There is no text that specifies the age of the world
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Q: Is there any text that specifies the age of the world or the earth? And how accurate is what some of those engaged in science claim, that they find human bones and determine their age to be millions of years old?
A: No one knows the world or when the Hour will occur except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), by the consensus of the scholars; because this is part of the knowledge of the unseen which Allah has kept to Himself, as He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: [Surat al-Naml: 65] and His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): [Surat al-A'raf: 187] and the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to Jibril when he asked him about the Hour: Mishkat al-Masabih 741 in five things which no one knows except Allah, then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): [Surat Luqman: 34] and the verses and hadiths in this meaning are many, and success is from Allah.
Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
And the Head of the Council of Senior Scholars
And the Department of Scientific Research and Ifta
A: No one knows the world or when the Hour will occur except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), by the consensus of the scholars; because this is part of the knowledge of the unseen which Allah has kept to Himself, as He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:
Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah
قُلْ لا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ الْغَيْبَ إِلا اللَّهُThey ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival? Say, "Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him. It lays heavily upon the heavens and the earth. It will not come upon you except unexpectedly." They ask you as if you are familiar with it. Say, "Its knowledge is only with Allah, but most of the people do not know."
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ رَبِّي لا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَا إِلا هُوَ ثَقُلَتْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ لا تَأْتِيكُمْ إِلا بَغْتَةً يَسْأَلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِيٌّ عَنْهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لا يَعْلَمُونَThe one who is asked knows no more than the one who asks
ما المسؤول عنها بأعلم من السائلIndeed, Allah [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain
إِنَّ اللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَGrand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
And the Head of the Council of Senior Scholars
And the Department of Scientific Research and Ifta
Source
binbaz.org.sa
The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.