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you say to people, "Take me and my mother as him from his Lord?’ Say: ‘The Unseen belongs to
gods besides Allah?"’ he will say, ‘Glory be to Allah alone. So wait, I am waiting with you.’
You! It is not for me to say what I have no right to (10:20)
say! If I had said it, then You would have known (Nuh said to his people,) ‘I do not say to you that
it. You know what is in my self but I do not know I possess the treasuries of Allah; nor do I know
what is in Your Self. You are the Knower of all un- the Unseen; nor do I say that I am an angel; nor
seen things.’ (5:116) do I say to those who are vile in your eyes that
Say: ‘I do not say to you that I possess the treas- Allah will not give them any good. Allah knows
uries of Allah, nor do I know the Unseen, nor do best what is in their hearts. If I did, I would cer-
I say to you that I am an angel. I only follow what tainly be one of the wrongdoers.’ (11:31)
has been revealed to me.’ Say: ‘Are the blind the That is some of the news of the Unseen which
same as those who can see? So will you not re- We reveal to you. Neither you nor your people
flect?’ (6:50) knew it before this time. So be steadfast. The best
The keys of the Unseen are in His possession. No end result is for those who guard against evil.
one knows them but Him. He knows everything (11:49)
in the land and sea. No leaf falls without His The Unseen of the heavens and the earth belongs
knowing it. There is no seed in the darkness of to Allah and the whole affair will be returned to
the earth, and nothing moist or dry which is not Him. So worship Him and put your trust in Him.
in a Clear Book. (6:59) Your Lord is not unaware of what you do.
It is He Who created the heavens and the earth (11:123)
with truth. The day He says ‘Be!’ it is. His speech (The eldest of them said,) ‘Return now to your fa-
is Truth. The Kingdom will be His on the Day the ther and say to him, "Your son stole, father. We
Trumpet is blown, the Knower of the Unseen and can do no more than testify to what we know and
the Visible. He is the All-Wise, the All-Aware. we are not the guardians of the Unseen."’ (12:81)
(6:73) This is news of the Unseen which We reveal to
Say: ‘I possess no power to help or harm myself, you. You were not with them when they decided
except as Allah wills. If I had had knowledge of what to do and devised their scheme. (12:102)
the Unseen, I would have sought to gain much (He is) the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible,
good and no evil would have touched me. I am the Most Great, the High-Exalted. (13:9)
only a warner and a bringer of good news to peo- The Unseen of the heavens and earth belongs to
ple who believe.’ (7:188) Allah. The matter of the Hour is only the blink of
Do they not know that Allah knows their secrets an eye away, or even nearer. Allah has power
and their private talk, and that Allah is the over all things. (16:77)
Knower of all unseen things? (9:78) They will say, ‘There were three of them, their
They will make excuses to you when you return dog being the fourth.’ They will say, ‘There were
to them. Say: ‘Do not make excuses, we will not five of them, their dog being the sixth,’ guessing
believe you. Allah has already informed us about at the Unseen. And they will say, ‘There were
you. Allah will see your actions, as will His seven of them, their dog being the eighth.’ Say:
Messenger. Then you will be returned to the ‘My Lord knows best their number. Those who
Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, and He know about them are very few.’ So do not enter
will inform you regarding what you did.’ (9:94) into any argument concerning them, except in
Say: ‘Act, for Allah will see your actions, and so relation to what is clearly known. And do not
will His Messenger and the believers. You will be seek the opinion of any of them regarding them.
returned to the Knower of the Unseen and the (18:22)
Visible and He will inform you regarding what Say: ‘Allah knows best how long they stayed. The
you did.’ (9:105) Unseen of the heavens and the earth belongs to
They say, ‘Why has a Sign not been sent down to Him. How perfectly He sees, how well He hears!
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