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Did the Prophet (a.s.) know Al-Ghaib? |
Please consider the
following verses:
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قُلْ لا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِنْدِي خَزَائِنُ اللَّهِ وَلا
أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ
وَلا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِنِّي مَلَكٌ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ
إِلا مَا يُوحَى إِلَيَّ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الأعْمَى
وَالْبَصِيرُ أَفَلا تَتَفَكَّرُونَ |
Say (O
Messenger): "I do not say to you, I have with me the
treasures of Allah, nor do I know
the unseen, nor do I say to you that I am an
angel; I do not follow aught save that which is revealed to
me". Say: "Are the blind and the seeing one alike? Do you
not then reflect"? [6:50]
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وَلا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِنْدِي خَزَائِنُ اللَّهِ وَلا أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ وَلا أَقُولُ إِنِّي مَلَكٌ وَلا أَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ تَزْدَرِي أَعْيُنُكُمْ لَنْ يُؤْتِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ إِنِّي إِذًا لَمِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ |
And I do not say to you
that I have the treasures of Allah and
I do not know the unseen, nor do I say that I am an
angel, nor do I say about those whom your eyes hold in mean
estimation (that) Allah will never grant them (any) good--
Allah knows best what is in their souls-- for then most
surely I should be of the unjust.[11:31]
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قُلْ لا أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي نَفْعًا وَلا ضَرًّا إِلا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَلَوْ كُنْتُ أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ لاسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِيَ السُّوءُ
إِنْ أَنَا إِلا نَذِيرٌ وَبَشِيرٌ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ |
Say (O Messenger): "I
do not control any benefit or harm for my own soul except as
Allah please; and had I known the
unseen I would have had much of good and no evil would have
touched me; I am nothing but a warner and the giver
of good news to a people who believe". [7:188]
وَيَقُولُونَ لَوْلا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ فَقُلْ إِنَّمَا الْغَيْبُ لِلَّهِ فَانْتَظِرُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ
And they say: "Why is
not a sign sent to him from his Lord?" Say: "The
unseen is only for Allah; therefore wait-- surely I
too, with you am of those who wait."[10:20]
قُلْ لا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأرْضِ الْغَيْبَ إِلا اللَّهُ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ
Say: "No
one in the heavens and the earth knows the unseen but Allah;
and they do not know when they shall be raised." [27:65]
. قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِي أَقَرِيبٌ مَا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُ رَبِّي أَمَدًا
. عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلا يُظْهِرُ عَلَى غَيْبِهِ أَحَدًا
إِلا مَنِ ارْتَضَى مِنْ رَسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْلُكُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ رَصَدًا
Say: "I
do not know whether that with which you are threatened be
nigh or whether my Lord will appoint for it a term"
[72:25]
The Knower of the
unseen! so He does not reveal His secrets to any, [72:26]
Except to him whom He
chooses as a messenger; for surely He makes a guard to march
before him and after him, [72:27]
The Prophet (a.s.)
only knew that much Al-Ghaib which was revealed to
him in the Quran. See the following verse:
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تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنْبَاءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهَا إِلَيْكَ مَا كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُهَا أَنْتَ وَلا قَوْمُكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ هَذَا فَاصْبِرْ إِنَّ الْعَاقِبَةَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ |
These are announcements
relating to the unseen which We reveal to you, you did not
know them-- (neither) you nor your people-- before this;
therefore be patient; surely the end is for those who guard
(against evil).[11:49] |