Spirit of Islam · THE CONCEPT OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION — Questions on Evolution

THE CONCEPT OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION — Questions on Evolution

Spirit of Islam, May 2013, p. 29

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.

drawing lessons from God’s signs, etc. Man asks God for blessings at every moment and he receives them from God at every moment. Just as man is dependent on God for his existence, so is he totally dependent on God for his survival. If God ceased to sustain him even for a moment, man would be destroyed. In accordance with religious belief, God is not only the Creator but also the Sustainer. That being so, the theory of evolution is, in effect, a negation rather than an affirmation of God. Some Make Themselves, Others Make History There are two types of people in this world — the self-making type and the history-making type. The aim of those who are self-making is to serve themselves, whereas history-making people, seek to serve humanity as a whole Team Work People have to be patient with one another, putting other’s needs before their own, thinking of the good of others rather than what they themselves desire. It is through the sacrifice of individuals that there can be such a thing as concerted effort.

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