Who Possesses the Knowledge of the Unseen?
Zaheer Bahadur asks: Please tell us about the Unseen World.
Oh dear lord.
Not only is there an unending debate in the Islamic world about the 'unseen', there is also a sense of disbelief.
But the Koran states -
The Wahhabis say that the Sunnis believe that Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) possessed the knowledge of the unseen
but the Deobandis, Wahhabis and Ahle Hadith say that he did not.
But what does the Koran say?
Koran states: God granted the knowledge of the unseen to his favourite Messengers.
Are the Muslims trying to say, God forgive me, that Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was not among the favourite Messengers?
Therefore, the Muslims who say that Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) did not possess the knowledge of the unseen are actually rejecting what the Koran says.
It is proven from the core of the Koran that there is no ambiguity in the Koran.
You understand?
The Holy Koran states that God can choose whomsoever he wishes -
it is up to God.
It is up to God, he can choose whomsoever he wishes to grant the knowledge of the unseen.
And God has granted the knowledge of the unseen to his favourite Messengers.
Koran 72:26
There are two words: Alim and Alam
'Alim' means 'learned one'
and 'Alam' means 'a realm'.
Alright?
So there is a difference between 'Alim-e-Ghaib' and 'Alam-e-Ghaib'.
Keep this in mind.
It says here in Chapter Jinn - oh dear Lord, is it in Chapter Jinn?
It says here: [He is] Knower of the unseen, and He does not disclose His [knowledge of the] unseen to anyone.
It means that God knows about the unseen - this is not surprising.
and then it says that God does not disclose the knowledge of the unseen to anyone.
for except the Messengers which God wants to give it to.
Here it is proven by the Koran that generally, God does not grant the knowledge of the unseen.
There is a total ban.
God Almighty doesn't normally do it.
Right?
However, the Messengers that he wants to give it to are given this knowledge.
Now, this is exclusive.
However, per the Koran, God does not grant the knowledge of the unseen to just anyone.
But God has granted the knowledge of the unseen to a few of his favourite Messengers,
So we understand that those chosen Messengers do possess the knowledge of the unseen.
The number one question is that is it possible for the Leader of the Prophets, the Last Prophet, not to be included among those favourite Messengers of God?
I am speaking here as a completely neutral person.
Right?
We are neither influenced by the Wahhabis, the Shiites nor the Barelvis.
Therefore, our conjecture is neutral.
Our conjecture is completely neutral, therefore, all we are saying is that according to the Koran, God has granted the knowledge of the unseen to a few of his favourite Messengers.
Right?
So there are some favourite Messengers of God, then who are the ones which are not the favourites of God?
The ones who were granted the knowledge were the favourites but those who were not given it were not the favourites of God.
Do you understand what I am saying?
Now, if the 'true followers' of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) believe that Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) does not have the knowledge of the unseen
then what they are actually saying is that Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), God forgive me, is not among the favourite Messengers of God who were granted the knowledge of the unseen by God.
How can this be possible?
Is this possible? [Audience: No]
If those Messengers were God's favourites then Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) is the Beloved of God.
Since he is the Beloved of God then he is greater than just a favourite Messenger, isn't he?
Therefore, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) does possess the knowledge of the unseen.
And this is not our own tenet, this is the knowledge of the Holy Koran.
You can see it written in the Koran.
We do not get influenced by the religious clerics.
We are conducting a research.
And as a result of our research, we have come to know that there are some Messengers who were the favourites of God.
What we also understand from this is that there is favouritism in God's system.
There is favouritism in God's system - that's why the Koran says 'God's favourite Messengers'.
Favouritism is practised everywhere.
For example, when we play cricket we try to save our favourite batsmen for the last and the rest we tagged along for the sake of the game, like Bhatti Sahib
we tell them to go play first so the rubbish players get out of the way.
But we save the wickets of the favourite players.
God granted the knowledge of the unseen to his favourite Messengers
but he didn't disclose the names of those favourite Messengers.
Something is definitely being concealed.
It is also mentioned in Koran 10:20 that people ask about the unseen.
So God said, 'Tell them that the unseen is only for God.'
Meaning: if people ask you about the unseen then let them know not to ask about the unseen for the unseen is only for God.
You don't have anything to do with it.
That's what God said in the Koran.
So we come to know that there are two types of 'unseen'.
God said that 'the unseen is for God only' about one type of unseen
so then what knowledge of the unseen is granted to the favourite Messengers if it is only for God?
Either it means that those favourite Messengers of God are also God.
Oh my gosh.
I mean, we are just conducting a spiritual analysis - don't leave your mouth hanging, a fly will go inside it. Close it!
In one chapter of the Koran, God said, 'Tell them that the unseen is only for God.'
and in another chapter, it is granted to the favourite Messengers.
Now, if it is 'only for God' then who are those favourite Messengers?
If the knowledge of the unseen is only for God then why did he grant it to his favourite Messengers?
He revealed two verses. In one, he said that the knowledge of the unseen is only for God and in another, he said that it was granted to his favourite Messengers.
So who are those favourite Messengers? They must be the ones who come under the statement that the unseen is only for God.
There can be two instances.
Koran 10:20 'So then tell them that the unseen belongs to God only.'
'So tell them that the unseen belongs to God only.'
And what does the other verse say?
That normally, generally, God doesn't share the knowledge of the unseen with anybody
however, in some unusual circumstances
he opts to share that knowledge with some favourites of his Messengers.
If the knowledge of the unseen is only for God then it is useless for the Messengers, isn't it?
For example, cars and motorcycles are not to be driven by toddlers, right?
But if someone says, 'Out of my ten children, two are my favourite and I have given them a motorcycle to ride.'
Now, there can only be two instances. The first being that although the knowledge of the unseen belongs only to God, there were some favourite Messengers of God to whom this knowledge was granted just for the sake of it.
The other would be that there are some favourite Messengers of God and they are 'favourites' because they are only in the guise of Messengers whereas, they hail from the Unseen World.
Otherwise, it doesn't make sense that some are God's favourite Messengers and the others are not.
If we look at the opposite word of 'favourite' it is 'unfavourite'.
And if there were Messengers which were not the favourite of God then why did he send them in the first place?
Right?
Therefore, we can rule out 'favouritism'.
But something had to be said.
God had to keep it undisclosed, so he used the word 'favourite'.
Because if he revealed that these Messengers had also come from the Unseen World - of course, nothing is hidden from them. Everyone goes into the hammam naked.
Right?
Therefore, these Messengers have come in the guise of Messengers.
What is a guise? For example, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) is not a human being, he is the embodiment of God's light.
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) said, 'I am the light of God and the Devout Believers are from my light.'
'I am the embodiment of God's light and the Devout Believers are created with my light.'
And then God revealed in Koran 18:110 'O' Messenger of God, tell them that you have been sent as an exemplary model of a human being among the human beings.'
This is called 'personification'.
What is it called? [Audience: personification]. Yes.
When we say 'Misaali Jism' - it means that the appearance of the body is exactly the same as yours but the ingredients are different.
Your body is made of flesh and bones and the body of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) is made of divine energy.
Prophet Mohammad's body is the embodiment of divine energy, however
just like a human body has a nose, two ears, a mouth, two eyes, teeth and legs
and the requirements of life like, having a spouse and children, eating food, sleeping, etc.
This entire way of life of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was created as an example for mankind.
But Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) is not a human being.
He is a human example.
What do you think?
For example, we see that these actors and actresses will sometimes play the role of a husband and wife in one film and in another film they will be siblings.
As young children, we believe what we see in the films and it surprises us but as we grow up, we realise that all of this is a drama.
It is just a character they are playing.
In reality, they have no relation with each other; neither of a spouse nor sibling.
They are simply acting out a character.
Similarly, a 'character' of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was created.
In reality, he is the embodiment of God's light.
In a similar way, there are some individuals who come from the Unseen World and they were sent into this world in the guise of Messengers.
None of them have tasted death.
There is Idrees A.S (Enoch) who is alive in paradise right now.
He shall return to the world after the advent of Imam Mehdi.
Besides him, there is Ilyas A.S (Elias).
He has not died either. He is also alive.
And then there is Isa A.S (Jesus Christ); God raised him to the skies physically.
He shall also return after the advent of Imam Mehdi.
These three individuals are those who have come from the Unseen World.
They came in the appearance of Messengers.
For example, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) is the Light of God but he came in the guise of a Messenger
similarly, these personalities also came in the guise of Messengers but they are originally from the Unseen World.
You are unable to comprehend everything that is said, therefore, God stated that these are God's favourite Messengers who were granted the knowledge of the unseen.
This answers your question.
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