Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 434
NATURAL SELECTION AND. SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. A. NSWERING the question as to who has been responsible, throughout the ages, for taking important decisions, which had to be taken at every step of evolutionary advancement, the. Quran pronounces the following: تَبْرَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرُ * الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَوةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُورُ * الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَوَاتِ طِبَاقًا مَا تَرَى فِي خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَنِ مِنْ تَفْوُت فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَى مِنْ فُطُوْر ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْن يَنْقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ حَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسير 5-67:2. Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things;. It is He Who has created death and life that He might try you which of you is best in deeds; and He is the Mighty, the Most Forgiving,. The Same Who has created seven heavens in stages. No incongruity can you see in the creation . ) طباقا ( a of the Gracious God. Then look again: Do you see any flaw?. Aye, look again, and yet again, your sight will only return to you tired and fatigued. '. In the absence of God, life could not have travelled on purpose-built path following a single direction throughout. At every step there was a wide aimless expanse of possibilities stretched before it, riddled with difficulties through which it had to carve its path. There were countless options which could potentially have changed the course 423