unseen and the seen, then He will inform you of what you did" (Qura'n, 9:94), that is, He
knows what you hide or manifest, what you conceal or reveal.
The Almighty has repeated the phrase "`Alim al ghayb wal shahada," the One Who knows the
unseen and the seen, about ten times; among such references are the following:
... His is the kingdom on the Day when the trumpet is blown, [and He is] the One Who knows
the unseen and the seen, and He is the Wise, the Aware. (6:73) The One Who knows the
unseen and the seen, the Great, the Most High (is He). (13:9) The One Who knows the unseen
and the seen, so may He be exalted above what they associate (with Him). (23:92) Such
knows the unseen and the seen, the Mighty, the Merciful. (32:6) Say: O Allah! Originator of
the heavens and the earth Who knows the unseen and the seen! You judge between Your
servants as to that wherein they differ. (39:46) He is Allah besides Whom there is no other
god, the One Who knows the unseen and the seen; He is the Beneficent, the Merciful. (59:22)
Say: (As for) the death from which you flee, it will surely overtake you, then you shall be sent
back to the One Who knows the unseen and the seen, and He will (then) inform you of
whatever you did. (62:8)
The believing nation, the nation that believes in Muhammed as the Messenger of Allah,
always remembers that its Lord, Allah, is the Witness over it, and it is also the nation of
testimony in every field. Its Lord has said the following about it: "Thus have We made you a
medium (just) nation so that you may be the bearers of witness to people, and so that the
Messenger may be a bearer of witness to you" (Qura'n, 2:143).
- "Al-Haqq"
Allah has said: Allah is the Truth, and He gives life to the dead, and He has power over all
things. (22:6)
One of the attributes Allah is "al-Haqq", the Truth. His existence is proven to be true and so
is His Divinity. He makes the truth manifest by the power of His words, Who supports those
whom He loves by His signs. Allah is the Truth, al-Haqq, who is worthy of being adored,
Who is always there and Who never disappears, Whose presence is proven to have always
been, since time immemorial, and forever__even before time and above time. His presence is
a reality standing on its own merits, and there is no existence except through Him, and by
Him, and He never moves and is above motion or anything physical or material. He permits
the truth to manifest itself. He creates everything as His wisdom dictates. He is present in a
way which permits no room for Him to be absent, nor different, nor extinct. Everything that
exists is from Him, and to Him is its ultimate end.
"Al-Haqq" is the antithesis of falsehood. According to one tradition, the Messenger of Allah