What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (on a day whose measure is fifty thousand years)?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the stronger position regarding the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ma'arij 70:4]?
Answer:
It is to be taken at its apparent meaning: fifty thousand years. Some say, "No, it is not fifty thousand years." It is fifty thousand years. Allah said fifty thousand years. It does not need interpretation; it interprets itself.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the stronger position regarding the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍAnswer:
It is to be taken at its apparent meaning: fifty thousand years. Some say, "No, it is not fifty thousand years." It is fifty thousand years. Allah said fifty thousand years. It does not need interpretation; it interprets itself.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [179 -560] ما تفسير قول الله تعالى (في يوم كان مقداره خمسين ألف سنة)؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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