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Cited in 4 segments across 3 recordings · 2016 to 2020 · term/term:insan

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13 Oct 2020video Does evolution contradict the Quran's account of Adam? No: he says evolution does not clash with Islam, reading 23:12-14 as Adam passing through a womb and Adam as the first human with full consciousness. Discussionposition checkedAdamQuran 23:12-14 (insan from an extract of clay, then a drop in a firm lodging, then the stages of the embryo)Quran 21:30 (every living thing from water)insan (human being) machine9 min 37 s21:39on YouTube
13 Oct 2020video Does the Quran say Adam was made from clay or from a drop of sperm? Taking 23:12-14 entirely literally leaves one stuck, since the same insan made from clay is then a drop of sperm; the clay may refer to something like DNA. Discussionposition checkedQuran 23:12-14 (insan from an extract of clay, then a drop in a firm lodging, then the stages of the embryo)Adaminsan (human being)kun fa-yakun (be, and it is) machine4 min 24 s50:36on YouTube
20 Oct 2018Responding to Refutations Is evolution compatible with the Quran? The Quran's verses on creation in stages, growth from the earth, the single self and the couple of 7:189 are reconcilable with evolution, which Mufti Abu Layth calls a scientific fact established through genetics. Hawwa is not named in the Quran, and those who accept evolution should not be called deviants. Lessonposition checkedYasir QadhiQuran 71:14 (He created you in stages)Quran 71:17 (Allah grew you from the earth like plants)Quran 21:30 (the heavens and earth were one; every living thing from water) machine10 min 29 s1:02:49on YouTube
15 Mar 2016video Creation before Adam: Neanderthals, bashar and insan, and the formation of man Creation before Adam is discussed through a distinction between bashar and insan and two ways of reading the fossil record. The speaker raising it says he has no verdict either way. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechNouman Ali KhanbasharinsanQuran 7:11 (We created you, then gave you form) [?] machine3 min 49 s29:07on YouTube