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« on: November 09, 2011, 03:17:36 pm »

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"(He is) the Knower of the Unseen, and He revealeth unto none His secret, Save unto every messenger whom He hath chosen, and then He maketh a guard to go before him and a guard behind him That He may know that they have indeed conveyed the messages of their Lord. He surroundeth all their doings, and He keepeth count of all things."   (72:26-28)  Surah Al-Jinn.

The other day my sister pointed out these verses to me and asked if they mean the messengers knew the unseen.  I am quite sure that the Quran has made it very clear throughout that only Allah knows the unseen and no one else.  Do these verses have some special reference?  Your opinion/feedback will be helpful.
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« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2011, 07:17:16 pm »

Salaam br. Pt.  The words "He revealeth unto no one His secret, Save unto every messenger whom He hath chosen" is a reference to the Divine Revelations.  The Revelations of Allah which He revealed to every messenger consist of knowledge of the unseen.  It was only by the will of Allah that He chose to reveal to them, that the messengers came to know of those Divine Revelations.

The term "guard" refers to angel apparently.  When Allah sends the Revelation (or knowledge of the unseen) to His messenger, He assigns an angel on both sides to safeguard the Revelation.

A similar aspect has been referred to in Verse 72:9 of the same Surah which I quote below:

"And we used to sit on places (high) therein to listen. But he who listeneth now findeth a flame in wait for him;"  (72:9)


The above Verse of the Noble Quran quotes the words of a company of the jinn who referred that during the time of Prophet Muhammed's (pbuh) Prophethood, the jinn observed that strict security measures were applied in the heavens, and those jinn who wanted to listen (or eavesdrop) to the secrets of the unseen were completely unable to do so.

Thus, verses 72:26-28 do not refer to the Prophets knowing the unseen in general terms, rather they refer to the Divine Revelations sent by Allah as knowledge of the unseen.  And from that point of view the Prophets automatically knew this particular aspect of the unseen as they received the Divine Revelations. 
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« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2011, 08:06:16 pm »

Aha, okay .... I got it now.  Thanks a lot sister.  I'll convey this response to my sister.  She will really welcome it.  We were getting a bit confused about it.

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« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2011, 01:00:28 am »

This is information for me too.  Somehow I never got around to analyze this.   V.72:27 can be understood still better in the light of V.72:9.  You've perceived it perfectly.  "Secret" (or unseen) here refers to the Divine Revelations.

Such verses are often quoted partially, out of context, and misinterpreted by Hadithists.  E.g. they are quite capable of picking the words "He revealeth unto no one His secret, Save unto every messenger" (without discussing the preceding and following verses) as evidence that all prophets knew the future because Hadith keeps claiming that Prophet Muhammed (SAW) knew the future.  I've caught them performing such tactics so many times.   
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« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2011, 02:23:29 am »

Ha ha, damn my memory.  I totally forgot.  I had already brought up these verses with sister Zeynab sometime back, probably a year or so ago.  I just found it by chance while searching for some other information.

Sister has elucidated this very nicely too.  Br. PT might also like to read this link on the same topic. 

That trick of the Hadithers in that gathering was vaguely in my mind.  That's why I mentioned it in my previous post.  And that's where I caught them claiming prophets knew the future by misinterpreting these verses.

http://muslimvilla.smfforfree.com/index.php?topic=2510.0
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