QURAN ON THE CREATION OF MAN
First I would like to refer to the following
passage from the Holy Quran:
What is the matter with you that you
hope not for greatness and wisdom
from Allah? And He has created you
in different forms and different
conditions. See you not how Allah
has created seven heavens in
perfect harmony, and has placed the
moon, therein a light and made the
sun a lamp? And Allah has caused
you to grow out of the earth as a
good growth. Then will He cause you
to return, thereto, and He will bring
you forth a new bringing forth.
(71:14-19)
A close paraphrase of this passage would be: O you human beings! What is the matter with you that you fail to
understand that Allah does not do
anything unless there is wisdom and
purpose underlying it? You
yourselves are not ready to accept
the assumption that you do things
with no aim or purpose in view. Why
do you therefore assume that Allah,
the Most Wise and All Knowing does
things without purpose? Why do you
jump to the thoughtless conclusion
that He created man with no purpose
in view? Why do you fail to grasp the
evident truth that your creation has
not been the result of a sudden
meaningless impulse? It was the
result of wise planning and
deliberate execution in a succession
of stages from one point to another.
Do you not see that Allah has
created the seven heavens in
perfect harmony with each other and
similarly the sun and the moon? Also
that the earth was one of the stages
through which you passed in a
process of slow growth to the point
of perfection?