Continuation of the benefits of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “To Him is returned the knowledge of the Hour, and what comes forth from the fruits in their husks, and what carries a female or what she bears, except by His knowledge. And the Day He will call them, saying, ‘Where are My partners?’ They will say, ‘We inform You that there is none of us who is a witness.’ And what they used to invoke before has become lost to them, and they will realize that there is no escape for them.”
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Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: [Surah Fussilat: 47]. One of its benefits is that the knowledge of the Hour is with Allah, Mighty and Majestic; no one knows it except He. We mentioned evidence for this in the hadith of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) when Jibril asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) about the Hour, and he said to him: Sahih Ibn Hibban 4:43.
One of its benefits is that whoever claims to know the Hour is a disbeliever, because he is denying Allah and His Messenger, and denying Allah and His Messenger is one of the causes of apostasy. This is because apostasy revolves around two things: either denial or arrogance. So every apostasy about which scholars issue a ruling does not go beyond these two matters: either denial or arrogance.
One of the benefits of this noble verse is the comprehensiveness of the knowledge of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, as He said:[Fussilat 41:47] to the end of it.
One of the benefits of the noble verse is the rebuke of the disbelievers on the Day of Resurrection, as He said:[Fussilat 41:47]. The rebuke in that place is among the greatest of rebukes, because it is the witnessed Day, which is witnessed by Allah, the angels, and all of His creation.
One of its benefits is the admission of these deniers of the Resurrection on that Day that there is no partner for Allah, Mighty and Majestic, as He said:[Fussilat 41:47].
One of the benefits of the verse that follows is that whatever is worshipped other than Allah is destruction and misguidance, and it will not benefit its worshippers in any way, as Allah the Exalted said:[Fussilat 41:48].
One of its benefits is that these deniers will be certain on that Day that there is no escape for them from the punishment of Allah, because there is no one there who can ward off the punishment of Allah, the Exalted, from them, so they will be certain that there is no escape for them from it.
To him [alone] is attributed knowledge of the Hour. And fruits emerge not from their coverings nor does a female conceive or give birth except with His knowledge
إِلَيْهِ يُرَدُّ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَمَا تَخْرُجُ مِنْ ثَمَرَاتٍ مِنْ أَكْمَامِهَا وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنثَى وَلا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِThe one asked is not more knowledgeable than the one asking.
ما المسئول بأعلم من السائلOne of its benefits is that whoever claims to know the Hour is a disbeliever, because he is denying Allah and His Messenger, and denying Allah and His Messenger is one of the causes of apostasy. This is because apostasy revolves around two things: either denial or arrogance. So every apostasy about which scholars issue a ruling does not go beyond these two matters: either denial or arrogance.
One of the benefits of this noble verse is the comprehensiveness of the knowledge of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, as He said:
And fruits emerge not from their coverings
وما تخرج من ثمرات من أكمامهاOne of the benefits of the noble verse is the rebuke of the disbelievers on the Day of Resurrection, as He said:
And the Day He will call to them, "Where are My 'partners'?"
ويوم يناديهم أين شركائيOne of its benefits is the admission of these deniers of the Resurrection on that Day that there is no partner for Allah, Mighty and Majestic, as He said:
they will say, "We announce to You that there is [no longer] among us any witness [to that]."
قالوا آذناك ما منا من شهيدOne of the benefits of the verse that follows is that whatever is worshipped other than Allah is destruction and misguidance, and it will not benefit its worshippers in any way, as Allah the Exalted said:
And lost from them will be those they were invoking before
وضل عنهم ما كانوا يدعون من قبلOne of its benefits is that these deniers will be certain on that Day that there is no escape for them from the punishment of Allah, because there is no one there who can ward off the punishment of Allah, the Exalted, from them, so they will be certain that there is no escape for them from it.