No one knows when the Day of Resurrection (Qayamat) will come except Allah

Author: Imam Imaduddin Abul-Fida Ismail Ibn Kathir

People ask you concerning the Hour, say: "The knowledge of it is with Allah only. What do you know It may be that the Hour is near!"

Surah Al-Ahzab (33:63)

Here Allah tells His Messenger that he cannot know when the Hour will come, and if people ask him about that, He instructs him to refer the matter to Allah , may He be exalted, as Allah says in Surat Al-A'raf, even though that was revealed in Makkah and this Surah was revealed in Al-Madinah. Allah continues to tell him to refer this matter to the One Who knows about it, but He tells him that it is at hand, as He says:

What do you know It may be that the Hour is near!

This is like the Ayat:

The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder.
Surah Al-Qamar (54:1)

Draws near for mankind their reckoning, while they turn away in heedlessness.
Surah Al-Anbiya (21:1)

The Event (the Hour) ordained by Allah will come to pass, so seek not to hasten it.
Surah An-Nahl (16:1)

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