On the Attachment of the Knowledge of Allah the Exalted to Things
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And his statement: "Indeed, Allah was All-Knowing of what would be before it was." Is this assessment correct? Why? Because He is All-Knowing of what will be before it is, after it is, during its existence, and after it is, during its non-existence. Thus, the knowledge of Allah the Exalted attaches to things in their three states: before existence, during existence, and after non-existence. Otherwise, no. After non-existence. Before existence, during existence, and after non-existence. Do you understand? The knowledge of the created being does not attach to things in all these states. Before existence, it is known that he does not know it; during existence, he knows it—let us assume he knows it; and after non-existence, he may forget it, or not? So the knowledge of the created being is flanked by two deficiencies: prior ignorance and subsequent forgetting. As for Allah Mighty and Majestic, His knowledge is complete in general and in detail in all states: before existence, during existence, and after non-existence. For this reason, Musa (peace be upon him) said: [Taha 20:52] Surah Ta-Ha. So he denied for Him misguidance, which is ignorance, and forgetting, which is the lapse of mind regarding a thing after knowing it.
