The idea that God created man from dust and clay, whilst simplistic and palatable during early childhood later becomes the paradox of the great religions. Outdated, and without scientific justification, these ideas no longer hold water in our current climate. Conversely, Darwinian Theory makes scientific sense, but leaves no room for a ‘creator’, and of course is still missing a vital link. The more science advances the more it provides evidence that we could not have evolved without superior intelligent force that planned and controlled the evolution, but religion has as yet been unable to meet this same challenge; until now.

The term ‘Adam’ is an Arabic term meaning ‘modifiable’, within this sphere of knowledge, a picture of an alternative creation becomes clear. God created life from a single cell ‘from’ water and, as though tapping the first domino of life - the laws of evolution took over. When an ape-like species became convertible ‘Adam’, the Divine Power interfered and modified them in the intelligent humans: us! Those adams were 16 males and 16 females, who lived at first in a special secure garden on earth. As a result of eating from the forbidden tree ‘Shajara’, some of the modified females ‘adams’ got pregnant and then the whole lot were expelled from the Garden!

The details can only be appreciated from the evidence included in this book which provides facts stranger than the fiction that we were made to believe in for too long! Shajara Code Decoded aims, and succeeds in merging 2 polar opposite views: Darwinian Theory, and Religious interpretation, and it does so using the books of Abrahamic religions in an objective, scientific manner. Enter with an open mind, and judge for yourself.

Dr. Imad Hassan is a British Psychiatrist who was born and raised in Sudan in a mixed Sudanese Egyptian family. After graduating from Khartoum University as a medical doctor he moved to the UK and settled here. Since his arrival to the UK in 1991, he felt that he has a moral duty to contribute intellectually and spiritually to the development and well being of his beloved new hospitable home. He attended a course in the church and studied the Bible out of interest and respect to the UK culture, at the hands of Christian vicars. He then followed a long road of intellectual debates and exchange of knowledge with various denomination of Christianity, scholars and lay men. He realised from early days in the UK that the Western people do not know much about Islam from authentic sources, also he felt offended by the aggressive attitude of some ignorant Muslims who are engaged in the field of comparative religion, so he decided to specialise in this new discipline, when he took the philosophy of comparative religion as an added speciality to his Medical career.

Dr. Hassan’s philosophy is that: For universal peace, mankind should agree that ignorance is our shared enemy and we should all unite to fight ignorance instead of fighting each other over insignificant differences!

He has written a few articles and recently decided to publish his experience in a series of books for the benefit of all. 

This book is a translation of the Arabic version co-authored with his brother 'Aladdin' in Sudan who is a Mechanical engineer, who has also followed a similar intellectual path in dealing with religion and reality.

The book could be divided into several ideas which are all integrated.

It starts by discussing the dogmatic approach of scientists to religion and of the ‘faithful’ to modern science. This is mainly based on the opinion of the ‘faithful’ on Darwin’s theory and the short-sighted assumptions of scientist that religions represent backwardness of thinking.

Then it follows scientifically the description of the creation of ‘man’ from dust and clay as described in the Bible and Qur’an. Here we arrive at the conclusion that both the Qur’an and Bible presented a scientific description of the cycle between the earth as the source of nutrients of plants and animals which human fed on. It is a description of our complete cycle with the earth which is an indisputable scientific fact. In no where that any scripture described that God shaped ‘Adam’ like a statue from dust or clay.

Then we disclosed that the word ‘Adam’ is a simple Arabic for ‘convertible’ or ‘adaptable’. It is a collective description by God in the scriptures for a species of lower creatures which became ‘adaptable’ for radical change after long evolutionary processes.

We followed the description of modifying the Adams and arrived to the conclusion that there were many individuals, males and females who were converted to intelligent ‘humans’ by direct detailed Divine intervention. This is the missing link in Darwin’s theory!

The 'Adams' were then given an induction period in the Divine custody in a specific garden on the earth, a few miles away from the location of conversion which was the same location where the first ever living cell was created! In their induction period the Adams were allowed freedom except from approaching the forbidden tree, which is ‘Shajara’ in Arabic! As a result of their failure to keep the commands, some of the females Adams got pregnant from eating from the Shajara! The whole group was then expelled to take the role for which they were created as intelligent beings on the earth.

The Islamic Haj ‘pilgrimage’ which literally means ‘the proof’ is an artistic imitation of the final footsteps of the 'Adams' from the moment of the conversion to the moment when they settled in their first ever house as intelligent beings. Here we followed in details the footsteps of the early 'Adams' and the pilgrims to prove the overlap of the two stories!

The rest of the book follows the origin of life from one cell in the water and how the Divine Power described in details the entire process of evolution and its laws.

The book proves that all the living beings on earth originated from one cell and evolved over billions of years and humans were lower species that was converted later into intelligent beings. The only exception is the group of the cattle ‘Camels, Cows, Sheep and Goats’, which has a completely different path of Evolution. This different evolutionary path was meant to facilitate the civilisation of the intelligent humans, to draw our attention to our shared origin with the rest of the earthly living beings as well as to prove that the evolution is divinely planned and controlled.

By counting the number of the cattle that evolved separately we counted the converted Adams to be 16 males and 16 females, a total of 32 which was equivalent to the Dunbar Number, which represents the minimum possible number of humans that could have started the healthy human race.

Darwin did not blaspheme, but like Galileo he was a gifted man, who was appreciated very late!

The Arabic version of the book is called 'Azan Al-anaam' which meanse 'The Ears of the Cattle' co-authored with my brother Aladdin!