We have no knowledge but that which Thou hast taught us...

We have no knowledge but that which Thou hast taught us; surely Thou, Thou (alone), art the Knowing, the Wise.” It will be explained later that the Throne means the divine knowledge, as the Tradition narrated from the Imams of Ahlu 'l-bayt (a.s.) say.

(Therefore, the angels' taking refuge with the Throne would refer to their confession that they knew only that which Allah had taught them and that only Allah was the Knowing, the Wise.) According to some Tradition, the word “the unbelievers”, (in the clause, “and he was one of the unbelievers”) refers to the species,…