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The Quran Refutes Darwinism Part 3
Far from being a scientific thesis, Darwinism is a system of thought invented and sustained
in order to lead people to deny Allah and one that is constructed upon errors.
Darwinists have neither scientific foundation nor any evidence with which to defend their position.
In order to sustain their irrational and unscientific theory, they resort to fraud and demagoguery
and seek to silence their opponents with psychological pressure and methods of indoctrination.
The fact is, however, that they are in a hopeless position.
That being the case, it is a grave error for any Muslim to be taken in by evolutionist propaganda
and to attach any credence to this theory.
Nonetheless, because of the inferiority they feel when confronted by evolutionists
and out of ignorance, doubt or lack of determination, some people have engaged in a superstitious
attempt to reconcile Darwinism with faith.
Someone who fails to keep up with the scientific progress and who does not read publications
setting out the invalidity of the theory of evolution may be taken in by Darwinist deceptions.
However, lack of awareness is a state of affairs that can easily be overcome by reading about
the subject.
No Muslim with detailed knowledge concerning the theory of evolution can any longer possibly
remain undecided or silent in the face of evolutionist claims.
In this third and final part of our series, the Qur'an refutes Darwinism, we shall continue
to examine the errors of those who attempt to find evidence for the theory of evolution in
the Qur'an.
The error that Prophet Adam was not the first human being.
One of the claims made by those taken in by the idea of creation to evolution is that the
Prophet Adam may not have been the first human being and that he may not even have been human
at all.
Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, is beyond this.
Those making such claims point to the following verse as evidence.
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.
When your Lord said to the angels, I am putting a khalif on the earth, they said,
Why put on it one who will cause corruption on it and shed blood when we glorify you with
praise and proclaim your purity.
He said, I know what you do not know.
These people interpret the Arabic verb, jah-elun, used in the expression, I am putting a khalif
on the earth, as meaning, to appoint in English.
They then errorly conclude from this that the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, was not the
first human and that he was appointed khalif from among many human beings.
The fact is, however, that the verb jah-elun does not only mean to appoint, but also it
is used in various places in the Qur'an to impart such different meanings as to create, bring
into being, invent, convert, make, do, place, etc.
Some of the verses in which the verb jah-elun is employed read as follows.
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.
He created you from a single self, then produced jah-elun, its mate from it, and sent down livestock
to you, eight coins in pairs.
Say, it is he who brought you into being and gave,
wa-ja'ala, you hearing sight and hearts, what little thanks you show.
And placed the moon as a light in them and made,
wa-ja'ala, the sun a blazing lamp.
Allah has spread,
jah-alam, the earth out as a carpet for you.
As can be seen from these verses, the word jah-elun is used in very different meanings in the Qur'an
in addition of to appoint.
Yet even if the sense of to appoint is applied to the word jah-elun,
it is still incompatible with the Qur'anic moral values to draw the heretical conclusion of creation through evolution.
Allah tells us in the Qur'an that angels, jinn, and Satan were all created before the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him.
When the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, was created, the angels were required to prostrate themselves before him.
And they all did this, with the exception of the jinn, Diabolus.
Therefore, even if the word jah-elun is interpreted as meaning to appoint,
it is still clear that the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him,
is being referred to as being appointed caliph over the angels and jinn.
Allah knows the truth.
In addition, after his descent to earth,
the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, was appointed caliph over a human society consisting of his own descendants.
And this is another sense in which the idea of being appointed is appropriate.
All this goes to show the word jah-elun in the verses do not,
contrary to what some people maintain,
mean that the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him,
was chosen from among several people who existed together with him.
The Qur'an contains no statement in support of such a claim.
To make such an impossible suggestion on the basis of a single word
is a sign of a serious lack of reason and judgment.
Furthermore, it is clearly stated in several verses
that the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, was created out of earth.
These verses make it clear that the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him,
was not just one human being from among many,
that he was the first human being,
and that his was a very special and different creation.
Allah states in one verse as such,
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.
The likeness of Jesus in Allah's sight is the same as Adam.
He created him from earth,
and then he said to him,
Be, and he was.
Another important piece of information provided by the Qur'an
with regard to the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him,
being the first human being
is the way that he and his wife were expelled from paradise
because of the errors of their ways.
Allah states in the verses,
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.
Children of Adam,
do not let Satan tempt you into trouble
as he expelled your parents from the garden,
stripping them of their covering
and disclosing to them their private parts.
He and his tribe see you
from where you do not see them.
We have made the Satans friends
of those who have no faith.
We said,
Adam,
live in the garden you and your wife,
and eat freely from it wherever you will.
But do not approach this tree
and so become wrongdoers.
But Satan made them slip up by means of it,
expelling them from where they were.
We said,
Go down from here as enemies to each other.
You will have residence on the earth
and enjoyment for a time.
The expressions in these verses are crystal clear.
Allah created the Prophet Adam,
peace be upon him,
out of earth.
The Prophet Adam,
peace be upon him,
was created in a very special manner.
And this can be seen from his initial presence
in and subsequent expulsion from paradise.
However,
those who espouse the false idea
of evolutionary creation
ignore these evident facts.
They propose the irrational idea
that the word paradise
in the verses
refers not to paradise in the hereafter,
but to pleasant places on earth.
Yet it is clearly revealed in the Quran
that the Prophet Adam,
peace be upon him,
and his wife
were first placed in paradise
and then subsequently sent down to earth.
There is no Quranic evidence or basis
for the claim that the word paradise
in the verses
refers to pleasant locations on earth.
This claim consists entirely
of illusory speculation
built upon conjecture and guesswork.
It is a serious error
to attempt to look for evidence
for the theory of evolution
in the Quran
by way of such irrational
and illogical interpretations
when the expressions used
in the verses are so clear.
There are several verses
that indicate that all human beings
are descended from the Prophet Adam,
peace be upon him,
in other words,
that he was the first human being.
One such verse says,
I seek refuge in Allah
from the accursed Satan.
When your Lord took out
all their descendants
from the loins
of the children of Adam
and made them testify
against themselves,
Am I not your Lord?
They said,
We testify that indeed you are.
Lest you say on the day of resurrection,
We knew nothing of this.
Or lest you say,
Our forefathers associate others
with Allah
before our time,
and we are merely descendants
coming after them.
So are you going to destroy us
for what those purveyors
of falsehood did?
In short,
the Prophet Adam,
peace be upon him,
was the first human being,
the first messenger of Allah,
and the forerunner of all humans.
The verses on this subject
are so clear
as to permit no other interpretation.
Anyone reading the Qur'an
with a sincere heart
and devotion
and heeding the voice
of his conscience
will, by Allah's leave,
accurately interpret these verses
and see the truth.
The error of thinking
that the term forefathers
in the Qur'an
refers to evolutionary forebears.
Another term that
those people taken in
by the idea
of evolutionary creation
seek to portray
as evidence from the Qur'an
is the word
forefathers,
which appears
in several verses.
According to evolutionists'
erroneous interpretations,
this expression
supposedly refers to human beings
as primitive evolutionary ancestors.
They imagine
this is justified
by the word being used
in the plural
in the Qur'an.
Some of these verses
are as follows.
I seek refuge in Allah
from the accursed Satan.
He said,
Your Lord and the Lord
of your forefathers,
the previous peoples.
There is no God but Him.
He gives life
and causes to die.
Your Lord and the Lord
of your forefathers,
the previous peoples.
It is clear
what an illogical claim this is.
Anyone of normal intelligence
can easily see
that the term forefathers
in these verses
refers to previous generations
or the community
it addresses.
One can also see
how trying to force
evolutionist interpretations
onto such a clear
and transparent term
stems from a serious
lack of judgment.
All in all,
the fact that the term
forefathers
is used in the plural
represents no evidence
for any
evolutionist interpretation.
There are several
other verses
of the Qur'an
in which the term appears.
in verse 133
of Surah Al-Baqarah
for instance,
which reads,
I seek refuge in Allah
from the accursed Satan.
Or were you present
when death came to Jacob
and he said to his sons,
What will you worship
when I have gone?
They said,
We will worship your God,
the God of your forefathers,
Abraham,
Ishmael,
and Isaac,
one God.
We are Muslims
submitted to him.
The term forefathers
is also used
in the plural here,
yet the subject here
is the generations
that lived before
the Prophet Jacob
peace be upon him,
rather than
any evolutionary process
of the kind
evolutionists maintain.
An error regarding
the form
of human creation.
I seek refuge
in Allah
from the accursed Satan.
Allah caused you
to grow from the earth.
Then will you return to it
and he will bring you
out again.
This verse is one
that is generally misused
by people
who espouse the falsehood
of evolutionary creation
as a supposed justification
for their views.
Evolutionists interpret
the expression
caused you to grow
from the earth
as evidence
for a supposed
inorganic evolution.
The fact is,
however,
that as indicated
in many commentaries
and exegetic texts,
it actually refers
to the creation
of the first human being
out of the earth.
In the verse,
Allah compares
the creation
of a human being
from earth
to the emergence
of a plant
from the earth.
It is just as easy
for Allah to create
a human being
out of inanimate earth
as it is for our Lord
to produce a plant
from inanimate earth.
In short,
the verse contains
a very wise simile
for the creation
of human beings
from the earth.
Hamdi Yazir
of al-Mali
makes the same statement
in his commentary.
There are two aspects
to the verse.
The first is that
saying that
He caused you
to grow from the earth
means that
He produced
your father from earth,
creating your line
by first producing
him from the earth.
The other is that
He created you all
from earth
because Allah creates us
from the soil
and then from mud,
from the earth.
Omar Nasuhi Belman
interprets
verses 17 and 18
of Surah Nuh
as follows.
Consider this.
Almighty Allah
caused you
to grow from the earth.
In other words,
your first father,
the blessed Adam,
was created
out of earth
or brought
into bodily form
from the essential matter
that provides
your food.
In that way,
people have developed,
grown and found
a natural habitat.
Later,
that great power
will return you
to the earth.
In other words,
when you die,
you will be cast
into the earth
and will again
become one
with the earth.
Later still,
He will bring you
out of the grave again.
These are all
signs of the truth.
In his commentary,
Tabari interprets
the verse
as meaning.
Allah has created
you from the soil
of the earth.
He has brought you
into being
from nothing.
He will later
restore you
to your original form.
In other words,
to earth.
You will return
to the form
you had before
you were created.
When He so wishes,
He will bring you
forth alive once more.
You will be restored
to your living state
in this world.
As can be seen
from the commentaries
of great Islamic scholars,
it is impossible
to interpret
these verses
in such a way
as to regard them
as evidence
for the error
of evolutionary creation.
The error that the Qur'an
points to natural selection.
One of the main claims
made by the theory
of evolution
is the delusion
that natural selection
is an evolutionary force.
Modern science
has revealed
that this claim,
first made
under the primitive
scientific conditions
of the 19th century
when Darwin was alive,
is totally unfounded.
In other words,
it has revealed
that natural selection
has no mechanism
permitting the development
of existing life forms
or the formation
of new ones.
But evolutionists
blindly devoted
to Darwinism
ignore this fact
in the face of science
and constantly strive
to keep the nonsense
that natural selection
is an evolutionary force
on the agenda.
Their aim
is to impose
the theory of evolution
which is devoid
of any scientific foundation
on people lacking
sufficient knowledge
of the subject
by way of indoctrination
and propaganda.
Ignorant people
influenced by such
evolutionist indoctrination
and propaganda
thus imagine the lie
of the natural selection
is in fact
an evolutionary force
to be a scientific fact.
They even go so far
as to look for evidence
of this in the Quran.
One of the verses
these people point to
as supposed evidence
for their claims reads,
I seek refuge in Allah
from the accursed Satan.
Your Lord creates
and chooses
whatever he wills.
The choice is not theirs.
Glory be to Allah.
He is exalted
above anything
they associate with him.
This first states
that the Almighty Allah
is the only one
who creates
and selects
and that Allah
himself will choose
the people
messengers
and prophets
on whom
he will bestow salvation.
The theory of evolution's claims
regarding natural selection
is the delusion
that living things
were selected
through evolution
as a result
of natural events
and that this led
to the emergence
of new species.
As we have seen
the meaning of this verse
has nothing to do
with evolutionist claims.
Not the slightest
inference pointing
to any evolutionary
natural selection
can be drawn
from it.
Therefore
to claim
there is a sign
for evolutionary
natural selection
in this verse
will be an imprudent act.
Islamic scholars
are also unanimous
in interpreting
the verse
in the sense
we have outlined.
Imam Tabari
for instance
interprets it
by saying
Our Lord creates
those servants
He desires
and chooses
from among them
those He will give
faith and guidance.
They have no right
to choose.
They have no means
of doing
what they desire.
The great commentator
Omer Nasuhi Belmin
also interprets
the verse
as meaning.
In those holy verses
Allah declares
His creative power
that He favors
and chooses
whom He wishes
His wisdom
and might
His unity
His meriting praise
and splendor
His divine command
and that all
His servants
will be summoned
to His spiritual presence.
In other words
no one could prevent
the Almighty's
favoring and choosing
in any way.
Whatever His servants
choose
is not effective
on their own.
With all due respect
Allah is not obliged
to create
what they favor
and prefer.
Allah does not
send His prophets
upon the preference
and opinion
of the people
to whom He has sent
His prophets
but only upon
His divine preference.
Only He knows
how and by which
means goodness
and prosperity
will manifest.
He has no partners
nothing may exist
against His eternal will
and no one's will
may be against
His exalted
determining
and selecting.
Hamdi Yazir
of El Mali
interprets the verse
thus
Our Lord selects
and creates
that which He chooses.
In other words
He creates
what He chooses
and selects
what He wishes
from those things
He creates.
He elevates
to great tasks
such as prophethood.
They have no right
of choice.
For that reason
they have no right
to ascribe
other partners
to Allah
and to choose
and appoint
other deities.
A second verse
that some Muslims
who espouse
the idea of evolution
indicate
as supposed justification
from the Qur'an
for their views
on natural selection
is the first verse
of Surah Fatir.
I seek refuge
in Allah
from the accursed Satan.
Praise be to Allah
the bringer
and to being
of the heavens
and earth.
He who made
the angels
messengers
with wings
2, 3 or 4.
He adds to creation
in any way
He wills.
Allah has power
over all things.
They point
to the expression
He adds to creation
in any way
He wills
as a proof
of the alleged
evolutionary development.
But it is clear
that this is
a totally fictitious
and groundless interpretation.
The verse
first refers
to the special creation
of the angels
and then says
that our Lord
adds to creation
as He chooses.
The expression
He adds to creation
in any way
He wills
refers to the number
of wings
of the angels
in question
and also
more generally
to all
the entities
created by Him.
Imam Tabari
interprets
this term
as meaning
He adds
to the number
of angels
as wings
as He chooses.
He can apply
this addition
to all beings.
Creation
and command
are His.
Omer Nasuhi
Balamin
interprets
the verse
in the same way
as Imam Tabari
saying
He is so
all-powerful
that He gives
the angels
the number
of wings
and powers
they possess.
As we have seen
the expression
He adds
to creation
in any way
He wills
implies nothing
whatsoever
about creation
through evolution.
There are many
examples of
Allah adding
to creation
and whom
He makes
superior to whom
in the Quran
and none bear
any evolutionary
meaning.
Allah states
which of His creation
He makes
superior in various
verses.
When the superiority
in question
refers to human
beings
this may take
various forms
such as strength
beauty
wealth
intelligence
knowledge
rank
or esteem
Allah can also
add to the blessings
He bestows
when He so wishes
He may add to
someone's wealth
and property
or the number
of His children
He may also create
greater beauty
and strength
in whomsoever
He wishes
others
He may add to the
things
another example
of His adding
to creation
is that of
produces
In verse 4
of Surat Ar-Rad
we are told
and we make
some things
better to eat
than others
despite their
emerging
from the same
soil
and being
irrigated
with the same
water
Allah can add
to the flavor
or productivity
of whatever
goods
He so chooses
countless other
instances
of Allah's
adding to creation
could be cited
Allah knows
the truth
However
it is irrational
and illogical
to think
that anything
about such a
clear open
and transparent
expression
could be equated
with any
alleged evolutionary
process
of
The error that the Quran contains evidence for mutation.
In addition to natural selection, another natural phenomena indicated as a so-called
evolutionary mechanism is that of mutation.
Mutations are damages caused in the genetic structures of living things by agents such
as heat, radiation or chemical substances.
Mutations damage and disrupt the DNA sequence in the living cell.
There is no such thing as a beneficial mutation.
99% of mutations are harmful and the remaining 1% has no impact at all.
A living thing subjected to mutation generally ends up crippled and defective, or else gets
down with diseases such as cancer stemming from genetic impairments.
In short, mutations add no new information to DNA, for which reason mutations cannot endow
a life form with any new characteristics or organs.
No evolutionary effect of mutations has ever been observed to this day.
As with the subject of natural selection, the proponents of the delusion of evolutionary
creation look for so-called evidence from the Quran.
They come up with a number of irrational and illogical claims by distorting the true meaning
of verses in their search for supporting evidence.
The verses to which they appoint as supposed evidence for the nonsense that living things
evolved by way of mutations are as follows.
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.
If we wished, we could transform them where they stand, so they would neither be able to
go out nor return.
You are well aware of those of you who broke the Sabbath.
We said to them, Be apes, despised, cast out.
Then when they forgot what they had been reminded of, we rescued those who had forbidden the evil
and seized those who did wrong, with a harsh punishment because they were deviators.
Say, Shall I tell you of a reward with Allah far worse than that, that of those whom Allah
has cursed with and whom He is angry, turning some of them into monkeys and pigs, and who
worshipped false gods?
Such people are in a worse situation and further from the right way.
So he threw down his staff, and there it was, unmistakably a snake.
The first verse describes how Allah will punish some people by putting their bodies into a
different form, in which they cannot move.
The three following verses describe how Allah turns some people's bodies into other livings'
bodies, again as a punishment.
The final verse describes how Allah turned the Prophet Moses' peace be upon him's staff
into a snake.
None of these things happened as a result of natural causes, but as a consequence of Allah's
miraculous creation.
All these transitions referred to in the verses happened in a miraculous way, with this telling
them to be.
They did not occur through evolution or mutation.
It is nonsensical to seek to establish any link between these verses and the theory of evolution.
The verses describe how Allah turned some people whom He punishes for their evil deeds into
apes or pigs.
Even if we imagine that these changes did not take place instantaneously, it is nevertheless
clear that they must take place within the average human life expectancy of 60 to 70 years.
Nevertheless, the theory of evolution foresees it taking millions of years for one species
to turn into another.
The Prophet Moses' peace be upon him's staff, the subject of the final verse, is an inanimate
object, for which reason it cannot even be suggested that it underwent evolution.
It is even more nonsensical than the claims made by evolutionists to suggest that an inanimate
staff suddenly turned into a dragon by way of mutations.
If someone is not laboring under the delusion of thinking, I must produce some evidence in
favor of evolution from the Qur'an.
Even if I have to distort it, then it is absolutely impossible to interpret the verses in question
as evidence of mutation.
Indeed, attempting to produce evidence from the verses in favor of evolution in that way
merely proves what a hollow, forced and un-Qur'anic thesis evolutionary creation truly is.
The error that the Qur'an indicates, a familiar link between humans and apes.
One of the verses misinterpreted by some people who have succumbed to evolutionist indoctrination,
concerns the way that Allah once turned a group of Jews into apes.
The verses in question read,
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.
You are well aware of those of you who broke the Sabbath.
We said to them, be apes, despised, cast out.
We made it an exemplary punishment for those there then, and those coming afterwards, and
a warning to those who have taqwa.
Those who defend the lie of evolutionary creation maintain the erroneous thesis that this verse
contains a family link between humans and apes.
It is obvious that no such meaning running parallel to the theory of evolution can be extracted
from this verse.
There are several distinct reasons for this.
The punishment in question may have been a spiritual one.
In other words, these Jews may have been made to resemble apes in terms of character.
Rather than physically, Allah knows the truth.
If the punishment in question did take place on the physical level, then such an event
can only have occurred outside the laws of nature, through Allah's so willing it, in
the form of a miracle.
Yet the theory of evolution maintains that one species turned into another slowly and gradually
over the course of millions of years, as a result of natural conditions and coincidences.
The words, we made it an exemplary punishment for those there then, and those coming afterwards,
and a warning to those who have taqwa, in the following part of the verse, show that the
transition referred to took place during the time of the Jews in question.
In other words, over a very short space of time.
This event revealed in the Quran has therefore nothing to do with the fallacies of the theory
of evolution.
The punishment described in the verse refers to one specific instance, and applies to one
specific time, and a specific number of people.
The theory of evolution, on the other hand, maintains the illogical and unscientific scenario
of all the humans who have ever lived being related to apes.
The verse refers to humans being turned into apes, whereas the theory of evolution claims
the transition ran in the other direction.
In verse 60 of Surah Al-Ma'idah, Allah refers to a corrupt community, being turned into pigs
and apes.
The verse runs as follows.
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.
Say, shall I tell you of a reward with Allah far worse than that, that of those whom Allah
has cursed, and with whom He is angry, turning some of them into monkeys and into pigs, and
who worshipped false gods.
Such people are in a worse situation, and further from the right way.
If persisted with the erroneous logical framework we have been examining throughout this film,
then one must arrive at the irrational conclusion that the verse indicates a familiar link not
only between humans and monkeys, but also between humans and pigs.
Yet not even evolutionists claim there is any such relationship between humans and pigs.
We have seen the following reality in all three sections of our film series.
The Qur'an refutes Darwinism.
There is not a single verse or expression in the Holy Qur'an that constitutes any evidence
for Darwinism.
On the contrary, the verses of the Qur'an show that human beings in all living things
are the work of the Almighty Allah's commandments that they should be, and of His flawless creation.
The Prophet Adam peace be upon him was the first human being created, and all human beings
are descended from Him.
The groundless claims to the effect that some verses contain evidence in favor of evolution
are totally based on misinterpretations, distortion, and irrational, illogical, and fantastical imaginings.
Anyone with a normal intelligence can see the illogicality and ridiculousness in the way that evolutionists
depict certain verses of the Qur'an as so-called evidence for Darwinism.
You will also see how lacking in foresight, reason, and honesty, that mindset that looks for evidence
for evolution in the Qur'an truly is.
No conscious Muslim can possibly subscribe to Darwinism, a theory targeted against true faith,
and the fact of creation.
To ignore the global damage caused by this theory, to underestimate it, and to avoid engaging
in the intellectual struggle against it, are unacceptable.
As we stated at the start of this film, lack of information is a significant factor in people's
problems falling into such an error, yet subscribing out of ignorance to a corrupt ideology such
as that of the theory of evolution, which denies Allah, creation, and the true faith, imposes
grave responsibility on the individual.
It is therefore of the greatest importance, in terms of the hereafter, for Muslims to keep
away from such errors.
In the Qur'an, Allah stated on the subject as thus,
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.
Do not pursue what you have no knowledge of.
Hearing, sight, and hearts will all be questioned.