How can a Muslim preserve his faith in his religion and his Prophet in an era where scientific facts have emerged that seem to contradict some of what is stated in the Holy Quran, such as the ability to know what is in the wombs, the discovery of hominid fossils that contradict the theory of the direct creation of Adam and Eve, and the human being being created from a gushing fluid that issues from between the loins and the ribcage, while it is scientifically known that semen issues from the testicles?
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Revelation is pure and infallible truth, and it does not contradict established scientific facts. Error may lie in our understanding of its texts. Thus, the Almighty's saying: ﴿And He knows what is in the wombs﴾ means His comprehensive and precise knowledge of everything in the womb, not limited to the type of fetus or its features. And Allah alone knows what the wombs diminish, and that is concealed from the knowledge of others. As for the mentioned fossils, they are deceptions and fabrications by evolutionists, and recent discoveries have refuted the claims of the theory of evolution regarding human evolution.
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