Continuation of the explanation of the chapter: The saying of Allah the Exalted: “(Knower of the unseen, so He does not disclose any of His unseen to anyone)” and: “(Indeed, Allah has knowledge of the Hour)” and

The Shaykh : And no soul knows on which land it will die. Even if a person decides that he will not leave his country, and Allah has decreed that he will die in another country, it is necessary that Allah decrees a cause by which he moves to that other country. And if he does not know on which land he will die, even though he is able to travel, then he does not know at what time he will die, a fortiori.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : No, it is not guessing about the unseen, but many of them hit the mark, and their hitting the mark is more frequent. And they rely, as I told you, not on the unseen or conjecture, but on conditioning the weather through precise instruments by which they know. Therefore, you find them saying, for example, that after a year there will be rain, or after a month, or after a week. Rather, it is specific to the time by which they know the conditioning of the weather. Just as we now, without instruments, if we find that the sky is filled with clouds and thunder and lightning, do we not expect that rain will fall? We expect it. He said: Not before it “And He sent it down with His knowledge” the verse. So the waw is from the author’s speech, so it is a conjunction, and the estimation is: And his saying: And this verse is a sentence, and this sentence is from a verse, and it is His saying, Blessed and Exalted is He: So Allah the Mighty and Majestic made clear that Allah testifies to what He sent down to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and that He sent it down with His knowledge. And “knowledge” here may mean the passive participle, i.e., He sent it down with what is known, i.e., what Allah the Mighty and Majestic knows of news and what He judges of rulings. And it may be a noun in its true sense, and the meaning is that Allah sent it down while He is knowing it, Exalted and Majestic is He. So the Qur'an, without doubt, was sent down with much information from Allah, and without doubt it was sent down with the knowledge of Allah. It was sent down upon the knowledge of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. He said:
I ask: Is the “ma” here a negation or a condition? Khalid
The student: It is neither a negation nor a condition.

The Shaykh : It is neither a negation nor a condition. Yes.
The student: It is a negation.

The Shaykh : It is a negation.
Good. Why is it not a condition? Because the verb after it is raised, and if it were a condition, it would be jussive. And it is a negation because “illa” occurred after it. So, “No female conceives or gives birth except by His knowledge” means that the beginning of pregnancy and the occurrence of delivery, all of that is by the knowledge of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. And this verse is among what is recited for a woman when her delivery is difficult. And it is very beneficial if a person recites over water and recites this verse and recites: and recites: Then, by the permission of Allah, it benefits. The woman drinks it and wipes her belly with it, and she delivers easily: Except by His knowledge, meaning except if it is issued from the knowledge of Allah the Mighty and Majestic for her pregnancy and her delivery, from the creation of Allah. And Allah the Mighty and Majestic says: And He the Exalted said: To Allah, not to anyone else, returns the knowledge of the Hour. And this is something known by the Qur'an, the Sunnah, and consensus that no one knows when the Hour will occur except Allah the Mighty and Majestic.