Combining the Two Verses on the Duration of the Day of Resurrection
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: It is reported that the duration of the Day of Resurrection is fifty thousand years, and it is reported that its measure is one thousand years. He asks: How is this reconciled?
The Shaykh:
Allah knows best. Allah knows best.[Al-Ma'arij 70:4]. He directs the affair [Al-Mumtahanah 60:11] from the heaven to the earth, then it ascends to Him in a day whose measure is fifty thousand years, [As-Sajdah 32:5], [Al-Ma'arij 70:4]. There is a difficulty between the two verses, but Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned things that clarify the meaning. He says: If the intended meaning is from the lower earth to the Throne, the distance is fifty thousand years. If the intended meaning is from the upper earth, the upper layer, to the lowest heaven, the distance is one thousand years. The distance is one thousand years. This is one of the opinions. Allah knows best. And finally, he suspended judgment after mentioning the opinions, suspending judgment at the end. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What are the most authentic books?
The Shaykh:
And the second opinion is that the intended meaning of the difference in the journey refers to the difference in the speed of the journey. Some of it is a slow journey that takes fifty thousand years, and some of it is a fast journey that takes one thousand years. This is a difference in the journey, a difference in the duration due to the difference in the type of journey. This is one of the opinions regarding the verse, regarding the two verses. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: It is reported that the duration of the Day of Resurrection is fifty thousand years, and it is reported that its measure is one thousand years. He asks: How is this reconciled?
The Shaykh:
Allah knows best. Allah knows best.
during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍany of your wives to
مِّنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ إِلَىHe arranges [each] matter from the heaven to the earth; then it will ascend to Him in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years of those which you count.
يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَThe 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 سَنَةٍThe questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What are the most authentic books?
The Shaykh:
And the second opinion is that the intended meaning of the difference in the journey refers to the difference in the speed of the journey. Some of it is a slow journey that takes fifty thousand years, and some of it is a fast journey that takes one thousand years. This is a difference in the journey, a difference in the duration due to the difference in the type of journey. This is one of the opinions regarding the verse, regarding the two verses. Yes.
Source
مقدمة ابن أبي زيد القيرواني في العقيدة 06-01-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (52:04)
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