Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 552
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 552 state? It kept advancing first from being a snake and scorpion etc. to become a monkey and then evolved from the monkey to become a human being. Moreover, when did the soul come into existence? Answer: The Promised Messiah as said: I do not believe that man was a monkey at some point in time, but then, gradually, its tail came off and it also lost the fur, and he became human through successive steps. This is a claim and the burden of proof lies upon its claimant. He should bring forth a monkey that should gradually evolve into a human being. How can I believe in such unsubstantiated stories and fables? I do believe that there have been many Adams. What we observe every day in the prevailing circumstances, is that a human being is born from a human being. No one has ever seen a man born from a monkey nor a monkey born from a man. This is a fictional story. A species is always born from its own species. God has put His law right in front of our eyes: a donkey comes from a donkey, a horse from a horse, and a monkey from a monkey. If someone claims otherwise that a human being is born from a monkey as well, he should present the proof for his claim. To assert that it could have happened, means nothing. Conjecture is not enough. Allah the Exalted has given us this observation as evidence in support of our claim. Those who say otherwise should pres- ent some clear evidence. Mere conjectures and claims don’t prove anything. The soul is a created thing. God brings it into being also from this same physical matter. (I have discussed this at length in my latest book, Chashma-e-Ma‘arifat. ) The human soul exists within the human seed itself in an innate and concealed form.