How to reconcile Allah’s saying: “The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose measure is fifty thousand years” with His saying
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. How do we reconcile these two verses? Allah the Exalted says: [Al-Ma'arij 70:4] and His saying: [Al-Hajj 22:47]?
The Shaykh : As for the first verse:[Al-Ma'arij 70:4], the phrase is not connected to the phrase , but rather to the phrase: [Al-Ma'arij 70:1-4]. This means that this punishment is realized in a day whose measure is fifty thousand years. This aligns with the authentic hadith that Sahih Muslim 987a.
And as for His saying:[Al-Ma'arij 70:4], it is an explanation of His saying [Al-Ma'arij 70:2-3].
So why is He described as the One of the Ascending Stairways? Because the angels ascend to Him, and the Spirit ascends to Him.
And as for His saying:[Al-Hajj 22:47], this is a day with Allah whose number we do not know.
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
تعرج الملائكة والروح إليه في يوم كان مقداره خمسين ألف سنةAnd indeed, a day with your Lord is like a thousand years of those which you count.
وإن يوم عند ربك كألف سنة مما تعدونThe Shaykh : As for the first verse:
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
تعرج الملائكة والروح إليه في يوم كان مقداره خمسين ألف سنةin a day
في يومAscend
تعرجRealized
واقع(1) A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen (2) To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer. (3) [It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent. (4) The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day
سأل سائل بعذاب واقع للكافرين ليس له دافع من الله ذي المعارج تعرج الملائكة والروح إليه في يومIf any owner of gold or silver does not pay what is due on him, when the Day of Resurrection would come, plates of fire would be beaten out for him; these would then be heated in the fire of Hell and his sides, his forehead and his back would be cauterized with them. Whenever these cool down, (the process is) repeated during a day the extent of which would be fifty thousand years
مَا مِنْ صَاحِبِ ذَهَبٍ،وَلَا فِضَّةٍ لَا يُؤَدِّي مِنْهَا حَقَّهَا ، إِلَّا إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ صُفِّحَتْ لَهُ صَفَائِحُ مِنْ نَارٍ، فَأُحْمِيَ عَلَيْهَا فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ، فَيُكْوَى بِهَا جَنْبُهُ، وَجَبِينُهُ، وَظَهْرُهُ، كُلَّمَا بَرَدَتْ أُعِيدَتْ لَهُ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍAnd as for His saying:
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him
تعرج الملائكة والروح إليهof it there is no preventer. (3) [It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
ليس له دافع من الله ذي المعارجSo why is He described as the One of the Ascending Stairways? Because the angels ascend to Him, and the Spirit ascends to Him.
And as for His saying: