Muslim Woman

People with superficial knowledge usually reject the validity of the
theory of evolution on the grounds that human beings did not evolve
into a higher species. They ignore the fact that evolution no longer
takes place in bodies or forms. The evolution of life into human form
is the beginning of intellectual evolution and this evolution is still
taking place. Consider from an intellectual point of view that the cave
dwellers of hundreds of thousands of years ago and the moon conquering
humans of today belong to the same species. When it comes to
intelligence, today's humans are definitely different than the cave
dwellers of long ago.

The purpose of divine revelation is to activate and polish the human
intellect and increase its field of activity. The Quran constantly
appeals to reason and experiment. It says, "These people do not ponder
and reflect on the Quran. It seems as if their minds have locked
themselves up from the inside so that nothing can get into them."
(47:24). According to the Quran, those people who readily believe in
anything without first questioning or thinking over it are not
Momineen. While describing the traits of the Momineen Allah Almighty
says, these are the people who do not accept without scrutiny and
deliberation. (25:73) They accept His signs on the basis of knowledge
and insight. As far as the vastness of the field of human thought and
reflection is concerned, the Quran says; Allah Almighty brings forward
the clues and hints in such a fashion thereby enabling you to reflect
on this life and the hereafter." (2:219)

By bestowing human beings with mental abilities, God Almighty
distinguished them from animals and by bringing the hereafter into the
preview of thought, believers have been differentiated from the
nonbelievers. Thus Ad Deen (Islam as system) means the use of thought
and reflection in both lives in this world and in the hereafter.