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2018 Yaqin: Certainty; the Hour that is Certain; death. (15.99)
16:77 - To Allah belongeth the mystery of the heavens and the earth. And the decision of the Hour
(of Judgment) is as the twinkling of an eye or even quicker: for Allah hath power over all
things. 21102111
2110 The key to all things-not only those which we see and understand, but those which we do not see or of which we have
no idea-is with Allah, Whose knowledge and power are supreme. (16.77)
2111 Lures of this world and its fleeting pleasures often make man forget that the life hereafter is an imminent reality. Many
of those who claim to believe in the life to come act and behave as if it belonged to a distant future, and had no
relevance to their present activities and mode of living. The Qur-An repeatedly reminds man that the Hour of
Reckoning is not a distant possibility, but very close to man, and could come to pass any moment. The wisest course
for man, therefore, is to be always alert and watchful and steer clear of all forms of sin and impiety, for when the
Promised Hour comes it will come all of a sudden and without any prior notice. See also x. 45; xxx. 55, xlv. 35. (16.77)
20:15 - "Verily the Hour is coming My design is to keep it hidden for every soul to receive its reward
by the measure of its endeavor. 25452546
2545 The first need is to mend our lives and worship and serve Allah, as in the last verse. The next is to realise the
meaning of the Hereafter, when every soul will get the meed of its conduct in this life. (20.15)
2546 Ukhfi may mean either "keep it hidden", or "make it manifest", and the Commentators have taken, some one meaning
and some the other. If the first is taken, it means that the exact hour or day when the Judgment comes is hidden from
man; if the second, it means that the fact of the Judgment to come is made known, that man may remember and take
warning. I think that both meanings are implied. (20.15)
22:7 - And verily the Hour will come: there can be no doubt about it or about (the fact) that Allah will
raise up all who are in the graves.
30:55 - On the Day that the Hour (of reckoning) will be established the transgressors will swear that
they tarried not but an hour: thus were they used to being deluded! 3573
3573 Whatever the seeming inequalities may be now-when the good appear to be weak and the strong seem to oppresswill
be removed when the balance will be finally redressed. That will happen in good time,-indeed so quickly that the
Transgressors will be taken by Surprise. They were deluded by the fact that what they took to be their triumph or their
freedom to do what they liked was only a reprieve, a "Term Appointed", in which they could repent and amend and get
Allah's Mercy. Failing this, they will then be up against the Penalties which they thought they had evaded or defied.
(30.55)
43:66 - Do they only wait for the Hour that it should come on them all of a sudden while they
perceive not? 4665
4665 Cf. xii. 107. What is there to wait for? The Hour of Judgment may come at any moment. It will come all of a sudden
before they realise that it is on them. They should make up their minds to give up misleading disputations and come to
the Straight Path. (43.66)
45:32 - "And when it was said that the promise of Allah was true and that the Hour there was no
doubt about its (coming) ye used to say `We know not what is the Hour: we only think it is an
idea and we have no firm assurance.'" 4769
4769 There is arrogance as well as untruth in this pretence. The coming of Judgment has been proclaimed times out of
number by every prophet of Allah. They cannot dismiss it as a mere idea or superstition. Their object is merely an
ostentatious and lofty rejection of Faith. (45.32)
74:47 - "Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain." 5804
5804 Cf. xv. 99, and n. 2018. The Hour that is Certain is usually taken to the Death. (74.47)
74:48 - Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
79:42 - They ask thee about the Hour `When will be its appointed time?' 5946
5946 Cf vii. 187 and n. 1159. Only Allah can reveal it. But were it known, "heavy were its burden through the heavens and
the earth". (79.42)
79:46 - The Day they see it (it will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening or (at most till) the
following morn! 5949
5948 The warning is only effective for those who believe in Allah and in the Final Account. Such men immediately turn in
repentance to Allah, and it is to lead such men and help them, that Prophets are sent. (79.45)
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