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Quran · Surah 70:4; 32:5; 22:47

A day of fifty thousand years

EvidenceDocumentedThe text exists and is quoted from a published translation. What it describes is a separate question.What this means
ReferenceSurah 70:4; 32:5; 22:47
Written610–632 CE
SetTimeless
(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.

Translation: Pickthall, 1930 · About the translator

Read it literally

Two different ratios: a thousand years (32:5) and fifty thousand years (70:4). Two ships at two speeds, or two distances.

What scholars say

Read as God's time being unlike ours.

Strange time From the sky

Quick answers about Surah 70:4

Where is Surah 70:4 found?

Surah 70:4; 32:5; 22:47 (Quran). Translation quoted: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930).

When was Surah 70:4 written?

610–632 CE.

What do scholars say about Surah 70:4?

Read as God's time being unlike ours.

Sources

  1. Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930)Primary text

Scholarly dates are rounded. The wording follows the named public-domain translation.

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