One kind of knowledge is that which no one knows except He.

One kind of knowledge is that which no one knows except He. The other kind is that which He has taught to the His angels and His messengers. Whatever His angels and Messengers have learned we know it." Chapter 45 : The Unique Ahadith about the hidden facts H 663, Ch. 45, h 1 A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Isa from Mu'ammar ibn Khallad who has said that a man from Persia asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.) the following.

"Do you know al-Ghayb (the hidden facts)?" The Imam (a.s.) said, "abu Ja'far (a.s.) has said, 'It opens to us then we know it and it is withheld from us then we do not know." The Imam (a. s.) then said, "It is the secret of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, who has secretly given to Jibril and Jibril has secretly given to Muhammad (s.a.) and Muhammad (s.a.) has secretly given to whoever Allah wished." H 664, Ch.

45, h 2 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from 'Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn 'Isa from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Ali ibn Ri'ab from Sadir al-Sayrafi who has said that he heard Humran ibn A'yan ask abu Ja'far (a.s.) about the words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High Allah, ". . . One Who is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. . ." (6:101) Abu Ja'far (a.s.) said, "Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, originated all things through His knowledge in unprecedentedly.

He Invented the heavens and eath and there was heavens and earths before. Have you not considered the words of Allah, ". . .His Throne existed on water. . ." (11:7) Humran then said, "Have you considered His words, Majestic is Whose mention, 'He knows the unseen and He does not allow anyone to know His secrets. . ." (72:26). Abu Ja'far (a.s.) then said, " except those of His Messengers whom He chooses. (72:26) Muhammad (s.a.), I swear by Allah, was one of those whom Allah had chosen.

However, there are His words "He knows the hidden facts." The fact that Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, through what is hidden from His creatures of the things that He measures and determines and decrees in His knowledge before creating it and before assigning to the angels it is because of the following. O Humran, there is the knowledge withheld before Him in which He has a wish. He then decrees it when He wills. Bada' may take place in it and He then will not decree it.