Tafsir for verses: 38:79, 38:80, 38:81
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرۡنِيٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ ٧٩ ﴿79﴾ قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنظَرِينَ ٨٠ ﴿80﴾ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡوَقۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡلُومِ ٨١ ﴿81﴾
79He said, “O my Lord, then give me respite till the day they are raised again.” 80He said, “Then, you have been given respite, 81until the Day of the Appointed Time.”
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Commentary
If you say: What is the known time to which today is added? I say: The time in which the first blast occurs. And its day: the day in which the time of the blast is part of its parts. And the meaning of the known is that it is known to Allah specifically, neither advanced nor delayed.
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