Is Evolution Compatible with Islam?

[AabiruSabeel]

Allah :swt: says,

Say, [O Muhammad], "Travel through the land and observe how He began creation. Then Allah will produce the final creation. Indeed Allah , over all things, is competent." [Al-Ankabut: 20]

In the same way there is no scientific evidence as to how life started in the first place.

There is evidence but we don't yet have a full explanation of how life began. There is no shame in saying "we don't know".

For some of the things, saying "we don't know" constitutes kufr - disbelief. For example, the creation of the first human being, Adam :as:. Allah :swt: already informed us about him that He has created Adam :as: with His hands. If anyone says that he doesn't know from where the first human being came about, or how he evolved from apes, then that is kufr in itself. Allah :swt: says,

[ Allah ] said, "O Iblees, what prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with My hands? Were you arrogant [then], or were you [already] among the haughty?" [Saad: 75]

Then later Allah :swt: sent him down from paradise to earth. Read the whole passage here in Surah Al-A'raaf: http://legacy.quran.com/7/10-30

 

[Scimitar]

i wish i had more time to post on forums. Between work and filming/editing, i'm finding it difficult to make time.

Allah is All Knowing, Most Wise!

 

[Aaqib]

I have been struggling with this topic for a while now since we are being taught of this in biology. InshaAllah Allah keeps me in Islam and not allow me to be taken away from Islam.

 

[Eric H]

Greetings and peace be with you czgibson;

There is evidence but we don't yet have a full explanation of how life began. There is no shame in saying "we don't know".

Don't know seems a fair answer.

Nilsson and Pelger's paper on the eye is speculative and based on deductive reasoning. It shows an evolutionary pathway that might account for how eyes evolved.

As you say, the Nilsson Pelger paper on the eye is speculative and there seems no real evidence that it happened this way.

What is dishonest about it?

But you then see people like Dawkins going round schools demonstrating this evolutionary path, and giving the impression it is a done deal.

In the spirit of searching for God;
Eric

 

[AabiruSabeel]

I think these articles by Daniel Haqiqatjou were not shared here. They give a good insight into this subject.

Part 1: http://islamandevolution.com/is-evolution-compatible-with-islam/

Part 2: http://islamandevolution.com/is-evolution-compatible-with-islam-part-2/

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[Ümit]

I think these articles by Daniel Haqiqatjou were not shared here. They give a good insight into this subject.

Part 1: http://islamandevolution.com/is-evolution-compatible-with-islam/

Part 2: http://islamandevolution.com/is-evolution-compatible-with-islam-part-2/

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No, I do not agree with Haqiqatjou. According to his logic Evolution contradicts with religion. However, with the same logic the existence of Jesus pbuh iq questionable because that too contradicts with science as well.
Yet, (if he is a Muslim) he believes in the contradiction that Jesus existed and had no father, which biologically is impossible because Jesus must have gotten his Y-chromosomes from someone.
His mistake is that this seems contradicting, and normally it is indeed contradicting, but Allah is capable of making miracles happen.
The birth of Jesus and the creation of Adam was a miracle, a one time only exception on the natural evolution process and human reproduction process.

 

[AabiruSabeel]

No, I do not agree with Haqiqatjou. According to his logic Evolution contradicts with religion. However, with the same logic the existence of Jesus pbuh iq questionable because that too contradicts with science as well.
Yet, (if he is a Muslim) he believes in the contradiction that Jesus existed and had no father, which biologically is impossible because Jesus must have gotten his Y-chromosomes from someone.
His mistake is that this seems contradicting, and normally it is indeed contradicting, but Allah is capable of making miracles happen.
The birth of Jesus and the creation of Adam was a miracle, a one time only exception on the natural evolution process and human reproduction process.

Yes, he is a Muslim. I think you might have misunderstood his conclusion. Please read the second part as well to understand what he is actually trying to say.

http://islamandevolution.com/is-evolution-compatible-with-islam-part-2/

 

[Ümit]

Sorry, I missed the second part. I will read it now. Thank you very much

 

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