the prophet muhammad (saas) - Prophet Muhammad (SAW) for All
the prophet muhammad (saas) - Prophet Muhammad (SAW) for All
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5. What <strong>the</strong> <strong>Prophet</strong> (<strong>saas</strong>) Said of <strong>the</strong> Future<br />
Every individual, every society and every nation has its own particular destiny. Even be<strong>for</strong>e <strong>the</strong> first<br />
human being had been created, all <strong>the</strong> details of what each person would experience in <strong>the</strong> future, <strong>the</strong><br />
events to be witnessed by every nation, <strong>the</strong> stages every society would go through, and <strong>the</strong> like, had all been<br />
established in <strong>the</strong> sight of <strong>All</strong>ah. Yet, people do not know any of <strong>the</strong>se details that have been established,<br />
lived through, or done with in <strong>the</strong> sight of <strong>All</strong>ah. They only see and come to know <strong>the</strong>m as <strong>the</strong>y experience<br />
<strong>the</strong>m. The future is thus unknown to us.<br />
However, <strong>All</strong>ah has also revealed that He has granted some of His servants in<strong>for</strong>mation about <strong>the</strong><br />
unknown in <strong>the</strong> Qur'an. One such factor was that about <strong>the</strong> <strong>Prophet</strong> Yusuf (as). In his dungeon, he told two of<br />
his companions of <strong>the</strong> proofs of <strong>the</strong> existence of <strong>All</strong>ah:<br />
He said, "No meal to feed you will arrive be<strong>for</strong>e I have in<strong>for</strong>med you what <strong>the</strong>y mean. That is part<br />
of what my Lord taught me. For I have left <strong>the</strong> religion of a people who clearly have no belief in <strong>All</strong>ah<br />
and are disbelievers in <strong>the</strong> hereafter." (Surah Yusuf: 37)<br />
As we see from this verse, Yusuf (as) is saying that he knew something that had not yet occured. That<br />
is knowledge, and a miracle, imparted to him by <strong>All</strong>ah. <strong>All</strong>ah also gave him <strong>the</strong> knowledge to interpret<br />
dreams. As long as <strong>All</strong>ah so wished, he could see certain events in <strong>the</strong> future.<br />
Similar knowledge to that given to Yusuf (as) was also given to o<strong>the</strong>r <strong>prophet</strong>s. In some verses, <strong>All</strong>ah<br />
states that He will reveal aspects of <strong>the</strong> unknown to those He chooses to be His messengers:<br />
He is <strong>the</strong> Knower of <strong>the</strong> Unseen, and does not divulge His Unseen to anyone—except a Messenger<br />
with whom He is well pleased, and <strong>the</strong>n He posts sentinels be<strong>for</strong>e him and behind him. (Surat al-Jinn:<br />
26-27)<br />
Our Lord gave <strong>the</strong> <strong>Prophet</strong> (<strong>saas</strong>) much knowledge of <strong>the</strong> unknown. The <strong>Prophet</strong> (<strong>saas</strong>) was told by<br />
<strong>All</strong>ah of things that had happened in <strong>the</strong> past, which nobody knew about, and of things that were yet to<br />
happen in <strong>the</strong> future. <strong>All</strong>ah states <strong>the</strong> truth in one verse:<br />
This is news of <strong>the</strong> Unseen which We reveal to you. You were not with <strong>the</strong>m when <strong>the</strong>y decided<br />
what to do and devised <strong>the</strong>ir scheme. (Surah Yusuf: 102)<br />
This chapter will consider some in<strong>for</strong>mation regarding <strong>the</strong> unknown that has come down to us from <strong>the</strong><br />
Qur'an, that was imparted by <strong>All</strong>ah to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Prophet</strong> (<strong>saas</strong>) or that is available in <strong>the</strong> hadiths. (For more detail,<br />
see Harun Yahya, Miracles of <strong>the</strong> Qur'an, Attique Publishers, 2001).<br />
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