The benefits of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “He is the Knower of the unseen; nothing the weight of an atom escapes Him, whether in the heavens or on the earth, and nothing smaller than that or greater, except in a clear Book”
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Among the benefits of this noble verse is the comprehensiveness of Allah’s knowledge of all things, as He said: [Saba 34:3]. Another benefit is the affirmation of the heavens and that they are multiple. Where is this benefit derived from? From where is this benefit derived?
The student: .......
The Shaykh : Yes, from His saying: and the pluralization thereof. In this is the affirmation of the heavens and that they are multiple. Good. Is the earth like the heavens? The answer is yes, as indicated by other texts besides this verse. Yes.
Among its benefits is that there is something smaller than an atom, as He said:. This is a reality, for among the creations of Allah the Exalted and Glorious are things you can barely see with your own eye, things you cannot see except with a microscope. And yet, when you see this thing in a microscope that magnifies it, making it a million times larger, you find that this thing which you cannot see with your eye has all its utilities, hands, legs, eyes, everything. Yes, even the fine hair on its back for its protection, you find it present. This is proof of the perfection of the power of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and that He is Subtle and Aware, (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Also among the benefits of this noble verse is the affirmation of the Preserved Tablet, as He said:. And among its benefits is that in this Tablet are written the measures of all things, the small and the large, as He said: [Yunus 10:61].
And among its benefits is that this Book is clear, meaning detailed for every thing. Yes, as He said (Blessed and Exalted is He): [Al-An'am: 38]. So in this Preserved Tablet is everything that will happen until the Day of Resurrection, as came in the Sunnah clarifying this.
Among the benefits of this noble verse is the permissibility of taking an oath, indeed its obligation when necessity calls for it.
Not absent from Him is an atom's weight within the heavens or within the earth or [what is] smaller than that or greater
لا يَعْزُبُ عَنْهُ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَلا فِي الأَرْضِ وَلا أَصْغَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَلا أَكْبَرُThe student: .......
The Shaykh : Yes, from His saying:
in the heavens
في السماواتAmong its benefits is that there is something smaller than an atom, as He said:
and nothing smaller than that
ولا أصغر من ذلكAlso among the benefits of this noble verse is the affirmation of the Preserved Tablet, as He said:
Book
كتابor [anything] smaller than that or greater but that it is in a clear register.
وَلا أَصْغَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَلا أَكْبَرُ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مُبِينٍAnd among its benefits is that this Book is clear, meaning detailed for every thing. Yes, as He said (Blessed and Exalted is He):
We have not neglected in the Register a thing. Then unto their Lord they will be gathered.
مَا فَرَّطْنَا فِي الْكِتَابِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ثُمَّ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ يُحْشَرُونَAmong the benefits of this noble verse is the permissibility of taking an oath, indeed its obligation when necessity calls for it.