Explaining that the knowledge of Allah encompasses everything, with mention of examples.

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The Shaykh : This knowledge, the knowledge of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), encompasses everything, the past, the present, and the future. Stay with us regarding the past, the present, and the future. It encompasses the past, so He does not forget, and the present and the future, so He does not lack knowledge. For this reason, when Pharaoh asked Musa, "What is the matter with the former generations?" he said:

[Moses] said, "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a record. My Lord neither errs nor forgets."

علمها عند ربي في كتاب لا يضل ربي ولا ينسى

[Taha 20:52]

He does not err, He does not lack knowledge, and He does not forget what He has known. So He (Exalted and Majestic is He) knows what was and what will be, if it were to be, how it would be. The knowledge of Allah encompasses everything, in general or in detail. Question: Does it encompass everything in general, or in general and in detail? In general and in detail. Listen to the general statement: Allah the Exalted said:

so you may know that Allah is over all things competent and that Allah has encompassed all things in knowledge.

لتعلموا أن الله على كل شيء قدير وأن الله قد أحاط بكل شيء علماً

[At-Talaq 65:12]

This is a general statement. As for the detail, listen to it in many verses, among which is His saying:

And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record.

وعنده مفاتح الغيب لا يعلمها إلا هو ويعلم ما في البر والبحر وما تسقط من ورقة إلا يعلمها ولا حبة في ظلمات الأرض ولا رطب ولا يابس إلا في كتاب مبين

[Al-An'am 6:59]

And He said:

He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein

يعلم ما يلج في الأرض وما يخرج منها وما ينزل من السماء وما يعرج فيها

[Saba 34:2]

And He said:

And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him

ولقد خلقنا الإنسان ونعلم ما توسوس به نفسه

[Qaf 50:16]

And the verses on this are numerous.

Source alathar.net

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