to grasp His greatness. A verse referring to this order reads, "...so
that you might know that Allah has power over all things and that
Allah encompasses all things in His knowledge." (Surat at-Talaq: 12).
Faced with the sublimity of the details of this order, man becomes in
awe, recognizing that Allah's wisdom, knowledge and might is infinite.
So expansive is Allah's knowledge that what for us is "infinite" is in
His Sight already ended. Every event that has taken place since the
creation of time, until deep into eternity, was predetermined and
ended in Allah's Sight. (See Timelessness and The Reality of Fate, by
Harun Yahya) This is related in the Qur'an as follows:
We have created all things in due measure. Our command is only one
word, like the blinking of an eye. We destroyed those of your kind in
the past. But is there any rememberer there? Everything they did is in
the Books. Everything is recorded, big or small. (Surat al-Qamar:
49-53)
Man must seek to appreciate the extent of Allah's knowledge, and
reflect to comprehend His greatness.
Billions of people have appeared on Earth since time immemorial.
Therefore, Allah created billions of pairs of eyes, billions of
different fingerprints, billions of different eye tissues, billions of
different types of humans... If He so willed, He could also create
billions more. As stated in the Qur'an, "...He adds to Creation in any
way He wills. Allah has power over all things." (Surah Fatir: 1)
Allah also possesses the power to create many other things beyond our
limited imagination. Theentire extent of the treasures Allah has
bestowed in this world for His servants is all within His Sight. He
sends down to us only that which He wills, all within a measure
predetermined:
There is nothing that does not have its stores with Us and We only
send it down in a knownmeasure. (Surat al-Hijr: 21)
This matter, manifested everywhere in Allah's superb Creation, holds
true for both that which we know as well as that which we do not.
Allah states this fact in the verse, "...and He creates other things
you do not know." (Surat an-Nahl: 8), He creates many other things of
which we are entirely unaware.
Allah has created many worlds and beings which we cannot see. Tobetter
understand the possibility of the existence of other worlds, we should
consider the following: apicture is two dimensional-width and length.
The world in which we live, however, is 3 dimensional-width, length
and depth-(time can be considered as the4th dimension). The rest is
beyond our comprehension. However, in the sight of Allah, there are
other dimensions. Angels, for instance, are beings thatlive in another
dimension. In the Qur'anit is stated that angels can see and hear us
fromthe dimension and spacein which they exist. Furthermore, the two
angels, seated on our either shoulder, each, and at every moment, is
recording every word we speak and every deed we do. Yet, we do not see
them. Jinn are also beings of another dimension, as we are informed by
the Qur'an. They, like us human beings, are also tested, all through
their lives, and will ultimately be brought before judgment by Allah.
However, they are possessed of completely different attributes than
humans; their existence is dependent upon an entirely different system
of cause and effect.
These are all facts that deserve careful consideration in order to
attain a better grasp of Allah's splendid Creation. It is within
Allah's power to create innumerable new worlds, beings and situations.
Furthermore, each is He able to create with a limitless degree of
differentiation. Indeed, in a nature unknown to us, Allah will create
Paradise and Hell. While systems left totheir own in this world tend
to age, become corrupted, and eventually expire, in Paradise,
unaffected by the passage of time, nothing will deteriorate;"rivers of
milk whose taste will never change" is an example which states this
feature of Paradise. The human body too will not degenerate; nor will
anything ever age. As is related in the Qur'an, everyone in Paradise
will be of like age, will live together for all eternity, in the best
condition, and without growing older or losing their beauty. Allah
also informs us in the Qur'an that in it will be burstingsprings for
us from which to drink. Hell, on the other hand, will be utterly
different; in it, Allah will create unimaginable torment. No one will
be able to conceive the pain of such torment until he experiences it.
On everything in this world, Allah has placed alimit. Everything has a
finite existence. This being the case, in order to
comprehend"eternity," and Allah's infinite might, we need to exercise
our minds and compare these ideaswith something that is familiar. We
can only come to know to the extent that Allah permits us. Allah,
however, is infinite in knowledge. Let us consider the following
example, Allahhas created 7 basic colors. It is impossible for us to
visualize another color. (The case is similar to describing the color
red to someone who is blind bybirth; no description would be
adequate.) However, Allah is able to create more than these basic
colors. Although, unless He so wills, we will never be able to have a
grasp that which is beyond what He has willed for us to know.
All that we have just mentioned belongs to that knowledge that Allah
has allotted us in this world. But, one point deserves
particularattention; because Allah's power and might is infinite,
anything can happen, and at any time,by His will. Allah's Messenger,
the Prophet Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) also
referred to the eternal power of Allah when he said, "The seven
heavens and the seven Earths are no more in Allah's Hand than a
mustard seed in the hand of one of you." Allah explains the
infiniteness of His knowledge in the Qur'anas follows:
If all the trees on Earth were pens and all the sea, with seven more
seas besides, was ink Allah's words still would not run dry. Allah is
Almighty, All-Wise. (Surah Luqman: 27)
In brief, no matter how hard we strive to do so, we cannot possibly
cometo grasp the extent of Allah's knowledge, because it is unlimited.
We can comprehend it only as far as Allah permits us to do so:
Allah, there is no god butHim, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He is
notsubject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heavens and the
Earth belongs to Him. Who canintercede with Him except by His
permission? He knows what is before them andwhat is behind them
butthey cannot grasp any ofHis knowledge save what He wills. His
Footstool encompasses the heavens and the Earth and their preservation
does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent. (Surat
al-Baqara: 255)
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