Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Cloning and the role of the soul

“The body is made of atoms which is lifeless, but life is due to the soul which is immortal. However, when I think about cloning, like Dolly the sheep, the scientist did not give it a soul as only Allah can. How does this fit?”Asked by Shah Nawaz Khan, Delhi

He answers at 16:35 in Q&A · 1 min 24 sec

His answer, in his own words
16:35
maulana, agla sawal aya hai mister shahnawaz khan ka dilli se. unhon ne likha hai: "the body is made of atoms which is lifeless and of course mortal. but the existence of life is due to soul which is immortal. i am fine with this so far. but when i think about cloning, for instance, dolly the sheep was cloned and developed exactly like how flesh has to be grown, like a collection of atoms. the scientist did not give it a soul as only allah can do it . so how did dolly the sheep get life? from where did the life come in it? it puts a big question mark in my mind about the existence of soul.
17:27
please clear this in reference to islam ." dekhie, hamara mozu nahi yeh sab. hamare nazdeek koi aham masail nahi hain. yeh mere nazdeek anya sraf masail hain. agar aap ko detail janna ho to aap mujh se telephone par baat kijiye ya tehreer likh li jiye ya mujh se miliye to mein bataunga. baqi yeh jo hota hai class hamara, yeh aslan dawat ke liye hota hai aur is tarah ke masail ke liye nahi hota hai yeh. aap ko agar dilchaspi ho to aap alag se mujh se mil sakte hain.
17:59
maulana, agla sawal aya hai misster numan afzal ka haiderabad pakistan se. unhon ne likha hai: "islamic society mein mard aur khawateen ke darmiyan interaction ke bare mein kya ahkamat hain?
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