Where does the prepositional phrase attach in the saying of Allah the Exalted: “In a day whose measure is fifty thousand years”?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh. Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Ma'arij 70:1-4]. Where does the prepositional phrase attach in His saying: [Al-Ma'arij 70:4].
The Shaykh : We mentioned it last night, did we not? We mentioned it when it was brought up to us:[Al-Hajj 22:47] [Al-Ma'arij 70:4] Did we not mention this? Yes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not know.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : I mentioned it certainly. The one who says he did not mention it is either sleeping or not present.
We mentioned that His saying:[Al-Ma'arij 70:4]
(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 the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ لِلْكَافِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ * مِنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ * تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍduring a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
في يوم كان مقداره خمسين ألف سنةThe Shaykh : We mentioned it last night, did we not? We mentioned it when it was brought up to us:
And indeed, a day with your Lord is like a thousand years of those which you count.
وإن يوما عند ربك كألف سنة مما تعدونduring a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
في يوم كان مقداره خمسين ألف سنةThe student: ... .
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not know.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : I mentioned it certainly. The one who says he did not mention it is either sleeping or not present.
We mentioned that His saying: