Darwin 200th anniversary

يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم الذى خلقكم من نفس واحدة وخلق منها زوجها وبث منهما رجالا كثيرا ونساء

(النساء 4 : 1)
"O mankind, be mindful of your Lord who created you from a single soul and from it created its mate, and from the pair of them spread countless men and women far and wide;
(Qur'an 4: 1)

The 12th of February marked the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth. This event is widely celebrated by universities and the BBC. It also marked the 150th anniversary of his famous work 'the origin of species', that had its effect on particularly the western scientific communities as well as the religious, at the same time it provoked a lot of controversy in the past and nowadays.

Darwin's theory researches the origin of life of creatures on earth. In summary, it denies the creation of man and living creatures by God; it denies divine purpose behind life on Earth; it suggests that all living creatures on earth started from one cell and evolved from there, with 'natural selection' behind diversity of all living creatures! The main point, which this theory communicates is that God is excluded from His creation. Going back in history to the time of the ancient struggle between the Western church and science sheds a light on the roots of Darwin's theory.

After the advance in technology, and accordingly the advance in scientific research in different fields of knowledge, scientific communities are now deeply divided over Darwin's tree of life and the claim of common origin of species. The true unbiased science proves creation by an intelligent designer, Allah.

(For more details on the theory and social side in Darwin's life please refer to the following documentaries: this theory is explained by the pro-Darwinian Sir David Attenborough in a recent video, here is its address: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00hd5mf/Charles_Darwin_and_the_Tree_of_Life
The social side of Darwin's life as told by his great grand-daughter in the program 'Darwin my ancestor' you can listen to it on this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/darwin/

This article is not written to participate in the celebration of Darwin's anniversary. Rather, it aims to draw attention towards the subtle danger of this theory, which is taught to our children at schools as if it is a fact! The matter that risks distorting their believe in God, particularly if parents are not aware.

What is alarming is the use of an old technique in imposing the anti-God ideology. It is the technique employed in the well known story of the 'Emperor without cloths'. By that way, some believers accept the theory as if it is a fact, at the same time they claim that they still believe in God, otherwise they would be thought of as pseudo scientists!

A few weeks ago, on radio 4 in 'beyond belief' broadcast, three religious figures representing the three Abrahamic religions, including a Muslim academic, who is a part time Imam as well, were invited. the main idea that the three representatives agreed on is that each of them believes in Darwin's theory, yet each is a religious person who teaches his/her faith. My concern is how a Muslim who believes in the Qur'an can believe in such theory at the same time? The second thing is that such person in addition to being an academic at one of the universities, he also works as a part time imam who teaches Islam perhaps to children!

Every one is entitled to his/her own beliefs, but Muslim parents have the responsibility of nurturing their children's belief and tawhid..

ما أشهدتهم خلق السماوات والأرض و لا خلق أنفسهم وما كنت متخذ المضلين عضدا
الكهف 18 : 51

"I did not make them witnesses to the creation of heavens and earth, nor to their own creation; I do not take as my supporters those who lead others astray"
(Qur'an 18; 51)



الله الذى خلق السماوات والأرض فى ستة ايام ثم استوى على العرش ما لكم من دونه من ولى ولا شفيع أقلاتتذكرون

يدبر الأمر من السماء إلى الأرض ثم يعرج إليه فى يوم كان مقداره ألف سنة مما تعدون
ذلك عالم الغيب والشهادة العزيز الرحيم
الذى أحسن كل شئ خلقه وبدأ خلق الإنسان من طين
ثم جعل نسله من سلالة من ماء مهين
ثم سواه ونفخ فيه من روحه وجعل لكم السمع والأبصار والأفئدة قليلا ما تشكرون

السجدة 32: 4-9
"It is Allah who created the heavens and earth and everything between them in six days
Then He established Himself on the throne. You, mankind, have no one but Him to protect you and to intercede for you. So, why do you not take heed?
He runs everything from heavens to the earth, then everything ascend to Him on a Day that measures one thousand years in your reckoning.
such is He who knows all that is unseen as well as all what is seen, the Almighty, the Merciful.
He is the One who perfected everything He created, and He started the creation of man from mud. Then He made man's descendants from an extract of underrated fluid,
Then He moulded him and breathed into him from His [God] Spirit;
And He gave you hearings, sight and minds, how seldom you are ungrateful.
(Q32: 4-9)

، ولقد خلقنا الإنسان من سلالة من طين ، ثم جعلناه نطفة فى قرار مكين ثم خلقنا النطفة علقة

فخلقنا العلقة مضغة فخلقنا المضغة عظاما، فكسونا العظام لحما ثم أنشأناه خلقا آخر فتبارك الله أحسن الخالقين

المؤمنون 23: 12-14
"We created man from essence of clay, then We placed him as a drop of fluid in a safe place, then We made that drop into a clinging form, and We made that form into a lump of flesh, and We made that lump into bones, and We clothed those bones with flesh, and later we made him into other forms - Glory be Allah, the best of creators"
(Qur'an 23: 12-14)

والله خلق كل دابة من ماء فمنهم من يمشى على بطنه ومنهم يمشى على رجلين ومنهم من يمشى على أربع يخلق ما يشاء إن الله على كل شئ قدير
النور 23 : 45

"God created each animal out of [its own] fluid: some of them crawl on their bellies, some walk on two legs, and some on four. God creates whatever He wills; God has power over everything"
(Qur'an 23: 45)


أمن يبدؤا الخلق ثم يعيده ومن يرزقكم من السماوات والأرض أءله مع الله قل هاتوا برهانكم إن كنتم صادقين
النمل27: 64
"Who is it that creates life and reproduces it? who is it that gives you provision from heavens and earth? Is it another god besides Allah? Say, Show me your evidence then, if what you say is true"
(Qur'an 27: 64)

"ذلكم الله ربكم خالق كل شئ فاعبدوه وهو على كل شئ وكيل "

الأنعام 6: 102
"This is God your Lord, there is no God but Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him; He is in charge of everything"