WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:14.000 I 00:14.000 --> 00:43.980 We'll be right back. 00:44.000 --> 01:07.620 The Quran Refutes Darwinism Part 3 01:14.000 --> 01:22.200 Far from being a scientific thesis, Darwinism is a system of thought invented and sustained 01:22.200 --> 01:26.680 in order to lead people to deny Allah and one that is constructed upon errors. 01:28.940 --> 01:34.360 Darwinists have neither scientific foundation nor any evidence with which to defend their position. 01:34.360 --> 01:44.660 In order to sustain their irrational and unscientific theory, they resort to fraud and demagoguery 01:44.660 --> 01:49.960 and seek to silence their opponents with psychological pressure and methods of indoctrination. 01:49.960 --> 01:57.140 The fact is, however, that they are in a hopeless position. 01:57.140 --> 02:06.640 That being the case, it is a grave error for any Muslim to be taken in by evolutionist propaganda 02:06.640 --> 02:08.960 and to attach any credence to this theory. 02:09.280 --> 02:13.300 Nonetheless, because of the inferiority they feel when confronted by evolutionists 02:13.300 --> 02:19.640 and out of ignorance, doubt or lack of determination, some people have engaged in a superstitious 02:19.640 --> 02:22.260 attempt to reconcile Darwinism with faith. 02:22.920 --> 02:27.520 Someone who fails to keep up with the scientific progress and who does not read publications 02:27.520 --> 02:33.480 setting out the invalidity of the theory of evolution may be taken in by Darwinist deceptions. 02:34.260 --> 02:39.460 However, lack of awareness is a state of affairs that can easily be overcome by reading about 02:39.460 --> 02:40.140 the subject. 02:40.920 --> 02:45.820 No Muslim with detailed knowledge concerning the theory of evolution can any longer possibly 02:45.820 --> 02:49.900 remain undecided or silent in the face of evolutionist claims. 02:50.460 --> 02:55.840 In this third and final part of our series, the Qur'an refutes Darwinism, we shall continue 02:55.840 --> 03:00.960 to examine the errors of those who attempt to find evidence for the theory of evolution in 03:00.960 --> 03:01.520 the Qur'an. 03:09.460 --> 03:21.540 The error that Prophet Adam was not the first human being. 03:25.260 --> 03:30.560 One of the claims made by those taken in by the idea of creation to evolution is that the 03:30.560 --> 03:36.460 Prophet Adam may not have been the first human being and that he may not even have been human 03:36.460 --> 03:36.880 at all. 03:37.880 --> 03:40.140 Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, is beyond this. 03:41.800 --> 03:45.060 Those making such claims point to the following verse as evidence. 03:47.240 --> 03:50.060 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 03:50.560 --> 03:56.360 When your Lord said to the angels, I am putting a khalif on the earth, they said, 03:57.100 --> 04:02.200 Why put on it one who will cause corruption on it and shed blood when we glorify you with 04:02.200 --> 04:03.660 praise and proclaim your purity. 04:04.580 --> 04:07.200 He said, I know what you do not know. 04:14.000 --> 04:20.960 These people interpret the Arabic verb, jah-elun, used in the expression, I am putting a khalif 04:20.960 --> 04:24.940 on the earth, as meaning, to appoint in English. 04:24.940 --> 04:31.100 They then errorly conclude from this that the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, was not the 04:31.100 --> 04:35.480 first human and that he was appointed khalif from among many human beings. 04:36.400 --> 04:42.640 The fact is, however, that the verb jah-elun does not only mean to appoint, but also it 04:42.640 --> 04:48.980 is used in various places in the Qur'an to impart such different meanings as to create, bring 04:48.980 --> 04:56.860 into being, invent, convert, make, do, place, etc. 04:58.480 --> 05:03.640 Some of the verses in which the verb jah-elun is employed read as follows. 05:04.860 --> 05:07.760 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 05:08.540 --> 05:16.440 He created you from a single self, then produced jah-elun, its mate from it, and sent down livestock 05:16.440 --> 05:18.700 to you, eight coins in pairs. 05:20.120 --> 05:23.920 Say, it is he who brought you into being and gave, 05:24.720 --> 05:29.880 wa-ja'ala, you hearing sight and hearts, what little thanks you show. 05:31.020 --> 05:34.020 And placed the moon as a light in them and made, 05:34.720 --> 05:37.660 wa-ja'ala, the sun a blazing lamp. 05:38.920 --> 05:40.020 Allah has spread, 05:40.620 --> 05:43.660 jah-alam, the earth out as a carpet for you. 05:46.440 --> 05:54.960 As can be seen from these verses, the word jah-elun is used in very different meanings in the Qur'an 05:54.960 --> 05:57.300 in addition of to appoint. 06:03.460 --> 06:08.540 Yet even if the sense of to appoint is applied to the word jah-elun, 06:08.540 --> 06:15.960 it is still incompatible with the Qur'anic moral values to draw the heretical conclusion of creation through evolution. 06:17.800 --> 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. 06:25.200 --> 06:32.020 When the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, was created, the angels were required to prostrate themselves before him. 06:32.400 --> 06:36.820 And they all did this, with the exception of the jinn, Diabolus. 06:37.860 --> 06:42.900 Therefore, even if the word jah-elun is interpreted as meaning to appoint, 06:42.900 --> 06:46.220 it is still clear that the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, 06:46.500 --> 06:50.980 is being referred to as being appointed caliph over the angels and jinn. 06:52.360 --> 06:53.400 Allah knows the truth. 06:54.960 --> 06:57.140 In addition, after his descent to earth, 06:57.620 --> 07:03.600 the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, was appointed caliph over a human society consisting of his own descendants. 07:03.600 --> 07:08.240 And this is another sense in which the idea of being appointed is appropriate. 07:10.980 --> 07:15.080 All this goes to show the word jah-elun in the verses do not, 07:15.320 --> 07:17.060 contrary to what some people maintain, 07:17.440 --> 07:19.320 mean that the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, 07:19.360 --> 07:22.980 was chosen from among several people who existed together with him. 07:23.680 --> 07:27.060 The Qur'an contains no statement in support of such a claim. 07:27.620 --> 07:31.420 To make such an impossible suggestion on the basis of a single word 07:31.420 --> 07:34.400 is a sign of a serious lack of reason and judgment. 07:35.060 --> 07:37.620 Furthermore, it is clearly stated in several verses 07:37.620 --> 07:41.040 that the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, was created out of earth. 07:41.600 --> 07:44.260 These verses make it clear that the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, 07:44.260 --> 07:46.920 was not just one human being from among many, 07:47.420 --> 07:48.720 that he was the first human being, 07:49.260 --> 07:51.920 and that his was a very special and different creation. 07:53.200 --> 07:55.180 Allah states in one verse as such, 07:56.720 --> 07:59.380 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 07:59.380 --> 08:03.500 The likeness of Jesus in Allah's sight is the same as Adam. 08:04.120 --> 08:05.720 He created him from earth, 08:06.060 --> 08:07.100 and then he said to him, 08:07.180 --> 08:08.640 Be, and he was. 08:11.840 --> 08:15.380 Another important piece of information provided by the Qur'an 08:15.380 --> 08:18.060 with regard to the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, 08:18.380 --> 08:19.700 being the first human being 08:19.700 --> 08:22.820 is the way that he and his wife were expelled from paradise 08:22.820 --> 08:25.320 because of the errors of their ways. 08:25.920 --> 08:27.260 Allah states in the verses, 08:27.260 --> 08:30.860 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 08:31.500 --> 08:32.300 Children of Adam, 08:32.740 --> 08:34.880 do not let Satan tempt you into trouble 08:34.880 --> 08:36.940 as he expelled your parents from the garden, 08:37.420 --> 08:38.800 stripping them of their covering 08:38.800 --> 08:41.140 and disclosing to them their private parts. 08:41.660 --> 08:43.600 He and his tribe see you 08:43.600 --> 08:45.080 from where you do not see them. 08:45.500 --> 08:47.160 We have made the Satans friends 08:47.160 --> 08:48.780 of those who have no faith. 08:50.060 --> 08:50.680 We said, 08:51.020 --> 08:51.340 Adam, 08:51.980 --> 08:53.980 live in the garden you and your wife, 08:54.300 --> 08:56.180 and eat freely from it wherever you will. 08:56.180 --> 08:58.300 But do not approach this tree 08:58.300 --> 09:00.120 and so become wrongdoers. 09:00.640 --> 09:03.160 But Satan made them slip up by means of it, 09:03.680 --> 09:05.100 expelling them from where they were. 09:05.900 --> 09:06.340 We said, 09:06.900 --> 09:09.100 Go down from here as enemies to each other. 09:09.820 --> 09:11.500 You will have residence on the earth 09:11.500 --> 09:13.180 and enjoyment for a time. 09:13.180 --> 09:22.520 The expressions in these verses are crystal clear. 09:23.000 --> 09:24.460 Allah created the Prophet Adam, 09:24.820 --> 09:25.460 peace be upon him, 09:25.540 --> 09:26.160 out of earth. 09:26.680 --> 09:27.400 The Prophet Adam, 09:27.500 --> 09:28.080 peace be upon him, 09:28.080 --> 09:30.180 was created in a very special manner. 09:30.700 --> 09:33.040 And this can be seen from his initial presence 09:33.040 --> 09:35.920 in and subsequent expulsion from paradise. 09:35.920 --> 09:36.920 However, 09:40.600 --> 09:42.460 those who espouse the false idea 09:42.460 --> 09:44.000 of evolutionary creation 09:44.000 --> 09:45.880 ignore these evident facts. 09:47.320 --> 09:49.420 They propose the irrational idea 09:49.420 --> 09:50.840 that the word paradise 09:50.840 --> 09:51.840 in the verses 09:51.840 --> 09:54.140 refers not to paradise in the hereafter, 09:54.480 --> 09:56.200 but to pleasant places on earth. 09:56.200 --> 10:02.600 Yet it is clearly revealed in the Quran 10:02.600 --> 10:04.060 that the Prophet Adam, 10:04.160 --> 10:04.760 peace be upon him, 10:04.800 --> 10:05.420 and his wife 10:05.420 --> 10:07.080 were first placed in paradise 10:07.080 --> 10:09.560 and then subsequently sent down to earth. 10:13.100 --> 10:16.100 There is no Quranic evidence or basis 10:16.100 --> 10:18.560 for the claim that the word paradise 10:18.560 --> 10:19.700 in the verses 10:19.700 --> 10:22.100 refers to pleasant locations on earth. 10:22.100 --> 10:28.440 This claim consists entirely 10:28.440 --> 10:30.220 of illusory speculation 10:30.220 --> 10:32.960 built upon conjecture and guesswork. 10:33.380 --> 10:34.500 It is a serious error 10:34.500 --> 10:36.080 to attempt to look for evidence 10:36.080 --> 10:37.420 for the theory of evolution 10:37.420 --> 10:38.540 in the Quran 10:38.540 --> 10:40.280 by way of such irrational 10:40.280 --> 10:42.200 and illogical interpretations 10:42.200 --> 10:44.160 when the expressions used 10:44.160 --> 10:45.960 in the verses are so clear. 10:46.440 --> 10:47.540 There are several verses 10:47.540 --> 10:49.620 that indicate that all human beings 10:49.620 --> 10:51.460 are descended from the Prophet Adam, 10:51.600 --> 10:52.080 peace be upon him, 10:52.100 --> 10:53.080 in other words, 10:53.340 --> 10:54.940 that he was the first human being. 10:55.380 --> 10:56.640 One such verse says, 10:57.480 --> 10:58.760 I seek refuge in Allah 10:58.760 --> 11:00.080 from the accursed Satan. 11:00.660 --> 11:01.720 When your Lord took out 11:01.720 --> 11:02.620 all their descendants 11:02.620 --> 11:03.580 from the loins 11:03.580 --> 11:04.940 of the children of Adam 11:04.940 --> 11:06.460 and made them testify 11:06.460 --> 11:07.660 against themselves, 11:08.420 --> 11:09.620 Am I not your Lord? 11:10.400 --> 11:11.020 They said, 11:11.440 --> 11:13.480 We testify that indeed you are. 11:14.120 --> 11:15.860 Lest you say on the day of resurrection, 11:16.600 --> 11:17.740 We knew nothing of this. 11:18.060 --> 11:18.880 Or lest you say, 11:19.440 --> 11:21.300 Our forefathers associate others 11:21.300 --> 11:21.980 with Allah 11:21.980 --> 11:23.300 before our time, 11:23.540 --> 11:24.800 and we are merely descendants 11:24.800 --> 11:25.840 coming after them. 11:26.220 --> 11:27.820 So are you going to destroy us 11:27.820 --> 11:28.960 for what those purveyors 11:28.960 --> 11:29.940 of falsehood did? 11:29.940 --> 11:36.320 In short, 11:36.900 --> 11:37.680 the Prophet Adam, 11:37.680 --> 11:38.460 peace be upon him, 11:38.540 --> 11:39.660 was the first human being, 11:40.320 --> 11:41.740 the first messenger of Allah, 11:42.140 --> 11:44.000 and the forerunner of all humans. 11:44.880 --> 11:46.340 The verses on this subject 11:46.340 --> 11:47.180 are so clear 11:47.180 --> 11:49.500 as to permit no other interpretation. 11:49.500 --> 11:53.880 Anyone reading the Qur'an 11:53.880 --> 11:54.960 with a sincere heart 11:54.960 --> 11:55.840 and devotion 11:55.840 --> 11:57.240 and heeding the voice 11:57.240 --> 11:57.980 of his conscience 11:57.980 --> 11:59.480 will, by Allah's leave, 11:59.940 --> 12:01.540 accurately interpret these verses 12:01.540 --> 12:02.580 and see the truth. 12:02.580 --> 12:20.440 The error of thinking 12:20.440 --> 12:22.180 that the term forefathers 12:22.180 --> 12:23.540 in the Qur'an 12:23.540 --> 12:25.720 refers to evolutionary forebears. 12:25.720 --> 12:33.040 Another term that 12:33.040 --> 12:34.540 those people taken in 12:34.540 --> 12:35.400 by the idea 12:35.400 --> 12:36.940 of evolutionary creation 12:36.940 --> 12:37.920 seek to portray 12:37.920 --> 12:39.860 as evidence from the Qur'an 12:39.860 --> 12:40.500 is the word 12:40.500 --> 12:41.620 forefathers, 12:41.940 --> 12:42.900 which appears 12:42.900 --> 12:44.120 in several verses. 12:45.020 --> 12:46.340 According to evolutionists' 12:46.460 --> 12:47.700 erroneous interpretations, 12:48.520 --> 12:49.240 this expression 12:49.240 --> 12:51.400 supposedly refers to human beings 12:51.400 --> 12:53.760 as primitive evolutionary ancestors. 12:53.760 --> 12:55.520 They imagine 12:55.520 --> 12:56.900 this is justified 12:56.900 --> 12:58.720 by the word being used 12:58.720 --> 12:59.280 in the plural 12:59.280 --> 13:00.180 in the Qur'an. 13:02.980 --> 13:04.240 Some of these verses 13:04.240 --> 13:05.440 are as follows. 13:07.380 --> 13:08.980 I seek refuge in Allah 13:08.980 --> 13:10.300 from the accursed Satan. 13:11.080 --> 13:11.640 He said, 13:12.360 --> 13:13.380 Your Lord and the Lord 13:13.380 --> 13:14.340 of your forefathers, 13:14.460 --> 13:15.700 the previous peoples. 13:17.020 --> 13:18.540 There is no God but Him. 13:19.140 --> 13:19.800 He gives life 13:19.800 --> 13:21.040 and causes to die. 13:21.480 --> 13:22.420 Your Lord and the Lord 13:22.420 --> 13:23.440 of your forefathers, 13:23.440 --> 13:24.840 the previous peoples. 13:28.800 --> 13:29.540 It is clear 13:29.540 --> 13:31.360 what an illogical claim this is. 13:33.140 --> 13:34.780 Anyone of normal intelligence 13:34.780 --> 13:35.740 can easily see 13:35.740 --> 13:37.140 that the term forefathers 13:37.140 --> 13:38.360 in these verses 13:38.360 --> 13:40.080 refers to previous generations 13:40.080 --> 13:41.080 or the community 13:41.080 --> 13:41.720 it addresses. 13:44.860 --> 13:45.840 One can also see 13:45.840 --> 13:46.840 how trying to force 13:46.840 --> 13:48.360 evolutionist interpretations 13:48.360 --> 13:50.020 onto such a clear 13:50.020 --> 13:51.160 and transparent term 13:51.160 --> 13:52.620 stems from a serious 13:52.620 --> 13:53.400 lack of judgment. 13:55.060 --> 13:55.780 All in all, 13:56.040 --> 13:56.960 the fact that the term 13:56.960 --> 13:57.820 forefathers 13:57.820 --> 13:59.060 is used in the plural 13:59.060 --> 14:00.840 represents no evidence 14:00.840 --> 14:01.480 for any 14:01.480 --> 14:03.460 evolutionist interpretation. 14:04.600 --> 14:05.360 There are several 14:05.360 --> 14:06.280 other verses 14:06.280 --> 14:07.220 of the Qur'an 14:07.220 --> 14:08.520 in which the term appears. 14:08.520 --> 14:10.920 in verse 133 14:10.920 --> 14:12.120 of Surah Al-Baqarah 14:12.120 --> 14:12.860 for instance, 14:13.060 --> 14:13.620 which reads, 14:13.620 --> 14:19.140 I seek refuge in Allah 14:19.140 --> 14:20.500 from the accursed Satan. 14:21.140 --> 14:22.060 Or were you present 14:22.060 --> 14:23.480 when death came to Jacob 14:23.480 --> 14:25.160 and he said to his sons, 14:25.720 --> 14:26.600 What will you worship 14:26.600 --> 14:27.460 when I have gone? 14:28.280 --> 14:28.880 They said, 14:29.440 --> 14:31.020 We will worship your God, 14:31.020 --> 14:32.960 the God of your forefathers, 14:33.380 --> 14:33.960 Abraham, 14:33.960 --> 14:35.000 Ishmael, 14:35.260 --> 14:36.140 and Isaac, 14:36.820 --> 14:37.380 one God. 14:37.800 --> 14:38.440 We are Muslims 14:38.440 --> 14:39.580 submitted to him. 14:47.000 --> 14:48.400 The term forefathers 14:48.400 --> 14:49.240 is also used 14:49.240 --> 14:50.140 in the plural here, 14:50.800 --> 14:51.820 yet the subject here 14:51.820 --> 14:52.700 is the generations 14:52.700 --> 14:53.660 that lived before 14:53.660 --> 14:54.580 the Prophet Jacob 14:54.580 --> 14:55.420 peace be upon him, 14:55.780 --> 14:56.340 rather than 14:56.340 --> 14:57.960 any evolutionary process 14:57.960 --> 14:58.720 of the kind 14:58.720 --> 15:00.100 evolutionists maintain. 15:03.960 --> 15:31.040 An error regarding 15:31.040 --> 15:31.620 the form 15:31.620 --> 15:32.840 of human creation. 15:33.960 --> 15:36.520 I seek refuge 15:36.520 --> 15:37.000 in Allah 15:37.000 --> 15:38.300 from the accursed Satan. 15:39.140 --> 15:39.860 Allah caused you 15:39.860 --> 15:41.000 to grow from the earth. 15:41.700 --> 15:43.260 Then will you return to it 15:43.260 --> 15:44.720 and he will bring you 15:44.720 --> 15:45.320 out again. 15:45.320 --> 16:06.660 This verse is one 16:06.660 --> 16:07.980 that is generally misused 16:07.980 --> 16:08.620 by people 16:08.620 --> 16:09.900 who espouse the falsehood 16:09.900 --> 16:11.760 of evolutionary creation 16:11.760 --> 16:13.680 as a supposed justification 16:13.680 --> 16:14.720 for their views. 16:18.320 --> 16:19.480 Evolutionists interpret 16:19.480 --> 16:20.120 the expression 16:20.120 --> 16:21.340 caused you to grow 16:21.340 --> 16:22.020 from the earth 16:22.020 --> 16:22.980 as evidence 16:22.980 --> 16:23.720 for a supposed 16:23.720 --> 16:25.100 inorganic evolution. 16:28.320 --> 16:29.600 The fact is, 16:29.740 --> 16:29.980 however, 16:30.420 --> 16:31.440 that as indicated 16:31.440 --> 16:32.640 in many commentaries 16:32.640 --> 16:34.420 and exegetic texts, 16:35.060 --> 16:36.080 it actually refers 16:36.080 --> 16:36.800 to the creation 16:36.800 --> 16:38.120 of the first human being 16:38.120 --> 16:38.940 out of the earth. 16:38.940 --> 16:40.400 In the verse, 16:41.040 --> 16:41.720 Allah compares 16:41.720 --> 16:42.340 the creation 16:42.340 --> 16:43.440 of a human being 16:43.440 --> 16:44.540 from earth 16:44.540 --> 16:45.400 to the emergence 16:45.400 --> 16:46.120 of a plant 16:46.120 --> 16:46.780 from the earth. 16:47.460 --> 16:48.400 It is just as easy 16:48.400 --> 16:49.440 for Allah to create 16:49.440 --> 16:50.240 a human being 16:50.240 --> 16:51.780 out of inanimate earth 16:51.780 --> 16:53.320 as it is for our Lord 16:53.320 --> 16:54.360 to produce a plant 16:54.360 --> 16:55.780 from inanimate earth. 16:56.400 --> 16:57.220 In short, 16:57.780 --> 16:58.700 the verse contains 16:58.700 --> 17:00.220 a very wise simile 17:00.220 --> 17:01.300 for the creation 17:01.300 --> 17:02.180 of human beings 17:02.180 --> 17:02.820 from the earth. 17:03.600 --> 17:04.460 Hamdi Yazir 17:04.460 --> 17:05.160 of al-Mali 17:05.160 --> 17:06.640 makes the same statement 17:06.640 --> 17:07.580 in his commentary. 17:08.320 --> 17:09.340 There are two aspects 17:09.340 --> 17:10.100 to the verse. 17:10.700 --> 17:11.660 The first is that 17:11.660 --> 17:12.140 saying that 17:12.140 --> 17:12.880 He caused you 17:12.880 --> 17:13.920 to grow from the earth 17:13.920 --> 17:14.840 means that 17:14.840 --> 17:15.460 He produced 17:15.460 --> 17:16.880 your father from earth, 17:17.220 --> 17:18.780 creating your line 17:18.780 --> 17:19.980 by first producing 17:19.980 --> 17:20.860 him from the earth. 17:21.660 --> 17:22.580 The other is that 17:22.580 --> 17:24.160 He created you all 17:24.160 --> 17:24.820 from earth 17:24.820 --> 17:26.760 because Allah creates us 17:26.760 --> 17:27.640 from the soil 17:27.640 --> 17:29.100 and then from mud, 17:29.560 --> 17:30.320 from the earth. 17:30.320 --> 17:36.980 Omar Nasuhi Belman 17:36.980 --> 17:37.580 interprets 17:37.580 --> 17:39.380 verses 17 and 18 17:39.380 --> 17:40.640 of Surah Nuh 17:40.640 --> 17:41.640 as follows. 17:46.360 --> 17:47.480 Consider this. 17:48.080 --> 17:48.780 Almighty Allah 17:48.780 --> 17:49.440 caused you 17:49.440 --> 17:50.440 to grow from the earth. 17:51.000 --> 17:51.580 In other words, 17:51.700 --> 17:52.600 your first father, 17:52.880 --> 17:53.620 the blessed Adam, 17:54.000 --> 17:54.740 was created 17:54.740 --> 17:55.480 out of earth 17:55.480 --> 17:56.200 or brought 17:56.200 --> 17:57.320 into bodily form 17:57.320 --> 17:58.600 from the essential matter 17:58.600 --> 17:59.580 that provides 17:59.580 --> 18:00.220 your food. 18:01.080 --> 18:01.680 In that way, 18:02.280 --> 18:03.200 people have developed, 18:03.460 --> 18:04.220 grown and found 18:04.220 --> 18:05.120 a natural habitat. 18:06.200 --> 18:06.520 Later, 18:06.960 --> 18:07.820 that great power 18:07.820 --> 18:08.620 will return you 18:08.620 --> 18:09.240 to the earth. 18:10.040 --> 18:10.640 In other words, 18:10.740 --> 18:11.320 when you die, 18:11.900 --> 18:12.620 you will be cast 18:12.620 --> 18:13.440 into the earth 18:13.440 --> 18:14.100 and will again 18:14.100 --> 18:14.700 become one 18:14.700 --> 18:15.320 with the earth. 18:16.200 --> 18:16.840 Later still, 18:16.920 --> 18:17.580 He will bring you 18:17.580 --> 18:19.020 out of the grave again. 18:19.940 --> 18:20.500 These are all 18:20.500 --> 18:21.560 signs of the truth. 18:27.200 --> 18:28.380 In his commentary, 18:28.620 --> 18:29.560 Tabari interprets 18:29.560 --> 18:30.000 the verse 18:30.000 --> 18:30.020 the verse 18:30.020 --> 18:30.580 as meaning. 18:33.300 --> 18:34.540 Allah has created 18:34.540 --> 18:35.560 you from the soil 18:35.560 --> 18:36.220 of the earth. 18:36.620 --> 18:37.220 He has brought you 18:37.220 --> 18:37.840 into being 18:37.840 --> 18:38.380 from nothing. 18:39.060 --> 18:39.600 He will later 18:39.600 --> 18:40.300 restore you 18:40.300 --> 18:41.700 to your original form. 18:42.280 --> 18:42.900 In other words, 18:43.020 --> 18:43.580 to earth. 18:44.240 --> 18:45.080 You will return 18:45.080 --> 18:45.860 to the form 18:45.860 --> 18:46.680 you had before 18:46.680 --> 18:47.520 you were created. 18:48.340 --> 18:49.220 When He so wishes, 18:49.860 --> 18:50.600 He will bring you 18:50.600 --> 18:51.920 forth alive once more. 18:52.640 --> 18:53.780 You will be restored 18:53.780 --> 18:54.980 to your living state 18:54.980 --> 18:55.660 in this world. 18:57.300 --> 18:58.480 As can be seen 18:58.480 --> 18:59.500 from the commentaries 18:59.500 --> 19:01.060 of great Islamic scholars, 19:01.720 --> 19:02.460 it is impossible 19:02.460 --> 19:03.140 to interpret 19:03.140 --> 19:03.880 these verses 19:03.880 --> 19:05.020 in such a way 19:05.020 --> 19:06.520 as to regard them 19:06.520 --> 19:07.200 as evidence 19:07.200 --> 19:08.020 for the error 19:08.020 --> 19:09.760 of evolutionary creation. 19:09.760 --> 19:27.300 The error that the Qur'an 19:27.300 --> 19:29.040 points to natural selection. 19:29.040 --> 19:34.280 One of the main claims 19:34.280 --> 19:35.620 made by the theory 19:35.620 --> 19:36.220 of evolution 19:36.220 --> 19:37.420 is the delusion 19:37.420 --> 19:38.520 that natural selection 19:38.520 --> 19:40.780 is an evolutionary force. 19:41.780 --> 19:42.860 Modern science 19:42.860 --> 19:43.400 has revealed 19:43.400 --> 19:44.180 that this claim, 19:44.840 --> 19:45.440 first made 19:45.440 --> 19:46.200 under the primitive 19:46.200 --> 19:47.340 scientific conditions 19:47.340 --> 19:48.760 of the 19th century 19:48.760 --> 19:50.480 when Darwin was alive, 19:50.880 --> 19:52.160 is totally unfounded. 19:54.500 --> 19:55.160 In other words, 19:55.300 --> 19:55.980 it has revealed 19:55.980 --> 19:57.260 that natural selection 19:57.260 --> 19:58.300 has no mechanism 19:58.300 --> 19:59.700 permitting the development 19:59.700 --> 20:01.180 of existing life forms 20:01.180 --> 20:02.260 or the formation 20:02.260 --> 20:03.320 of new ones. 20:04.160 --> 20:05.380 But evolutionists 20:05.380 --> 20:06.240 blindly devoted 20:06.240 --> 20:07.100 to Darwinism 20:07.100 --> 20:08.320 ignore this fact 20:08.320 --> 20:09.700 in the face of science 20:09.700 --> 20:11.400 and constantly strive 20:11.400 --> 20:12.520 to keep the nonsense 20:12.520 --> 20:13.680 that natural selection 20:13.680 --> 20:15.640 is an evolutionary force 20:15.640 --> 20:16.540 on the agenda. 20:19.260 --> 20:20.380 Their aim 20:20.380 --> 20:21.260 is to impose 20:21.260 --> 20:22.360 the theory of evolution 20:22.360 --> 20:23.260 which is devoid 20:23.260 --> 20:24.680 of any scientific foundation 20:24.680 --> 20:26.060 on people lacking 20:26.060 --> 20:26.900 sufficient knowledge 20:26.900 --> 20:27.680 of the subject 20:27.680 --> 20:29.420 by way of indoctrination 20:29.420 --> 20:30.260 and propaganda. 20:32.080 --> 20:32.720 Ignorant people 20:32.720 --> 20:33.720 influenced by such 20:33.720 --> 20:35.220 evolutionist indoctrination 20:35.220 --> 20:36.760 and propaganda 20:36.760 --> 20:38.420 thus imagine the lie 20:38.420 --> 20:39.360 of the natural selection 20:39.360 --> 20:40.580 is in fact 20:40.580 --> 20:41.840 an evolutionary force 20:41.840 --> 20:43.160 to be a scientific fact. 20:44.380 --> 20:45.680 They even go so far 20:45.680 --> 20:47.100 as to look for evidence 20:47.100 --> 20:48.160 of this in the Quran. 20:51.360 --> 20:52.680 One of the verses 20:52.680 --> 20:54.040 these people point to 20:54.040 --> 20:55.260 as supposed evidence 20:55.260 --> 20:56.440 for their claims reads, 20:56.440 --> 21:01.460 I seek refuge in Allah 21:01.460 --> 21:02.800 from the accursed Satan. 21:03.520 --> 21:04.440 Your Lord creates 21:04.440 --> 21:05.000 and chooses 21:05.000 --> 21:06.100 whatever he wills. 21:06.660 --> 21:07.840 The choice is not theirs. 21:08.660 --> 21:09.500 Glory be to Allah. 21:10.020 --> 21:10.780 He is exalted 21:10.780 --> 21:11.500 above anything 21:11.500 --> 21:12.680 they associate with him. 21:16.420 --> 21:17.700 This first states 21:17.700 --> 21:19.240 that the Almighty Allah 21:19.240 --> 21:20.420 is the only one 21:20.420 --> 21:20.960 who creates 21:20.960 --> 21:21.440 and selects 21:21.440 --> 21:23.060 and that Allah 21:23.060 --> 21:24.020 himself will choose 21:24.020 --> 21:24.600 the people 21:24.600 --> 21:25.600 messengers 21:25.600 --> 21:26.460 and prophets 21:26.460 --> 21:26.940 on whom 21:26.940 --> 21:28.240 he will bestow salvation. 21:31.240 --> 21:33.560 The theory of evolution's claims 21:33.560 --> 21:35.080 regarding natural selection 21:35.080 --> 21:36.320 is the delusion 21:36.320 --> 21:37.200 that living things 21:37.200 --> 21:37.820 were selected 21:37.820 --> 21:39.000 through evolution 21:39.000 --> 21:39.860 as a result 21:39.860 --> 21:40.920 of natural events 21:40.920 --> 21:42.400 and that this led 21:42.400 --> 21:43.160 to the emergence 21:43.160 --> 21:44.140 of new species. 21:44.140 --> 21:49.320 As we have seen 21:49.320 --> 21:50.620 the meaning of this verse 21:50.620 --> 21:51.620 has nothing to do 21:51.620 --> 21:52.940 with evolutionist claims. 21:54.060 --> 21:54.740 Not the slightest 21:54.740 --> 21:55.800 inference pointing 21:55.800 --> 21:56.940 to any evolutionary 21:56.940 --> 21:58.400 natural selection 21:58.400 --> 21:59.560 can be drawn 21:59.560 --> 22:00.200 from it. 22:01.900 --> 22:02.300 Therefore 22:02.300 --> 22:03.080 to claim 22:03.080 --> 22:04.360 there is a sign 22:04.360 --> 22:05.120 for evolutionary 22:05.120 --> 22:06.120 natural selection 22:06.120 --> 22:07.480 in this verse 22:07.480 --> 22:09.180 will be an imprudent act. 22:10.420 --> 22:11.140 Islamic scholars 22:11.140 --> 22:12.360 are also unanimous 22:12.360 --> 22:13.040 in interpreting 22:13.040 --> 22:13.600 the verse 22:13.600 --> 22:14.300 in the sense 22:14.300 --> 22:15.560 we have outlined. 22:16.300 --> 22:17.020 Imam Tabari 22:17.020 --> 22:17.600 for instance 22:17.600 --> 22:18.340 interprets it 22:18.340 --> 22:19.000 by saying 22:19.000 --> 22:25.040 Our Lord creates 22:25.040 --> 22:26.140 those servants 22:26.140 --> 22:26.960 He desires 22:26.960 --> 22:27.720 and chooses 22:27.720 --> 22:28.580 from among them 22:28.580 --> 22:30.260 those He will give 22:30.260 --> 22:31.480 faith and guidance. 22:32.320 --> 22:33.040 They have no right 22:33.040 --> 22:33.560 to choose. 22:34.300 --> 22:35.020 They have no means 22:35.020 --> 22:35.420 of doing 22:35.420 --> 22:36.220 what they desire. 22:41.320 --> 22:43.020 The great commentator 22:43.020 --> 22:44.560 Omer Nasuhi Belmin 22:44.560 --> 22:45.680 also interprets 22:45.680 --> 22:46.040 the verse 22:46.040 --> 22:46.700 as meaning. 22:49.900 --> 22:51.560 In those holy verses 22:51.560 --> 22:52.900 Allah declares 22:52.900 --> 22:54.100 His creative power 22:54.100 --> 22:55.260 that He favors 22:55.260 --> 22:55.920 and chooses 22:55.920 --> 22:56.680 whom He wishes 22:56.680 --> 22:57.420 His wisdom 22:57.420 --> 22:58.020 and might 22:58.020 --> 22:59.480 His unity 22:59.480 --> 23:01.300 His meriting praise 23:01.300 --> 23:02.020 and splendor 23:02.020 --> 23:03.520 His divine command 23:03.520 --> 23:04.880 and that all 23:04.880 --> 23:05.400 His servants 23:05.400 --> 23:06.000 will be summoned 23:06.000 --> 23:07.420 to His spiritual presence. 23:08.320 --> 23:08.860 In other words 23:08.860 --> 23:09.960 no one could prevent 23:09.960 --> 23:11.060 the Almighty's 23:11.060 --> 23:12.200 favoring and choosing 23:12.200 --> 23:13.040 in any way. 23:14.000 --> 23:14.840 Whatever His servants 23:14.840 --> 23:15.340 choose 23:15.340 --> 23:16.200 is not effective 23:16.200 --> 23:16.920 on their own. 23:17.820 --> 23:18.900 With all due respect 23:18.900 --> 23:20.500 Allah is not obliged 23:20.500 --> 23:21.220 to create 23:21.220 --> 23:22.120 what they favor 23:22.120 --> 23:22.860 and prefer. 23:23.580 --> 23:24.120 Allah does not 23:24.120 --> 23:24.960 send His prophets 23:24.960 --> 23:25.980 upon the preference 23:25.980 --> 23:26.680 and opinion 23:26.680 --> 23:27.480 of the people 23:27.480 --> 23:28.840 to whom He has sent 23:28.840 --> 23:29.440 His prophets 23:29.440 --> 23:30.780 but only upon 23:30.780 --> 23:31.880 His divine preference. 23:32.680 --> 23:33.480 Only He knows 23:33.480 --> 23:34.720 how and by which 23:34.720 --> 23:36.120 means goodness 23:36.120 --> 23:36.940 and prosperity 23:36.940 --> 23:37.800 will manifest. 23:38.880 --> 23:39.720 He has no partners 23:39.720 --> 23:41.060 nothing may exist 23:41.060 --> 23:42.240 against His eternal will 23:42.240 --> 23:43.940 and no one's will 23:43.940 --> 23:44.680 may be against 23:44.680 --> 23:45.280 His exalted 23:45.280 --> 23:45.820 determining 23:45.820 --> 23:46.680 and selecting. 23:54.120 --> 23:55.220 Hamdi Yazir 23:55.220 --> 23:55.840 of El Mali 23:55.840 --> 23:56.760 interprets the verse 23:56.760 --> 23:57.360 thus 23:57.360 --> 24:04.340 Our Lord selects 24:04.340 --> 24:04.940 and creates 24:04.940 --> 24:06.100 that which He chooses. 24:07.060 --> 24:07.640 In other words 24:07.640 --> 24:08.440 He creates 24:08.440 --> 24:09.240 what He chooses 24:09.240 --> 24:10.040 and selects 24:10.040 --> 24:10.680 what He wishes 24:10.680 --> 24:11.840 from those things 24:11.840 --> 24:12.620 He creates. 24:13.520 --> 24:14.160 He elevates 24:14.160 --> 24:15.020 to great tasks 24:15.020 --> 24:16.080 such as prophethood. 24:16.760 --> 24:17.340 They have no right 24:17.340 --> 24:17.900 of choice. 24:18.780 --> 24:19.500 For that reason 24:19.500 --> 24:20.400 they have no right 24:20.400 --> 24:21.060 to ascribe 24:21.060 --> 24:21.740 other partners 24:21.740 --> 24:22.240 to Allah 24:22.240 --> 24:23.520 and to choose 24:23.520 --> 24:24.000 and appoint 24:24.000 --> 24:24.960 other deities. 24:27.360 --> 24:33.160 A second verse 24:33.160 --> 24:33.940 that some Muslims 24:33.940 --> 24:34.560 who espouse 24:34.560 --> 24:35.740 the idea of evolution 24:35.740 --> 24:36.380 indicate 24:36.380 --> 24:38.380 as supposed justification 24:38.380 --> 24:39.520 from the Qur'an 24:39.520 --> 24:40.340 for their views 24:40.340 --> 24:41.920 on natural selection 24:41.920 --> 24:43.460 is the first verse 24:43.460 --> 24:44.880 of Surah Fatir. 24:45.980 --> 24:47.140 I seek refuge 24:47.140 --> 24:47.600 in Allah 24:47.600 --> 24:48.940 from the accursed Satan. 24:49.520 --> 24:50.480 Praise be to Allah 24:50.480 --> 24:51.060 the bringer 24:51.060 --> 24:51.660 and to being 24:51.660 --> 24:52.260 of the heavens 24:52.260 --> 24:52.740 and earth. 24:53.120 --> 24:53.580 He who made 24:53.580 --> 24:54.300 the angels 24:54.300 --> 24:55.160 messengers 24:55.160 --> 24:55.980 with wings 24:55.980 --> 24:57.560 2, 3 or 4. 24:58.240 --> 24:59.360 He adds to creation 24:59.360 --> 25:00.000 in any way 25:00.000 --> 25:00.660 He wills. 25:01.060 --> 25:01.700 Allah has power 25:01.700 --> 25:02.640 over all things. 25:06.680 --> 25:07.480 They point 25:07.480 --> 25:08.180 to the expression 25:08.180 --> 25:09.500 He adds to creation 25:09.500 --> 25:10.140 in any way 25:10.140 --> 25:10.780 He wills 25:10.780 --> 25:11.800 as a proof 25:11.800 --> 25:12.600 of the alleged 25:12.600 --> 25:13.920 evolutionary development. 25:14.920 --> 25:15.900 But it is clear 25:15.900 --> 25:16.520 that this is 25:16.520 --> 25:17.660 a totally fictitious 25:17.660 --> 25:19.080 and groundless interpretation. 25:20.640 --> 25:21.040 The verse 25:21.040 --> 25:22.160 first refers 25:22.160 --> 25:23.220 to the special creation 25:23.220 --> 25:24.180 of the angels 25:24.180 --> 25:25.640 and then says 25:25.640 --> 25:26.280 that our Lord 25:26.280 --> 25:27.520 adds to creation 25:27.520 --> 25:28.400 as He chooses. 25:29.580 --> 25:30.280 The expression 25:30.280 --> 25:31.960 He adds to creation 25:31.960 --> 25:32.840 in any way 25:32.840 --> 25:33.580 He wills 25:33.580 --> 25:34.700 refers to the number 25:34.700 --> 25:35.180 of wings 25:35.180 --> 25:35.940 of the angels 25:35.940 --> 25:36.560 in question 25:36.560 --> 25:37.360 and also 25:37.360 --> 25:38.440 more generally 25:38.440 --> 25:39.500 to all 25:39.500 --> 25:40.180 the entities 25:40.180 --> 25:41.240 created by Him. 25:41.240 --> 25:46.200 Imam Tabari 25:46.200 --> 25:46.800 interprets 25:46.800 --> 25:47.560 this term 25:47.560 --> 25:48.180 as meaning 25:48.180 --> 25:49.760 He adds 25:49.760 --> 25:50.320 to the number 25:50.320 --> 25:50.860 of angels 25:50.860 --> 25:51.320 as wings 25:51.320 --> 25:52.200 as He chooses. 25:52.820 --> 25:53.420 He can apply 25:53.420 --> 25:54.020 this addition 25:54.020 --> 25:54.940 to all beings. 25:55.740 --> 25:56.120 Creation 25:56.120 --> 25:56.860 and command 25:56.860 --> 25:57.580 are His. 25:57.580 --> 26:04.340 Omer Nasuhi 26:04.340 --> 26:04.740 Balamin 26:04.740 --> 26:05.380 interprets 26:05.380 --> 26:05.800 the verse 26:05.800 --> 26:06.740 in the same way 26:06.740 --> 26:07.740 as Imam Tabari 26:07.740 --> 26:08.240 saying 26:08.240 --> 26:11.120 He is so 26:11.120 --> 26:11.940 all-powerful 26:11.940 --> 26:12.620 that He gives 26:12.620 --> 26:13.360 the angels 26:13.360 --> 26:13.760 the number 26:13.760 --> 26:14.200 of wings 26:14.200 --> 26:14.940 and powers 26:14.940 --> 26:16.040 they possess. 26:21.640 --> 26:22.860 As we have seen 26:22.860 --> 26:24.140 the expression 26:24.140 --> 26:25.380 He adds 26:25.380 --> 26:26.180 to creation 26:26.180 --> 26:26.840 in any way 26:26.840 --> 26:27.540 He wills 26:27.540 --> 26:28.820 implies nothing 26:28.820 --> 26:29.400 whatsoever 26:29.400 --> 26:30.380 about creation 26:30.380 --> 26:31.480 through evolution. 26:32.640 --> 26:33.140 There are many 26:33.140 --> 26:33.940 examples of 26:33.940 --> 26:34.520 Allah adding 26:34.520 --> 26:35.220 to creation 26:35.220 --> 26:35.960 and whom 26:35.960 --> 26:36.400 He makes 26:36.400 --> 26:37.400 superior to whom 26:37.400 --> 26:38.000 in the Quran 26:38.000 --> 26:39.460 and none bear 26:39.460 --> 26:40.280 any evolutionary 26:40.280 --> 26:40.880 meaning. 26:45.460 --> 26:46.120 Allah states 26:46.120 --> 26:47.480 which of His creation 26:47.480 --> 26:48.100 He makes 26:48.100 --> 26:49.420 superior in various 26:49.420 --> 26:49.820 verses. 26:52.200 --> 26:53.440 When the superiority 26:53.440 --> 26:54.140 in question 26:54.140 --> 26:54.980 refers to human 26:54.980 --> 26:55.460 beings 26:55.460 --> 26:56.520 this may take 26:56.520 --> 26:57.300 various forms 26:57.300 --> 26:57.960 such as strength 26:57.960 --> 26:58.500 beauty 26:58.500 --> 26:59.460 wealth 26:59.460 --> 27:00.420 intelligence 27:00.420 --> 27:01.480 knowledge 27:01.480 --> 27:02.140 rank 27:02.140 --> 27:03.120 or esteem 27:03.120 --> 27:06.440 Allah can also 27:06.440 --> 27:07.580 add to the blessings 27:07.580 --> 27:08.300 He bestows 27:08.300 --> 27:09.360 when He so wishes 27:09.360 --> 27:10.840 He may add to 27:10.840 --> 27:11.620 someone's wealth 27:11.620 --> 27:12.640 and property 27:12.640 --> 27:13.940 or the number 27:13.940 --> 27:14.640 of His children 27:14.640 --> 27:16.620 He may also create 27:16.620 --> 27:17.360 greater beauty 27:17.360 --> 27:18.040 and strength 27:18.040 --> 27:18.880 in whomsoever 27:18.880 --> 27:19.520 He wishes 27:19.520 --> 27:20.580 others 27:20.580 --> 27:21.720 He may add to the 27:21.720 --> 27:22.680 things 27:22.680 --> 27:23.440 another example 27:23.440 --> 27:24.160 of His adding 27:24.160 --> 27:24.840 to creation 27:24.840 --> 27:25.540 is that of 27:25.540 --> 27:26.240 produces 27:26.240 --> 27:31.160 In verse 4 27:31.160 --> 27:32.180 of Surat Ar-Rad 27:32.180 --> 27:32.840 we are told 27:32.840 --> 27:33.920 and we make 27:33.920 --> 27:34.420 some things 27:34.420 --> 27:35.140 better to eat 27:35.140 --> 27:35.820 than others 27:35.820 --> 27:41.620 despite their 27:41.620 --> 27:42.040 emerging 27:42.040 --> 27:42.660 from the same 27:42.660 --> 27:43.040 soil 27:43.040 --> 27:43.460 and being 27:43.460 --> 27:44.000 irrigated 27:44.000 --> 27:44.560 with the same 27:44.560 --> 27:44.920 water 27:44.920 --> 27:46.660 Allah can add 27:46.660 --> 27:47.340 to the flavor 27:47.340 --> 27:48.400 or productivity 27:48.400 --> 27:49.120 of whatever 27:49.120 --> 27:49.540 goods 27:49.540 --> 27:50.420 He so chooses 27:50.420 --> 27:53.920 countless other 27:53.920 --> 27:54.480 instances 27:54.480 --> 27:55.280 of Allah's 27:55.280 --> 27:56.240 adding to creation 27:56.240 --> 27:56.940 could be cited 27:56.940 --> 27:58.280 Allah knows 27:58.280 --> 27:58.780 the truth 27:58.780 --> 28:02.200 However 28:02.200 --> 28:03.180 it is irrational 28:03.180 --> 28:04.080 and illogical 28:04.080 --> 28:04.580 to think 28:04.580 --> 28:05.580 that anything 28:05.580 --> 28:06.360 about such a 28:06.360 --> 28:06.960 clear open 28:06.960 --> 28:07.680 and transparent 28:07.680 --> 28:08.300 expression 28:08.300 --> 28:09.820 could be equated 28:09.820 --> 28:10.240 with any 28:10.240 --> 28:11.300 alleged evolutionary 28:11.300 --> 28:12.020 process 28:12.020 --> 28:14.020 of 28:42.020 --> 28:53.500 The error that the Quran contains evidence for mutation. 28:53.500 --> 28:58.000 In addition to natural selection, another natural phenomena indicated as a so-called 28:58.000 --> 29:05.540 evolutionary mechanism is that of mutation. 29:05.540 --> 29:09.840 Mutations are damages caused in the genetic structures of living things by agents such 29:09.840 --> 29:17.340 as heat, radiation or chemical substances. 29:17.340 --> 29:25.740 Mutations damage and disrupt the DNA sequence in the living cell. 29:25.740 --> 29:29.360 There is no such thing as a beneficial mutation. 29:29.360 --> 29:37.460 99% of mutations are harmful and the remaining 1% has no impact at all. 29:37.460 --> 29:42.380 A living thing subjected to mutation generally ends up crippled and defective, or else gets 29:42.380 --> 29:49.460 down with diseases such as cancer stemming from genetic impairments. 29:49.460 --> 29:55.840 In short, mutations add no new information to DNA, for which reason mutations cannot endow 29:55.840 --> 30:00.020 a life form with any new characteristics or organs. 30:00.020 --> 30:08.900 No evolutionary effect of mutations has ever been observed to this day. 30:08.900 --> 30:13.520 As with the subject of natural selection, the proponents of the delusion of evolutionary 30:13.520 --> 30:20.100 creation look for so-called evidence from the Quran. 30:20.100 --> 30:25.360 They come up with a number of irrational and illogical claims by distorting the true meaning 30:25.360 --> 30:30.520 of verses in their search for supporting evidence. 30:30.520 --> 30:34.680 The verses to which they appoint as supposed evidence for the nonsense that living things 30:34.680 --> 30:40.820 evolved by way of mutations are as follows. 30:40.820 --> 30:44.200 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 30:44.200 --> 30:49.420 If we wished, we could transform them where they stand, so they would neither be able to 30:49.420 --> 30:53.300 go out nor return. 30:53.300 --> 30:57.180 You are well aware of those of you who broke the Sabbath. 30:57.180 --> 31:03.460 We said to them, Be apes, despised, cast out. 31:03.460 --> 31:08.780 Then when they forgot what they had been reminded of, we rescued those who had forbidden the evil 31:08.780 --> 31:14.420 and seized those who did wrong, with a harsh punishment because they were deviators. 31:14.420 --> 31:21.800 Say, Shall I tell you of a reward with Allah far worse than that, that of those whom Allah 31:21.800 --> 31:28.260 has cursed with and whom He is angry, turning some of them into monkeys and pigs, and who 31:28.260 --> 31:30.320 worshipped false gods? 31:30.320 --> 31:37.120 Such people are in a worse situation and further from the right way. 31:37.120 --> 31:45.820 So he threw down his staff, and there it was, unmistakably a snake. 31:45.820 --> 31:49.700 The first verse describes how Allah will punish some people by putting their bodies into a 31:49.700 --> 31:56.260 different form, in which they cannot move. 31:56.260 --> 32:01.800 The three following verses describe how Allah turns some people's bodies into other livings' 32:01.800 --> 32:09.900 bodies, again as a punishment. 32:09.900 --> 32:14.520 The final verse describes how Allah turned the Prophet Moses' peace be upon him's staff 32:14.520 --> 32:18.520 into a snake. 32:18.520 --> 32:23.320 None of these things happened as a result of natural causes, but as a consequence of Allah's 32:23.320 --> 32:28.420 miraculous creation. 32:28.420 --> 32:33.120 All these transitions referred to in the verses happened in a miraculous way, with this telling 32:33.120 --> 32:36.520 them to be. 32:36.520 --> 32:41.020 They did not occur through evolution or mutation. 32:41.020 --> 32:47.640 It is nonsensical to seek to establish any link between these verses and the theory of evolution. 32:47.640 --> 32:53.080 The verses describe how Allah turned some people whom He punishes for their evil deeds into 32:53.080 --> 32:59.120 apes or pigs. 32:59.120 --> 33:04.180 Even if we imagine that these changes did not take place instantaneously, it is nevertheless 33:04.180 --> 33:10.780 clear that they must take place within the average human life expectancy of 60 to 70 years. 33:10.780 --> 33:15.340 Nevertheless, the theory of evolution foresees it taking millions of years for one species 33:15.340 --> 33:21.480 to turn into another. 33:21.480 --> 33:26.520 The Prophet Moses' peace be upon him's staff, the subject of the final verse, is an inanimate 33:26.520 --> 33:32.720 object, for which reason it cannot even be suggested that it underwent evolution. 33:32.720 --> 33:38.340 It is even more nonsensical than the claims made by evolutionists to suggest that an inanimate 33:38.340 --> 33:42.340 staff suddenly turned into a dragon by way of mutations. 33:42.340 --> 33:48.440 If someone is not laboring under the delusion of thinking, I must produce some evidence in 33:48.440 --> 33:51.100 favor of evolution from the Qur'an. 33:51.100 --> 33:56.840 Even if I have to distort it, then it is absolutely impossible to interpret the verses in question 33:56.840 --> 33:58.840 as evidence of mutation. 33:58.840 --> 34:03.600 Indeed, attempting to produce evidence from the verses in favor of evolution in that way 34:03.600 --> 34:09.600 merely proves what a hollow, forced and un-Qur'anic thesis evolutionary creation truly is. 34:12.340 --> 34:33.100 The error that the Qur'an indicates, a familiar link between humans and apes. 34:33.100 --> 34:39.100 One of the verses misinterpreted by some people who have succumbed to evolutionist indoctrination, 34:39.100 --> 34:43.280 concerns the way that Allah once turned a group of Jews into apes. 34:43.280 --> 34:45.200 The verses in question read, 34:45.200 --> 34:48.860 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 34:48.860 --> 34:52.040 You are well aware of those of you who broke the Sabbath. 34:52.040 --> 34:56.500 We said to them, be apes, despised, cast out. 34:56.500 --> 35:02.340 We made it an exemplary punishment for those there then, and those coming afterwards, and 35:02.340 --> 35:07.660 a warning to those who have taqwa. 35:07.660 --> 35:13.200 Those who defend the lie of evolutionary creation maintain the erroneous thesis that this verse 35:13.200 --> 35:17.360 contains a family link between humans and apes. 35:17.360 --> 35:22.400 It is obvious that no such meaning running parallel to the theory of evolution can be extracted 35:22.400 --> 35:24.100 from this verse. 35:24.100 --> 35:28.320 There are several distinct reasons for this. 35:28.320 --> 35:31.320 The punishment in question may have been a spiritual one. 35:31.320 --> 35:36.080 In other words, these Jews may have been made to resemble apes in terms of character. 35:36.080 --> 35:42.280 Rather than physically, Allah knows the truth. 35:42.280 --> 35:50.520 If the punishment in question did take place on the physical level, then such an event 35:50.520 --> 35:55.600 can only have occurred outside the laws of nature, through Allah's so willing it, in 35:55.600 --> 35:58.680 the form of a miracle. 35:58.680 --> 36:04.840 Yet the theory of evolution maintains that one species turned into another slowly and gradually 36:04.840 --> 36:10.140 over the course of millions of years, as a result of natural conditions and coincidences. 36:10.140 --> 36:18.560 The words, we made it an exemplary punishment for those there then, and those coming afterwards, 36:18.560 --> 36:23.440 and a warning to those who have taqwa, in the following part of the verse, show that the 36:23.440 --> 36:28.600 transition referred to took place during the time of the Jews in question. 36:28.600 --> 36:33.140 In other words, over a very short space of time. 36:33.140 --> 36:38.080 This event revealed in the Quran has therefore nothing to do with the fallacies of the theory 36:38.080 --> 36:44.040 of evolution. 36:44.040 --> 36:49.020 The punishment described in the verse refers to one specific instance, and applies to one 36:49.020 --> 36:54.440 specific time, and a specific number of people. 36:54.440 --> 36:58.760 The theory of evolution, on the other hand, maintains the illogical and unscientific scenario 36:58.760 --> 37:10.540 of all the humans who have ever lived being related to apes. 37:10.540 --> 37:16.140 The verse refers to humans being turned into apes, whereas the theory of evolution claims 37:16.140 --> 37:19.720 the transition ran in the other direction. 37:19.720 --> 37:27.680 In verse 60 of Surah Al-Ma'idah, Allah refers to a corrupt community, being turned into pigs 37:27.680 --> 37:30.620 and apes. 37:30.620 --> 37:36.100 The verse runs as follows. 37:36.100 --> 37:39.060 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 37:39.060 --> 37:46.060 Say, shall I tell you of a reward with Allah far worse than that, that of those whom Allah 37:46.060 --> 37:52.860 has cursed, and with whom He is angry, turning some of them into monkeys and into pigs, and 37:52.860 --> 37:55.060 who worshipped false gods. 37:55.060 --> 38:02.800 Such people are in a worse situation, and further from the right way. 38:02.800 --> 38:07.880 If persisted with the erroneous logical framework we have been examining throughout this film, 38:07.880 --> 38:13.260 then one must arrive at the irrational conclusion that the verse indicates a familiar link not 38:13.260 --> 38:17.920 only between humans and monkeys, but also between humans and pigs. 38:17.920 --> 38:42.920 Yet not even evolutionists claim there is any such relationship between humans and pigs. 38:42.920 --> 38:55.420 We have seen the following reality in all three sections of our film series. 38:55.420 --> 38:58.360 The Qur'an refutes Darwinism. 38:58.360 --> 39:03.000 There is not a single verse or expression in the Holy Qur'an that constitutes any evidence 39:03.000 --> 39:07.840 for Darwinism. 39:07.840 --> 39:12.920 On the contrary, the verses of the Qur'an show that human beings in all living things 39:12.920 --> 39:23.600 are the work of the Almighty Allah's commandments that they should be, and of His flawless creation. 39:23.600 --> 39:28.740 The Prophet Adam peace be upon him was the first human being created, and all human beings 39:28.740 --> 39:33.140 are descended from Him. 39:33.140 --> 39:37.920 The groundless claims to the effect that some verses contain evidence in favor of evolution 39:37.920 --> 39:48.100 are totally based on misinterpretations, distortion, and irrational, illogical, and fantastical imaginings. 39:48.100 --> 39:54.360 Anyone with a normal intelligence can see the illogicality and ridiculousness in the way that evolutionists 39:54.360 --> 40:00.600 depict certain verses of the Qur'an as so-called evidence for Darwinism. 40:00.600 --> 40:06.180 You will also see how lacking in foresight, reason, and honesty, that mindset that looks for evidence 40:06.180 --> 40:10.280 for evolution in the Qur'an truly is. 40:10.280 --> 40:16.280 No conscious Muslim can possibly subscribe to Darwinism, a theory targeted against true faith, 40:16.280 --> 40:25.960 and the fact of creation. 40:25.960 --> 40:31.960 To ignore the global damage caused by this theory, to underestimate it, and to avoid engaging 40:31.960 --> 40:36.500 in the intellectual struggle against it, are unacceptable. 40:36.500 --> 40:42.080 As we stated at the start of this film, lack of information is a significant factor in people's 40:42.080 --> 40:48.320 problems falling into such an error, yet subscribing out of ignorance to a corrupt ideology such 40:48.320 --> 40:54.840 as that of the theory of evolution, which denies Allah, creation, and the true faith, imposes 40:54.840 --> 40:58.080 grave responsibility on the individual. 40:58.080 --> 41:03.000 It is therefore of the greatest importance, in terms of the hereafter, for Muslims to keep 41:03.000 --> 41:04.940 away from such errors. 41:04.940 --> 41:09.760 In the Qur'an, Allah stated on the subject as thus, 41:09.760 --> 41:13.000 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 41:13.000 --> 41:15.800 Do not pursue what you have no knowledge of. 41:15.800 --> 41:18.760 Hearing, sight, and hearts will all be questioned.