The All-Knowing is the One of whom nothing is hidden, but there is the hadith of the Pen that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) commanded the Pen to write the measures of everything until the Hour stands.
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The questioner : The All-Knowing is the One of whom nothing is hidden.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : But in the hadith of the Pen, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) commanded the Pen to write the measures of everything until the Hour stands.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And what comes after that is not written?
The Shaykh : The apparent meaning of the hadith is so, and that means that the writing until the standing of the Hour is the writing of what entails reward. After the standing of the Hour, there is no reward. This, and Allah knows best, is the wisdom: that Allah the Exalted commanded it to write what is to be until the Day of Resurrection. Yes?
The questioner : I, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : That is, you.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : But in the hadith of the Pen, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) commanded the Pen to write the measures of everything until the Hour stands.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And what comes after that is not written?
The Shaykh : The apparent meaning of the hadith is so, and that means that the writing until the standing of the Hour is the writing of what entails reward. After the standing of the Hour, there is no reward. This, and Allah knows best, is the wisdom: that Allah the Exalted commanded it to write what is to be until the Day of Resurrection. Yes?
The questioner : I, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : That is, you.