al-ghayb (the unseen)

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Al-ghayb (the unseen) is an Islamic theological concept referring to hidden realities known only to God, including matters such as the future, the afterlife, and the inner secrets of creation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
al-Ghayba 1
al-ghayb (the unseen) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic theological concept ⓘ
unseen reality ⓘ
accessMethod authentic prophetic reports ⓘ
divine revelation (waḥy) ⓘ
associatedWith God’s exclusive knowledge ⓘ
divine knowledge ⓘ
believedBy Muslims ⓘ
cannotBeKnownBy empirical observation ⓘ
independent human reason alone ⓘ
centralTo Islamic creed (ʿaqīdah) ⓘ
contrastedWith al‑shahāda (the seen, manifest world) ⓘ
denialConsidered a deviation from Islamic orthodoxy ⓘ
describedIn Hadith literature ⓘ
Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
epistemicStatus beyond human sensory perception ⓘ
known only through revelation ⓘ
hasLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasMeaning the unseen ⓘ
includes Hellfire (Jahannam) ⓘ
linked to: Hellfire

Paradise (Jannah) ⓘ
linked to: Jannah (Paradise)

details of the Last Day ⓘ
future events ⓘ
hidden decrees of God (al‑qadar) ⓘ
inner secrets of creation ⓘ
knowledge of what is in people’s hearts ⓘ
realities of the angels ⓘ
realities of the jinn ⓘ
the Day of Resurrection ⓘ
the afterlife ⓘ
knownOnlyBy Allah ⓘ
label al-ghayb ⓘ
al-ghayb (Arabic: الغيب) ⓘ
al-ghayb (the unseen) ⓘ
mentionedIn Qur’an 2:3 ⓘ
moralImplication cultivates trust in God ⓘ
encourages humility before God’s knowledge ⓘ
relatedConcept al‑qadar (divine decree) ⓘ
tawḥīd (oneness of God) ⓘ
linked to: tawhid

īmān bil‑ghayb (faith in the unseen) ⓘ
requires faith (īmān) ⓘ
scope future realities hidden from humans ⓘ
past realities hidden from humans ⓘ
present realities hidden from humans ⓘ
theologicalFunction distinguishes Creator’s knowledge from creation’s knowledge ⓘ
grounds belief in eschatology ⓘ
supports the concept of prophecy ⓘ
usedInReligion Islam ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lisān al-Ghayb → etymologyComponent → al-ghayb (the unseen) ⓘ
Occultation → ArabicName → al-Ghayba ⓘ
linked to: al-ghayb (the unseen)