In the name of  Allah, the All Merciful, the All Compassionate.
The Master of Time, the Creator of the Universe.
The One without  partner or equal.
The One who does not beget, nor was begotten.
The One who does not resemble nor relies on His creation.

 May Allahs peace and blessings be on Muhammad al-Mustapha, the Seal of Prophethood, the Final Messenger of Allah and the mercy to Mankind.

 May Allahs peace and blessings be on the pure and cleansed Household and Progeny of Muhammad the most beloved of  Allah.

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Before we start the discussion we should bear in mind what Allah (swt) says about life and living creatures:
 1. We are told by Allah (s.w.t.) in the Holy Qur'an that the Angels and their universe was created from the purest light (energy), light without heat (in our universe it is not possible to create pure light due to the degree of disorder (entropy?) required to maintain the cosmic balance. We are also told that the Angels are beings who are created without free will and only do as commanded by their Lord.
 
2. The Holy Qur'an also tells us that the Jinn and their universe was created from the purest form of Heat (energy), heat without smoke (dust or un-burnt matter), since there is no matter in their universe. It is not possible to create any types of pure energy in our material universe, not even in nuclear reactions, again due to the requirement of disorder (imperfection) in order that balance is maintained. We are told that Jinn unlike Angels do have free will. Due to their nature and knowledge of many of the secrets of the Universes the Jinn know who their Master is and know His power and Majesty; yet some of them like Iblis (their leader) choose to disobey and try to oppose the will of Allah (s.w.t.). Iblis (aka Lucifer) and his followers are known as Shaytan (satan). They are Shaytan (not Kafir) because they disobey even though they have the knowledge. The obedient and believing Jinn are like, in essence, to the Angels and are known as Jinni Mu'min. It has been said along with the Angels, the Jinni Mu'min are the helpers of Prophets, Imams and true believers; and Shaytan Jinni oppose all good and help the evil ones (the shaytan amongst Mankind).  
 
3. Mankind and our Material universe is created out of Matter and its various forms (plasma and energy). The Holy Qur'an tells us that we and our universe  are dependent on time, we occupy space, we contain mass whereas Allah (s.w.t.) is the negative of all these characteristics. When Allah (s.w.t.) created our universe he created the inanimate (non-living) and the animate (living). The basic "ingredient " of the animate creation is life itself.

 

Out of animate Allah created 3 categories:

A. living
B. living and with soul (nafs)
C. living; with soul and with spirit (Ruhu)

 

Bacteria, virus, lichen, plants and cold blooded animals would fall into category A
Some, warm  blooded animals and birds would fall into category B.

Only Mankind (Bani Adham) will fall into category C.

 

Let us define what is living.

A living thing is procreated by parent or parents, it needs sustenance from its surroundings to survive, it procreates, it uses up energy, it is governed by time and will eventually die.

 

The nafs or soul thrives on emotion and is responsible for enhancing the instinctive or intuitive qualities of the dreature, it resides in the "heart". It is also responsible for  good and bad "feelings". Compassion, love, sorrow.....etc... are the good feelings; whereas: hate, greed, envy.....etc... are bad feelings.

 

Allah (s.w.t.) gave us, the children of Adam (Bani Adham); the Spirit (ruhu) so that the soul (nafs) and its effects can be kept under check, so that the good "feelings" are elevated (to a limit)  and the bad are suppressed' i.e. free will.

 

The reader  may be wondering how the above relates to cloning and human clones.

 

Clones are living beings and must be argued from the context of the living or animate creatures.

 

We can  then ask the questions: