And the Most High said:

“He said, ‘Go down, as enemies to one another. On earth you will have a place to dwell and provision for a time.’”

“He said, ‘There you will live, there you will die, and from there you will be brought forth.’”

This foretells their future enmity toward one another and other matters.

The Most High also said:

“Indeed, those against whom your Lord’s word has come into effect will not believe, even if every sign should come to them.”

And He said:

“Indeed, those who disbelieve—it is all the same to them whether you warn them or do not warn them—they will not believe.”

This foretells the future and states that they will not believe.

The Most High also said:

“I will surely fill Hell with you and all those among them who follow you.”

And He said:

“But My word has come into effect: ‘I will surely fill Hell with jinn and human beings together.’”

This is an oath He swears concerning that, and He is truthful and faithful to His oath. His truthfulness necessarily entails His knowledge of what He has sworn to do; it also proves that He has the power to do it. It may also be adduced as evidence that He is the Creator of His servants’ acts. For if their acts were beyond His power, He could not fill Hell. Rather, that would be up to them: if they wished, they would disobey Him, and He would fill it; if they wished, they would obey Him, and He would not fill it.

It may, however, be said that He knew they would disobey Him and therefore swore to recompense them for that. One possible response is that His knowledge of the future before it comes to pass necessarily entails His creation of it. For He, glorified be He, does not acquire knowledge from others as angels and human beings do. Rather, His knowledge is inseparable from His very being. Thus, if His acts were outside His power and will, it would not necessarily follow that He knew them as He knows His creatures. A fuller discussion of this belongs elsewhere.