The Fact Of Creation: Why Darwinism Is Incompatible With The Qur'an

As this book has stressed, evolution and its supporters are totally trapped because science comprehensively rejects Darwinism. Evolutionists are aware of this and, as a result, are in a great panic. Thus they are attacking those who defend the truth of creation in discussion programs, panels, and everywhere else. But as they have no answers, they only try to regain the verbal high ground.

The logic of "Let's not confuse religion with science, for belief is one thing but the fact of evolution another" is intended to break Muslim unity and weaken their resistance in their own eyes. The true message of those who suggest this way of thinking is, "There is a real world, and this can be understood by means of science, which shows that there is no such thing as creation, although everyone is at liberty to have his or her own individual beliefs." But this is also a great deception, for it is an obvious fact that Allah created the universe and all living and non-living things. Every detail in the universe is another proof of His creation. In reality, there is no evidence for the theory of evolution other than "individual belief" and opinion. Muslims must be aware of the deceptive suggestion that tries to show that the truth of creation is also an "individual belief."

Such a suggestion is easily defeated, as we read in the following verse:

Rather We hurl the truth against falsehood and it cuts right through it and it vanishes clean away! Woe without end for you for what you portray! (Surat al-Anbiya', 18)

Behind some Muslims' efforts to reconcile evolution with religion lie the doubts, defeatism, lack of information, and uncertainty that they feel when confronted with evolution. Yet such defeatism is totally unnecessary, as evolutionists have no scientific backing or evidence with which to defend their theory. They engage in demagogy because of their dogmatic insistence on their theory, and try to silence their opponents by means of psychological pressure. Their position is actually hopeless.

Muslims who have been deceived by evolution cannot see this because they are unaware of the latest scientific developments. People who lack current information on the subject naturally believe the theory of evolution to be true. Lack of information can easily be resolved, however, through reading books and other publications on the subject. Muslims who have detailed information about the theory of evolution cannot remain silent or uncertain in the face of the evolutionists' claims. Along with this, thinking about Allah's creation and the flawless art permeating the universe, clinging tightly to the Qur'an, and understanding the nature of the truths revealed in the Qur'an are the easiest ways of freeing oneself from those influences.

Many Muslims may already accept and even defend evolution for the reasons given throughout this book. However, Islamic morality calls upon Muslims to head back to the true path the instant they realize that they have gone astray. Supporting Darwinist thinking before one comes to realize the serious harm that it can lead to is not at all the same thing as continuing to support it after one has realized the danger of doing so. One can support the theory without knowing the scale of the danger or its scientific invalidity. However, once one has learned the truth of the matter, the best and most virtuous thing to do is to go straight into action and support the intellectual struggle against this harmful theory. Allah tells Muslims:

Those who disbelieve are the friends and protectors of one another. If you do not act in this way (protect each other), there will be turmoil in the land and great corruption. (Surat al-Anfal, 73)

What if Darwinism is not perceived as a menace?

The preceding chapters touched upon the errors into which some Muslims who support evolution have fallen. Another point that needs to be considered, however, is that the theory represents a hidden danger to others, even though they do not actually believe in it.

Muslims who regard evolution as a harmless theory, even though it is completely opposed to the fact of creation, and then stand by and watch it develop are actually helping it gain a wider and stronger hold on society. Thus, they are allowing atheism to grow stronger. For this reason, Muslims must understand the philosophy beneath the theory. Evolution is a supposedly "scientific" expression of materialist philosophy. Materialist philosophy, in turn, actually means atheism.

This means that each and every Muslim must wage a war of ideas against atheism.

Those Who Think That Darwinism Is Not a Threat Are Wrong

Some believers maintain that evolution is a thing of the past and is no longer accepted, and therefore does not pose a serious threat from the viewpoint of Islam. As a result, they see no need to expose its falsehoods and unscientific claims. They claim "Darwinism is dead."

Contrary to what such people think, however, many people still support evolution because of its philosophical implications, even though it is scientifically bankrupt.⁷³ Darwinists are still exceedingly influential in many countries, universities, the media, and schools all around the world. In fact, Darwinism remains active on the global stage, by dominating the academia, international media, and the world view of the ruling elite.

Evolutionists can exert a significant degree of pressure upon the scientific world. One-sided comments are made in scientific publications and in the media, and evolution is portrayed as absolute truth. The media in particular, which influences a large section of society, describes every fossilized bone that is found as a new proof for evolution. It is backed by Darwinist academics in schools and universities. Scientists who believe in Allah find their careers blighted and, because they reject Darwinism, their books and articles are not published. Furthermore, they are accused of dogmatism, although this is unfounded, and backwardness. If scientists in Western countries wish to build an academic career, they must turn a blind eye to Darwinism and even support it, whether they want to or not. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to rise in their chosen profession.⁷⁴

One of the scientific critics of this theory is Phillip E. Johnson, a professor of law at the University of California-Berkeley and the intellectual leader of the Intelligent Design movement⁷⁵, who describes how the theory is used as a weapon against true belief:

The leaders of science see themselves as locked in a desperate battle against religious fundamentalists, a label which they tend to apply broadly to anyone who believes in a Creator who plays an active role in worldly affairs. These fundamentalists are seen as a threat to liberal freedom, and especially as a threat to public support for scientific research. As the creation myth of scientific naturalism, Darwinism plays an indispensable ideological role in the war against fundamentalism. For that reason, the scientific organizations are devoted to protecting Darwinism rather than testing it, and the rules of scientific investigation have been shaped to help them succeed.⁷⁶

Using this "intellectual dictatorship," evolutionists turn some universities into nests of Darwinist education that produce graduates who believe that materialist philosophy is science. They think that the right to education needs to be taken away from believers in Allah. One of the clearest examples of this was seen in the angry attitude of Ali Demirsoy, a Turkish evolutionist and professor, during a televised debate about evolution. He uttered statements along the lines of "No scientist who believes in Allah should be allowed in a university. I would throw believers out of universities." Such statements clearly reveal the evolutionists' prejudiced attitudes.

Muslims may be overly optimistic, because they are unaware of the situation's true facts, and therefore unable to perceive Darwinism as a threat. However, materialists and especially Marxists are waging a serious war against religion by means of the "scientific" backing they receive from Darwinism. That is why Muslims need to free themselves from the error of thinking that Darwinism is finished as quickly as possible. At a time when evolutionists are waging a global war of ideas against religion, it is a mistake to say that the theory is dead and to see Darwinism as harmless.

Mr. Adnan Oktar's interview on Kirsehir Ahi TV, July-15, 2008

PRESENTER: And you have written books under all these difficult conditions, in several of which you have concentrated on the theory of evolution. Why do you attach such importance to the theory of evolution? Why is it so important? How important is the theory of evolution?

ADNAN OKTAR: Muslims have been stabbed in the back. But they only see right in front of them. In other words, they never look to see, "What is behind these events? What lies behind this corruption?" They never look to see. "Why should someone attack religious pronouncements, why should he attack Islam?" They never investigate this. They just gloss over it by saying, "Because of irreligion, lack of faith." But what made that person as he is? When we look at that person we see just one thing - Darwinism. He believes in the idol that is Darwinism. He will remain loyal to his faith so long as his superstitious faith survives. The invalidity of that faith needs to be proved first of all. What we are doing is to tell people that this corruption, this great lie is a ruse. Muslims have so far failed to realize the cunning strength and effect of Darwinism. The Islamic world has not been able to realize it. For example, no Islamic scholar has engaged in the kind of struggle against Darwinism that I am waging, that we are waging. They may have written a few lines, but some never mentioned it at all. They have made no statements on the subject. I regard that as a blessing, thanks be to Allah. I regard the way that Allah has bestowed this duty on my colleagues and I as a great blessing. But there is a system that constantly weakens Muslims, as if sucking their blood like a leech. Muslims cannot see it. They strive against that system instead of looking to see where the weakness comes from. Yet the best way of combating the system is to eliminate its religion. In the same way the opposition is trying to eradicate our religion, so Muslims must strive to eliminate theirs. Because these two faiths are in conflict. Islam and Darwinism are in conflict. Darwinism is an atheist, materialist and pagan faith that has come down from Sumerian times. It is very ancient. I mean, Darwinism has not just newly emerged. We see the same ideology and superstitious belief when we look at Egyptian history and the time of Pharaoh. It existed among the Sumerians and the Akkadians. It is in all the myths. It is an ancient philosophy, a heretical religion. It is essential to expose this religion and bring it out into the open. Everything hidden and opposed to Islam must be brought out into the open. That is the case with freemasonry, for instance, it is secret. Because Muslims are out in the open. They may have beards and turbans if necessary. Or they are obvious in some way. They are obvious from their prayers. But masons do not reveal themselves. So Muslims are unable to oppose them intellectually. A mason will portray himself as religious, but is actually a Darwinist, atheist and materialist. That is why it is so vitally important to expose, describe and bring freemasonry out into the open, and Darwinism, and to leave nothing secret.

Avoiding the War of Ideas Just Strengthens Darwinism

Those who think that Darwinism is dead or represents no danger and who spread that idea in their own circles are, consciously or not, helping the theory gain new ground. When they put forward that opinion, people form the idea that there is no such danger. Moreover, it prevents the growth of any ideological and scientific sensitivity to Darwinist propaganda, falsehoods, and suggestions, which means that precautions cannot be taken.

People who believe in evolution continue to prepare the groundwork, albeit with outdated facts, and fiercely defend the theory at every available opportunity. They try to keep their ideas alive, even by falsehood and distortion. Since many Muslims do not think that the theory represents a danger, they do not read or learn about it and thus cannot respond intelligently to the evolutionists with whom they come into contact.

Yet it is easy to learn and grasp this theory's invalidity, for it is a nineteenth-century thesis that has lost all scientific justification. Furthermore, scientific data on the origin of the universe and life – such as the "fine tuning" of the universe (also known as the Anthropic Principle), the complexity of life at the molecular level, the complex information in life's origin, and the sudden appearance of very distinct life forms in the fossil record confirm the fact of creation. However, as long as the faithful fail to research or learn about these advances, they will continue to lack the knowledge to respond intelligently to evolutionists. Therefore, they struggle to respond with false logic and erroneous information and examples. Before Muslims make use of the vast literature dealing with the falsity of Darwinist ideas, they must realize the present danger and believe in the necessity of a war of ideas.

Given this reality, those who have been deceived by the error of evolutionary creation and who believe that Darwinism poses no danger are, in a sense, responsible for the way that Muslims remain silent in the face of Darwinists. We say this because even though they do not regard chance as a creative force and they believe in Allah, they lack the facts needed to adopt a valid and consistent approach when confronted with evolutionist claims. And so they seek for a supposed middle way between those claims and their own beliefs. As a result, they put forward such ideas as "Allah created living things by means of evolution" or "Evolution is compatible with religion."

However, as this book has explained, this situation is unacceptable to any Muslim who truly believes in Allah. Evolutionists claim to speak in the name of science, but, in reality, they are lying in its name. That is why Muslims must not give credence to that deception, with its "scientific" external appearance, but should look at the ideologies that the theory serves. Failure to perceive the atheist philosophy and structure upon which this theory is based, as well as believing it to be true, mean surrendering to it and sharing part of the blame for all the harm that Darwinism inflicts upon mankind. Without being aware of it, such Muslims are inflicting great harm upon society.

This is why Muslim evolutionists must reconsider the ideas that they support. Surrendering to the other side, while knowing that it is wrong and an unproven and thoroughly discredited theory, and trying to adapt Islam to Darwinism are unacceptable options. We must not forget that all Muslims are obligated to wage a war of ideas to overthrow any idea that denies Allah's existence and to use the truth to destroy falsehood. Evading that responsibility, seeking common ground with atheists, and making concessions to the other side or giving in to their ideas are all grave errors.

For example, in a society where communism is widespread, the duty of a Muslim is not to "Islamicize" communism. Such a path brings no benefits to religion, but merely serves the interests of communism. The duty of a Muslim is to overthrow communism as a philosophy, attack it on the level of ideas, and to demonstrate the truth of Islam.

In the same way, it is not a Muslim's duty to "Islamicize" Darwinism, but to overthrow that great lie on the level of ideas and to show the truth of creation. This is why Muslims must act consciously and not support Darwinism, which is the basis of all atheist philosophies.

Darwinism Poses a Threat to Society

Nobody who thinks in an unbiased, honest, and free manner can genuinely believe that unconscious atoms came together by chance, organized themselves, and finally brought about people who think, reason, feel, see, hear, establish civilizations, make discoveries, create works of art, rejoice, feel sorrow, or even study the atoms that compose their own bodies under the electron microscope. Yet this is the irrational belief that Darwin's theory imposes upon people. Despite the scientific terminology they use, that is the essence of Darwinist logic.

People who accept such a distorted "logic" begin to lose their powers of rational analysis and judgment. After accepting the most impossible scenario as quite logical, they become unable to see the most obvious proofs of religious faith. Such people, who have lost the ability to think and to see the most obvious truths, to understand the suggestions and propaganda to which they are subjected for what they are, and who blindly accept that idea just because the majority do so, can easily be drawn in any direction. After arriving at that stage, such people cannot even use their own intelligence, a condition that makes it much easier to give them a gun and send them off to be a terrorist or else convince them of lies to the effect that "Darwin says that this person belongs to an inferior race, so you may kill him or her."

In fact, the damage done to young people by Darwinism in many countries is seen to be irreversible. Hooligans in England, neo-Nazis in Germany, the skinheads in America, and the majority of young people throughout the world have lost all human qualities. Such people, who are killers and monsters, are living examples of Darwinism's danger. The reason why such countries are having terrible trouble with their young people is that those young people received a Darwinist education.

We must be aware that people raised in this way will bring nothing but harm to the societies in which they find themselves. One day, today's young people will be adults, administrators, diplomats, and teachers. So if we hope to see a modern, scientifically advanced and rational civilization in the future, we must educate our young people with that aim in mind. This can be done only if we free our young people from Darwinist ideas and falsehoods and explain to them that they are not evolved animals, but rather Allah created them, have a soul, and possess the greatest knowledge among all living things. In other words, we must tell them the truth.

If young people know that they have been created with an honorable and superior soul and consciousness, they will behave accordingly. If they are made to believe that they have evolved from animals, although it has no truth in it, share a common ancestor with apes, and other similar ideas, they will look at life as a fight and resort to all methods to win it. A selfish and irresponsible generation, capable of all kinds of cruelty and with no concept of tolerance, love, respect, or brotherhood will then emerge. In any case, they will see themselves and other people as essentially valueless due to their belief that all people are descended from animals. Believing that there is no point in leading an honorable and moral life, they will selfishly display all kinds of wickedness and immorality.

What needs to be done, therefore, is to eliminate the dictatorship of evolutionist concepts and theories in schools, books, the press and the media, social platforms – in short, everywhere – and to direct people toward the rationality and deep thinking demanded by both the Qur'an and science.

73. See Harun Yahya, Darwinism Refuted, Goodword Books, New Delhi, 2003; Phillip E. Johnson, Reason in the Balance, Intervarsity Press, 1995; Phillip E. Johnson, The Wedge of Truth, Intervarsity Press, 2000; Benjamin Wiker, Moral Darwinism: How We Became Hedonists, Intervarsity Press, 2002

74. In the United States, several academicians who have criticized Darwinism have been pushed out from their positions by the Darwinist establishment–institutions like the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Center for Science Education. Robert deHart, a highschool teacher, was ousted in 1998 merely for mentioning to his students some information that criticized the theory of evolution.

75. Phillip E. Johnson is one of the leading figures in the intellectual challenge against Darwinism. His books include Darwin on Trial, Reason in the Balance, Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds, Objections Sustained and The Wedge of Truth.

76. Philip E. Johnson, Darwin On Trial, Intervarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois, 2nd ed, 1993, p.155

11. The Error That There Is A Familial Connection Between Man And Ape In The Qur'an

One verse that is often wrongly interpreted during debates on evolution, and which is interpreted by some individuals as indicating that theory, is the verse regarding Allah's turning a group of Jews into monkeys:

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 the heedful. (Surat al-Baqara, :65-66)

This cannot be construed in a manner parallel to the theory of evolution, for:

1) The punishment mentioned might be in a spiritual sense. In other words, it is possible that the Jews in question were compared to monkeys in the sense of character and not in their actual physical appearance. (Allah knows the truth.)

2) If the punishment in question did happen physically, that would be a miracle outside the laws of nature. We are talking about a sudden, supernatural miracle by the will of Allah here, a conscious creation. Evolution proposes the illogical thesis that different species turned into each other over millions of years, by chance and in stages. For this reason, this Qur'anic account has nothing to do with the scenario put forward by those who support evolution.

In fact, the following verse reads: "We made it an exemplary punishment for those who were living at that time and those who will come later, and a warning to the heedful." This verse indicates that the people in question were turned into apes as a warning to those who will come later. (Allah knows the truth.)

3) This punishment happened only once and to a limited number of people, whereas the theory of evolution puts forward the illogical and unscientific scenario that apes are related to all people.

4) The verse says that human beings were turned into apes; evolution says that it happened the other way around.

5) Surat al-Ma'ida, 60 relates that a deviant community incurred Allah's wrath and was turned into apes and pigs. It reads:

Say: "Shall I tell you of something 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 deities? Such people are in a worse situation and further from the right way." (Surat al-Ma'ida, 60)

In this situation, the web of flawed logic that we have been considering throughout this book produces the unrealistic conclusion that the verse contains not only an evolutionary link between human beings and apes, but also between human beings and pigs! Not even the evolutionists claim that there is such a link between humans and pigs.

As we have seen so far, the claim that some verses point toward evolution is an error that contradicts not only the Qur'an but also the theses of the theory of evolution itself.

44. Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, 2nd ed., New York: A.L. Burt Co., 1874, p. 178

45. Ebus Suud was an Ottoman sheikhulislam and scholar who lived between 1492 or 3-1574 or 5.

46. Imam at-Tabari, Tabari Commentary, vol. 6, p. 2631

47. Omar Nasuhi Bilmen, Turkish Edition of and Commentary on the Qur'an, vol. 8, p. 3851

48. Hamdi Yazir of Elmali, http://www.kuranikerim.com/telmalili/insandehr.htm

49. Omer Nasuhi Bilmen, Turkish Edition of and Commentary on the Qur'an, vol. 8, p. 3851

50. Imam at-Tabari, Tabari Commentary, vol. 6, p. 2684

51. Hamdi Yazir of Elmali, http://www.kuranikerim.com/telmalili/insandehr.htm

52. Imam at-Tabari, Tabari Commentary, vol. 6, p. 2684

53. Omer Nasuhi Bilmen, Turkish Edition of and Commentary on the Qur'an, vol. 8, p. 3915

54. Imam at-Tabari, Tabari Commentary, vol. 3, p. 1268

55. Omer Nasuhi Bilmen, Turkish Edition of and Commentary on the Qur'an, vol. 4, p. 1958

56. Imam at-Tabari, Tabari Commentary, vol. 4, p. 1991

57. Omer Nasuhi Bilmen, Turkish Edition of and Commentary on the Qur'an, vol. 6, p. 2763

58. Imam at-Tabari, Tabari Commentary, vol. 4, p. 1991

59. Hamdi Yazir of Elmali, http://www.kuranikerim.com/telmalili/infitar.htm

60. Hamdi Yazir of Elmali, http://www.kuranikerim.com/telmalili/infitar.htm

61. Omer Nasuhi Bilmen, Turkish Edition of and Commentary on the Qur'an, vol. 8, p. 3983

62. Imam at-Tabari, Tabari Commentary, vol. 6, p. 2748

63. Imam at-Tabari, Tabari Commentary, vol. 4, p. 1796

64. Omer Nasuhi Bilmen, Turkish Edition of and Commentary on the Qur'an, p. 2764

65. Hamdi Yazir of Elmali, http://www.kuranikerim.com/telmalili/nuh.htm

66. Omer Nasuhi Bilmen, Turkish Edition of and Commentary on the Qur'an, vol. 8, p. 3851

67. Imam at-Tabari, Tabari Commentary, vol. 6, p. 2632 68. Imam at-Tabari, Tabari Commentary, vol. 4, p. 1707

69. Omer Nasuhi Bilmen, Turkish Edition of and Commentary on the Qur'an, vol. 5, p. 2622

70. Hamdi Yazir of Elmali, http://www.kuranikerim.com/telmalili/kasas.htm

71. Imam at-Tabari, Tabari Commentary, vol. 4, p. 1877

72. Omer Nasuhi Bilmen, Turkish Edition of and Commentary on the Qur'an, vol. 6, p. 2882

10. The Error Of Showing The Qur'an As Evidence For Mutation

Just as with natural selection, Muslims who have been deceived by evolution and who believe in the error of evolutionary creation misinterpret and force Qur'anic verses when it comes to mutation.

However, to think that a natural mechanism that has nothing but destructive effects could be evidence for evolution is a terrible error. No evolutionary effect of mutation has ever been observed. (For more detail on the scientific evidence about this subject, please see Darwinism Refuted by Harun Yahya, Goodword Publishers, New Delhi, 2003, Evolution Deceit by Harun Yahya, Taha Publishers, London, 1999) The important thing here is the evidence that thoseMuslims who have been deceived by evolution and who believe that mutation is a mechanism of evolution try to offer from the Qur'an. They completely twist some verses away from their actual meaning. The verses in question read:

If We willed, We could transform them where they stand so they would neither be able to go out nor return. (Surah Ya Sin, 67)

You are well aware of those of you who broke the Sabbath. We said to them, "Be apes, despised, cast out." (Surat al-Baqara, 65)

When they were insolent about what they had been forbidden to do, We said to them, "Be apes, despised, cast out!" (Surat al-A'raf, 166)

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." (Surat al-Ma'ida, 60)

So He (Moses) threw down his staff and there it was, unmistakably a snake. (Surat al-A'raf, 107)

Unless someone believes that it is necessary to twist and force the truth to find some Qur'anic evidence for evolution, it is impossible to see the verses as any kind of evidence for mutation.

The first four verses speak of the miraculous way in which Allah changes living things' bodies. The subject of the fifth verse is not even living, which makes it impossible to suggest it undergoes mutation. These Muslims' portrayal of these verses as evidence for evolution shows just how corrupt, forced, and un-Islamic the deceit of evolutionary creation truly is.

9. The Error That The Qur'an Points To Natural Selection

One of evolution's most fundamental claims is the lie that natural selection has an evolutionary force. As we saw in earlier chapters, natural selection is an evolutionist deception that maintains that the strong survive while the weak are eliminated over time.

However, modern science shows that natural selection has no evolutionary force and cannot cause species to develop or new ones to appear. However, these scientific facts, which Darwinists choose to ignore because of their materialist concerns, also are ignored by Muslim evolutionists. Some Muslim circles support this dogmatic Darwinist view and even try to provide extremely forced Qur'anic evidence for it. For example:

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! (Surat al-Qasas, 68)

This verse reveals those to whom Allah will show the true path and those Prophets He will announce as Messengers. It is a great mistake to say that the verse points toward evolutionary natural selection.

Qur'anic scholars unanimously agree on this interpretation. For instance, Imam al-Tabari offers the following commentary:

Your Lord creates what He wills out of His servants, and selects those He chooses to follow the true path. They have no right of choice in the matter. They have no right to choose to do as they wish…⁶⁸

The great scholar Omer Nasuhi Bilmen offers this interpretation:

In those holy verses, Allah declares His Power of creation, 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 can 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.⁶⁹

Hamdi Yazir of Elmali interprets the verse as follows:

Your Lord creates and selects what He chooses. In other words, He creates what He wills and chooses those He wills from whom He has created. He imposes upon them such duties as prophethood and intercession. They have no choice in the matter. Apart from those Allah chooses, they have no right to select other partners or intercessors.⁷⁰

A second verse that some Muslims offer is:

Praise be to Allah, the Bringer into Being of the heavens and Earth, He who made the angels messengers, with wings – two, three, or four. He adds to creation in any way He wills. Allah has power over all things. (Surah Fatir, 1)

Such Muslims suggest the verse is evidence for evolutionary development. However, they have to twist the verse's true meaning in order to derive such a meaning. It also conflicts with reason and logic, and is incompatible with the moral values of the Qur'an, for the verse talks about the creation of the angels. Imam al-Tabari interprets the verse as follows: "He can increase the number of an angel's wings to the extent that He wills. He can carry out the same process in all living things. Creation and command are in His hands."⁷¹ Omer Nasuhi Bilmen agrees, "He is so powerful that He decides on angels' wings and powers."⁷²

8. The Error About The Form Of Human Creation

Allah caused you to grow from the earth, and then will return you to it and bring you out again. (Surah Nuh, 17-18)

Muslims who have been deceived by evolution and who support the error of creation by evolution, view this verse as a vital foundation upon which they can base their views. The expression "Allah caused you to grow from the earth" is presented as evidence for inorganic evolution. As is clearly indicated in the verse's interpretation, however, it expresses the creation of the first human being from earth. Hamdi Yazir of Elmali offers the same interpretation:

There are two aspects to the verse. The first is that saying He created you from Earth means that He created your father from earth, and began the process of creating your race by creating him from Earth. The other is that he created all of you from earth, because Allah creates us from nourishment, from plants, from Earth.⁶⁵

Omer Nasuhi Bilmen offers this interpretation of Surah Nuh, 17-18:

O people! Consider this. Allah made you like a plant from earth. In other words, "He has created Adam, your forefather, from earth, or your essential substance (zygote) came into existence from plants and several food stuffs growing in the earth. People then grow and live. (Then) O people, He will return you to it. In other words: When you die, you will return to the earth and become part of the soil. (And) Then He will take you out of the graves and drive you all to the Judgment Day. These are facts.⁶⁶

Imam al-Tabari's commentary states that:

"Allah created you from dust of the Earth. He made you from nothing.… He will later return you to your original states, to the Earth. You will return to how you were before you were created. He can bring you back from the Earth alive when He chooses."⁶⁷

As we have seen from these interpretations by Islamic scholars, this verse cannot serve as a basis for the error of evolutionary creation.

What is more, the claim of inorganic evolution has no scientific basis. The idea that lifeless substances could come together to form life is an unscientific one that has not been confirmed by any experiment or observation. Quite the contrary: French biologist Louis Pasteur (1822-95) showed that life can only come from life. This once again shows that life was definitely consciously created. In other words, Allah created all living things. (For more detail about the scientific proof and evolutionist deceptions on this subject please refer to The Evolution Deceit by Harun Yahya, Taha Publishers, London, 1999, and Darwinism Refuted by Harun Yahya, Goodword Publishers, New Delhi, 2003)

7. The Error That The "Forefathers" Mentioned In The Qur'an Refer To Evolutionary Ancestors

Another matter that Muslims who have been deceived by the theory of evolution try to portray as evidence for their false claims is the expression "our forefathers," which appears in several verses. According to their erroneous interpretation, this expression refers directly to man's primitive ancestors. Their rationale for this is that the word "forefathers" appears in the plural in the Qur'an. Two of the verses in question read:

He (Moses) said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers, the previous peoples." (Surat ash- Shu'ara', 26)

There is no Allah but Him – He gives life and causes to die – your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers, the previous peoples. (Surat ad-Dukhan, 8)

However, this is a forced claim because the use of the word in the plural form is familiar and definitely cannot be used as a basis for an evolutionist interpretation in any way.

This expression occurs in many other verses, among them Surat al-Baqara, 133. Here, "forefathers" does not refer to any evolutionary process, but to preceding generations. In the same way, the term "forefathers, the previous peoples" in the past refers to past generations. The expression carries no evolutionary meaning:

Or were you present when death came to Ya'qub and he said to his sons, "What will you worship when I have gone?" They said, "We will worship your Allah, the God of your forefathers, Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac – one Allah. We are Muslims submitted to Him." (Surat al-Baqara, 133)

6. The Error That The Prophet Adam (Pbuh) Was Not The First Man

Another claim put forward regarding the error of evolutionary creation is that the Prophet Adam (pbuh) may not have been the first man and may not even have been a human being. (We absolve the Prophet Adam (pbuh)). The following verse is presented as evidence for this:

When your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a vicegerent on 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." (Surat al-Baqara, 30)

Those who support this claim say that the Arabic verb ja'ala in the expression "I will create a vicegerent" means "to appoint." In other words, they wrongly suggest that the Prophet Adam (pbuh) was not the first man, but that that he was "appointed" as a vicegerent among many people. However, in the Qur'an, this verb has the following meanings:

To create, invent, translate, make, place and render

Some examples of Qur'anic verses where ja'ala is used are:

He created you from a single self, then produced (ja'ala) its mate from it, and sent down livestock to you – eight kinds in pairs… (Surat az-Zumar, 6)

Say: "He brought you into being and gave (ja'ala) you hearing, sight and hearts. What little thanks you show! (Surat al-Mulk, 23)

(Do you not see how He) placed the moon as a light in them and made (ja'la) the sun a blazing lamp? (Surah Nuh, 16)

Allah has spread (ja'la) the ground out as a carpet for you. (Surah Nuh, 19)

As can be seen from the above verses, ja'ala has various meanings. Furthermore, several verses state that the Prophet Adam (pbuh) was created from dust. These verses make it clear that the Prophet Adam (pbuh) was not just one man among many, but that he possessed a special and different creation.

In the Qur'an Allah reveals another important fact about the Prophet Adam (pbuh): his removal from the Garden of Eden. It says in the verses:

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 demons friends of those who do not believe. (Surat al-Mursalat, 27)

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 Earth and enjoyment for a time." (Surat al-Baqara, 35-36)

The verses' statements are perfectly clear. Allah created the Prophet Adam(pbuh) from dust. The Prophet Adam (pbuh) is a special creation that emerged first from his existence in the Heaven and then from his removal from it. Yet Muslims who have been deceived by evolution ignore this evident truth and maintain that "Heaven" here refers not to the Heaven in the Hereafter but to a beautiful area on Earth, despite the fact that the Qur'an specifies many features of the Heaven in which the Prophet Adam (pbuh) was created. For example, that Heaven contains both angels and the devil, and the angels speak with Allah. It is a mistake to produce forced interpretations and seek evidence of evolution when the verses are so clear on this matter.

Many verses state that all people are descended from the Prophet Adam(pbuh). As it is revealed in the Qur'an:

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 Rising: "We knew nothing of this." Or lest you say: "Our forefathers associated 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?" (Surat al-Mursalat, 172-173)

The Prophet Adam (pbuh) was the first man and Allah's first Messenger. The verses are so clear on this matter that there is no need for any commentary. All that people have to do is read the Qur'an with a sincere heart and listen to their conscience. Allah will reveal the truth to those who read the verses with that intent.