The benefits of the verse “Those who believe in the unseen” and clarification of what is meant by the unseen.

Among the benefits of the verses is the virtue of believing in the unseen. If you wish, you may say that the reality of faith is believing in the unseen, as He said: . For faith in what is witnessed is not faith. Faith in what is perceived by the senses is not faith, O ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Uthay. Yes, that is correct. The evidence is that Pharaoh used to deny the Lord of the worlds and say to Moses, “Who is the Lord of the worlds?” But when drowning overtook him, he said, . In this is humiliation of the utmost degree. At first, he used to kill the Children of Israel if they did not agree with him, but now he has become a follower of them. He did not say, “I believe in Allah” or “I believe in the Lord of the worlds.” Rather, he said, “I believe in the One in whom the Children of Israel believe.” He used the relative pronoun that indicates magnification and glorification, followed by “in whom the Children of Israel believe,” so that he would say, “I am a follower of them, believing in what they believe in.” This is the height of humiliation. Pay attention to this point.
Now, is this faith that came from Pharaoh in that moment a beneficial faith? No. That is why it was said to him, “Now?” There is no benefit in it. This is the truth of faith in a witnessed thing. Look at this door. Do you say, “I believe that this is a door”? Yes? Is that faith? It is not faith. If I said, “I believe that there are men around me seeking knowledge,” is that faith? Is it faith? It is not faith. As for “there are men around me,” that is correct, it is not faith, because they are visible. But “seeking knowledge” is faith, because it is based on my assumption regarding what they intend by seeking knowledge, and whether they are earnest or merely present in body while their hearts are elsewhere, or something similar. In any case, consider it, if Allah wills, as faith, but do not consider it as faith in the unseen; consider it as faith in what is perceived by the senses.