Islamic Education Evolution Theory Vs Islam Professional development for teachers Presented by Salifu Baba August 2006

Evolution Theory Vs Islam The first human being to be created by Allah was Prophet Adam (A.S). “God created Adam on his image” (Bukhari) This does not refer to the image of God but the image of ADAM.

Evolution Theory Vs Islam 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. Adam did not go through the changes of images like we do.

Evolution Theory Vs Islam 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. Note: This Hadith is contradictory to the theory of evolution. He revived the true spirit of practising the Shariah

Evolution Theory 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.  This theory is completely contradicting the truth regarding creation by Allah.

Evolution Theory Vs Islam The truth is that Allah created Adam with His own hands on his image that remained with him until he died. However, Islam does not completely disapprove everything in the theory of evolution. Islam approves some and disapproves some.

Evolution Theory Vs Islam 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. 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 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.