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Al-A'raf 7:188 قل لا املك لنفسي نفعا ولا ضرا الا ما شاء الله ولو كنت اعلم الغيب لاستكثرت من الخير وما مسني السوء ان انا الا نذير وبشير لقوم يومنون ١٨٨

7:188
قُل
لَّآ
أَمۡلِكُ
لِنَفۡسِي
نَفۡعٗا
وَلَا
ضَرًّا
إِلَّا
مَا
شَآءَ
ٱللَّهُۚ
وَلَوۡ
كُنتُ
أَعۡلَمُ
ٱلۡغَيۡبَ
لَٱسۡتَكۡثَرۡتُ
مِنَ
ٱلۡخَيۡرِ
وَمَا
مَسَّنِيَ
ٱلسُّوٓءُۚ
إِنۡ
أَنَا۠
إِلَّا
نَذِيرٞ
وَبَشِيرٞ
لِّقَوۡمٖ
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
١٨٨
Say, “I have no power to bring a benefit or a harm to myself, except that which Allah wills. If I had the knowledge of the Unseen, I would have accumulated a lot of good things, and no evil would have ever touched me. I am but a warner, and a herald of good news for a people who believe.”
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

The Messenger does not know the Unseen, and He cannot bring Benefit or Harm even to Himself

Allah commanded His Prophet to entrust all matters to Him and to inform, about himself, that he does not know the unseen future, but he knows of it only what Allah informs him. Allah said in another Ayah,

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The Messenger does not know the Unseen, and He cannot bring Benefit or Harm even to Himself

Allah commanded His Prophet to entrust all matters to Him a

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Chapter 7, Page 175, Juz 9

182. As for those who reject Our signs, We will lead them gradually (towards their punishment) in a way that they do not know. 183. I give them respite. Surely My plan is firm. 184. Have they not reflected that their fellow (i.e. the Holy Prophet) does not suffer from any madness? He is but a plain warner. 185. Have they not looked into the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and into the things Allah has created, and into the fact that their time might have possibly drawn near? In which other discourse, then, shall they believe after this? 186. For those whom Allah lets go astray, there is no one to guide, and He leaves them wandering blindly in their rebellion. 187. They ask you about the Hour (i.e. the Doomsday), “When is it due to happen?” Say, “Its knowledge is only with my Lord. No one can unfold it except He at its time. It shall weigh heavy in the heavens and the earth. It shall not come upon you but suddenly.” They ask you as if you were aware of it. Say, “Its knowledge is only with Allah, but most of the people do not know.” 188. Say, “I have no power to bring a benefit or a harm to myself, except that which Allah wills. If I had the knowledge of the Unseen, I would have accumulated a lot of good things, and no evil would have ever touched me. I am but a warner, and a herald of good news for a people who believe.”

- T. Usmani

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