Monday 13 April 2009

Allah's Knowledge (2nd part) - Knowledge of the Unseen

Allah alone has knowledge of the unseen. Indeed none in the creation has this knowledge except Allah alone. We have no need of this knowledge and should not speculate to learn about the unseen by using horoscopes, fortunetellers and so forth. Allah tells us in the Quran:

"And with Him are the keys of the unseen (all that is hidden), none knows them but He. And He knows whatever there is in (or on) the earth and in the sea; not a leaf falls, but He knows it. There is not a grain in the darkness of the earth nor anything fresh or dry, but is written in the clear record."
(Quran, Cattle 6:59)


Only Allah alone has knowledge of the hour of reckoning when every soul will be held to account for the life they spent on earth. This knowledge has been kept with Allah alone and no-one else knows the time of the hour. Allah in his mercy has given certain signs as part of the revelation to show that the time is near but the specifics of the actual time are with Allah alone.


"Indeed, Allah (alone) has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted."
(Quran, Luqman 31:34)

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