The Christian Bible says that Adam & Eve were both created here on Earth, less than 10,000 years ago. The Quran says that Adam & Eve were created in Heaven, and NOT on Earth. When they disobeyed God He expelled them from Heaven down to Earth. The Quran does not say when this happened. Also the Quran does not clearly state whether Adam & Eve were physically transported from Heaven to Earth, or just their souls were put into the already evolved homo sapiens.
The Quran says that Adam & Eve were created in Heaven. When they disobeyed God, He expelled them from Heaven down to Earth:
(Quran 2.35-36) We [Allah] said: "O Adam! Dwell with your wife in Heaven; and eat anything you like, but do not approach this tree, or else you would become transgressors." 36 After this, Satan made them slip from it (Heaven), and got them out of the state in which they had been. We [Allah] said: "Get down all of you (Adam, Eve and Satan), and let enmity be among you; Let Earth be your dwelling place and your means of livelihood for a time."
Earth became their dwelling place after they were expelled from Heaven. So originally, Adam & Eve were not created on Earth.
Moslems believe that the material in Heaven is different than the material on Earth. Actually Quran 2-25 says that when people go to Paradise (after Judgment Day) they will think that the fruits there are the same fruits found on Earth, however God corrects their knowledge by saying that they just look similar. But this indirectly means that the material is different. By the same logic all bodies where Adam & Eve were first created should be of different material than on Earth. (From a physics point of view the material should be different: We know how slow time passes in Paradise/Hell, 1 day there vs 1000 years on Earth, so we know how strong gravity there is. But this implies that the bodies in Paradise should be of different material than on Earth. Learn why: only iron survives). Since Adam was created in Heaven then he had to be created out of different material. This means that he cannot have the same body on Earth even if it looked the same.
The Quran never said that Adam & Eve were the first creatures on Earth. Actually the Quran says that when Adam & Eve were still in Heaven, someone on Earth was already making mischief and not worshipping God:
(Quran 2.30) The Lord said to the angels: "I will create a successor on Earth [Khalifa in Arabic]" They said: "How do You install someone one who makes mischief and sheds blood? While we praise your mercy and glorify (Your Name)?"; He said: "I know what you do not know."
Since in the very next verse the angels admit that they cannot tell the future, then they had to be referring to someone making mischief and shedding blood on Earth at that time (when Adam & Eve were still in Heaven). So God wanted Adam & Eve to succeed those who did not worship Him on Earth.
The Quran says that while Adam & Eve were still in Heaven, someone on Earth was already making mischief, shedding blood and nonhuman.
Moslems also believe that when God created Adam & Eve in Heaven they had much larger bodies than our bodies today on Earth. So how did the change in size, material and location occur? If they were simply transported from heaven to Earth then only their location would have changed. So how did the change in size and material occur?
Moslems believe that souls are assigned to humans 120 days after the human conception. The Quran says that angels retrieve human souls on two occasions: One occasion is when humans die. The other occasion is every time humans fall asleep. When humans wakeup, the angels release those souls back to them:
(Quran 39.42) It is Allah who takes the souls (of men) at death; and those that did not die, during their sleep. Those on whom He has passed the decree of death, He keeps back, but the rest He sends (to their bodies) for a term appointed. These are Signs for those who reflect.
So, according to the Quran, humans can be alive, breathing, with fully functional bodies (hence perfect DNA), but still without souls.
Homo
sapiens had the same
bodies and DNA as humans, but what about their souls? Were the souls of the first humans
(Adam & Eve) put into those evolved homo sapiens?
When Jesus blew unto a statue of a bird made of clay it became alive. In this case the material for sure became different.
This bird did not have any anscestors but still had the same DNA of other birds. If its DNA were tested it would have revealed that this bird underwent evolution similar to other birds, however it did not.
This particular case cannot be proved or disproved based on DNA. Similarly God could have created Adam & Eve a second time on Earth
out of nothing with the same DNA of homo sapiens. This case cannot be proved or disproved by science.
Since nothing is impossible to God then we have to examine all other possibilities as well. God could have easily made special transformations
to the bodies of Adam & Eve from the material of Heaven to the material of Earth in such a way that the DNA is similar to that of homo sapiens.
God did it once with the clay bird and can do it again, but in any case, the material needs to become different.
(In another case God transformed the fire around Abraham by ordering the fire to be cool and gentle, however no change to DNA here.)
However a clue comes from Quran 81.7 which says that on Resurrection Day our souls will be coupled to different bodies of
different material. See, our bodies today cannot handle Hell. Our bodies today will
vaporize instantly in a volcano, however Hell is much hotter
than a volcano. So, how can our bodies handle Hell? They cannot, so our souls have to be coupled to bodies with different material even if
it looked the same. Those bodies will either go to Hell or go to Paradise. We already know that stuff in Paradise is made of different material.
This Paradise is the same that Adam & Eve came from. So let's examine this possibility: Were the souls of Adam & Eve in Heaven coupled to
different bodies on Earth?
(Quran 6.133) Your Lord, the Rich and Merciful, if He wishes, can discard you and succeed you with "WHATEVER" He wishes; Just like He created you from the seed of another clan.
The Quran
specifically uses the word "Whatever" or "What" ("ma"
in Arabic). This Arabic word "ma" cannot refer to humans; this word is strictly
reserved for nonhumans (the Arabic word that does refer to humans is "men",
meaning "who" or "whoever").
This verse says that if God wishes He can make our
descendents Whatever
He wishes (nonhuman), just like he created
us from our ancestors. This means that by body we are descendents of nonhumans!!!
Having this is mind and knowing that by soul we are descendents of Adam & Eve then why weren't the souls of Adam & Eve put into the bodies of the already
evolved homo
sapiens?
Homo sapiens had bodies like ours.
Those homo sapiens were making
mischief, shedding blood and not worshiping God (while Adam & Eve were still in
Heaven).
When those homo sapiens received human souls they became humans. After all, God
wanted humans to succeed those who were shedding blood and not worshiping Him
on Earth; so how can we succeed them if we were not there descendants?
Science says that all life started in water and not on dry land; later evolution made animals crawl out of water onto dry land. First animals crawled out of water on their bellies and then later developed legs... But the Quran totally agrees with science about the evolution of animals:
(Quran 24.45) And Allah has created every animal from water; of them there are some that creep on their bellies; some that walk on two legs; and some that walk on four. Allah creates what He wills: for Allah has power over all things
.Isn't this the
latest
evolution scenario? YES IT IS!!!
The Quran totally agrees with science about the evolution of animals.
Let's see what the Quran says about the evolution of man: God is able to recreate humans from their own semen in forms that they are unable to envisage:
(Quran 56.58-62) Do you see your own semen? Do you create it or Do We [Allah] create it? We decreed the death among you and nobody beat Us to alter your form and raise you in forms that you do not perceive. And you have figured out your first form then why do you not take heed
?Change of form is evolution. Change of form from our own semen is evolution indeed. The Arabic words "Ghair Masbookeen" means nobody beat us to it. Here God is saying that if He evolves man then nobody would have beaten Him to evolution. But today man is successfully cross breading animals. See, when horses mate with donkeys they breed mules; this is actually one form of evolution (albeit a sterile species). Today man is capable of evolving new survivable species by cross breeding animals (and plants). But since God said that if He evolves man then nobody would have beaten Him to evolution this means that God already evolved man long before man evolved animals (otherwise man would have beaten God to evolution). Having this in mind then all pieces of the puzzle falls into place:
We are descendents of evolved homo sapiens, we just have human souls. This answers the size, material and location questions.
Although this is a God made evolution, Moslems are hesitant about this because God banned all information about souls and spirits:
(Quran 17.85) And they ask you about the Spirit, say: "The Spirit concerns only my Lord: The knowledge of which only a little is communicated to you".
So all the information that could have easily answered whether or not the souls of the first humans were put into evolved homo sapiens is banned.