Page 71 - Signs of the End Times in Surat Al-Kahf

HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)

His knowledge, except for what He wills. His Footstool encom-
passes the heavens and Earth, and their preservation does not
tire Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent. (Surat al-
Baqara, 255)
As the Creator cannot be bound by His creation, Allah is independ-
ent of what we consider to be time. A million or even a billion years of
human time means nothing to Him, for everything exists in His pres-
ence as if it were only one moment. Allah sees and hears everything, re-
gardless of how far in the past or in the future it is, and He sees it all
perfectly, from every aspect, and with or without direction. He also per-
ceives sound with all of its aspects, known to us or else in the best way,
as the following verse states:
My Lord knows what is said in Heaven and on Earth. He is the
All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. (Surat al-Anbiya', 4)
As all people are subject to time and space, they cannot know any-
thing of the Unseen unless Allah reveals it to them. Only our Lord, the
Creator of time and space, sees and hears the past, present, and future
in their entirety. He governs absolutely the infinitely past and future of
time, history, events, matter, destiny, and everything, whether living or
non-living, for:

Both East and West belong to Allah, so wherever you turn, the
Face of Allah is there. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-
Knowing. (Surat al-Baqara, 115)
He is the only protector and helper of all living beings, for there is
none other. Humanity is truly helpless and therefore exposed to hard-
ship at all times. And, the only way to escape material as well as spiri-
tual suffering is to seek refuge with Allah, our only friend and helper,
by acknowledging Him as our sole protector. The following verses re-
veal this truth:
… Do you not know that Allah has power over all things? Do
you not know that to Allah belong the kingdom of the heavens
and Earth, and that, besides Him, you have no protector and no

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