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The_Foundations_of_the_Islamic_Belief, page : 72
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Furthermore, if someone should discuss the Day of Resurrection and should say that it will fall
after a
thousand years, or a few years after or a few years before, his words would be understood.
Nevertheless
the appointed time of the Day of Resurrection was not foretold for the welfare of mankind and for
fear of
the harm which might ensue. The (intervening) period may be long and the appointed time very
distant,
with the result that people, thinking that the Day of Recompense is remote, would cease to mind or
care. On the other hand it may be, in the Knowledge of Allah, close at hand. If then, the
appointed time
should be foretold, people would be greatly frightened with the result that they would neglect their
(daily) work and transactions and havoc would overtake the world. Were this to occur and come true,
it
would be an example of this category.
Furthermore, if someone should discuss the Day of Resurrection and should say that it will fall
after a
thousand years, or a few years after or a few years before, his words would be understood.
Nevertheless
the appointed time of the Day of Resurrection was not foretold for the welfare of mankind and for
fear of
the harm which might ensue. The (intervening) period may be long and the appointed time very
distant,
with the result that people, thinking that the Day of Recompense is remote, would cease to mind or
care. On the other hand it may be, in the Knowledge of Allah, close at hand. If then, the
appointed time
should be foretold, people would be greatly frightened with the result that they would neglect their
(daily) work and transactions and havoc would overtake the world. Were this to occur and come true,
it
would be an example of this category.