Moon-Light (Part-2)

Author: Engineer M. M. E. Hossain

Episode: Asking an Islamic Scholar

After everyone had cleaned up from home, they set off for the mosque. Everyone had a mountain-like hunger to know whether aliens really existed. Or could it be something else? The evening prayers began. All the Muslims in the mosque, in a state of purity, proclaimed the greatness of the Lord Allah. The evening prayer ended with the message of peace. After end of the prayers were over, they went to the Islamic scholar of the mosque.

Robin said with great respect, "Sir, we all learned about aliens in our class. But what is your opinion about aliens?"

Islamic scholar: "What science calls aliens, Islam calls them jinn. Our Prophet (PBUH) was told everything about this in the Quran."

Hiro: "That means aliens and jinn are the same!"

Islamic scholar: "You're right."

Rubel: “Sir, can you tell us more about the jinn?”

Islamic scholar: “Okay. I will tell you. However, I may not be able to tell you everything today. Because I am in a bit of a hurry today. And it would not be right for you to stay out of the house for long at night. You should go home quickly and start studying.”

Mirun: "Sir, then you start."

Islamic scholar: "Our great Lord created the jinn nation many years before the creation of humans. There are good and bad among the jinn too. The jinn also follow different religions. It is not known anywhere who is the leader of the good jinn. But the leader of the evil jinn is Iblis. Before the creation of man, he was the chief leader of the angels. The Lord Allah cursed him for his arrogance. And, based on his knowledge, the jinn were able to reach the limits of the first heaven."

Hiru: "We humans have also reached the sky."

Islamic scholar: "What we call the sky is not the sky. It is space. Except for some prophets and messengers, no human has ever found the sky."

Rubel: "Why, sir?"

Islamic scholar: “Because there are two ways to reach the sky. The first is through the void that we see. And the other is short and unobstructed.”

Robin: “What kind of fact, sir!”

Islamic scholar: “You must have seen multi-story buildings.”

Everyone in a soft voice: "Yes, sir."

Islamic scholar: "There are both stairs and elevators. Climbing the stairs takes more time, and any part of the body can be damaged if you stumble. But there is nothing like that in an elevator. Similarly, there are difficult paths and short paths without obstacles to go anywhere in the universe from Earth. And, the leader of the evil jinn, Iblis, knows that short path and the design of the aircraft needed to travel along that path. Which he has taught his followers to master.”

Mirun: “Sir, that means they are far ahead of us in technology.”

Islamic scholar: “Yes, you got it right.”

Rubel: “Sir, that means what science calls aliens, Islam calls jinn.”

Islamic scholar: "You are right."

Then Rubel told the Islamic scholar about his dream in detail.

Hearing that, the Islamic scholar said, "Our Lord Allah has created a world of dreams. Where people's souls go after they sleep. There they sometimes see the things of their imagination. Again, sometimes God would present a small parable about his future in that dream.”

Finally, after the discussion, Rubel and his friends and the Islamic scholar each went home.

Episode: Dinner

As soon as he got home, his mother asked, “Is it a good sign to be out at night, Rubel?”

His father also shouted. Rubel then told his parents all the details and sat down at the study table.

When it was 10:30 at night, his mother came and took Rubel to the dining table. Rubel and his parents enjoyed this time very much every night. After eating, Rubel went to his bedroom, and his parents went to theirs.

Episode: The Shining Moon

That day, before going to bed, Rubel opened the window and peered outside. The soft light of the moon in the sky seemed to be rocking his house. In this enchanting moonlight, Rubel became emotional about the alien, or jinn, for a while. He was thinking about the alien Sarazia Yakib he had seen in his dream during his afternoon nap. Would he come again? It was just a fantasy, as the Islamic scholar had said. Thinking about the eventful day, he drifted off to sleep. Rubel's bedroom in the staff quarters was illuminated by moonlight.