Page 186 - General Knowledge from the Qur'an

184 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE QUR'AN

Comparison of Time in the Hereafter
with that in the World
On the Day the Trumpet is blown – and We will gather the evildoers
sightless on that Day –they will whisper secretly to one other, 'You
only stayed for ten.' We know best what they will say when the most
correct of them will say, 'You only stayed a day.' (Surah Ta Ha, 102-104)
He will say, 'How many years did you tarry on the earth?' They will
say, 'We tarried there for a day or part of a day. Ask those able to count!'
He will say, 'You only tarried there for a little while if you did but
know! (Surat al-Mu'minun, 112-114)
So be steadfast as the Messengers with firm resolve were also stead-
fast. And do not seek to hasten it for them. On the Day they see what
they were promised, it will be as if they had only tarried for just one
hour of a single day. It has been transmitted! Will any be destroyed ex-
cept for deviant people? (Surat al-Ahqaf, 35)
On the Day the Last Hour arrives, the evildoers will swear they have
not even tarried for an hour. That is the extent to which they are de-
ceived. (Surat ar-Rum, 55)

A Day in the Sight of Allah is as a Thousand Years
They ask you to hasten the punishment. Allah will not break His
promise. A day with your Lord is equivalent to a thousand years in the
way you count. (Surat al-Hajj, 47)
The Lenght of Time in which Angels Ascend
to the Presence of Allah
... from Allah – the Lord of the Ascending Steps. The angels and the
Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose length is fifty thousand years.
(Surat al-Ma'arij, 3-4)

PARTICULAR TIMES MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN
So be steadfast in the face of what they say and glorify your Lord
with praise before the rising of the sun and before its setting. And glo-
rify Him during part of the night and at both ends of the day, so that
hopefully you will be pleased. (Surah Ta Ha, 130)