In such respects...

In such respects, researches and frequent questions, with the purpose of unveiling some facts, not only is not a virtue, but also is blameworthy and reprobated. In this verse, the Qur'an has referred to this subject and explicitly says: "O' you who have Faith! Do not ask about thing (and secrets) which, if they are disclosed to you, may upset you.

..." But, since giving no answer to the questions that some persons sometimes urge on asking them repeatedly may cause some doubts for others which can bring forth greater evils, the Qur'an adds: "... Yet, if you ask about them while the Qur'an is being sent down, they will be disclosed to you…." In this case, you will fall into trouble. Next to that meaning, the Qur'an implies that you should not imagine that when Allah is silent about some matters, He is neglectful of them. Nay!

He desires to set you in some facilities. It says "...Allah pardoned as to these matters and Allah is Forgiving, Forbearing." We recite in a tradition narrated from Imam Ali (as) who has said: " Verily Allah has enjoined you some obligations, do not waste them; and He has assigned some limits for you, do not violate them; and He has prohibited you from some things, do not betray (secrets of) them; and He has kept silent for you about some things which He has never been concealed because of forgetfulness.

Then, do not urge to disclose these things . "[^1] In order to emphasize on the subject, this verse says: "Surely some people before you asked for such (disclosures). Then they came to disbelieve in them. " In the conclusion of this discussion, it is necessary to hint to this point that the above-mentioned verses never close the path of asking logical, training, and constructive questions for human beings.

The discussed condition is only due to improper questions and seeking the affairs that not only they are not needed, but their concealment is also better and even, sometimes, necessary. Surah Al-Ma’idah, Verse 103 مَا جَعَلَ اللّهُ مِن بَحِيرَةٍ وَلاَ سَآئِبَةٍ وَلاَ وَصِيلَةٍ وَلاَ حَامٍ وَلَـكِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللّهِ الْكَذِبَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ 103.

"Allah has not appointed any Bahirah, Sa'ibah, Wasilah, and Ham, but those who disbelieve make up a lie against Allah, and most of them do not understand." In this verse the Qur'an points to four improper innovations that were customary current among the pagan Arabs at the Age of Ignorance.

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