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« on: February 25, 2013, 04:12:37 am »

Thank you for sharing your opinion sister Heba.

I see that I've forgotten to mention this very important verse;

71:17

And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.

Doesn't this indicate some form of biological evolution (I prefer to call it creation in stages)? 

Salam brother, you're welcomed. We had already discussed Verse 71:17 quite sometime ago titled Human body and its analogy with growth of plants..  It highlights the reality of being created by dust and eventually returning to dust.  I don't see the aspect of "evolution" in this either.   I quote the contents of the link by sister Zeynab expressing her opinion on V.71:17 and I concur : "The course of human life basically has the same trend and path of growth as plants.   Allah Almighty created the human body with earth, and finally after completing its course of life, this body again mingles with earth.  The aspect has been very simply and articulately stated in Verse 71:17-18 which is ever so inspiring.  It brings to mind yet again, the very temporary nature of human life despite human ambitions and pride at making life as complicated as they have.  Yet, none can alter the ultimate destiny and reality of the physical human body as ordained by the Divine Power - and that final destiny is .. back to earth until raised again on the Day of Judgment."


It might be argued that Adam and Eve were the first humans who carried a soul (it's the soul which makes us human), but not necessarily the first "humans" (i.e. a 'bashar' without a soul). I know some modern Islamic scholars who say something along this line if I remember correctly. In the end, none of us know for sure of course, but I think we should be open to different interpretations...

I agree it's a positive step to keep certain matters open for interpretation but not all, depending upon the degree of confirmation we have from the Quran on that subject.   Thus, one needs to be very careful with this approach. 

Concerning the topic you raised on whether or not Adam was the first human, if we reflect carefully on Quranic information, Allah addresses humans as the "children of Adam."  Allah also addresses Adam and his wife as our first "parents"  (V.7:26-27).  In Verse 7:189 Allah tells humans that they were created from a "single soul," referring to Adam.  All of this indicate that Adam was our earliest ancestor, that he and his wife were the first couple in the planet, and they were both humans.  Unlike Darwin's theory, the Noble Quran gives us no reason to presume that we descended from animals or anything else that wasn't of the same species as ourselves.  The special creation of Adam as described in the Quran which also led to the banishment of Satan is another evidence of Adam being the earliest ancestral link to humans, otherwise the status of Adam would have little or no importance.  The creation of Adam was through the miracle of Allah - "Be and it is" - the same way as Allah created Essa, son of Maryam.  Then, after Adam and his wife were told to leave Paradise and sent to earth, began the earthly laws of reproduction.  It was Adam and his wife who initiated this process according to the decision of Allah.    The complete set of narrations throughout the Noble Quran in various Surahs are a clear confirmation of Adam being the first ancestor of man. For reference are the following verses:- 3:59, 7:22-25, 7:26-27, 17:70, 18:50, 15:28-43, 2:30-38, 20:121-123, 32:7.  There might be a few more which I've missed out.

As I mentioned earlier, only Allah would know for how long this planet existed prior to Adam and his wife being sent here from Paradise.  Similarly, whether or not any living creature inhabited the planet prior to their coming is only known to Allah.  But Noble Quran gives us enough information to confirm that Adam was our first ancestor.   Over the period of millions (or probably billions) of years since Adam came, whether or not the physical features of humans have altered a little e.g. shape of the skull, texture of skin, structure of teeth, average height etc. is only known to Allah.  It's possible that such changes may have been ORDAINED BY ALLAH WITHIN THE HUMAN SPECIES over the span of millions of years to better enable the human body be adaptable to the surroundings.  But it's absolutely impossible to come up with any specific ideas, let alone confirmations.  Thus, as truth-seekers, we have no other choice but to leave this aspect to Allah concerning the possibility of physical evolution of humans.
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