What's Islam's stance on finding another planet?

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:bism: (In the Name of God, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful)

czgibson said:
Greetings,

I would be happy to discuss these things with you in a public thread such as you describe, as long as the forum staff were happy for such a discussion to take place.
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Well, we'll hope for the best. And we will get to that bridge when it happens.

All my own words! Stolen! She's nicked that poem from me!
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Hey, musician, just be happy that you were my muse! Everyone should like to be someone's muse once in a lifetime. ;) Haha.

On the other hand, I am happy to give you all the credit if you agree to "get drunk with me."

Haha. Just kidding. It's an excellent poem. Although I disagree with some of the content, and I don't understand the last line, nobody can deny there's some really seductive use of language there.

Peace
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Well, the last line was because of the question that you asked originally in this thread, and after responding to you, I'd simply written this poem. You're the answer to your own question, and as I told you before, that every question that begins with you must end with you too as those questions are noise and you when you observe silence, you are observing yourself as the answer.

*Raspberries* Can't disagree with the poem if you're yet not "drunk."

"Come get drunk with me." :statisfie
 
Huzaifah ibn Adam said:
People will use any excuse in the world - no matter how ridiculous it may be - just to reject and turn away from the truth.
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Since it is the perceived finitude of time itself that suggests a beginning of times and a first cause, the idea of a first cause would naturally emerge anywhere in the universe. It will be the default point of view. Still, indeed, there will always be people who will challenge this.

As the intention in the Quran is to reveal the law of mankind, and with mankind specifically adapted to survival on earth, we can reasonably assume that aliens will be adapted to their own planet. They may, for example, have another system of reproduction. Their version of the Quran will contain rules mandating that they follow the laws that go with that system and not with ours. In other words, the Quran is a message specifically addressing mankind. For example, if elephants were intelligent, they would receive their different version of the Quran.

The concept of a first cause is universal, but mankind is not.
 
Allah sent/created us for the sole purpose of worshipping Him. Any other halal endeavours we engage in should be directly involved in sustaining us (Rizq-related activities like working for wages) and facilitating our abilities (most relevant education) to worship Him.
I see no problem with studying the cosmos as it helps us to fear, admire and visually acknowledge Allah's Majesty. But hunting for other planets is a waste of time as it won't yield any extra intellectual profit forbus let alone material profit. We don't even have affordable tech for getting near such planets if we do find them.
Focus your efforts on understanding Islam and Allah and avoid digressing.
 
NASA wants to send humans to Mars around 2030.

It's fascinating as it is frightening, I have been so enchanted by the night sky since I was 5 years old - and I still feel that same amazement now, alhamdulillah, hasn't decreased one bit.

That said, I'm happy observing it from Earth - I don't like going too far from home, lol.
 

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