The ruling on dividing the knowledge of Allah into eternal and renewed
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I heard in some of the lessons of one of the former students of knowledge that he says that the knowledge of Allah the Exalted is of two types: eternal and renewed, which is renewed with the renewal of events. He cites as evidence His saying:[Muhammad 47:31], and His saying: [Al-Hadid 57:25], and other verses. Is this a correct statement?
Answer:
This is a correct topic, and we have not heard it from the scholars of knowledge. This is the independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) of this speaker. The scholars say regarding such matters that this is the knowledge of manifestation. The eternal knowledge is written in the Preserved Tablet, and it is in the eternal knowledge of Allah the Exalted in the Book of Allah the Exalted. As for[Muhammad 47:31], meaning until the jihad manifests from them, what Allah knew manifests in the appointed time, appearing openly and being seen by people. This is the intended meaning. The knowledge of manifestation is not the knowledge by which Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is described.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I heard in some of the lessons of one of the former students of knowledge that he says that the knowledge of Allah the Exalted is of two types: eternal and renewed, which is renewed with the renewal of events. He cites as evidence His saying:
until We make evident those who strive among you
حَتَّىٰ نَعْلَمَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ مِنكُمْand so that Allah may make evident those who support Him and His messengers
وَلِيَعْلَمَ اللَّهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُ وَرُسُلَهُAnswer:
This is a correct topic, and we have not heard it from the scholars of knowledge. This is the independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) of this speaker. The scholars say regarding such matters that this is the knowledge of manifestation. The eternal knowledge is written in the Preserved Tablet, and it is in the eternal knowledge of Allah the Exalted in the Book of Allah the Exalted. As for
until We make evident those who strive
حَتَّىٰ نَعْلَمَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ
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