The unseen

[mariashahid]

What Is The Unseen
The Unseen is anything that is kept hidden from us, for the seen is no longer unknown! This
means that what the eyes behold is not considered unseen, but it simply has to be away from our
perception. Thus, that which is witnessed does not fall under the hidden or the unknown.
If man were to examine his life he would discern that his knowledge is but trivial and what is kept
beyond it is far greater. To us the seen merely constitutes our lives, which is a very limited
sphere, even when added to it the events we see on television or in other media transmitted to us
from lands afar. All what we gain through them, in spite of their multiplicity, is a mere fraction
compared to what happens in the entire universe.
We could be present in the same place yet in separate rooms, unaware of what is going on in the
one next to us. We could be sitting face to face conversing with some people, yet have no clue as
to what truly revolves in their minds and hearts.
Therefore, we perceive that in our daily lives the least of all is visible and certainly far beyond
great is kept unknown to us. Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, says in His Noble Book, (what
means):
“And of knowledge, you (mankind) have been given only a little.” (Al-Isrâ’, 17: 85)
If the knowledge we possess about the witnessed present world is the very least, the same applies
to general issues, because no issue that was subjected to careful study and its researchers devoted
themselves to uncover it but involved their knowledge of certain things and their ignorance of
many others.
Seldom one finds a worldly matter or a passed law that does not need modification or alteration
after a while. Why? Because those who studied a given case or established a particular law
learned certain facts and missed others, so with the passage of time the hidden realties begin to
manifest themselves, hence necessitating amendments. This is the way things are, as every age
enfolds its own laws and cases. Every age uncovers certain matters that were kept hidden from
the preceding generations and reveals new issues.
As Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, is the Sole Legislator, and because nothing is hidden
from Him, His Knowledge is Eternal and fully comprehends everything in the universe even
before He brought it into being. Indeed, not even the weight of an atom (or a small ant) or less
than that or greater, escapes His Knowledge in the heavens or in the earth.