People ask you concerning the Hour, say: "The knowledge of it is with Allah only.
What do you know It may be that the Hour is near!"
Surah Al-Ahzab (33:63)
Here Allah
tells His Messenger
that he cannot know when the
Hour will come, and if people ask him about that, He instructs him to refer the
matter to Allah
, may He be exalted, as Allah
says in Surat
Al-A'raf, even though that was revealed in Makkah and this Surah was revealed
in Al-Madinah. Allah
continues to tell him to refer this matter to the
One Who knows about it, but He tells him that it is at hand, as He says:
What do you know It may be that the Hour is near!
This is like the Ayat:
The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder.
Surah Al-Qamar (54:1)
Draws near for mankind their reckoning, while they turn away in heedlessness.
Surah Al-Anbiya (21:1)
The Event (the Hour) ordained by Allah will come to pass, so seek not to hasten it.
Surah An-Nahl (16:1)
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