The Quran's view on man's beginning is pretty clear. What is there to discuss?
define "pretty clear". That Allah created us from dust and clay and we all come from Adam as, might be pretty clear to you. however, it is not that very detailed...so the process behind it is not so pretty clear unfortunately...so there is pretty much to discuss...
I am going to be honost here:
My English is actually pretty good if I may say that about myself, but this article is a level too difficult for me.
like said, I did not understand everything. But for as good as I can, here is my reaction:
part about coherence: I could not follow.
logicality: evolution is not science but more like an interpretation. The evidence for evolution is not that hard because there are still may gaps of intermediate species, so I can understand that the author sees this more like an interpretation than a science...but then again, aren't all theories then more or less interpretations up to a certain degree?
The Rutherford-model and the Bohrmodel are models in an attempt to explain how the electrons behave around a nucleos...but until today, no one has a magnifying device so powerfull to see how an atom exactly looks like. but still the model is usefull and explains occuring phenomenon very well.
applicability: an example of continuous fossil findings where one species slowly transforms into another is the case with moluscs. however, this was in a short period of 3 mln years.
the record shows that transformation is not constant in time...that animals stay much the same for a long period and then rapidly change. within 5000 to 30.000 years.
This sounds pretty logical to me. why would animals change when they do not need to?
Man: The author claims that evolution contradicts Islam regarding humans because Adam as was created in Janna and not on Earth. However, we do not know anything about Janna's location...it can be totally in another dimension and still be on earth on the same time. the law of physics as we know here does not apply on Janna...so it is wrong to say that Janna is in a different place than Earth...and just as wrong to say that Jannah is on Earth...the whole concept of "place" relies on the laws of physics as we know...so, we can not say anything about this.
The part with the "created with his own two hands" I did not understand completely.
The ruh of man is special, a sacred substance...not a part of Allah. this indicates that the creation of man was something special...not to compare with other species...
I can agree with this, but this still does not contradict with what I was saying...apes evolving untill a certain points...then a miracle happens and Adam is being created with slightly different features and with a ruh...so the old "model" can still be used to form Adam as as the new model (without parents) and included a ruh.
Most of the scientists are atheists that believe that God was a creation of man. That might be. But still the theory must be based on objective observations and facts...we can disregard personal statements and claims.
the part that evolutionists believe in that causes bring about effects in and of themselves is also not the case. cause can bring about effects because Allah is allowing that...in no way of themselves.
the example that the bullet gave the president death instead of Allah is not a case that evolution is therefore wrong...it is just an issue that we muslims should be aware of.
Again...cut away the crap like personal statements, claims and preferences...leave the part that can be used.
adequasy:
bits and parts I understood, but not completely.
conclusion:
Again, most of what I understood, I could agree on...some details not, because the given examples still does not contradict with my own view
The truth is somewhere in the middle.
