acquire it anew; for whoever lacks knowledge of what he intends to create is, by necessity, unable to create it.
He then cited the verse, “Does He who created not know, when He is the Subtle, the All-Aware?” (67:14). As for His words, “so that We may know those among you who strive” (47:31), he explained that the meaning is “so that We may see it,” that is, so that the act comes into existence and is thus known, for it is impossible that He should know a thing while it is still nonexistent