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2. Say: ‘I have no power to bring benefit, to attract it to, myself, or hurt, to
repel it, except as God wills. Had I knowledge of the Unseen — that which
is hidden from me, I would have acquired much good, and adversity, in the way of impoverishment and otherwise, would not touch me, since I would
take precautions against such [adversity] by avoiding what is harmful.
7: 187-188 Implicature
1. [Human or angles do not have knowledge of the occurrence and timing of
the Day of Resurrection] [All creatures will suffer its heaviness ‘harm’ on the Day of Resurrection]
[When it commences, the heavens will be torn, the stars will scatter all over, the sun will be wound round, the mountains will be made to pass
away and all of which Allah spoke of will occur] 2.
[If I had knowledge of the Unseen, benefit and harm, I should have abundance of wealth of benefit, and adversity would not touch me].
[If I knew the timing of droughts, lack of harvest and of rises in prices, I would amass good in abundance and hardship would not touch me]
[If I know the Unseen, I would have avoided and saved myself from any type of harm before it comes]
7: 187-188 The way of the speaker implied the implicature
1. Directly
These verses are Allah said to Prophet Muhammad. Allah informed him regarding there is people of Mecca, the Quraysh or the Jews, had question to
Prophet Muhammad about the timing and occurrence of the Last Hour. However,
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in other riwayah, the people who asked when the Resurrection should happen is Jibril who in the shape of a Bedouin man to teach the people matters of their
religion. Allah asked Prophet Muhammad to answer the question in this way, “The
knowledge of its timing and occurrence is from my Lord. He alone will manifest it at its proper time. He manifests its occurrence and timing. The knowledge of its
occurrence and timing is heavy on the dwellers of the heavens and earth. It is obscure, but most of mankind know not nor believe in it.”
As stated previously, the Messengers does not know the unseen Ghaib and he can’t bring benefit or harm even to himself, because the knowledge of it is
from God and stated in the last sentence of this verse, Allah informed that the Prophet is a warner and bearer of good news. He warns against the torment and
brings good news of Paradise for the believers. In this context, Prophet Muhammad had taught to say accord with Allah
implied, because it is related to Unseen Ghaib, in which it is known only from Allah only. Based on his statements, the way of Prophet Muhammad expressed
his intention is directly, whenever there is relationship between structure of sentence and its function, which declarative refers to statement.
Moreover, regarding the contribution of Cooperative Principle, Prophet Muhammad had revelation to say it if there is people asked about Unseen Ghaib,
so that he surely said truthfulness and sincerity. Besides that, he never against everything He said to him and he always follow it. Thus, he observes the maxim
of quality.
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Overall, in one utterance implied more implicature as stated above, but overall they have conveyed the same message that is none not even angels or
Messengers knows the knowledge of its appointed time of the final Hour or the Judgment Day.
26. The conversation between a couple Adam and Hawa and Allah
