Based on the angels' saying, "Will You place in it one who will spread corruption therein and shed blood," were there savage humans before Adam, peace be upon him?
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There was no humanity before Adam, peace be upon him, and the professor's argumentation with the noble verse is incorrect. However, what he said is not sufficient to judge him as an atheist or disbeliever; rather, he is a mistaken interpreter, and "certainty is not removed by doubt."
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