Tafsir for verse: 16:77
وَلِلَّهِ غَيۡبُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَمَآ أَمۡرُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ إِلَّا كَلَمۡحِ ٱلۡبَصَرِ أَوۡ هُوَ أَقۡرَبُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ٧٧ ﴿77
77To Allah belongs the Unseen of the heavens and the earth; and the matter of Hour (of Judgment) is no more than of twinkling of the eye, or even quicker. Of course, Allah is powerful over everything.
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Commentary

And when these two examples were completed; indicating the completeness of His knowledge; and the comprehensiveness of His power; and affirming that other than Him is non-existence; He added to His saying: "Indeed, Allah knows"; His saying - explicitly stating the completeness of His knowledge; and the comprehensiveness of His power -: ﴿And to Allah﴾; meaning: this is the knowledge of Allah in the observations; which has been known from these evidences that it is exclusive to Him; and to Him, the Majestic and the Generous; alone; ﴿The unseen of the heavens and the earth﴾; just as He alone has their testimony; so what He intended by that was His power over it is like His power over the testimony of the Hour which you deny, considering it too great; and from other than them, as He has detailed for you from the beginning of the Surah to here; from the creation of the heavens and the earth; and what is in them; ﴿And what is the matter of the Hour﴾; and it is the time in which resurrection will occur; based on your belief that it will not happen, considering it improbable; and the difficulty of its matter in its swiftness in the eyes of people if they were to see it; and for this reason, He expressed it with the Hour; ﴿Except like the blink of an eye﴾; meaning: like the return of the glance; attributed to the sight; whichever sight it may be; ﴿Or it is closer﴾; and when the creation has risen from their graves, hastening to the caller - this is in relation to their knowledge and their estimation; but as for Him - glorified and exalted is He - His matter in majesty and greatness; and swiftness; and precision; is beyond description; and intellects fall short of it; and there is no doubt in it; and no hesitation; and for this reason, He explained it with His saying (the Exalted): ﴿Indeed, Allah﴾; meaning: the Greatest King; ﴿is over all things﴾; meaning: possible; ﴿All-Powerful﴾.

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