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mā kāna llāhu li-yadhara l-muʾminīna ʿalā mā ʾantum ʿalayhi ḥattā yamīza l-khabītha mina ṭ-ṭayyibi wa-mā kāna llāhu li-yuṭliʿakum ʿalā l-ghaybi wa-lākinna llāha yajtabī min rusulihī man yashāʾu fa-ʾāminū bi-llāhi wa-rusulihī wa-ʾin tuʾminū wa-tattaqū fa-lakum ʾajrun ʿaẓīmun
Allah will not leave the faithful in your present state, until He has separated the bad ones from the good. Allah will not acquaint you with the Unseen, but Allah chooses whomever He wishes from His apostles. So have faith in Allah and His apostles; and if you are faithful and Godwary, there shall be a great reward for you.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah 'Ali-Imran, Verse 179
179. "Allah is not One to leave the believers in the state wherein you are, until He sorts out the vicious from the good. And Allah is not going to acquaint you with the unseen, but Allah chooses anyone He pleases from His Messengers (to acquaint with unseen). Therefore, believe in Allah and His Messengers, and if you believe and act piously, then you will have a great reward."
This is the last verse stated about the event of 'Uhud in this Surah. The verse clearly announces that the world is a large laboratory. It is not such that everybody who claims faith be left free to live in the society ordinarily. No, people are examined, and failures and victories are the means of recognition of their inwards. For instance, the very failure in the Battle of 'Uhud was a means for that the hypocrites to be recognized Allah does not acquaint people with 'the knowledge of hidden things', because if right and wrong be recognized with that knowledge, the flame of hope will be quenched, the social connections will be broken, and the life will be encountered with confusion.
It is better that we do not know the supernatural secrets in order that the life continues ordinarily, and the recognition of right and wrong be performed through gradual examinations.
Explanations
1. Allah leaves the disbelievers alone to themselves in order
but He does not leave the believers alone, as It says:
2. The separation of pure from impure is one of the ways of treatment of Allah.
3. Life should continue in its ordinary form. Knowing the secrets of people through 'the knowledge of hidden things' ordinarily disturbs the common life.
4. Life should continue in its normal way, yet Allah endows 'the knowledge of hidden things' to some particular ones.
5. Allah gives the knowledge of unseen to those who have the rank of messenger ship from Him.
6. The ranks of all prophets are not equal to each other.
7. The knowledge of hidden things belongs to Allah alone, yet some of the chosen Messengers of Allah enjoy of a part of it (not the whole of it) only to know it.