The knowledge of Ghayb is one of
the attributes of Lordship, thus no one knows the Ghayb of Heaven and Earth
except Allah;
Allah (may He be Exalted) says,
And with Him are the keys of the
Ghayb (all that is hidden), none knows them but He. (Surah Al-An`am, 6: 59)
He (Great is His Majesty) also
says,
Say: “None in the heavens and the
earth knows the Ghayb (Unseen) except Allâh” (Surah Al-Naml, 27: 65)
The Jinn
do not know the Ghayb, and this is proven in His Saying (may He be Exalted),
Then when We decreed death for him [Sulaimân (Solomon)], nothing
informed them (jinn) of his death except a little worm of the earth which kept
(slowly) gnawing away at his stick. So when he fell down, the jinn saw clearly
that if they had known the Unseen, they would not have stayed in the
humiliating torment.(Surah
Saba’, 34: 14 )
Therefore,
anyone who claims to know the Ghayb will be a Kafir (disbeliever) and anyone
who believes in this claim will be a Kafir as well, for they will be denying
the Qur’an.
May Allah grant us success! May
peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and Companions!
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The below is taken
from Tafseer Ibn Kathir:
[from dar-us-salam english publication]
[from dar-us-salam english publication]
(14. Then
when We decreed death for him, nothing informed them (Jinn) of his death except
a little worm of the earth which kept (slowly) gnawing away at his stick. So
when he fell down, the Jinn saw clearly that if they had known the Unseen, they
would not have stayed in the humiliating torment.)
[Noble
Qur’an – Soorah Saba 34:14]
Allah
tells us how Sulayman, peace be upon him, died and how Allah concealed his
death from the Jinn who were subjugated to him to do hard labor. He remained
leaning on his stick, which was his staff, as Ibn `Abbas may Allah be pleased
with him, Mujahid, Al-Hasan, Qatadah and others said. He stayed like that for a
long time, nearly a year. When a creature of the earth, which was a kind of
worm, ate through the stick, it became weak and fell to the ground. Then it
became apparent that he had died a long time before. It also became
clear to Jinn and men alike that the Jinn do not know the Unseen as they (the
Jinn) used to imagine and tried to deceive people.
This is
what Allah says:
(nothing
informed them (Jinn) of his death except a little worm of the earth which kept
(slowly) gnawing away at his stick. So when he fell down, the Jinn saw clearly
that if they had known the Unseen, they would not have stayed in the
humiliating torment.)meaning,
it became clear to the people that they (the Jinn) were lying.
