How does the Qur’an’s denial of knowledge of the unseen to anyone but Allah reconcile with the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) statement that the jinn’s predictions about the future contain some truth?
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Knowledge of the Unseen is something Allah Almighty has独占ed for Himself. It is of two types: absolute unseen, which none knows but Allah, and relative unseen, which some creatures know while others do not. Soothsayers do not know the Unseen; rather, they steal their information from the words of angels who transmit heavenly news, and they mix it with more than a hundred lies. Jinn likewise do not know the Unseen; rather, they eavesdrop on the angels.
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