Al-Jinn 72:26
The Jinn · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 573
Knower of the Unseen
عَٰلِمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ فَلَا يُظۡهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيۡبِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا ٢٦
(He is) the Knower of the Unseen, and He revealeth unto none His secret.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Knower of the unseen, He does not disclose His unseen to anyone.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “ghayb” as what is absent from the senses, from knowledge or from existence: Allah knows both the relative and the absolute unseen.
Reflect
Leave the unknown future to Allah.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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