Tawaqquf and Acceptance of Human Evolution
Can Muslims to accept the scientific account of human evolution, even while remaining faithful to the traditional understanding of Adam and Eve’s unique manner of creation?
Published: August 31, 2018 •Dhul Hijjah 20, 1439
Updated: August 23, 2022 •Muharram 25, 1444
Author: Dr. David Solomon Jalajel
Updated: July 23, 2021
Archived: August 16, 2022
This paper has been archived based on the recommendation of Yaqeen Institute's newly appointed Editorial Review Board, whose task it is to continually review our past publications and bring them up to date with our standards. We remain open to publishing robust treatments of the challenge posed by the science and ideology of evolution (which are themselves evolving and being actively revised in the academy).
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
For more on this topic, see Evolution in the Scales of Scripture
Dr. David Solomon Jalajel
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