Unseen or the knowledge of the unseen
ابن بابويه: قال: حدثني أبي (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن الحسن بن علي بن فضال، عن ثعلبة بن ميمون، عن بعض أصحابنا، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، في قول الله عز و جل: عالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهادَةِ. قال: «الغيب: ما لم يكن، و الشهادة: ما قد كان
Ibn Babuwayh said, ‘My father narrated to me, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazaal, from Sa’alba Bin Maymoun, from one of our companions,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah-asws regarding the Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: the Knower of the unseen and the seen [6:73], said: ‘The hidden (unseen) is what has yet to come into being, and the seen is what has already happened’.[1]
عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ غَيْرُهُ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ نُوحٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ بَدْرِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ الشَّامِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ الْإِمَامَ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ عُلِّمَ
Ali Bin Muhammad and someone else, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ayoub Bin Nuh, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Ibn Muskan, from Badr Bin Al Waleed, from Abu Al Rabie Al Shamy,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘The Imam-asws, whenever he-asws desires that he-asws knows (something), (he-asws) knows (it)’.[2]
NB: Ilmul Ghaib (Knowledge of Hidden) | Hubeali
[1] معاني الأخبار: 146/ 1
[2] Al Kafi V 1 – The Book Of Divine Authority CH 46 H 1