Do planets talk?

This time I will share a thought that has been floating around in my mind for a while… perhaps it will seem a bit strange, or maybe even a little crazy… but in order to follow my line of thought, I ask you to keep an open mind…

سورة الأحزاب ٧٢
إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَن يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا الْإِنسَانُ ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ ظَلُومًا جَهُولًا

Surah Al-Ahzaab 33:72
We did indeed offer the Trust to the Heavens and the Earth and the Mountains; but they refused to undertake it, being afraid thereof: but man undertook it;- He was indeed unjust and foolish;-

According to commentary in the bilingual “The Meaning of the Holy Qur’an” by Abdullah Yusuf Ali *, in reference to the above aya, “the Heavens, the Earth, and the Mountains” are to be taken as symbolical.
Of course, this, I believe, is also how most readers see it.
But… and here is the shocker… I think the meaning could very well be literal. Indeed, crazy as it may sound… Consider the material from which we were initially created. In this reality, we came from the very matter the planets and stars are made of.

What happened in our case?

سورة المؤمنون ٧٨
وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَنشَأَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ

Surah Al-Muminoon 23:78
It is He Who has created for you (the faculties of) hearing, sight, feeling and understanding: little thanks it is ye give!

Other creatures were given ways of speech and communication… even in cases where we can’t normally pick up the sounds with our human ears…

سورة النمل ١٨
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَتَوْا عَلَىٰ وَادِ النَّمْلِ قَالَتْ نَمْلَةٌ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّمْلُ ادْخُلُوا مَسَاكِنَكُمْ لَا يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْ سُلَيْمَانُ وَجُنُودُهُ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

سورة النحل ٨
وَالْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْحَمِيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةً ۚ وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Surah An-Naml 27:18
At length, when they came to a (lowly) valley of ants, one of the ants said: “O ye ants, get into your habitations, lest Solomon and his hosts crush you (under foot) without knowing it.”

Surah An-Nahl 8
And (He has created) horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride and use for show; and He has created (other) things of which ye have no knowledge.

What about other forms of life? Are planets alive? Can they talk? Well, we certainly know that our planet is very much alive. It sustains all plant and animal life that exists on its surface according to Allah’s will and command. As for communicating… they actually do emit sounds that are not audiable to human ears. (For one thing, it’s in space.) With the right technology, Nasa has been able to record such phenomenons. Listen to this…

سورة الذاريات ٢٣
فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَا أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ

سورة فصلت ٥٣
سَنُرِيهِمْ آيَاتِنَا فِي الْآفَاقِ وَفِي أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ ۗ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

Surah Adh-Dhaariyat 51:23
Then, by the Lord of heaven and earth, this is the very Truth, as much as the fact that ye can speak intelligently to each other.

Surah Fussilat 41:53
Soon will We show them our Signs in the (furthest) regions (of the earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord doth witness all things?

We were created from the Earth… and given speech… so, why not the planet from which we came? The difference is that the planets (and stars) follow the laws of nature given by Allah and do not deviate from their roles and functions… as stated by Surah Al-Ahzaab 33:72.

What do you think… crazy? Or does it hold credibility?
Food for thought.

You can find the sounds directly from Nasa’s website, here.

* “The Meaning of the Holy Qur’an” – Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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