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Islamic Education
Evolution Theory Vs Islam
Professional development for teachers
Presented by Salifu Baba
August 2006
Evolution Theory Vs Islam
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The first human being to be created by
Allah was Prophet Adam (A.S).
 “God
created Adam
on his image” (Bukhari)
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This does not refer to the image of God
but the image of ADAM.
Evolution Theory Vs Islam
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It means that Allah created Adam in his
(Adam’s) adult form. In other words,
Adam did not go through the stages of
life we go through; i.e. of being an
embryo, then a foetus and then an infant,
and then a child, and then a teenager
and then an adult.
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Adam did not go through the changes of
images like we do.
Evolution Theory Vs Islam
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We go through the human life cycle:
from embryo to foetus and so on. It
looks different when it goes from one
cell and then it multiplies into many
cells and so on. If you look at it the
image could change within days.
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Note: This Hadith is contradictory to
the theory of evolution.
Evolution Theory
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That human beings came through an
evolution process. They started with
chemical reaction, and then a single cell,
and the multiple cells, and then it goes
up and up until it reaches to the human
being at the end of that long chain.
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This theory is completely contradicting
the truth regarding creation by Allah.
Evolution Theory Vs Islam
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The truth is that Allah created Adam with
His own hands on his image that
remained with him until he died.
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However, Islam does not completely
disapprove everything in the theory of
evolution.
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Islam approves some and disapproves
some.
Evolution Theory Vs Islam
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Islam disapproves the part of the
theory of evolution that say that nature
is the creator or that creatures on earth
came out of random.
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Islam disapproves the part of the
theory of evolution that states that
human beings evolve from a single
cell and then it went up to the ape
which they call the closest relative to
human being, then the human being!
Evolution Theory Vs Islam
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But Islam is not opposed to the part of
the theory of evolution that say that
species adopt to their environment. We
see around us that different species
learn how to adapt to different
environment.
But we (Muslims) say: that happens with
the WILL OF ALLAH.