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قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِي أَقَرِيبٌ مَا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُ رَبِّي أَمَدًا
Say, "I do not know if what you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period." (25)
Ruling
By common consent of the scholars, prostration to anyone other Allah is totally forbidden. According to some scholars, it is tantamount to
قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِي أَقَرِيبٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُ رَبِّي أَمَدًا عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيْبِهِ أَحَدًا
(Say, I do not know whether that which you are promised is near, or my Lord has appointed for it a distant term. [ He is the ] Knower of the Unseen. So He does not let anyone know His Unseen....Al-Jinn 72: 25⧉ 26⧉
The non-believers demanded that the Holy Prophet ﷺ should show them the exact time and date when the Resurrection will occur. In Verse Al-Jinn 72:25 ⧉ he is enjoined to say to them that it was not for him to say when the threatened punishment would come, but come it must.
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