Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Or do they possess the unseen?"
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Question:
He says: I hope you will explain the noble verse in Surat al-Tur, in the saying of the Blessed and Exalted:[At-Tur 52:41].
Answer:
Yes, Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, challenges them and rebukes them for judging the future, saying such and such will happen and such and such will occur, even though they do not know the unseen. Indeed, knowledge of the unseen is exclusive to Allah, Mighty and Majestic:[An-Naml 27:65]. Claiming knowledge of the unseen is among the nullifiers of Islam and among the causes of apostasy, because it is associating partners with Allah, for he claims to share with Allah in the knowledge of the unseen, which none knows but He, Glorified and Exalted is He. So by their judgment against the Messenger, and that he is not truthful in his message, and that there is no Paradise and no Fire, and that what the Messenger reported is not true, Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says: [At-Tur 52:41]? They know that there is no Paradise, no resurrection, no rising, and no... They have no knowledge of any of that. Yes.
He says: I hope you will explain the noble verse in Surat al-Tur, in the saying of the Blessed and Exalted:
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَAnswer:
Yes, Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, challenges them and rebukes them for judging the future, saying such and such will happen and such and such will occur, even though they do not know the unseen. Indeed, knowledge of the unseen is exclusive to Allah, Mighty and Majestic:
Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected."
قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ الْغَيْبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَOr have they [knowledge of] the unseen
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/009 — archive.org (11:29)
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