Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Have you not seen that Allah knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.”
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Exegesis of His saying, the Exalted: “Have you not seen that Allah knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth”
Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Mujadilah: 7] .
“Have you not seen” means: Have you not known? The intended meaning is everyone to whom the address is directed, so everyone knows this, except for the one whom Allah has blinded in his insight. The hamzah here is for affirmation, and likewise, whenever you find the interrogative hamzah entering upon “lam”, it is for affirmation.Its example is: [Al-Sharh: 1] The meaning is: We have expanded for you your chest [Al-Mujadilah: 7] The meaning is: You have seen that Allah.
[Ali 'Imran 3:29] Whether small or large, He knows that before and after its occurrence, Mighty and Majestic is He, so Allah does not mislead and does not forget, Glorified and Exalted is He.
And know, O Muslim brother! That Allah the Exalted knows everything in general and in detail before it exists. He knows when it will be, where it will be, and how it will be. Then He wrote in the Preserved Tablet—and it is a great, vast tablet—the measures of everything until the Hour. “When Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, created the Pen, He said to it: Write.
He said: My Lord, and what shall I write?He said: Write what is to be until the Day of Resurrection. So it wrote in that moment what is to be until the Day of Resurrection. What is written for a person does not miss him, and what is not written for him does not befall him. The pens have dried up and the scrolls have been folded.” If you believe in this, you will be at peace and settled, and you will not regret an action, nor grieve over the future; because when a person believes in the divine decree, he is at peace. And there is no happy life except with belief in the divine decree. If a person traveled and was struck by an accident, and he was a complete believer in the divine decree, what would he do?We say: This is the decree of Allah,He is pleased and submits and says: “Indeed, to Allah we belong and to Him we return.” So he is at peace and his chest expands. If he is struck by an illness, he knows that this is written for him. Then, when he remembers the reward, it becomes easy for him; because the illnesses and pains in this world end in cessation, and the reward is permanent. For this reason, some of the knowing women, when her finger was injured, did not grieve and did not speak of anything. When she was asked about this,She said: The sweetness of her reward made me forget the bitterness of her patience.
Look at the faith! Allah, Mighty and Majestic, wrote in the Preserved Tablet what is to be until the Day of Resurrection.
Then, does this that happens occur by the will of Allah or without the will of Allah?
It occurs by the will of Allah. Nothing happens except by the will of Allah. He is the One who willed it before and willed it at its occurrence. Then, this that has happened is created for Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Everything is created for Allah, even the movements of a person are created for Allah, the actions of a person are created for Allah. My movements now and your movements are created for Allah. How is this?Because this movement occurred from me by two things: By will and power.
If I did not intend to move, I would not have moved, and if I were incapable, I would not have moved. Who created this will and power? Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is the One who placed the will in you and placed the power in you. So everything is created for Allah, Mighty and Majestic. If you know that Allah knows what is in the heavens and the earth, and that everything is written, that obligates you to fear Allah in your secret and your public; because Allah knows even what your soul whispers, and nothing is hidden from Him.
O Allah, we ask You for Your fear in the unseen and the witnessed. Fear Allah in your secret and your witnessed; because Allah knows what is in your heart. O Allah, make our intentions sincere and rectify our deeds.
Allah the Exalted said:
Have you not considered that Allah knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth? There is in no private conversation three but that He is the fourth of them, nor are there five but that He is the sixth of them - and no less than that and no more except that He is with them [in knowledge] wherever they are
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مَا يَكُونُ مِنْ نَجْوَى ثَلاثَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ رَابِعُهُمْ وَلا خَمْسَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ سَادِسُهُمْ وَلا أَدْنَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَلا أَكْثَرَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَعَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كَانُوا“Have you not seen” means: Have you not known? The intended meaning is everyone to whom the address is directed, so everyone knows this, except for the one whom Allah has blinded in his insight. The hamzah here is for affirmation, and likewise, whenever you find the interrogative hamzah entering upon “lam”, it is for affirmation.Its example is:
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَHave you not seen that Allah
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَHe knows that which is in the heavens and that which is on the earth
يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِAnd know, O Muslim brother! That Allah the Exalted knows everything in general and in detail before it exists. He knows when it will be, where it will be, and how it will be. Then He wrote in the Preserved Tablet—and it is a great, vast tablet—the measures of everything until the Hour. “When Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, created the Pen, He said to it: Write.
He said: My Lord, and what shall I write?He said: Write what is to be until the Day of Resurrection. So it wrote in that moment what is to be until the Day of Resurrection. What is written for a person does not miss him, and what is not written for him does not befall him. The pens have dried up and the scrolls have been folded.” If you believe in this, you will be at peace and settled, and you will not regret an action, nor grieve over the future; because when a person believes in the divine decree, he is at peace. And there is no happy life except with belief in the divine decree. If a person traveled and was struck by an accident, and he was a complete believer in the divine decree, what would he do?We say: This is the decree of Allah,He is pleased and submits and says: “Indeed, to Allah we belong and to Him we return.” So he is at peace and his chest expands. If he is struck by an illness, he knows that this is written for him. Then, when he remembers the reward, it becomes easy for him; because the illnesses and pains in this world end in cessation, and the reward is permanent. For this reason, some of the knowing women, when her finger was injured, did not grieve and did not speak of anything. When she was asked about this,She said: The sweetness of her reward made me forget the bitterness of her patience.
Look at the faith! Allah, Mighty and Majestic, wrote in the Preserved Tablet what is to be until the Day of Resurrection.
Then, does this that happens occur by the will of Allah or without the will of Allah?
It occurs by the will of Allah. Nothing happens except by the will of Allah. He is the One who willed it before and willed it at its occurrence. Then, this that has happened is created for Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Everything is created for Allah, even the movements of a person are created for Allah, the actions of a person are created for Allah. My movements now and your movements are created for Allah. How is this?Because this movement occurred from me by two things: By will and power.
If I did not intend to move, I would not have moved, and if I were incapable, I would not have moved. Who created this will and power? Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is the One who placed the will in you and placed the power in you. So everything is created for Allah, Mighty and Majestic. If you know that Allah knows what is in the heavens and the earth, and that everything is written, that obligates you to fear Allah in your secret and your public; because Allah knows even what your soul whispers, and nothing is hidden from Him.
O Allah, we ask You for Your fear in the unseen and the witnessed. Fear Allah in your secret and your witnessed; because Allah knows what is in your heart. O Allah, make our intentions sincere and rectify our deeds.