Some teachers use the example of a teacher’s ability to predict which students will pass and which will fail to illustrate the precedence of Allah’s knowledge!

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some teachers use an example to clarify and make accessible the knowledge of Allah and the precedence of His knowledge to the students. They illustrate it by the teacher’s ability when he predicts or strongly suspects which of the students will pass and which will fail. Is this illustration invalid or valid?

Answer:
This is invalid. This is likening the Creator to the created. The teacher predicts, and his prediction may be correct or it may not; it may differ. As for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), He knows what is said. It is said that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) knows what was and what will be. It is not a prediction; rather, it is knowledge. It is knowledge from Him (Glorified and Exalted is He), and it must come to pass exactly as He (Glorified and Exalted is He) knows it. Yes.