Whenever such question arose in my mind, I only recall the following...
Its in Hadees Shareef...
"Allah Ki Zaat Pe Ghoor na karo balke uski Siffaat pe ghor karo"
I found the following site related to this topic...
http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/B.../chapter2.html
See the material under the topic "Faith in the Unknown"
Regards,