How to reconcile Qatadah’s statement that the sky is green today and will be red on the Day of Resurrection with the fact that we see it today as blue?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, the father, the questioner says: Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him), as mentioned in Ibn Kathir’s tafsir, stated that the sky is green today and will be red on the Day of Resurrection. You also mentioned this, Honorable Shaykh. What we observe, and what is well-known among people, is that the sky is blue, the color of the sea. We ask for clarification. May Allah preserve you.
Answer:
It is green along with the blue; it combines both descriptions. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, the father, the questioner says: Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him), as mentioned in Ibn Kathir’s tafsir, stated that the sky is green today and will be red on the Day of Resurrection. You also mentioned this, Honorable Shaykh. What we observe, and what is well-known among people, is that the sky is blue, the color of the sea. We ask for clarification. May Allah preserve you.
Answer:
It is green along with the blue; it combines both descriptions. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [836- 4717] كيف الجمع بين قول قتادة أن السماءاليوم خضراءويوم القيامةحمراء،وبين رؤيتهااليوم وهي زرقاء — youtube.com
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