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Can the verse of the Quran in Surah 76, verse 1 explain the theory of evolution?

Published as Using the Quraan to prove the theory of evolution

· 4 Rajab 1442 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Can the verse of the Quran in Surah 76, verse 1 explain the theory of evolution?

Answer

Please do not use the Quraan Shareef as a scientific book. What do you refer to by evolution, for these theories have not yet been proved. They are just a hypothesis to leave and abandon all the statements that are found in the hadith and Quraan Shareef pertaining to the beginning of creation and pursuing a scientific theory that cannot yet be proven. Isn't that being unfair and ridiculous.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ سُلَالَةٍ مِنْ طِينٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاهُ نُطْفَةً فِي قَرَارٍ مَكِينٍ ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْمُضْغَةَ عِظَامًا فَكَسَوْنَا الْعِظَامَ لَحْمًا ثُمَّ أَنْشَأْنَاهُ خَلْقًا آخَرَ فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ (سورة المؤمنون)

عن أبي هريرة أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: قد أذهب الله عنكم عبية الجاهلية وفخرها بالآباء مؤمن تقي وفاجر شقي والناس بنو آدم وآدم من تراب (سنن الترمذي، الرقم: 3956 وقال: هذا حديث حسن صحيح)

عن ابن عباس قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: من قال في القرآن بغير علم فليتبوأ مقعده من النار (سنن الترمذي، الرقم: 2950 وقال: هذا حديث حسن)

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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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