The Unseen = (AlGhayb)

Q: Who owns the world of the Unseen?
A: And to Allah belongs the Unseen of the Heavens and the earth. And the order of The Hour (Day of Judgment) is as the wink of the eye or it is nearer. For Allah is Capable of everything.
Translation of: Ayah 77, Surat AlNahl.
Words: Ghayb = Absence, AlSamawat = The Heavens, AlArdh = The earth, AlSa'ah = The Day of the Judgment, Agrab = Nearer, Kuli Shaye' = Everything, Kadeer = Capable.

Q: What is the answer to those who say that they will certainly get what is unseen?
A: And did you see the one who had disbelieved in Our lines (Qur'an) and said that he would certainly get wealth and children. Had he been informed about the Unseen or had he taken a promise from The Most Merciful. Never! We will write what he says and We will prolong a lot the punishment for him and We will make him inherit what he says and he will come to us alone.
Translation of: Ayat 77-80, Surat Maryam.
Words: Kafara = Disbelieved, Mal = Wealth - Money, Walad = Children, Ittala = Was informed, A'hd = Promise, Namudu = Prolong, AlAzab = The Punishment,

Q: Do the prophets get some information about the Unseen World?
A: He (Allah) knows The Unseen and He does not inform anyone of His Unseen; but whom He has chosen for a prophet; and He makes surveillance (by angels against the jinn) precede him (the prophet) from the front and follow him from the back; to make sure that they (prophets) had delivered the Messages of their God; and He (Allah) has knowledge of what they (prophets and angels) had and He had counted the numbers of everything.
Translation of: Ayat 26-28, Surat AlJinn.
Words: Yudhir = Informs, Ahad = Anyone, Irtadha = Has chosen, Rasool = Prophet, Risalat = Messages, Aha'ta = Had knowledge, Ladaihim = They have, Ah'sa = Counted, Kula Shay' = Everything, Ahsa = Counted, Adad = numbers,

Q: Does Allah know the secrets of our hearts?
A: Those who fear their God secretly, for them is Forgiveness and a great Reward. And Keep your talk secret or say it; He (Allah) has full knowledge of what is in your hearts. How can The One Who created not know! and He is The Most Kind and The Expert.
Translation of: Ayat 12-14, Surat AlMulk.
Words: Yakhsha = Fears, Maghfirah = Forgiveness, Ajr = Reward, Kabeer = Great, As'irou = Keep secret, Ijharou = Say, That AlSoudour = Heart.

Q: How much is the knowledge of Allah about the hidden things?
A: O, my son (Luqman* said to his son) (even) if it is the weight of a seed of mustard and it is in a rock or in the Heavens or the earth, Allah will bring it forth for Allah is All-Kind, All-Expert.
Translation of: Ayah 16, Surat Luqman.
*Luqman was a righteous man. Words: Mithqal = Weight of, Habbah = Seed, Khardal = Mustard, Sakhrah = Rock, Ya'ti = Brings forth.

Q: What comes under the knowledge of The World of The Unseen?
A: Indeed Allah has the knowledge of The Hour (time of the Day of Judgment) and He sends down the rain and He knows what is in the wombs (before the fetus is made) and no soul knows what is going to earn tomorrow (what will happen) and no soul knows in what land it is going to die; Indeed Allah is All-Knowledgeable, All-Expert.
Translation of: Ayah 34, Surat Luqman.
Words: Indahu = He has, Ilm = Knowledge, AlSa'ah = The Hour - Day of Judgment, Yunazil = Sends down, Ghay(s)th = Rain, Ya'lam = Knows, Ar'ham = Wombs, Tadri = Knows, Nafs = Soul, Taksib = Earns, Ghad = Tomorrow, Ardh = Land, Tamout = Dies.

Q: Faith means to believe in the Unseen with your intellect without seeing it. Is it advisable for a person to become Muslim at the time of death for example?
A: Are they waiting for the angels to come? Or for your God to come? Or for some of the Signs (miracles - punishment) of your God to come? The day when any of the Signs of your God comes then the soul's faith (in Allah) will be of no use to it if it did not have faith earlier or if it did not earn in its faith good deeds; Say: Wait (for the Signs)! For we are waiting (for Allah's Judgment)!
Translation of: Ayah 158, Surat AlAn'am.
Words: Yanthur = Wait, Ta'tee = Comes, Ayat = Signs, Yanfe' = Be of use, Kasabat = Earned, Khairun = Good deeds, Muntathir = Waiting.

Q: How far does Allah's knowledge extend?
A: He (Allah) knows what goes into the earth (rain, the dead...etc) and what comes out of it (plants, animals...etc) and what comes down from the sky (angels, revelations, rain...etc) and what ascends (angels, souls...etc) into it and He is The Most-Merciful, The Most-Forgiving. And those who disbelieve say: The Hour (Judgment Day) will not reach us. Say (order to Muhammad): Well yes! By my God! It will come upon you: The All-Knowing of the World of the Unseen - Not a tiny particle in the Heavens nor in the earth is hidden from Him and nothing smaller nor bigger except in a Clear Record (in the Heavens).
Translation of: Ayat 2 - 3, Surat Saba'.
Words: Ya'lam = He knows, Yalij = Goes into, Yakhruj = Comes out, Yanzil = Comes down, Ya'ruj = Ascends, Ta'ti = Reaches - Comes, AlSaa'ah = The Hour, Ya'zab = Is Hidden, Mis(th)qal Tharrah = Tiny particle, Asghar = Smaller, Akbar = Bigger, Kitab = Record - Book, Mubeen = Clear - Self-Explanatory.

Q: Why did the Muslims around the Prophet Mohammad grieved when the Romans lost the war against the Persians? And what does Allah tell them about the Unseen?
Note: The Romans were Christians. The Persians then were Magus (worshippers of Fire).
A: The Romans have been defeated; In a land close by (Mecca) and they after their defeat will be victorious; In a few years; To Allah (refers) the whole matter from the past and in the future and then the faithful (Muslims) will rejoice. With Allah's support He makes victorious whoever He pleases and He is the All-Powerful, the Compassionist. It is the promise of Allah and Allah does not fail His promise but yet a lot of people do not know.
Translation of: Ayat 2 - 6, Surat AlRoum.
Note: The Romans lost the war against Persia when the Muslims were in Mecca. Then the Romans won the war against Persia when the Muslims were in AlMadina.
Words: Guliba = Has been defeated, Adna = Close by, Ardh = Land, Yaghlib = To be victorious, Bidh' = few, Tafrah = Rejoices, Yansur = Makes victorious, Wa'd = Promise, Ya'lam = Knows.

Q: Are even the small details of everything in the world recorded?
Note: Remember that Allah's standards of everything are sublime and higher than humans.
A: And with Him (Allah) are the keys of the World of the Unseen that no one knows except He. And He knows what is in the earth and sea; And no leaf falls without Him knowing it; And neither a grain in the depths of darkness of the earth nor a tender (plant) neither a dry (plant) except in an Unmistakable Record*.
Translation of: Ayah 59, Surat AlAn'am.
* Called the Guarded Tablet (Al'Lowh AlMahfoudh) kept in the Heaven.
Words: Ind = With, Mafateh = Keys, Ya'lam = Knows, Bar = Earth - Land, Bahr = Sea, Habbah = Grain, Ratb = Tender - Wet, Yabis = Dry, Kitab Mubeen = Unmistakable Record - Clear Book.

Q: What are some points for contemplation from Allah's World of Unseen?
Note: What Allah swears by are extraordinary points for attention and contemplation.
A: By the Mount (Sinae)*; By (each) record (of deeds) written in lines (by angels); In a scroll spread open** (on the Day of Judgment); By the much-frequented House*** (of Allah); By the Ceiling (sky) that is lifted high****; By the ocean which is overflowing*****; For the punishment of your God is certainly coming to pass; For it there is no repellent.
Translation of: Ayat 1 - 8, Surat AlToor.
* Where Allah came down to the earth surrounded by angels and talked to the Prophet Moses.
** " --- and We (Allah) will take out for him (everyone) on the Day of Judgment a record he will find it spread open;" Translation of Line 13 from Chapter AlIsra' in the Qur'an.
*** In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad to his companions: Do you know what is "ALBayt AlMa'mour" ( = The much-frequented House "of Allah")? They said: Allah and His Prophet know better! The Prophet said: It is a House of Allah exactly over the position of AlKa'bah (in Mecca) - if it falls it will fall on AlKa-bah. Everyday (different) seventy thousand angels pray in it (= itha kharajou minhu lem ya'oudou akhir ma alayhim). Source: Mukhtasar Tafseer Ibn Kastheer. Volume 3, page 389.
**** The Sky will become fragile and will be split open on the Day of Judgment "When the sky is split open;" Translation of Line 1 from Chapter AlInshiqaq in the Qur'an.
***** Water "of life" under Allah's Throne which will flow down to raise up the dead on the Day of Judgment. See Why is the creation of humans from earth compared to the creation of plants?
Note: In a summary of a speech of the Prophet Muhammad: There is no day but the water becomes on the verge of overflowing on earth but Allah stops it. Source: Mukhtasar Tafseer Ibn Kastheer. Volume 3, page 389.
Words: Toor = Mount, Kitab = Record, Mastoor = Written in lines, Riq = Scroll, Manshour = Spread open, Bayt = House, Ma'mour = Much-frequented, Saqf = Ceiling - Sky, Marfou' = Lifted high, Bahr = Ocean - Body of water, Athab = Punishment, Lawaqi' = Certainly is going to pass (happen), Da'fi' = Repellent.

Q: Why should we control ourselves at times of grief or happiness?
A: No misfortune happens on earth or in yourselves except (it is) in a Record before We (Allah) bring it into existence - for that is for Allah easy; So that you do not grieve* over what you missed neither do you become maliciously delighted* with what turns well for you and Allah does not like anyone who is self-conceited, boastful.
Translation of: Ayat 22- 23, Surat AlHadeed.
* Man should be patient in time of grief and grateful to Allah in time of joy.
Note: In a summary of two speeches of the Prophet Muhammad: The Prophet Moses debated with Adam so he told him: You caused man to be expelled from the Heaven with your sin so you made him suffer. Adam said: How many years you found out that Allah had written the Torah before I was created? Moses said: Forty years. Adam said: Did you see in it "And Adam disobeyed His God so he was deluded." Moses said: Yes! Adam said: So do you blame me if I did something that Allah had written for me to do forty years before creating me! The Prophet Muhammad said: So Adam won the debate. Source: Mukhtasar Tafseer Ibn Kastheer. Volume 2, page 496.
Words: Asaba = Happens - Museebah = Misfortune - Calamity, Kitab = Record, Nabra' = We bring into existence, Yaseer = Easy, LiKayla = So that, Fata= Missed, Tafrah = You become maliciously delighted, Aata = Turns well for you - Becomes in your favour - Comes your way, Kulu = Anyone, Mukhtal = Who is self-conceited, Fakhour = Boastful.

Q: What did Allah prewrite before making the creation?
Note: Remember to Allah the past, the present and the future of everything is an open book.
A: And We (Allah) destined for Hell many Jinn and humans; They have hearts with which they do not understand (faith in Allah) and they have eyes with which they do not see and they have ears with which they do not hear; They are like the cattle; Yet they are further astray; Those are the unaware.
Translation of: Ayah 179, Surat AlA'raf.
Note: In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: Allah wrote the fate of all his creation before creating the Heavens and the earth by fifty thousand years and His Throne then was on water. Source: Mukhtasar Tafseer Ibn Kastheer, page 68.
Note: From the Qur'anic line it is understood that Jinn, from whom is Satan, have hearts, eyes and ears.
Words: Thara' = Destined - Made, Quloub = Hearts, Yafqah = Understands, A'yun = Eyes, Yubsir = Sees, A'than = Ears, Yasme' = Hears, An'am = Cattle, Adhal = Further astray, Ghafil = Unaware - Inattentive.

Q: What is destiny (fate)?
A: --- and the Command of Allah is a decreed destiny (fate).
Translation of: Ayah 38, Surat AlAhzab.
Note: The complete line 38 and a line before it.
Words: Amr = Command, Qadar = Destiny - Fate, Maqdoura = Decreed - Predestined - Has to be fulfilled.