Question
The Qur'aan mentions that Allah Ta'ala had punished a community of Jews by transforming them into apes. Were there apes in the world before this episode? Is it possible that the reason for primates sharing 98% of their DNA with humans was this transformation?
Answer
Yes, there were apes long before Allah Ta'ala transformed the transgressors into apes. Furthermore, after three days, every person who had become an ape, died. None of these human-apes lived to procreate. No, this transformation has absolutely no bearing on anything common with human beings such as the DNA issue
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- The Majlis Vol 20 No 04
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