How to reconcile Allah’s saying: “On a Day whose measure is fifty thousand years” with His saying: “And a Day with your Lord is like a thousand years of what you count.”
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The Shaykh :[Al-Hajj 22:47] And He said: [As-Sajdah 32:5] But regarding the Day of Resurrection, only fifty thousand years have been mentioned: [Al-Ma'arij 70:4] And in the authentic hadith regarding the story of the one who withheld zakah: Sunan Abi Dawud 1658Sahih (Al-Albani) And on this basis, the Day with our Lord is like a thousand years; we do not know what this Day is, it is a Day unknown to us. As for: [As-Sajdah 32:5] This is because the distance between the heavens and the earth is five hundred years. So if the distance between them is five hundred years, then the ascent of the decree to Allah and its return would be a thousand years. Thus, there are three Days: a Day whose measure is fifty thousand years, which is the Day of Resurrection; a Day with Allah whose measure we do not know, which is a thousand years; and a Day whose measure is a thousand years in the management of the decree from the heavens to the earth and then its ascent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
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