بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Allah has a Necessary pre-eternal attribute of ‘Ilm, which subsists in His Essence. It can be translated into Knowledge

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The textual proof for His ‘Ilm is:

“Do you not see that Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth? If three converse privately, He is their fourth. If five, He is their sixth. Whether fewer or more, He is with them wherever they may be. Then, on the Day of Judgment, He will inform them of what they have done. Surely Allah has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of all things.”

[Qur’an 58:7]

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The rational proof for His ‘Ilm is:

P1: To create something, you need to know it

P2: If Allah created the world, then He would need to know it

C1: Hence, He has Knowledge (‘Ilm)

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The ‘Ilm of Allah is one and extends to all of that which is necessary, possible, and impossible.

He pre-eternally has Knowledge of the past, present, and future. His Knowledge is not bound by time.

He has Knowledge of every universal and every particular.

جَزَاكَ اللهُ خَيْرًا