Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)

70. “Do you not know that Allah knows what is in the heaven and the earth? Verily this is (recorded) in a Book; verily this is easy for Allah.”

Allah’s Knowledge is the same with respect to all the world of existence; and since the judgment in Hereafter upon the deeds of the human beings and their discords needs a vast knowledge unto all of them, in this verse the Qur’an, hinting to the infinite knowledge of Allah, says:

“Do you not know that Allah knows what is in the heaven and the earth?…”

Yes, everything is recorded in a Book. This is the book of the infinite knowledge of Allah. It is the book of the world of existence and the world of ‘cause and effect’, a world wherein nothing will be lost or perished, but the things always change in forms, even the waves of the weak sound which a mortal did produce thousands of years ago have not been annihilated or extinguished completely and they exist in the atmosphere.

This is a very minute and consistent book in which everything has been recorded.

In other words, all these things are found in the ‘Protected Tablet’, the tablet of the knowledge of Allah, and all these beings with all their characteristics and details are present with Him.

That is why, in the last sentence of this verse, the Qur’an announces that this is easy for Allah (s.w.t.), because all beings entirely and with all their qualities attend before Him.

The verse says:

“…Verily this is (recorded) in a Book; verily this is easy for Allah.”

Some Traditions Concerning Knowledge

1. The Messenger of Allah (S) said:

“Having knowledge to Allah is the best of deeds; for knowing Him will benefit you whether the deed is scanty or abundant; and verily ignorance will not benefit you whether the deed is scanty or abundant.”

2. Amir-ul-Mu’mineen Ali-ibn-Abitalib (as) said:

“The finite of knowledge (to Allah) is being in awe of Allah, the Pure.”1