Yahya - Justice and Tolerance in the Qur'an (2003)

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JUSTICE AND TOLERANCE IN THE OUR'AN
whereby numerous complex organs of these organisms such
as the ears, eyes, lungs, and wings, underwent "mutations,"
that is, genetic disorders. Yet, there is an outright scientific
fact that totally undermines this theory: Mutations do not
cause living beings to develop; on the contrary, they always
cause harm to them.
The reason for this is very simple: the DNA has a very
complex structure and random effects can only cause harm to
it. American geneticist B.G. Ranganathan explains this as
follows:
First, genuine mutations are very rare in nature. Secondly,
most mutations are harmful since they are random, rather
than orderly changes in the structure of genes; any random
change in a highly ordered system will be for the worse, not for
the better. For example, if an earthquake were to shake a highly
ordered structure such as a building, there would be a random
change in the framework of the building which, in all
probability, would not be an improvement. 60
Not surprisingly, no mutation example, which is useful,
that is, which is observed to develop the genetic code, has
been observed so far. All mutations have proved to be
harmful. It was understood that mutation, which is
presented as an "evolutionary mechanism," is actually a
genetic occurrence that harms living beings, and leaves them
disabled. (The most common effect of mutation on human
beings is cancer). No doubt, a destructive mechanism cannot
be an "evolutionary mechanism." Natural selection, on the
other hand, "can do nothing by itself" as Darwin also
accepted. This fact shows us that there is no "evolutionary
mechanism" in nature. Since no evolutionary mechanism