Is it possible for us to live on a different planet? Sh. ‘Uthaymīn

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Allāh says:

(فَأَزَلَّهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ وَقُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ وَلَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ) (البقرة: ٣٦)

Then the Shaitān (Satan) made them slip therefrom (the Paradise), and got them out from that in which they were. We said: “Get you down, all, with enmity between yourselves. On earth will be a dwelling place for you and an enjoyment for a time.” (al-Baqarah:36)


The saying of The Most High: {On earth will be a dwelling place for you and an enjoyment for a time} meaning: that you will settle on the earth, and you will enjoy it with the blessings that Allāh has given you, but not forever; rather for a time. And that is (until) the establishment of the Hour.

Benefits [from the verse] :

7. It is not possible for Banī Ādam to live anywhere else except on Earth, as Allāh The Most-High says:

{On earth will be a dwelling place for you and an enjoyment for a time}, and this is (further) supported by the saying of Allāh The Most-High:

{فيها تحيون وفيها تموتون ومنها تخرجون} [الأعراف: ٢٥]

{Therein you shall live, and therein you shall die, and from it you shall be brought out (i.e. resurrected)} (al-A’rāf:25)

Based on that, we know that the attempt of the disbelievers to live on other than Earth, either on some planets, or in some (space) ships, is a desperate attempt because their dwelling must [inevitably] be on the Earth.

(Abridged, Tafsīr of al-‘Uthaymīn 1/77-78)

Published by أبو زكريا عيسى الألباني

BSc (Hons) Microbiology | Qur'ān | Sunnah |

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