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Combining the two verses: “A day whose measure is fifty thousand years” and “a thousand years”

Shaykh Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah inform you, what is the reconciliation between His saying, the Exalted,
during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
[Al-Ma'arij 70:4]
, and His saying
in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years of those which you count.فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ
[As-Sajdah 32:5]
?

Answer:
This concerns the ascent to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. The angels ascend, meaning they rise,
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
[Al-Ma'arij 70:4]
, and in the other verse the angels and the Spirit ascend
in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years of those which you count.فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ
[As-Sajdah 32:5]
. This is regarding the ascent of the angels and the distance they cover, which is estimated at fifty thousand years, and in another verse at a thousand years. Allah knows best what is intended by this. Some say this is due to the difference in the speed of travel, because travel can be slow or fast depending on the pace. Others have said various things. When Imam Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned their opinions, he expressed hesitation in this matter, in his *al-Nuniyyah*, expressing hesitation, and he said, “Allah knows best about that.” Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 10من13/شرح لمعة الاعتقاد/عقيدة/من قوله والبعث بعد الموت حق/الشيخ صالح الفوزان/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (52:33)

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