27 Aug 2019
Shri Anil asked: In this context, there are different references in the Quran such as: “Allah made from water every living thing (21:30)”; “We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape...(15:26)”; “He began the creation of man from clay, and made his progeny from a quintessence of fluid (32:7-8)”. Which of them is correct?
Swami replied: This is the subject of the evolution of living beings from the inert water and inert earth. The fluid is nothing but the cytoplasm or protoplasm of living cells. This subject can be better-understood by studying biology and Darwin’s theory of evolution.
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