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ceased to
know Himself and His Attributes, as well as everything that happens from His creation.
Whatever happens in and from the creation does not update His Knowledge, rather it is known to Him
through His Eternal Knowledge.
Thus if we were given prior knowledge of the coming of so and so at sunrise, and that prior
knowledge
persisted until the sun had risen, then the coming of so and so at sunrise would have been known to
us
through that prior knowledge without any necessity for its renewal.
Likewise, the eternity of the Knowledge of Allah - the High - should be understood.
(ix) Eternity of Will
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know Himself and His Attributes, as well as everything that happens from His creation.
Whatever happens in and from the creation does not update His Knowledge, rather it is known to Him
through His Eternal Knowledge.
Thus if we were given prior knowledge of the coming of so and so at sunrise, and that prior
knowledge
persisted until the sun had risen, then the coming of so and so at sunrise would have been known to
us
through that prior knowledge without any necessity for its renewal.
Likewise, the eternity of the Knowledge of Allah - the High - should be understood.
(ix) Eternity of Will
Page 32 of 56