Die Kaaba und deren Anbetung!

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Ibn Chaldun (1332 - 1406) ein islamischer Historiker und Politiker: "Die Menschen haben sich von den Affen fortentwickelt".

In dieser Übersetzung klingt das so, als hätte er die Evolutionstheorie schon vor Darwin entworfen - er spricht aber von "Schöpfung" (creation). Tatsächlich teilt er eigentlich nur die Welt der Lebewesen in unterschiedlich entwickelte Gruppen ein, sagt aber nirgends, dass der Mensch vom Affen abstamme. Ich zitiere hier mal eine englische Übersetzung (mit dem gegebenen Kontext!):

One should then look at the world of creation. It started out from the minerals and progressed, in an ingenious, gradual manner, to plants and animals. The last stage of minerals is connected with the first stage of plants, such as herbs and seedless plants. The last stage of plants, such as palms and vines, is connected with the first stage of animals, such as snails and shellfish which have only the power of touch. The word "connection" with regard to these created things means that the last stage of each group is fully prepared to become the first stage of the next group.
The animal world then widens, its species become numerous, and, in a gradual process of creation, it finally leads to man, who is able to think and to reflect. The higher stage of man is reached from the world of the monkeys, in which both sagacity and perception are found, but which has not reached the stage of actual reflection and thinking. At this point we come to the first stage of man after (the world of monkeys).