1386 - تَفَرُّدُ اللَّهِ بِعِلمِ السّاعَةِ

1386. ALLAH’S EXCLUSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOUR

(يَسْألُكَ النَّاسُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ قُلْ إنَّما عِلْمُها عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَما يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ السَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيباً) .¹

“The people question you concerning the Hour. Say, ‘Its knowledge is only with Allah.’ What do you know, maybe the Hour is near.”²

4660.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : قالَ عيسَى بنُ مَريَمَ عليهما السلام لِجَبرَئيلَ عليه السلام : مَتى‏ قِيامُ السّاعَةِ ؟ فَانتَفَضَ جَبرَئيلُ انتِفاضَةً اُغمِيَ عَلَيهِ مِنها ، فلَمّا أفاقَ قالَ : يا روحَ اللَّهِ ، ما المَسؤولُ أعلَمُ بِها مِنَ السّائلِ ، ولَهُ مَن فِي السَّماواتِ والأرضِ ، لا تَأتيكُم إلّا بَغتَةً .³

4660.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) narrated, ‘Jesus son of Mary (AS) asked Gabriel (AS), ‘When will the Hour come?’ upon which Gabriel started to tremble so severely that he fainted from it. When he came to his senses, he said, ‘O Spirit of Allah, the questioned one does not know that any more than the questioner does. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth, and it [the Hour] will take you all by surprise.’⁴