Does refuting the Darwinian theory of evolution imply refuting animal and plant evolution?

Praise
be to Allah

Firstly: 

It has become clear to many rational people that the theory
of the atheist Darwin has been consigned to the trash can of history,
because it was refuted by the disbelieving scientists of the West before
Muslim scientists, as it is contrary to common sense and the teachings of
various religions. 

In al-Mawsoo‘ah al-Muyassarah fi’l-Adyaan wa’l-Madhaahib
wa’l-Ahzaab al-Mu‘aasirah (2/940-941), after a discussion of this
theory, it says: 

From the above it is clear that Darwin’s theory may now be
shelved, after the discovery of Mendel’s laws of genetics and the discovery
of genes which are the secret code of creation, and the discovery that
chromosomes carry the complete physical attributes of humans and preserve
the similarity in attributes of a particular species. 

Hence fair-minded scientists think that the similarities
between living beings offer clear evidence against the theory of evolution,
because they testify that the Creator is one but they do not indicate that
the starting point is one. However, the Holy Qur’an confirms that the
initial substance of creation for all living beings is water:

“Allah has
created every moving (living) creature from water”

[an-Noor 24:45]

“And We have
made from water every living thing”

[al-Anbiya’ 21:30]. 

Empirical science has proven the falseness of this theory, on
the basis of definitive evidence, and that it is not a scientific theory at
all. 

Islam and all divinely revealed religions believe in the
existence of Allah, the Creator, Originator, Controller and Fashioner Who
has made all things well. He originally created man from an extract of clay,
then He created him from a sperm drop lodged in a safe lodging (the womb),
and man remains human in his form, attributes and reason; he does not evolve
or change. “And
also in your own selves [there are signs]. Will you not then see?”
[adh-Dhaariyaat 51:21].

End quote. 

Secondly: 

The basis for the refutation of this theory is no different
with regard to animals and plants. Specialists have refuted the idea of
evolution in animals and plants, in ways that make this theory unfit for
continued examination, let alone believing in it. 

This evidence – that has to do with animals and plants, as
mentioned in the question – includes the following: 

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What we see around us of the reality of things is contrary to
what Darwin called the survival of the fittest. The earth, as it has gone
through different stages in its long life, has been filled with the fittest
and the unfit, of various kinds of animals. If Darwin’s theory was correct,
then the simple, clear results of his law suggest that there should not
still be living creatures that are still at the starting point, no matter
how slow we may assume the progress of evolution to be. But we see that the
starting point is still crowded with various weak creatures that are still
living their lives, with their own characteristics, just as their ancestors
also lived their lives in exactly the same manner. Conversely, we see that
some highly evolved animals, such as the dinosaurs, have become extinct
whilst insects such as flies and fleas still survive, as do others that are
even weaker than them. The French professor Etienne Rebaud says in his book
Will the Fit or the Unfit Survive? (p. 40): There is no such thing as
natural selection in the course of fighting for survival, so that the strong
survive and the weak diminish. For example, the garden lizard can run fast,
because it has four long legs, but at the same type there are other types of
lizards that have legs so short that they virtually crawl, dragging
themselves along the ground with difficulty.… These types have the same
physical makeup, even with regard to their legs; they eat the same food and
live in the same environment. If these animals had adapted to their
environment, there would not be such differences in their faculties and
physical makeup. 

Contrary to the concept of natural selection, all these types
of animals have survived and are still living and multiplying. For example,
there are mountain rats that have short front legs and only move by jumping
in a very awkward manner. Many insects cannot fly, even though they have big
wings. So their physical makeup did not come about as a result of living
beings trying to adapt to their circumstances. Rather, on the contrary, the
way they live is shaped by their physical makeup and the way their different
faculties function. 

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If evolution is always moving towards the fittest, then why
do we not find the power of reasoning in many animals that are more
developed and more highly evolved than others, if evolution is for the
benefit of all creatures? Why did the higher primates not attain the power
of reasoning as man did, for example? Donkeys, from the time when they were
first known until the present, are still donkeys. 

Darwin referred to this problem in his book, but he did not
answer it. Rather he commented on it in the Origin of Species (p.
412) by saying: 

No one should expect to find a specific answer to this
question, especially since we know that we are unable to answer a question
that is less complex than this. 

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It has been proven through research that many of the plants
and animals of Egypt have not changed from the way they were many centuries
ago. It is clear from some of domesticated animals that are engraved on
ancient Egyptian relics, or that have been preserved by means of embalming,
that they are very similar to those that exist now; in fact there are hardly
any differences at all. 

And there are many examples that come under this heading. 

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This theory cannot be proven through experimentation or
observation. No human has ever observed even the slightest degree of
evolution.

At no time throughout history has humanity ever observed any
living being transformed into another being through evolution, especially
when there are specialised scientists who are watching for the slightest
change in outward appearance or inward structure of those beings. See the
book by the Australian Michael Denton. 

End quote from an article entitled Naqd Nazariyaat at-Tatawwur
(Criticism of the Theory of Evolution) by Dr Muhammad Barbaab

http://www.55a.net/firas/arabic/print_details.php?page=show_det&id=1366

The article contains more information and a criticism of
Neo-Darwinism. It also mentions discoveries from excavations that have
thrown Neo-Darwinism into what is called the crisis of Neo-Darwinism,
especially since this new theory insists that all kinds of plants and
animals are subject to evolution, without exception.

And Allah knows best.