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The Concept of Time in the Qur'an 187

your magic, Musa? We will bring you magic to match it. So fix a time be-
tween us and you which neither we nor you will fail to keep at a place
where we can meet halfway.' He said, 'Your time is the day of the Festi-
val. The people should gather in the morning.' (Surah Ta Ha, 57-59)
The Prophet Musa (as) Travels With His People At Night
We revealed to Musa, 'Travel with My servants by night. Strike a dry
path for them through the sea. Have no fear of being overtaken and do
not be afraid.' (Surah Ta Ha, 77)
The Time When Pharaoh's Troops
Started to Pursue the Prophet Musa (as) and His People
So they pursued them at sunrise. (Surat ash-Shuara, 60)
The Prophet Zakariyya (as) did not Speak to People
for Three Nights
He (Zakariyya) said, 'My Lord, give me a Sign.' He said, 'Your Sign is
not to speak to people for three nights despite the fact that you are per-
fectly able to.' He came out to his people from the Upper Room and
gestured to them to glorify Allah in the morning and the evening.
(Surah Maryam, 10-11)
The Wind Made Subservient to the Prophet Sulayman (as)
And We gave Sulayman power over the wind – a month's journey in
the morning and a month in the evening. And We made a fount of
molten copper flow out for him. And some of the jinn worked in front
of him by his Lord's permission. And if a single one of them deviates at
all from Our command, We let him taste the punishment of the Searing
Blaze. (Surah Saba, 12)
Meal Time in the Qur'an
You who believe! Do not go into the Prophet's rooms except when
you are invited to come and eat. Do not wait there while the food is
being cooked. However, when you are called, go in, and when you
have eaten, disperse, not remaining there to chat with one another.
Doing that causes annoyance to the Prophet though he is too reticent
to tell you so. But Allah is not reticent with the truth. When you ask his
wives for something, ask them from behind a screen. That is purer for
your hearts and their hearts. It is not right for you to cause annoyance