Evolution And Soul
Brother Abdullah, animal don’t have or have very little self consciousness, very little ability to think and plan. They are mostly programmed to survive and replicate. You can tell yourself how humans are different. Humans have very strong self awareness. It is not just rooh. All living things and perhaps all non-living things may have Rooh too as in Quran Allah conversates with mountains, etc. Human have self-awareness and extra ordinary thinking ability.
A slight correction on Ghamidi sahab’s explanation of evolution: the creatures that existed before Adam were not humans. Adam was the first being who became a human as a result of ‘nafkh-e-ruh’. In order to understand ruh, please see: Discussion 40175 • Reply 40204