heavenly tablet (al-lawh al-mahfuz) in Islamic theology

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The heavenly tablet (al-lawh al-mahfuz) in Islamic theology is the divinely preserved register that contains God’s eternal knowledge and decree of all that has happened and will happen in creation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concept in Islamic theology ⓘ
heavenly tablet ⓘ
preserved tablet ⓘ
associatedWithVerse Qur’an 13:39 ⓘ
Qur’an 57:22 ⓘ
Qur’an 6:59 ⓘ
Qur’an 85:21–22 ⓘ
centralTo Islamic theology ⓘ
contains God’s decree ⓘ
God’s eternal knowledge ⓘ
all that has happened in creation ⓘ
all that will happen in creation ⓘ
describedAs divinely preserved register ⓘ
discussedIn hadith commentaries ⓘ
kalam literature ⓘ
tafsir literature ⓘ
distinguishedFrom human knowledge ⓘ
mushaf (physical written Qur’an) ⓘ
hasAttribute comprehensive ⓘ
known only to God ⓘ
pre-temporal ⓘ
preserved from alteration ⓘ
hasLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasMetaphoricalDescription book ⓘ
register ⓘ
tablet ⓘ
hasName al-lawh al-mahfuz ⓘ
hasQuranicTerm imam mubin (clear register) ⓘ
kitab mubin (clear book) ⓘ
umm al-kitab (mother of the book) ⓘ
hasRole foundation for belief in qadar ⓘ
locus of divine decree ⓘ
record of all events ⓘ
hasTranslation the Preserved Tablet ⓘ
linked to: Preserved Tablet

the heavenly tablet ⓘ
isCreatedAccordingTo many Sunni theologians ⓘ
isEternalIn content (divine knowledge) ⓘ
isKnownThrough revelation ⓘ
isUnseenRealmEntity yes ⓘ
mentionedIn Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
partOf al-ghayb (unseen) in Islamic belief ⓘ
relatedTo cosmic order ⓘ
divine attribute of knowledge ⓘ
divine attribute of will ⓘ
relatedToDoctrine divine omniscience ⓘ
predestination in Islam ⓘ
qadar (divine decree) ⓘ
understoodBy Shi‘i theologians ⓘ
Sunni theologians ⓘ
linked to: Sunni theology

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