THE CONCEPT OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION — Questions on Evolution
Spirit of Islam, May 2013, p. 26
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
changes occurred within the limited age of the earth. In relation to the limited age of the earth, this is as inadequate as the ancient classical explanation. All that it says is that these changes are of an explosive nature rather than occurring as a gradual process. But even in the light of this theory, there still remains the question of the limitless age that is required for this process of countless changes to take place. Such an occurrence on our planet is just not possible. This concept of explosive evolution or evolution eruption is not based on any scientific discovery. It is again based on irrelevant suppositions, just like the theory of evolution initially formulated by Darwin. Missing Links There were many missing links in the concept of evolution. However, the researchers of the time supposed that these missing links would be discovered in time and on this supposition, the concept of evolution received general acceptance. The same is true of modern research in evolution in which there are a number of unknown links. By ignoring these missing links, evolutionists devised their modern concept on the basis of mere guesswork. There is an unbroken relationship between God and man which continues at every moment without any interruption. The concept of evolution supposes that living species have continually undergone repeated changes and that these changes came into existence by action and reaction in the environment. This evolutionary principle is called adaptation. It has been supposed that the changes that take place due to this adaptation get accumulated generation after generation and finally one species evolves into another. However, no argument or example exists in favour of this supposed concept of adaptation. Some irrelevant examples are cited, but these examples are nothing but fallacies. Let us take the example of the moth, often cited by the evolutionists. Observations revealed that the moths who live in green trees turn green and the moths who live in hilly areas take on the colour of stones in that area. This example does not prove the claim of evolutionists. What it proves, at best, is that environmental factors affect the external colour, like the white skin of people living in colder regions and the darker skin

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