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Al-Lawh al-Mahfuz

اللوح المحفوظ

The Tablet in which God wrote the decrees of creation fifty thousand years before creating the heavens and the earth; in it the glorious Qur'an is preserved, and to it belongs the knowledge of terms and provision 1 2.

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Creed

Summary

The Tablet in which the Pen wrote creation's decrees fifty thousand years before the heavens and earth; in it the Qur'an is preserved.

In the texts

Note

God erases what He wills and confirms — some entries effaced, others established.

People and things also explored

The wind that destroyed Aad· The questioning and punishment of the grave· Dreams (ahlam)· The prophets' dreams· The hereafter: the grave, resurrection and reckoning· Al-barzakh· Absolute unseen (al-ghayb al-mutlaq)· The Basin (al-Hawd) of the Prophet on the Day of Resurrection

Sources

  1. Jami' al-Tirmidhi
  2. Tafsir Ibn Kathir
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The wind that destroyed Aad

God destroyed Aad with a screaming, violent wind for seven nights and eight days in succession; you would see the people felled like hollow palm trunks — the first nation destroyed after the Flood.