m The MarkazAnswers to Everyday Issues
Guidance regarding basic Islamic issues that Hazrat Amirul Momineen, Khalifatul Masih V (aa), has given on various occasions in his written correspondence and during MTA programmes is being published officially below for everyone’s benefit.
Al Hakam Weekly22nd April 2026
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Is there divine guidance for extraterrestrial life too?
Someone from Germany wrote to Hazrat Amirul Momineen, Khalifatul Masih V (aa), asking: If there are other worlds as well, then what religion would there be for those other worlds? Would there be more than one Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and would there be different versions of the Holy Quran? In that case, should it not have been stated in the Holy Quran that Allah the Almighty would safeguard every version of the Quran?
“Huzoor-e-Anwar (aa), in his letter dated 2 December 2023, granted the following guidance regarding this question:
“Allah the Exalted states in the Holy Quran:
اَللّٰهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَوَاتٍ وَمِنَ الْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ يَتَنَزَّلُ الْأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا
“‘Allah is He Who created seven heavens and of the earth the like thereof. The [divine] command comes down in their midst, that you may know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah encompasses all things in [His] knowledge.’ (Surah at-Talaq, Ch.65: V.13)
“From this Quranic verse, it is clear that Allah the Exalted has, throughout His vast universe, sent down commands everywhere exactly in accordance with what was required there and under these commands the order of the universe continues to function. Upon this earth, Allah the Exalted also created human beings and for their reformation and guidance, He instituted, in this world, the chain of Prophets. Thus, our belief is that only those human beings are subject to the obligations of this system of divine law to whom the message of such laws has been conveyed. If, apart from this earth, there are other such worlds inhabited by beings like the people of this earth, then, until the message of our Sharia reaches them, they are not subject to its obligations. And if Allah the Exalted has granted them some other sharia, then they will certainly be subject to that. What the sharias granted to them are like or who the Prophets sent to them may be, is known only to Allah the Exalted. However, once contact is established with the inhabitants of those worlds and we convey to them the message of this Sharia of Allah the Exalted, then they too will become subject to its obligations and this teaching and this Messenger (sa) will also be applicable to them and worthy of emulation.
“As yet, aliens exist only in stories and it is the people of this earth who are searching for them. As far as their side is concerned, no contact with us has yet been established.
“An English professor, Mr Wragge, submitted to the Promised Messiah (as):
“‘This issue is beyond my comprehension: When God has created billions of other [celestial] systems apart from this earth with which we are connected, why restrict the powers and favours of God Almighty to this earth alone?’(Malfuzat, 2022, Vol. 10, p. 309)
“To this, the Promised Messiah (as) replied:
“‘This is not our belief. We do not assert that there is no other system beyond this heaven and earth. On the contrary, our God affirms that He is Rabb-ul-‘Alamin [Lord of all the worlds]; meaning that He is the Lord of all worlds and that wherever any population exists, there He has verily sent Messengers. Absence of knowledge does not necessarily imply absence of existence. Why wouldn’t the God who created such vast provision for this lone little tiny earth, have created any provision for all the other inhabitations? He is equally the Lord of all and aware of the needs of all.’”(Malfuzat, 2022, Vol. 10, p. 309)
source https://www.alhakam.org/answers-to-everyday-issues-part-107
