OTHER FORMS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE? (Allah knows best)
4:133 "If it were His will, He could destroy you, o mankind, and create another race; for He hath power this to do."
17:99 "See they not that Allah, Who created the heavens and the Earth, has power to create the like of them? And He has decreed for them an appointed term, whereof there is no doubt. But the unjust refuse but disbelief."
According to Islam humans are not "image of God" like Bible teaches us. In the beginning (1:2) Koran says "Praise be to Allah, the cherisher and sustainer of the WORLDS". In Koran Allah has created us and "(other) things of which you have no knowledge" (16:8). Humans are not said to be created first, before us Allah created "jinns", which sound like other species in space (all those yet unknown for us?), some of them live in same world (universe/earth) with us, some of them even eat same food as us, are invisible (by technology?) or can be seen, are good and bad, and some resemble humans, even have intelligence (not all of the jinns are said to do or be so, but at least some or many of them):
55:15-16 "And He created jinns from fire free of smoke: Then which of the favors of your Lord will ye deny?"
72:6-12 "(jinns said´True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the jinns, but they increased them into further error. And they (came to) think as ye thought, that Allah would not raise up any one (to judgment). And we pried into the (secrets of) heaven (/we have sought to reach the heaven); but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires. We used, indeed, to sit there in stations, to (steal) a hearing; but any who listens now will find a flaming fire watching him in ambush. And we understand not whether evil is intended to THOSE ON EARTH, on whether their Lord (really) intends to guide them to right conduct. There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths. But we think that we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the earth, not can we ESCAPE Him BY FLIGHT.` "
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Jinns are told to be created from "fire without smoke" before humans. When you think where fire does not have any smoke, it is in space without any oxygen. There is huge "torches" (of Koran), stars that are in constant state of burning and fire, and (without oxygen) there is no smoke. When first stars exploded, all material for planets and even for us were born, so would not any possible alien-species be also from the stars? Wideness of description from creation, unlike with humans (water/clay/semen), makes it possible that in space can be all kind of alien-life, not just carbon or water based, as all material has come from stars, that is probably why Allah took first stars as point in their creation, as creation from water is definitely valid to describe life on earth, but for all planets it might not fit.
So humans have most largest scale of creation, Adam from water (evolution began from there) /ground of earth (food originated from ground, according to 86:6-7 sperm came from food, "between ribs and backbone", from stomach) /sperm (Adam not excluded from that, in fact could be only about Adam because in future might be cloned people too), because "CREATED" is ALWAYS in past time-form, so propably only about Adam. Animals are said to be created only from water, as some animals do not produce by sperm or eat food originated from ground (if I remember correctly, plankton for example might be that kind of food). But largest description is on jinns, as all kinds of evolutions are possible for them, as all kinds of evolutions demand materia and energy, atoms, in form or another.
Jinns have been traditionally understand by interpretation as "spirits" or "ghosts", but from their description we have a hint from other more developed civilizations, which have for example capability to fly, to travel with developed ways (even among us unnoticed, f.ex. invisible or as a human/animals according to hadiths, in hadiths jinns are also said to live on same world with us, in same universe or even some on same planet, but not ALL jinns are said to mach these descriptions, they are just general descriptions about [some of] them, because such interpretation that all jinns are on earth is in contradiction to parts of Koran where is talked about flight and passing of borders of heavens by jinns). Jinns are even told to have been sitting on borders of heaven (universe) seeking way to get ("hear"=search for information, with radio waves?) pass it, but noticed that it can not be done. If there is nothing behind border, where to cross it? What kind of natural phenomena’s there could be close the border of heavens, universe and dimensions, where we can not get any information yet? "Guards" and "flames" (meteors and electric flows? Other dangerous flame-like phenomena’s? New-born or dead stars wondering in high speed without orbit around galaxy?)? So does jinns mean aliens, both the spirits and alien-creatures, or are spirits in fact alien-creatures? Jinns said (72:12) that they are not able to escape Allah even by flight, so is it not clear that they live or are (in future at least) capable of living outside our planet?
According to Islam satan (Iblis) was originally a "Jinn", who was promoted to an angel (and began rebellious, knowledge brings responsibility), even that points to a very long life and development with an invidual / species that finally got "promoted" clearly above his own level in "mega-evolution". In Koran (21:30) Allah said that He created “everything living” from water, but it may be only about species on earth (as ayat says “didn’t UNBELIEVERS know..” and "earth"), everything else can be classified as “jinns” who were created from (“fire without smoke”) stars long before possible evolution from water (or from other elements, as material for the planet came from the stars). It is only interpretation that “good and bad” jinns means that there is also Muslims and other religions (like Christians) among them, they might have their very own understanding, mission and judgment, as obedient angels do (who were created from light, so satan was clearly only jinn promoted to an angel, although there is possibility that all or some other jinns were already originally created to be fallen angels, satans, and so from "fire without smoke").
14:19-20 "Do you not see that Allah has created the heavens and the earth with truth? If He wills, He can remove you and bring (in your place) a new creation! And for Allah that is not hard or difficult."
42:29 "And among His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the living creatures He has scattered through them: And He has power to gather them (heavens & earth / creatures) together when He wills."
These creatures also act (knowingly/unknowingly/accidentally) according to will of Allah (even used as tools or instruments by Him), that has been defined when the rules of nature have been decided and created. Rules of nature by Allah dictate also everything happening here, even us, because it has made us what we are. And Allah can also put humans and other species to meet when He wills. He can also create through us new species as robots, which could be also understand as “jinns” (metal on them is created in stars before fire). It would still be creation of Allah, as He created us and ordained all that we will do:
6:101 "To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: How can He have a son when He hath no consort? He created all things, and He hath full knowledge of all things."
"Primal origin of creation" is that even if man or jinns would create even planets, Allah is real creator behind it, as He created them before it to do so.
55:33 "O ye assembly of jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, pass ye! Not without authority (/permission) shall ye be able to pass!"
Here is also hint that "jinns" have been able for space-travel before humans. Fact is, that if we will not get to other planets soon, we will be extinct species sooner or later. If we are able to pass atmosphere of our planet or border of universe, then we have had permission for it. For Muslims living in space would be easier, pilgrimage to Mecca is not necessary if there is no change for it, and in prayer it is possible to bow in any direction when no certainty about direction.
One great evidence behalf of Koran is that it does not declare that each and everyone of us is going to die on earth (Except Adam and Eve), in this planet, but will leave it open that are we going to travel on other planets as we now see might be possible someday, although Koran speaks generally (many times as quotes of other than Allah) about humans living/who lived here and about general life in here, which will not lose its meaning even for generations possibly on other planets as home of mankind. Mars could be easily and quickly habituated by giant domes build on lopes of mountains, where circulation of water (brought by pipes from northern polar cap) would go from lake/sea in the bottom of dome to upper hills of mountain, raining down (even as snow on top) and forming rivers coming back to lake/sea under it.
This was from my book in:
http://www.angelfire.com/moon2/koran/
http://www.angelfire.com/moon2/quran/




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