that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, created His creation in darkness, then He cast His Light upon them, so whoever is touched by that light he is guided, and whoever is not, he goes astray. It is for this reason that I say that the pens have dried with Allah's knowledge."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ خَلَقَ خَلْقَهُ فِي ظُلْمَةٍ فَأَلْقَى عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ نُورِهِ فَمَنْ أَصَابَهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ النُّورِ اهْتَدَى وَمَنْ أَخْطَأَهُ ضَلَّ فَلِذَلِكَ أَقُولُ جَفَّ الْقَلَمُ عَلَى عِلْمِ اللَّهِ  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Indeed, Allah, the exalted and mighty, created people in darkness, then He took a part of His light and cast it upon them; whoever it reached, they found guidance, and whoever missed it, they went astray. Certainly, Allah knows well who deserves to be guided and who deserves to go astray." This is what I say: "Indeed, the pen has dried."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا خَلَقَ النَّاسَ فِي ظُلْمَةٍ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ نُورًا مِنْ نُورِهِ فَأَلْقَاهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَأَصَابَ مَنْ شَاءَ وَأَخْطَأَ مَنْ شَاءَ وَقَدْ عَلِمَ مَنْ يُخْطِئُهُ مِمَّنْ يُصِيبُهُ فَمَنْ أَصَابَهُ مِنْ نُورِهِ شَيْءٌ اهْتَدَى وَمَنْ أَخْطَأَهُ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ»؛ فَفِي ذَلِكَ مَا أَقُولُ إِنَّ الْقَلَمَ قَدْ جَفَّ  

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, created His creation in darkness, then He cast His Light upon them, so whoever is touched by that light he is guided, and whoever is not, he goes astray. It is for this reason that I say that the pens have dried with Allah's knowledge." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2642)   

"إِنَّ الله تَعَالى خَلَق خَلقَهُ فِي ظُلمَة ثُمَّ أَلْقَى علَيهِم مِنْ نُورِهِ، فَمَن أَصَابَهُ مِنْ ذَلكِ النُّورِ اهْتَدَى، وَمَنْ أَخْطَأَهُ ضَلَّ فلِذلك أَقُولُ: جَفَّ القَلَمُ علَى عِلمِ الله".

حم، ت حسن، وابن جرير، طب، ك، ق عن ابن عمرو - ؓ -.