Risale-i Nur and Evolution Theory

Abstract

The Risale-i Nur Collection, which reveals the proofs of all the truths of faith in a tremendous and clear way, also proves that the ways of unbelief and vanity are false. These ways of blasphemy are summarized in three articles in the 23rd Lema, which is the Treatise of Nature. These are the ideas of "it happens on its own, it has its reasons, nature does it by herself". The vain idea of evolution, on the other hand, is a path of blasphemy that forms the basis of all three paths and is presented under the guise of science. As all the evidence of tawhid in Risale-i Nur refutes these ways of blasphemy, there is a paragraph on page 137 of the Ottoman translation of Ishara'ul ijaz, which is like an antidote to the poison of evolution. Here, a direct description of evolution has been made, clearly stating that this path is superstitious, and a piece of evidence regarding the law of reproduction proving that evolution is superstitious is also cited.

Evolutionists present all existing changes as proof of evolution. They also impose similarities in living things as evidence for evolution. Evolution is the claim that all living species came into existence by themselves, by chance, or by nature, through transitions from a single common ancestor. However, just as there is no change in form of evolution in the universe, none of the existing changes can be interpreted as evolution. Because this naming is incompatible with the definition of evolution and serves Darwinism, which is an ideology of blasphemy. Muslims must be vigilant in this regard. Not only should we avoid literal blasphemy, but we should also strictly avoid the words “evolution, evolving”, which are deliberately used in a frequent way and serve a perception.

The purpose of this article is to show that the changes in the universe prove creation, not evolution, and Allah, who created everything out of nothing. It is to demonstrate with evidence that the similarities in living things prove not the common ancestor, which is the evolutionist claim, but a single common Creator (the oneness of Allah).