The Qur'an says the following concerning God's knowledge...

The Qur'an says the following concerning God's knowledge: "He knows tire hidden and the manifest and He is the Compassionate and Merciful" (59:22) "He it is Who knows tire unseen and tire manifest the Great the Sublime." (13:9) "O Knower of tire manifest and tire hidden judge among Your servants in that concerning which they dispute." (39:46) "I know tire hidden aspects of the heavens and tire earth and that which you make manifest and that which you conceal." (2:33) "Return then to God Who knows tire manifest and the hidden; He shall make apparent to you all you have done." (62:8) "He it is that knows tire hidden and manifest dimensions of His creation; He is wise and well acquainted with all things." (6:73) The Commander of the Faithful 'Ali peace be upon him says: "He knows all things but not by means of instruments and faculties the absence of which would negate His knowledge.

His knowledge is not something superadded to ( 207 ) His existence interposed between Him and the objects of His knowledge; it is identical with His essence." ( 2 ) A crucial issue arises at this point: is knowledge of the unseen exclusively God's and confined to His essence? Is it only for the…