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31:34 - Verily the knowledge of the Hour is with Allah (alone). It is He Who sends down rain and
He Who knows what is in the wombs. Nor does anyone know what it is that he will earn on
the morrow: nor does anyone know in what land he is to die. Verily with Allah is full
knowledge and He is acquainted (with all things). 362536263627
3627 See the five Mysteries summed up in n. 3625 above. The argument is about the mystery of Time and Knowledge. We
are supposed to know things in ordinary life. But what does that knowledge amount to in reality? Only a superficial
acquaintance with things. And Time is even more uncertain. In the case of rain, which causes vegetable life to spring
up, or in the case of new animal life, can we answer with precision questions as to When or How or Wherefore? So
about questions of our life from day to day or of our death. These are great mysteries, and full knowledge is with
Allah only. How much more so in the case of the Ma'ad, the Final House, when all true values will be restored and the
balance redressed? It is certain, but the When and the How are known to Allah alone. (31.34)
35:40 - Say: "Have ye seen (these) `partners' of yours whom ye call upon besides Allah?" Show me
what it is they have created in the (wide) earth. Or have they a share in the heavens? Or have
We given them a Book from which they (can derive) clear (evidence)? Nay the wrongdoers
promise each other nothing but delusions. 3932
3932 The people who enthrone in their hearts for worship anything besides Allah may well be asked a few questions. Some
of such questions are indicated in the text with terse precision: (1) Have you seen these gods of yours? Do they exist?
"Seeing" of course does not necessarily mean physical sight. We do not see the air, but no one doubts that it exists.
And the air is a physical substance. There are forces that we know exist, but we do not see them. To us, who have
Faith, Allah is a truer Reality than anything else that we know, including ourselves. Can the false worshippers say that
of any of their false gods? (2) Have your gods created or originated anything on earth? You may worship power or
wealth, but that is a scramble for things as between selfish men. Power or wealth does not create new men or new
worlds. (3) Have they a share in the ordering of the heavens? Obviously your false gods fail there. (4) Or have these
false gods a book or revelation from the Supreme God, with clear evidence, to give them authority to teach men? The
Prophets or Messengers of Allah have such authority, and they bring evidence of the One True God. The fact is that
falsehood is falsehood, however much one form of it may support another by delusions. (35.40)
42:17 - It is Allah Who has sent down the Book in truth and the Balance (by which to weigh
conduct). And what will make thee realize that perhaps the Hour is close at hand? 4550
4550 Revelation is like a balance, an instrument placed by Allah in our hands, by which we can weigh all moral issues, all
questions of right and wrong in conduct. We must do so constantly. For the Judgment in any given case may come at
any time: it may be quite near, and we must always be prepared. The Balance may also refer to the God given faculty
by which man can judge between right and wrong. (42.17)
47:16 - And among them are men who listen to thee but in the end when they go out from thee
they say to those who have received Knowledge: "What is it he said just then?" Such are men
whose hearts Allah has sealed and who follow their own lusts. 4837
4837 Cf. x. 42, and n. 1434; also vi. 25, 36, and n. 857. The case here referred to is that of the Hypocrites who came to the
assemblies of Islam in Madinah and pretended to listen to the Prophet's teaching and preaching. But their heart and
mind were not in learning righteousness, but in carping at things they saw and heard. When they got out, they knew
nothing of the teaching, but on the contrary asked foolish and ignorant questions, such as might raise doubts. (47.16)
52:43 - Or have they a god other then Allah? exalted is Allah far above the things they associate
with Him! 5077
5077 This is the final and decisive question: Is there really any god other than Allah the One True God? Every argument
points to the negative. A series of questions has been asked above pointing to the negative of the superstitions of the
godless. The gospel of Unity, Revelation, and the Hereafter has thus been preached by a searching examination of
the position of the Unbelievers. And the Sura ends with an exhortation to leave alone those who will not believe
because they wish not to believe, and to let Time work out the web and pattern of Allah's Plan. (52.43)
55:13 - Then which of the favors of your Lord will ye deny? 5180
See: 55:16.18.21.23.25.28.30.32.34.36.38.40.42.45.47.49.51.53.55.57.59.61.63.65.67.71.73.75.77. etc.
75:6 - He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?" 5814
5814 The question is sceptical or derisive. He does not believe that there is any chain of consequences in the Hereafter. He
does not believe in a Hereafter. (75.6)
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 9.211
Anas
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The people started asking the Prophet too many questions importunately. So one day he ascended the pulpit and said, "You
will not ask me any question but I will explain it to you." I looked right and left, and behold, every man was covering his head
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