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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (371) | The inability of knowledge to comprehend the matters of the unseen
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A Summary of the Principles of Ahl al-Sunnah
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The Incapacity of Human Knowledge to Grasp the Unseen
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Science and scholars must acknowledge their inability to comprehend matters of the unseen that lie beyond them.
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This is not restricted merely to matters pertaining to the Hereafter, Paradise, and Hellfire,
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but extends to everything considered unseen to them, even within their own reality and daily existence—
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such as the soul, for instance.
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Allah Almighty says:
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﴾And they ask you concerning the soul...﴿
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“They are asking thee concerning the Spirit. Say: The Spirit is by command of my Lord, and of knowledge ye have been vouchsafed but little.” (17:85)
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“They are asking thee concerning the Spirit. Say: The Spirit is by command of my Lord, and of knowledge ye have been vouchsafed but little.” (17:85)
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Scholars must realize that whatever knowledge they possess, when compared to the knowledge of Allah, is nothing
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but as what a small bird takes up in its beak from the ocean.
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A Summary of the Principles of Ahl al-Sunnah