Re: Why are Muslims against Evolution?!?
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Right Allah (SWT) said He made Adam from Dust/Clay … how do we take that? What guidance is there in that statement? Trust me we cannot relegate the whole of Divine Scripture to nothing but wise words that do not carry literal significance … there is a miracle in the concept “Adam from dust” and we need to reflect on it to discover it.
It is a misnoma that “next generation human beings” is who the Qur’an is meant for - because this implies that humans are evolving in to smarter beings … that is not true. We are just building on previous knowledge. The smarts are the same. As technology unveils new things to us so the Qur’an can be viewed with those new things in a light that was previously not understood in the same way. Note: I didn’t say that it was not understood - simply not in the same way. The miracle in the Qur’an is that upon each new technological step change the Qur’an itself remains relevant and its Words do not need to change.
Some people see this as trying to make the Qur’an in to a science text book … that is not the case … we are showing to ourselves that Qur’an stands the test of time - it remains relevant in all ages and cannot be proven false.
For example humans thought that the sun went around the Earth, the verse that states the sun is in a fixed course makes sense to this understanding, then later we said that the Earth goes around the sun so we said the meaning was from the viewers perspective, next we learnt that the sun is travelling around our galaxy and then realise again that the verse is better than any description because “having a fixed course” both omits the information that pins down which course we are talking about - perception or actual around galaxy or perhaps another or a combination of them and yet it provides enough information to be meaningful. This is not only perfect for our needs but when viewed scientifically i.e. linguistically the Qur’an cannot be faulted. Much of the Qur’an is in this way …
The problem in the video I have is that they have taken the Bible - it’s the easy target - I would like them to take the same approach with the Qur’an.
I think where we differ is that you will readily accept a scientific theory if it is supported in the community without much evidence and I on the other hand take reservation to any theory unless it has testable evidence. Both of us agree that religion and science are separate albeit in subtly different ways … No scientific law, theory or otherwise established fact can be both “true” and in contradiction with the Qur’an - not literally not metaphorically. I don’t think you accept that about the Qur’an - may be I am wrong about what you think.