260 --> 00:22:55,920 and chooses 592 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:56,680 whom He wishes 593 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:57,420 His wisdom 594 00:22:57,420 --> 00:22:58,020 and might 595 00:22:58,020 --> 00:22:59,480 His unity 596 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:01,300 His meriting praise 597 00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:02,020 and splendor 598 00:23:02,020 --> 00:23:03,520 His divine command 599 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:04,880 and that all 600 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:05,400 His servants 601 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:06,000 will be summoned 602 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,420 to His spiritual presence. 603 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:08,860 In other words 604 00:23:08,860 --> 00:23:09,960 no one could prevent 605 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:11,060 the Almighty's 606 00:23:11,060 --> 00:23:12,200 favoring and choosing 607 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:13,040 in any way. 608 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:14,840 Whatever His servants 609 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:15,340 choose 610 00:23:15,340 --> 00:23:16,200 is not effective 611 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:16,920 on their own. 612 00:23:17,820 --> 00:23:18,900 With all due respect 613 00:23:18,900 --> 00:23:20,500 Allah is not obliged 614 00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:21,220 to create 615 00:23:21,220 --> 00:23:22,120 what they favor 616 00:23:22,120 --> 00:23:22,860 and prefer. 617 00:23:23,580 --> 00:23:24,120 Allah does not 618 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:24,960 send His prophets 619 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:25,980 upon the preference 620 00:23:25,980 --> 00:23:26,680 and opinion 621 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:27,480 of the people 622 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:28,840 to whom He has sent 623 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:29,440 His prophets 624 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:30,780 but only upon 625 00:23:30,780 --> 00:23:31,880 His divine preference. 626 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:33,480 Only He knows 627 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:34,720 how and by which 628 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:36,120 means goodness 629 00:23:36,120 --> 00:23:36,940 and prosperity 630 00:23:36,940 --> 00:23:37,800 will manifest. 631 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:39,720 He has no partners 632 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,060 nothing may exist 633 00:23:41,060 --> 00:23:42,240 against His eternal will 634 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:43,940 and no one's will 635 00:23:43,940 --> 00:23:44,680 may be against 636 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:45,280 His exalted 637 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:45,820 determining 638 00:23:45,820 --> 00:23:46,680 and selecting. 639 00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:55,220 Hamdi Yazir 640 00:23:55,220 --> 00:23:55,840 of El Mali 641 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:56,760 interprets the verse 642 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:57,360 thus 643 00:23:57,360 --> 00:24:04,340 Our Lord selects 644 00:24:04,340 --> 00:24:04,940 and creates 645 00:24:04,940 --> 00:24:06,100 that which He chooses. 646 00:24:07,060 --> 00:24:07,640 In other words 647 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:08,440 He creates 648 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:09,240 what He chooses 649 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:10,040 and selects 650 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:10,680 what He wishes 651 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:11,840 from those things 652 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:12,620 He creates. 653 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:14,160 He elevates 654 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:15,020 to great tasks 655 00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:16,080 such as prophethood. 656 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:17,340 They have no right 657 00:24:17,340 --> 00:24:17,900 of choice. 658 00:24:18,780 --> 00:24:19,500 For that reason 659 00:24:19,500 --> 00:24:20,400 they have no right 660 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:21,060 to ascribe 661 00:24:21,060 --> 00:24:21,740 other partners 662 00:24:21,740 --> 00:24:22,240 to Allah 663 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:23,520 and to choose 664 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:24,000 and appoint 665 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:24,960 other deities. 666 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:33,160 A second verse 667 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:33,940 that some Muslims 668 00:24:33,940 --> 00:24:34,560 who espouse 669 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:35,740 the idea of evolution 670 00:24:35,740 --> 00:24:36,380 indicate 671 00:24:36,380 --> 00:24:38,380 as supposed justification 672 00:24:38,380 --> 00:24:39,520 from the Qur'an 673 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:40,340 for their views 674 00:24:40,340 --> 00:24:41,920 on natural selection 675 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:43,460 is the first verse 676 00:24:43,460 --> 00:24:44,880 of Surah Fatir. 677 00:24:45,980 --> 00:24:47,140 I seek refuge 678 00:24:47,140 --> 00:24:47,600 in Allah 679 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:48,940 from the accursed Satan. 680 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:50,480 Praise be to Allah 681 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:51,060 the bringer 682 00:24:51,060 --> 00:24:51,660 and to being 683 00:24:51,660 --> 00:24:52,260 of the heavens 684 00:24:52,260 --> 00:24:52,740 and earth. 685 00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:53,580 He who made 686 00:24:53,580 --> 00:24:54,300 the angels 687 00:24:54,300 --> 00:24:55,160 messengers 688 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:55,980 with wings 689 00:24:55,980 --> 00:24:57,560 2, 3 or 4. 690 00:24:58,240 --> 00:24:59,360 He adds to creation 691 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:00,000 in any way 692 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:00,660 He wills. 693 00:25:01,060 --> 00:25:01,700 Allah has power 694 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:02,640 over all things. 695 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:07,480 They point 696 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:08,180 to the expression 697 00:25:08,180 --> 00:25:09,500 He adds to creation 698 00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:10,140 in any way 699 00:25:10,140 --> 00:25:10,780 He wills 700 00:25:10,780 --> 00:25:11,800 as a proof 701 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:12,600 of the alleged 702 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:13,920 evolutionary development. 703 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:15,900 But it is clear 704 00:25:15,900 --> 00:25:16,520 that this is 705 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:17,660 a totally fictitious 706 00:25:17,660 --> 00:25:19,080 and groundless interpretation. 707 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:21,040 The verse 708 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:22,160 first refers 709 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:23,220 to the special creation 710 00:25:23,220 --> 00:25:24,180 of the angels 711 00:25:24,180 --> 00:25:25,640 and then says 712 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:26,280 that our Lord 713 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:27,520 adds to creation 714 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:28,400 as He chooses. 715 00:25:29,580 --> 00:25:30,280 The expression 716 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:31,960 He adds to creation 717 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:32,840 in any way 718 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:33,580 He wills 719 00:25:33,580 --> 00:25:34,700 refers to the number 720 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:35,180 of wings 721 00:25:35,180 --> 00:25:35,940 of the angels 722 00:25:35,940 --> 00:25:36,560 in question 723 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:37,360 and also 724 00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:38,440 more generally 725 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:39,500 to all 726 00:25:39,500 --> 00:25:40,180 the entities 727 00:25:40,180 --> 00:25:41,240 created by Him. 728 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:46,200 Imam Tabari 729 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:46,800 interprets 730 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:47,560 this term 731 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:48,180 as meaning 732 00:25:48,180 --> 00:25:49,760 He adds 733 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:50,320 to the number 734 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:50,860 of angels 735 00:25:50,860 --> 00:25:51,320 as wings 736 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:52,200 as He chooses. 737 00:25:52,820 --> 00:25:53,420 He can apply 738 00:25:53,420 --> 00:25:54,020 this addition 739 00:25:54,020 --> 00:25:54,940 to all beings. 740 00:25:55,740 --> 00:25:56,120 Creation 741 00:25:56,120 --> 00:25:56,860 and command 742 00:25:56,860 --> 00:25:57,580 are His. 743 00:25:57,580 --> 00:26:04,340 Omer Nasuhi 744 00:26:04,340 --> 00:26:04,740 Balamin 745 00:26:04,740 --> 00:26:05,380 interprets 746 00:26:05,380 --> 00:26:05,800 the verse 747 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:06,740 in the same way 748 00:26:06,740 --> 00:26:07,740 as Imam Tabari 749 00:26:07,740 --> 00:26:08,240 saying 750 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:11,120 He is so 751 00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:11,940 all-powerful 752 00:26:11,940 --> 00:26:12,620 that He gives 753 00:26:12,620 --> 00:26:13,360 the angels 754 00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:13,760 the number 755 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:14,200 of wings 756 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:14,940 and powers 757 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:16,040 they possess. 758 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:22,860 As we have seen 759 00:26:22,860 --> 00:26:24,140 the expression 760 00:26:24,140 --> 00:26:25,380 He adds 761 00:26:25,380 --> 00:26:26,180 to creation 762 00:26:26,180 --> 00:26:26,840 in any way 763 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:27,540 He wills 764 00:26:27,540 --> 00:26:28,820 implies nothing 765 00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:29,400 whatsoever 766 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:30,380 about creation 767 00:26:30,380 --> 00:26:31,480 through evolution. 768 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:33,140 There are many 769 00:26:33,140 --> 00:26:33,940 examples of 770 00:26:33,940 --> 00:26:34,520 Allah adding 771 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:35,220 to creation 772 00:26:35,220 --> 00:26:35,960 and whom 773 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:36,400 He makes 774 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:37,400 superior to whom 775 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:38,000 in the Quran 776 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:39,460 and none bear 777 00:26:39,460 --> 00:26:40,280 any evolutionary 778 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:40,880 meaning. 779 00:26:45,460 --> 00:26:46,120 Allah states 780 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:47,480 which of His creation 781 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:48,100 He makes 782 00:26:48,100 --> 00:26:49,420 superior in various 783 00:26:49,420 --> 00:26:49,820 verses. 784 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:53,440 When the superiority 785 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:54,140 in question 786 00:26:54,140 --> 00:26:54,980 refers to human 787 00:26:54,980 --> 00:26:55,460 beings 788 00:26:55,460 --> 00:26:56,520 this may take 789 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:57,300 various forms 790 00:26:57,300 --> 00:26:57,960 such as strength 791 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:58,500 beauty 792 00:26:58,500 --> 00:26:59,460 wealth 793 00:26:59,460 --> 00:27:00,420 intelligence 794 00:27:00,420 --> 00:27:01,480 knowledge 795 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:02,140 rank 796 00:27:02,140 --> 00:27:03,120 or esteem 797 00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:06,440 Allah can also 798 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:07,580 add to the blessings 799 00:27:07,580 --> 00:27:08,300 He bestows 800 00:27:08,300 --> 00:27:09,360 when He so wishes 801 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:10,840 He may add to 802 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:11,620 someone's wealth 803 00:27:11,620 --> 00:27:12,640 and property 804 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:13,940 or the number 805 00:27:13,940 --> 00:27:14,640 of His children 806 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,620 He may also create 807 00:27:16,620 --> 00:27:17,360 greater beauty 808 00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:18,040 and strength 809 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:18,880 in whomsoever 810 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:19,520 He wishes 811 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:20,580 others 812 00:27:20,580 --> 00:27:21,720 He may add to the 813 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:22,680 things 814 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:23,440 another example 815 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:24,160 of His adding 816 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:24,840 to creation 817 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:25,540 is that of 818 00:27:25,540 --> 00:27:26,240 produces 819 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:31,160 In verse 4 820 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:32,180 of Surat Ar-Rad 821 00:27:32,180 --> 00:27:32,840 we are told 822 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:33,920 and we make 823 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:34,420 some things 824 00:27:34,420 --> 00:27:35,140 better to eat 825 00:27:35,140 --> 00:27:35,820 than others 826 00:27:35,820 --> 00:27:41,620 despite their 827 00:27:41,620 --> 00:27:42,040 emerging 828 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:42,660 from the same 829 00:27:42,660 --> 00:27:43,040 soil 830 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:43,460 and being 831 00:27:43,460 --> 00:27:44,000 irrigated 832 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:44,560 with the same 833 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:44,920 water 834 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:46,660 Allah can add 835 00:27:46,660 --> 00:27:47,340 to the flavor 836 00:27:47,340 --> 00:27:48,400 or productivity 837 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:49,120 of whatever 838 00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:49,540 goods 839 00:27:49,540 --> 00:27:50,420 He so chooses 840 00:27:50,420 --> 00:27:53,920 countless other 841 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:54,480 instances 842 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:55,280 of Allah's 843 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:56,240 adding to creation 844 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:56,940 could be cited 845 00:27:56,940 --> 00:27:58,280 Allah knows 846 00:27:58,280 --> 00:27:58,780 the truth 847 00:27:58,780 --> 00:28:02,200 However 848 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:03,180 it is irrational 849 00:28:03,180 --> 00:28:04,080 and illogical 850 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:04,580 to think 851 00:28:04,580 --> 00:28:05,580 that anything 852 00:28:05,580 --> 00:28:06,360 about such a 853 00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:06,960 clear open 854 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:07,680 and transparent 855 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:08,300 expression 856 00:28:08,300 --> 00:28:09,820 could be equated 857 00:28:09,820 --> 00:28:10,240 with any 858 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:11,300 alleged evolutionary 859 00:28:11,300 --> 00:28:12,020 process 860 00:28:12,020 --> 00:28:14,020 of 861 00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:53,500 The error that the Quran contains evidence for mutation. 862 00:28:53,500 --> 00:28:58,000 In addition to natural selection, another natural phenomena indicated as a so-called 863 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:05,540 evolutionary mechanism is that of mutation. 864 00:29:05,540 --> 00:29:09,840 Mutations are damages caused in the genetic structures of living things by agents such 865 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:17,340 as heat, radiation or chemical substances. 866 00:29:17,340 --> 00:29:25,740 Mutations damage and disrupt the DNA sequence in the living cell. 867 00:29:25,740 --> 00:29:29,360 There is no such thing as a beneficial mutation. 868 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:37,460 99% of mutations are harmful and the remaining 1% has no impact at all. 869 00:29:37,460 --> 00:29:42,380 A living thing subjected to mutation generally ends up crippled and defective, or else gets 870 00:29:42,380 --> 00:29:49,460 down with diseases such as cancer stemming from genetic impairments. 871 00:29:49,460 --> 00:29:55,840 In short, mutations add no new information to DNA, for which reason mutations cannot endow 872 00:29:55,840 --> 00:30:00,020 a life form with any new characteristics or organs. 873 00:30:00,020 --> 00:30:08,900 No evolutionary effect of mutations has ever been observed to this day. 874 00:30:08,900 --> 00:30:13,520 As with the subject of natural selection, the proponents of the delusion of evolutionary 875 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:20,100 creation look for so-called evidence from the Quran. 876 00:30:20,100 --> 00:30:25,360 They come up with a number of irrational and illogical claims by distorting the true meaning 877 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:30,520 of verses in their search for supporting evidence. 878 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:34,680 The verses to which they appoint as supposed evidence for the nonsense that living things 879 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:40,820 evolved by way of mutations are as follows. 880 00:30:40,820 --> 00:30:44,200 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 881 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:49,420 If we wished, we could transform them where they stand, so they would neither be able to 882 00:30:49,420 --> 00:30:53,300 go out nor return. 883 00:30:53,300 --> 00:30:57,180 You are well aware of those of you who broke the Sabbath. 884 00:30:57,180 --> 00:31:03,460 We said to them, Be apes, despised, cast out. 885 00:31:03,460 --> 00:31:08,780 Then when they forgot what they had been reminded of, we rescued those who had forbidden the evil 886 00:31:08,780 --> 00:31:14,420 and seized those who did wrong, with a harsh punishment because they were deviators. 887 00:31:14,420 --> 00:31:21,800 Say, Shall I tell you of a reward with Allah far worse than that, that of those whom Allah 888 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:28,260 has cursed with and whom He is angry, turning some of them into monkeys and pigs, and who 889 00:31:28,260 --> 00:31:30,320 worshipped false gods? 890 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:37,120 Such people are in a worse situation and further from the right way. 891 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:45,820 So he threw down his staff, and there it was, unmistakably a snake. 892 00:31:45,820 --> 00:31:49,700 The first verse describes how Allah will punish some people by putting their bodies into a 893 00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:56,260 different form, in which they cannot move. 894 00:31:56,260 --> 00:32:01,800 The three following verses describe how Allah turns some people's bodies into other livings' 895 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:09,900 bodies, again as a punishment. 896 00:32:09,900 --> 00:32:14,520 The final verse describes how Allah turned the Prophet Moses' peace be upon him's staff 897 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:18,520 into a snake. 898 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:23,320 None of these things happened as a result of natural causes, but as a consequence of Allah's 899 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:28,420 miraculous creation. 900 00:32:28,420 --> 00:32:33,120 All these transitions referred to in the verses happened in a miraculous way, with this telling 901 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:36,520 them to be. 902 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:41,020 They did not occur through evolution or mutation. 903 00:32:41,020 --> 00:32:47,640 It is nonsensical to seek to establish any link between these verses and the theory of evolution. 904 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:53,080 The verses describe how Allah turned some people whom He punishes for their evil deeds into 905 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:59,120 apes or pigs. 906 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:04,180 Even if we imagine that these changes did not take place instantaneously, it is nevertheless 907 00:33:04,180 --> 00:33:10,780 clear that they must take place within the average human life expectancy of 60 to 70 years. 908 00:33:10,780 --> 00:33:15,340 Nevertheless, the theory of evolution foresees it taking millions of years for one species 909 00:33:15,340 --> 00:33:21,480 to turn into another. 910 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:26,520 The Prophet Moses' peace be upon him's staff, the subject of the final verse, is an inanimate 911 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:32,720 object, for which reason it cannot even be suggested that it underwent evolution. 912 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:38,340 It is even more nonsensical than the claims made by evolutionists to suggest that an inanimate 913 00:33:38,340 --> 00:33:42,340 staff suddenly turned into a dragon by way of mutations. 914 00:33:42,340 --> 00:33:48,440 If someone is not laboring under the delusion of thinking, I must produce some evidence in 915 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,100 favor of evolution from the Qur'an. 916 00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:56,840 Even if I have to distort it, then it is absolutely impossible to interpret the verses in question 917 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:58,840 as evidence of mutation. 918 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:03,600 Indeed, attempting to produce evidence from the verses in favor of evolution in that way 919 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:09,600 merely proves what a hollow, forced and un-Qur'anic thesis evolutionary creation truly is. 920 00:34:12,340 --> 00:34:33,100 The error that the Qur'an indicates, a familiar link between humans and apes. 921 00:34:33,100 --> 00:34:39,100 One of the verses misinterpreted by some people who have succumbed to evolutionist indoctrination, 922 00:34:39,100 --> 00:34:43,280 concerns the way that Allah once turned a group of Jews into apes. 923 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,200 The verses in question read, 924 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,860 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 925 00:34:48,860 --> 00:34:52,040 You are well aware of those of you who broke the Sabbath. 926 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:56,500 We said to them, be apes, despised, cast out. 927 00:34:56,500 --> 00:35:02,340 We made it an exemplary punishment for those there then, and those coming afterwards, and 928 00:35:02,340 --> 00:35:07,660 a warning to those who have taqwa. 929 00:35:07,660 --> 00:35:13,200 Those who defend the lie of evolutionary creation maintain the erroneous thesis that this verse 930 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:17,360 contains a family link between humans and apes. 931 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:22,400 It is obvious that no such meaning running parallel to the theory of evolution can be extracted 932 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,100 from this verse. 933 00:35:24,100 --> 00:35:28,320 There are several distinct reasons for this. 934 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:31,320 The punishment in question may have been a spiritual one. 935 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:36,080 In other words, these Jews may have been made to resemble apes in terms of character. 936 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:42,280 Rather than physically, Allah knows the truth. 937 00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:50,520 If the punishment in question did take place on the physical level, then such an event 938 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:55,600 can only have occurred outside the laws of nature, through Allah's so willing it, in 939 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:58,680 the form of a miracle. 940 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:04,840 Yet the theory of evolution maintains that one species turned into another slowly and gradually 941 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:10,140 over the course of millions of years, as a result of natural conditions and coincidences. 942 00:36:10,140 --> 00:36:18,560 The words, we made it an exemplary punishment for those there then, and those coming afterwards, 943 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:23,440 and a warning to those who have taqwa, in the following part of the verse, show that the 944 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:28,600 transition referred to took place during the time of the Jews in question. 945 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:33,140 In other words, over a very short space of time. 946 00:36:33,140 --> 00:36:38,080 This event revealed in the Quran has therefore nothing to do with the fallacies of the theory 947 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:44,040 of evolution. 948 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:49,020 The punishment described in the verse refers to one specific instance, and applies to one 949 00:36:49,020 --> 00:36:54,440 specific time, and a specific number of people. 950 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:58,760 The theory of evolution, on the other hand, maintains the illogical and unscientific scenario 951 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:10,540 of all the humans who have ever lived being related to apes. 952 00:37:10,540 --> 00:37:16,140 The verse refers to humans being turned into apes, whereas the theory of evolution claims 953 00:37:16,140 --> 00:37:19,720 the transition ran in the other direction. 954 00:37:19,720 --> 00:37:27,680 In verse 60 of Surah Al-Ma'idah, Allah refers to a corrupt community, being turned into pigs 955 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,620 and apes. 956 00:37:30,620 --> 00:37:36,100 The verse runs as follows. 957 00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:39,060 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 958 00:37:39,060 --> 00:37:46,060 Say, shall I tell you of a reward with Allah far worse than that, that of those whom Allah 959 00:37:46,060 --> 00:37:52,860 has cursed, and with whom He is angry, turning some of them into monkeys and into pigs, and 960 00:37:52,860 --> 00:37:55,060 who worshipped false gods. 961 00:37:55,060 --> 00:38:02,800 Such people are in a worse situation, and further from the right way. 962 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:07,880 If persisted with the erroneous logical framework we have been examining throughout this film, 963 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:13,260 then one must arrive at the irrational conclusion that the verse indicates a familiar link not 964 00:38:13,260 --> 00:38:17,920 only between humans and monkeys, but also between humans and pigs. 965 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:42,920 Yet not even evolutionists claim there is any such relationship between humans and pigs. 966 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:55,420 We have seen the following reality in all three sections of our film series. 967 00:38:55,420 --> 00:38:58,360 The Qur'an refutes Darwinism. 968 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:03,000 There is not a single verse or expression in the Holy Qur'an that constitutes any evidence 969 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:07,840 for Darwinism. 970 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:12,920 On the contrary, the verses of the Qur'an show that human beings in all living things 971 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:23,600 are the work of the Almighty Allah's commandments that they should be, and of His flawless creation. 972 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:28,740 The Prophet Adam peace be upon him was the first human being created, and all human beings 973 00:39:28,740 --> 00:39:33,140 are descended from Him. 974 00:39:33,140 --> 00:39:37,920 The groundless claims to the effect that some verses contain evidence in favor of evolution 975 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:48,100 are totally based on misinterpretations, distortion, and irrational, illogical, and fantastical imaginings. 976 00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:54,360 Anyone with a normal intelligence can see the illogicality and ridiculousness in the way that evolutionists 977 00:39:54,360 --> 00:40:00,600 depict certain verses of the Qur'an as so-called evidence for Darwinism. 978 00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:06,180 You will also see how lacking in foresight, reason, and honesty, that mindset that looks for evidence 979 00:40:06,180 --> 00:40:10,280 for evolution in the Qur'an truly is. 980 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:16,280 No conscious Muslim can possibly subscribe to Darwinism, a theory targeted against true faith, 981 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:25,960 and the fact of creation. 982 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:31,960 To ignore the global damage caused by this theory, to underestimate it, and to avoid engaging 983 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:36,500 in the intellectual struggle against it, are unacceptable. 984 00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:42,080 As we stated at the start of this film, lack of information is a significant factor in people's 985 00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:48,320 problems falling into such an error, yet subscribing out of ignorance to a corrupt ideology such 986 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:54,840 as that of the theory of evolution, which denies Allah, creation, and the true faith, imposes 987 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:58,080 grave responsibility on the individual. 988 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:03,000 It is therefore of the greatest importance, in terms of the hereafter, for Muslims to keep 989 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:04,940 away from such errors. 990 00:41:04,940 --> 00:41:09,760 In the Qur'an, Allah stated on the subject as thus, 991 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:13,000 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 992 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,800 Do not pursue what you have no knowledge of. 993 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,760 Hearing, sight, and hearts will all be questioned.