and His angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day, Hell, and Paradise. It is well known that we do not possess exhaustive, detailed knowledge of all these things; we are only required to believe in them in general terms. Do you not see that we do not know some of the prophets and many of the angels, nor do we fully comprehend their attributes, yet this does not detract from our belief in them?

The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said when describing Paradise:

“Allah Most High says: ‘I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has ever imagined.’”

(I say: There is no doubt that one must believe everything the Messenger has reported and affirm its truth, even if one has not understood what he said in Arabic or grasped anything of his words. This applies all the more to Arabs. Belief in general terms does not require knowing the meaning of everything he reported; there is no doubt about this. Thus, anyone who finds a verse of the Quran unclear and does not know its meaning must believe in it and entrust knowledge of it to Allah, saying, “Allah knows best.” This is agreed upon by the early and later generations. Many of the Companions would encounter a verse or an expression they did not understand and believe in it despite not understanding its meaning. But can there be anything in the Quran that no human being understands—not even the Messenger—according to those who take interpretation to mean “the meaning of the verse” and say that it is not