ALIENS IN THE QURAN?

creations of Allah call them aliens call them UFOs this is not besides the point has Allah created others besides us were they before us were they after us are they in other galaxies is besides the point are there other creations perhaps yes what are some of those verses well let us begin with the first verse alhamdulillah all praise be to Allah the Lord of every single Alum what is an Adam an Adam is a world where an atom is an entire species unto itself and Allah is the Lord of every single creation so obviously classical Scholars understood I mean to imply man animals gin Angels but from the very beginning Allah is saying you're not alone there are other creations I have another verse that is interpreted in this manner is that Allah says in the Quran he has created the heavens and earth and he has scattered creatures throughout the heavens and the Earth now one could say he has scattered creatures in this heaven and this Earth but the verse is the plural samawat he has scattered creatures then he says if he wants to he can cause these species to meet to come together meaning they are not together right now so this could be interpreted now others will interpret it in other matter and they will say that while Allah is talking about the day of judgment he will gather them together on the day of judgment this is also valid but the language could possibly be interpreted that he has scattered creatures throughout the heavens and earth and if he wants to he can cause these creatures to meet this is also linguistically possible and of the evidence is that in my humble opinion I say I lean towards the position that was championed by IBN Tamia himself more than 700 years ago and iventemia believed or he's I should say he suggested and he defended the position that we are not the only creation of Allah and that it is somewhat arrogant to assume that we have we are the only creation rather Allah has created other creations and he will continue to create other creations after us the verse that I think is perhaps one of the strongest to indicate that there are or there were or there will be other creations of Allah is Allah saying we have honored the children of Adam and we have allowed them the opportunity to ride in the oceans and on the animals we've given them things that other creatures have not been given then Allah says and we have blessed them over many other creations that we have created now in the Creations that we know the world around us our animals in Jinn higher than us or are we higher than them who is at the top of the hierarchy we are the Angels bowed unto us so the righteous of the men are better even than the angels and we know the jinns also were told to bow down and obviously the animals are lesser than us yet Allah says we have privileged men over many other creations not all other creations there could be other creations of Allah that have been privileged over us with things that we do not have there could be the Quran does not explicitly affirm or deny the creation of other entities the Quran is ambiguous in the end of the day Islam the Quran our religion is not explicit about other life forms however some people have interpreted some verses to imply that there are other creations of Allah did they live before us did they live after us are they living contemporaneous to us right now are they living in some other entity Allah knows best but perhaps I want everybody to be very clear do not misquote me I am saying the evidence of the Quran is ambiguous nothing is explicit but perhaps some evidences can possibly be interpreted to suggest other creations of Allah call them aliens call them UFOs this is not besides the point foreign [Music] so the brother asks a very good question and that is what is our position about alternative life forms I.E aliens do Muslims believe in aliens or not and the fact of the matter is that this isn't a funny question it's a very serious question but we don't call them aliens has Allah created other beings or are we the only creation of Allah that is the question and the response is we will never know for sure in this world and most likely in the next we won't care but some Scholars including ebentamia have opined that Allah azzawajal has created other life forms and that this goes back to the Perfection of Allah being is the one who continues to create so the notion that the only creation is us and after we're gone there will be no other creation it seems to suggest as if that Allah is not really creating perpetually continuously and even Tamia felt that this diminishes the Majesty of Allah that he felt that Allah has been constantly creating and will constantly continue to create to no end and that what we know is only our world that in our world Allah began in this manner and there's going to be um this is our portion there are others as well before us and after us are they simultaneous to us even Tamia didn't talk about that even theme is talking about the issue of Allah always creating but there is no negation of the fact that other worlds could be simultaneous to us or other creations could be simultaneous and there are many evidences that might possibly suggest this so please don't misquote me don't tweet Yasir Khali is saying there's aliens please careful keep my reputation and others I'm saying there is some evidence to suggest that Allah has created other creations whether they are before us or after us or the same time as us the Quran does not mention anything but the Quran might possibly suggest is that clear that there are other creations it might possibly not suggest that either what are some of the evidences number one he has created things you will never know you don't know about so you will never know which means this is not something you can see he has created things you don't know about and we continue to discover new species every day that's not what Allah is talking about something else number two that Allah says in the Quran that uh Allah has created all of the heavens and the Earth and he has scattered throughout all of them creatures not just on the earth the samawats and the samawat as we talked about in Surah Yusuf Ananda uh uh the samawat is not just our Heavens it is beyond our heavens and Allah says he has scattered creatures and all of them and if he

wants to he can gather all of them up at once or he can gather the two of them together now you can understand this verse to mean the day of judgment which is the majority interpretation or you can understand it to mean Allah has created all different creatures and if he wanted to he could cause them to meet both are linguistically possible there are other evidences as well I'll just jump straight to the one I think is the strongest evidence to suggest that there might be other creations of Allah and Allah knows best Surat Israel where Allah says we have honored the children of Adam and we have carried them in the land and in the seas and our times we add in the ears and we have given them many things and we have preferred them humans over many other things that we have created which means we have preferred some over them as well do you understand we occupy a high rank according to this verse but not the highest you could interpret this again you could all of this is right which means now in the world that we inhabit who is at the top of the pyramid I mean in the creation it's us who bow down to us the angels the Jinn so then we are at the top in this of the creation right yet Allah says that we have honored the children of Adam over many other things we have created not all so again these these are all gray areas so to to summarize and with this we conclude we went way over time the Quran does not explicitly claim that there are other life forms or before or after us but a number of famous theologians even Tamia has an entire section dedicated to it and one famous non-muslim scholar by the name of John Hoover j-o-n-h-o-o-v-e-r has written an entire paper if you have I think it's even on PDF Google now just Google it it's called The perpetuity of Creation in the thought of IBN te Mia it's in English it's in fancy schmancy academic English but it's in English and you just Google it by John Hoover the perpetuity of creation and the thought of ibentemia is an entire paper where he combine compiles what IBN Tamia said in his evidences in simple English not simple English but in English and basically this is the summary of it that he says it befits the Majesty of Allah to have created and to continue to create and we are but one of Allah's infinite creations [Music] we are happy to announce the launch of the one Islam TV app watch hundreds of high quality produce Islamic reminders Quran learning videos stories of the prophets and so much more two new videos uploaded daily insha Allah watch videos on demand or download videos and watch offline no more annoying ads or pop-ups 100 safe browsing for your peace of mind watch or listen to lectures and lessons while you work rest or drive with your device Switched Off one Islam TV is one hundred percent run and owned by Muslims which means a small amount you pay for your subscription is a sadakajaria continuous charity for you as we use the funds raised to continue producing more beneficial videos and reminders insha Allah the one Islam TV app is now available on Apple devices Apple TV Android devices Android TV Amazon Fire TV and Roku so you can watch on most devices and smart TVs download now for a free 7-Day trial may Allah reward you for supporting our work.