وَعِندَهُۥ مَفَاتِحُ ٱلْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۚ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَلَا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ Qur’an Al-An'am (6:59)WaAAindahu maf a ti h u alghaybi l a yaAAlamuh a ill a huwa wayaAAlamu m a fee albarri wa a lba h ri wam a tasqu t u min waraqatin ill a yaAAlamuh a wal a h abbatin fee th ulum a ti alar d i wal a ra t bin wal a y a bisin ill a fee kit a bin mubeen in
Lit., "fresh or dry".
The five keys of the unseen are mentioned in 31:34.
See footnote for 6:38.
Mafatih: Plural of either miftah= a key, or maftah= a treasure. Both meanings are implied, and I have accordingly put both in my translation.
This is the mystic Record, the archetypal Plan, the Eternal Law, according to which everything seen and unseen is ordered and regulated. There is much mystic doctrine here, explained by beautiful metaphors and illustrations. The simplest things in Nature are subject to His Law. The fresh and the withered, the living and the lifeless-nothing is outside the Plan of His Creation.