Monday, May 4, 2020

Apostate prophet agrees with Islamic science; Quran's general stance on evolution?

In answer to the video "43 Scientific Mistakes in the Quran"

The Quran doesnt give a timeframe for Adam's creation, as seen from the previous posts, but does speak of a process that led to his completion, from basic inorganic elements to a physically complex and spiritually aware human being. The verses read as a whole certainly give credence to "a" theory of evolution, not necessarily "the" theory currently generally accepted and which is in constant review.

The primary opposition to the theory of evolution, from religious dogmatists, is that they hold that it challenges the dignity of man. The proponents of this idea fail to recognize that all scriptures speak of man's origins from dust, and other earthly insignificant lifeless materials whose combination by the Best and Wise Creator resulted in a wonderful being endowed with consciousness.

The Quran in multiple places argues from the angle that man, whether at his origins or when he became able to reproduce as a completed specie, is not made from some rare or invaluable material.

There was a time where he was
19:67,76:1"nothing worth mentioning".
This as a side note, doesnt say he came from nothing, but that he was of insignificant importance and complexity compared to his fully developped stage. Somewhere else he is reminded how he came
77:20"from contemptible water"  
36:77,80:19-22,16:4"He created man from a small seed and lo! he is an open contender".
Besides humbling man's arrogance and pride, these verses point to the notion that nothing distinguishes mankind from the rest of creation, except for the spiritual component. When he neglects it, he returns to his base nature but when he nurtures it, he is elevated even above the angels in merit.

Man is ultimately defined by his will and desire. It is not the origin of a thing that matters per the Quran, but the final reach of a thing
49:13"We have created you of a male and a female..the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is he who is most righteous of you". 
As John the Baptist said, when rebuking the Rabbis, God can create children of Abraham out of stone. The Grand Quran is a book of spiritual guidance and all of its statements are meant at stimulating spiritual growth, not scientific knowledge so the idea that it must provide a detailed description of the origin of life is misplaced. When it does allude to such process, its spiritual aim, as is clear from the context, includes the humbling of mankind by pointing to the earthly elements and water at its origins, as well as providing an argument for the simplicity of the concept of resurrection
22:5,20:55"From it (the earth) We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you a second time"
None of its statements however, no matter the subject treated, are at odds with factual information, whether historical, archeological, scientific etc.

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