Belief in the Unseen

In the opening verses of Surah Baqarah, Allah Ta‘ala mentions the qualities of His righteous servants that they are:

 الَّذينَ يُؤمِنونَ بِالغَيبِ 

“Those who believe in the unseen”

This needs to be firmly entrenched into our systems that our belief is in the unseen and not in what we see. Some people boldly claim: “Only if we see it, then we will believe it”. This is not the outlook of a believer and a righteous servant of Allah Ta‘ala.

The factor which strengthens this belief of ours is ihsaan (keeping Allah Ta‘ala in mind at all times). The greater the ihsaan, the stronger our belief and imaan becomes.