Why do Muslims deny evolution but claim Jews were turned into apes?

Question

It's in your Qu'ran people. Do you really thing "The Jews who broke the Sabbith" were turned into "destestible monkeys"?

Q: Are we not men?
A: We are DEVO!

Ali sure does use a lot of words to say nothing.

Ok, Joseph, if your god is so powerful he can turn a Jew into a monkey, why do you foolishly deny that he turned monkey to man?

Answer 1

Muslims are a bunch of wackos.

Answer 2

Not all Muslims deny evolution, as it is said in the Quran that all life originated from the water.

The only reason the above 'apes' was mentioned in the Qur'an was to show the history of the earliest Jews being shown the signs of God, and the Prophets choosing them above all people and coming to them- but time and time again they disobeyed and seemed to not take heed, even when ALL the signs were brought to them.

If you take it in its context:
2:63- And remember when -we took your promise-and we raised above you the towering height of Mt.Sinai, saying- "Hold firmly to what we have given you-and always remember what is in there- that you may fear God"
2:64 But you turned back after that.
2:65- And you knew well those among you who transgressed in the matter of the Sacred day of Sabbath; We said to them: "Be you like monkeys, despised and rejected"

It was only a warning to the Jews, to have them fear God, and correct themselves (in regards to the Sabbath day). It doesnt say all Jews are monkeys, in fact- it is repeated many times that God- throughout the course of history- favored the Jews above all nations.
2:122- Oh Children of Israel- Remember the special favors I bestowed upon you, and that I prefered you above all others for my message.

And of course, there is this, which shows us Muslims that Jews as well, will have their reward with God:

2:62- Indeed, those who believe in the Qur'an, AND THOSE WHO ARE JEWS, and the christians and the sabiens, ---any who believe in God and the last day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with God, On them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

If you were detestible monkeys- why would our Holy Book permit you into the Gardens of Heaven?

Answer 3

"and then, when they disdainfully persisted in doing what they had been forbidden to do, We said unto them: “Be as apes despicable!”"
Quran chapter 7

how do you know this is literal? there are many metaphors used in the Quran. can you deny that? i dont believe apes/monkeys originated from humans and not the other way around. i dont deny evolution i believe it. its just that i dont deny religion either.

also, what was your purpose of mentioning the jews? the verse is referring to those who do not follow Allah and do wrong. Sure, it may be referring to the jews at the time but its not like the jews today are the same people. the same could be said for any person who does wrong including people by the title of muslim. i dont hate any jews, christians, hindus, name any other religion. arent there enough hate/misconceptions already existing in the world without you adding to them

Answer 4

As mentioned previously that isnt evolution. Yes those who broke the sabbath (i.e Gods law) were tuned into apes -its in the Quran

2:65 And ye know of those of you who broke the Sabbath, how We said unto them: Be ye apes, despised and hated!

2:66 And We made it an example to their own and to succeeding generations, and an admonition to the God-fearing

God is able to do anything

Evolution is the belief that human beings are descended from apes - Muslims belief we are descended from two humans Adam and Eve

Islam and Evolution
http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/nuh/evolve.htm

Answer 5

LOl i think that was figurative to humiliate those people. I mean look at Bush *cough* Besides, I'm Muslim and I'm "agnostic" about evolution. Peace.

Answer 6

muslims at least dont take there books so literaly at least but christians do and they think we where created from clay now thats just stupid and yet muslims believe that allah turned the jews into monkeys or apes or what ever now that is just plane ol funny

Answer 7

Monkeys are not the same thing as apes.

Answer 8

We must first define evolution. Many matters seem at first so obvious as to require no definition. But when one tries to define them, he finds it very hard and is faced with difficulties. I have no intention of quoting all the definitions which philosophers have given for evolution. There is a fine point in Islamic philosophy which is subject to argument from the viewpoint of the Quran, and that is the difference between "complete" and "perfect". We use the word "complete" as the antonym of "defective", and again we use "perfect" as the antonym of the same word "defective". But does "complete" mean "perfect"? No. There is a verse in the Quran which is related to the question of Imamah and wilayah. It says: "Now We made your religion perfect, and completed Our blessings on you and were content for Islam to be your religion." (Quran, 5:3)

This shows that the Quran attributes two meanings to "perfection" and "completeness". The blessings were completed from a defective state, and religion was perfected from a defective condition. But before explaining the difference between the two words, let me first explain the difference between evolution and progress, and then return to this matter.

Is progress the same as evolution, and is evolution identical with progress? They happen to have a difference and you may consider their usage. We sometimes speak of a sickness which is progressing, but we do not say it is evolving. If an army which is fighting in a land occupies a part of it, we say that the army is advancing, but we do not say that it is evolving. Why not? Because there is a sense of exaltation in evolution: evolution is an upward movement, a vertical movement, from a lower level to a higher plane. But progress and advance is always on a horizontal level. When an army has occupied a territory and added some land to its own possessions, we say that it has advanced, which means that it has moved ahead but on the same plane that it had before. Why do we not say that it has evolved? Because, there is the idea of exaltation in evolution. So, when we speak of social evolution, it means man's social exaltation and not just progress. Many things may be considered progress for man and society without being evolution and exaltation for the human society. We say this to show that if some scholars have expressed doubts about such progress' worthiness to be called an evolution, their view is not without foundation. Although we do not confirm their view, yet what they have stated is not entirely pointless. Therefore, there is a difference between evolution on the one hand and progress and development on the other; for progress and development are almost similar in meaning.

But the difference between perfect and complete can be explained in this fashion: If something consists of a number of parts, such as a building or a car, as long as all the necessary parts do not exist in it, we say that it is imperfect. But when we place the last part in it, then we can say that it is "complete". In comparison, evolution has many phases and stages. When a child is born with some defect in his limbs, we consider him defective; but even when he is born with all his limbs complete, it is still considered defective from another point of view; he must pass through many stages of evolution in his education which are for him a form of exaltation and ascension by degrees and steps. So far our discussion was about the definition of evolution in the social and biological sense. But now we deal with other matters in this connection, the most important of which may be stated in three questions:

1. Has man, in his social life and throughout history, achieved evolution and exaltation?

2. Is human society undergoing evolution and will reach a fully evolved state in future?

3. If it is undergoing evolution, what is that ideal society, or, as Plato would say, that utopia of man, and what are its peculiarities?

We can understand the course of history up to the present; but what about the future? Should we close our eyes about the future and say that history inevitably moves on an evolutionary course? Is evolution in nature imposed by time? Is the ship of time voyaging on an evolutionary course without the slightest intervention of man and without any responsibility on his part? Have human beings in the past had no role as beings endowed with free will, freedom of choice and responsibility? Has the role of human beings in the past been secondary and subject to determinism or if there has been no such determining force in the past?

Answer 9

That technically is devolution, not evolution.