Sunday 4 March 2012

Does Islam contradict the scientific explainations of Creation and Evolution?

Many religions outright contradict scientific theories on the creation of the universe and the origin of life. In a sense, any religion which claims a God is even the cause of such things is problematic since the notion of God itself is generally unsupported by science and somewhat contradictory. However, with the notion of God's existence and/or God as the cause, not all religions directly contradict Science on their creation beliefs. Islam may just be one of those religions. I have gathered all verses in relation to the creation of the universe and the creation of life in the Qur'an, and you can decide for yourselves, excluding the notion of Gods existence or God as the cause and driving force, whether the Islamic concept of creation contradicts science.
*Please note, verses are in verse order and not necessarily in creation order, if you believe i have missed any verses please notify me.


[4:1] O people, observe your Lord; the One who created you from one being, and created from it its mate, then spread from the two many men and women. You shall regard God, by whom you swear, and regard the parents. God is watching over you.


[6:2] He is the One who created you from mud, then predetermined your life span, a life span that is known only to Him. Yet, you continue to doubt.


[6:133] Your Lord is the Rich One; possessor of all mercy. If He wills, He can remove you, and substitute whomever He wills in your place, just as He produced you from the progeny of other people.


[7:11] We created you, then we shaped you. We said to the angels, Prostrate yourselves before Adam, and they all prostrated themselves, except Satan. He was not among those who prostrated themselves.


[11:61] To Thamûd we sent their brother Sãleh. He said, "O my people, worship God; you have no other god beside Him. He initiated you from the earth, then settled you in it. You shall seek His forgiveness, then repent to Him. My Lord is always near, responsive."


[13:41] Do they not see how We come to the land eroding it at its extremities. Allah judges and there is no reversing His judgement. He is swift at reckoning.


[14:19] Have you not seen that Allah created the heavens and the earth in truth? If He wills, He can do away with you and produce a new creation.


[15:26] We created the human being from aged mud, like the potter's clay.


[18:37] His friend said to him, as he debated with him, "Have you disbelieved in the One who created you from dust, then from a tiny drop, then perfected you into a man?


[21:30] Do the unbelievers not realize that the heaven and the earth used to be one solid mass that we exploded into existence? And from water we made all living things. Would they believe?


[22:5] O people, if you have any doubt about resurrection, we created you from dust, and subsequently from a tiny drop, which turns into a hanging embryo, then it becomes a fetus that is given life or deemed lifeless. We thus clarify things for you. We settle in the wombs whatever we will for a predetermined period...


[23:12] We created the human being from a certain kind of mud.


[24:45] And God created every living creature from water. Some of them walk on their bellies, some walk on two legs, and some walk on four. God creates whatever He wills. God is Omnipotent.


[25:54] He is the One who created from water a human being, then made him reproduce through marriage and mating. Your Lord is Omnipotent.


[29:19] Have they not seen how God initiates the creation, then repeats it? This is easy for God to do.


[29:20] Say, "Roam the earth and find out the origin of life." For God will thus initiate the creation in the Hereafter. God is Omnipotent.


[30:22] And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, as well as the difference of your languages and colors. In these, there are signs for people of knowledge


[32:7] The One who perfected everything He created and He began the creation of the human from mud.


[32:8] Then He made his descendants from an extract of water base.


[32:9]     But He fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed into him something of His spirit. And He gave you the faculties of hearing and sight and feeling, little thanks do you give.


[35:11] God created you from dust, then from a tiny drop, then He causes you to reproduce through your spouses. No female becomes pregnant, nor gives birth, without His knowledge. No one survives for a long life, and no one's life is snapped short, except in accordance with a pre-made plan. This is easy for God.


[37:11] Ask them, "Are they more difficult to create, or the other creations?" We created them from wet mud.


[39:5] He created the heavens and the earth in true proportions. He rolls the night over the day, and rolls the day over the night.* He committed the sun and the moon, each running for a finite period. Absolutely, He is the Almighty, the Forgiving.


[40:67] He is the One who created you from dust, and subsequently from a tiny drop, then from a hanging embryo, then He brings you out as a child, then He lets you reach maturity, then you become old—some of you die earlier. You attain a predetermined age, that you may understand.


[41:11] Then He turned to the heavens, when it was still gas, and said to it, and to the earth, "Come into existence, willingly or unwillingly." They said, "We come willingly."


[49:13] O people, we created you from the same male and female, and rendered you distinct peoples and tribes, that you may recognize one another. The best among you in the sight of God is the most righteous. God is Omniscient, Cognizant.


[51:47] We constructed the heavens with our hands, and we will continue to expand it.


[55:14] He created the human from aged clay, like the potter's clay.


[71:14] He is the One who created you in stages.


[71:17] And God has produced you from the earth growing gradually.


[76:1] Is it not a fact that there was a time when the human being did not exist?


[76:28] We created them, and established them, and, whenever we will, we can substitute others in their place.


[79:30] And the Earth, after that, He made it egg-shaped.


[82:7] The One who created you, designed you, and perfected you.


[95:4] We created man in the best design.



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