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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Philosophy of Islamic Laws Question 41: Holy Qur’an And Control Over Planets Question: In the present age Russian and American scientists have succeeded in conquering to a certain extent some of the planets. In the Holy Qur’an is there any reference to this or not? And will they get more successes regarding them or not?

Answer: There is no doubt that since man came into existence he is progressing towards perfection and still we see that not a single day passes when he is not moving forward, and he does not discover some hidden secret of nature. Therefore there is no doubt that a day may come when he with his god-given power, may spread his life into the heavenly spheres.

Maybe the verse, which was revealed in Qur’an, which is about subjugating the earth and the heaven by man, may not be without indication to this possibility. Because either sun and moon and whatever is in the heavens that have become subdued for man right from the very first day. But control and to take benefit from this control also has degrees and among them the absolute degree is that when these heavenly bodies become cradles of life. In this regard some verses are given below.

(1) And He has made subservient to you whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, all, from Himself; most surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect .[^1] (2) Do you not see that Allah has made what is in the heavens and what is in the earth subservient to you, and made complete to you His favors outwardly and inwardly?

[^2] (3) “ And He has made subservient to you the sun and the moon pursuing their courses ”[^3] And this sentence is revealed in different surahs of the Holy Qur’an.

According to the above-mentioned verses the Holy Qur’an says that: Whatever is in the earth, right from very first day it was given under your command, whereas man has acquired power over the resources which are under the earth not at one place and not only once, but gradually and in all the periods of time to a certain extent he has acquired knowledge about those resources and he has dug them out.

From this it is understood that when the Holy Qur’an says that whatever is in the earth have given in the command control of humans, it does not mean that, all and every stocks of the earth are given under the command of man.