Who is Allah? (9) The Knower of the unseen and the visible

 

Many People do not know their Almighty Creator, Allah.

This series is aimed to help the readers which do not know who is Allah.

It is said, anyone is hidden but when he talks he reveals himself.

In this series, Allah reveals himself through his Words, the Noble Quran.

 

In the Quran, Verse 59:22 introduces Allah; it says: He is Allah, than whom there is no other God. He is the Knower of the unseen and the visible, what is secret and what is proclaimed. He is the Compassionate, the Merciful.

 

Verse 59:22 says:

He is Allah; there is no god save Allah. He is the Knower of the invisible, the Knower of that which is hidden from people and that which will happen in the future. He is the Knower of the visible and that which people know and has already happened. He is the Beneficent Who shows pity towards the righteous as well as towards the sinful through giving both provision, He is the Merciful specifically towards the believers through forgiving their sins and entering them into the Garden.

 

 

Verse 59:22 in six different translations:

 

QARIB:

He is Allah; there is no god except him. He knows the unseen and the visible. He is the merciful, the most merciful.

 

SHAKIR:

He is Allah besides whom there is no god; the knower of the unseen and the seen; He is the beneficent, the merciful.

 

PICKTHAL:

He is Allah, than whom there is no other Allah, the knower of the invisible and the visible. He is the beneficent, merciful.

 

YUSUFALI:

Allah is he, than whom there is no other god; - who knows (all things) both secret and open; He is the most gracious, the most merciful.

 

Sahih International:

He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed. He is the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

 

Muhsin Khan:

He is Allah, than Whom there is La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He) the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen (open). He is the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

About the Author:

Safaa Abdel-Aziz

Co-Chief Editor, October Weekly magazine, Cairo, Egypt.

Member of the Egyptian Society of Save Children.

Member of the Egyptian Society of Tourism