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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And indeed, a day with your Lord is like a thousand years of what you count” (Al-Hajj 47)?

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Question:
A questioner asks: What is the meaning of the saying
Allah will never fail in His promise. And indeed, a day with your Lord is like a thousand years of those which you count.اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ وَإِنَّ يَوْمًا عِندَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ
[Al-Hajj 22:47]
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Answer:
This is from the days of the Hereafter. The days of the Hereafter are not like the days of this world, which are twelve hours or more or less. They are long days; a day whose measure is fifty thousand years. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما المقصود بقول الله تعالى ﴿وإنّ يوما عند ربّك كألف سنة مّمّا تعدّون﴾ الحج 47؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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