Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 1 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 465

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

جِبْرِيلُ، يَعْنِي: أَنَّكَ إِذَا كُنْتَ يَا جِبْرِيلُ تَجْهَلُهَا، فَأَنَا كَذَلِكَ أَجْهَلُهَا.

Gabriel, meaning: If you, O Gabriel, are ignorant of it, then I am ignorant of it as well.

فَهَذَانِ رَسُولَانِ كَرِيمَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا رَسُولٌ مَلَكِيٌّ، وَالثَّانِي رَسُولٌ بَشَرِيٌّ، وَهُمَا أَكْمَلُ الرُّسُلِ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَكُلٌّ مِنْهُمَا يَنْفِي أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ عِلْمٌ بِالسَّاعَةِ؛ لِأَنَّ عِلْمَ السَّاعَةِ عِنْدَ مَنْ بِيَدِهِ إِقَامَتُهَا عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَهُوَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ فِي آيَاتٍ مُتَعَدِّدَةٍ: ﴿ يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّي ﴾، ﴿ يَسْأَلُكَ النَّاسُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ اللَّهِ ﴾، فَعِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ، فَمَنِ ادَّعَى عِلْمَ السَّاعَةِ فَإِنَّهُ كَاذِبٌ، وَمِنْ أَيْنَ لَهُ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَعْلَمُ، وَجِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ لَا يَعْلَمُ، وَهُمَا أَفْضَلُ الرُّسُلِ.

These are two noble messengers—one angelic and one human—and they are the most perfect of all messengers. Yet, both deny any knowledge of the Hour, for knowledge of the Hour belongs solely to the One who will establish it, Mighty and Majestic is He, Allah, Blessed and Exalted. As He says in various verses: 'They ask you about the Hour, when is its arrival? Say, its knowledge is only with my Lord,' and 'People ask you about the Hour, say, its knowledge is only with Allah.' Since this knowledge belongs to Allah, anyone claiming to know the Hour is a liar. How could they possibly know when the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, does not know, and Gabriel, peace and blessings be upon him, does not know? They are the finest of messengers.

وَلَكِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَهَا أَمَارَاتٌ، كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿ فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا السَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً فَقَدْ جَاءَ أَشْرَاطُهَا ﴾، أَيْ: عَلَامَاتُهَا.

However, the Hour has signs, as Allah the Exalted says: 'Do they wait for anything other than the Hour to come upon them suddenly? Its signs have already arrived,' meaning its indicators.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (23 verbs · 45 nouns)

• عَنَى — to mean
• كَانَ — to be
• جَهِلَ — to be ignorant of
• رَسُولٌ — messenger
• كَرِيمٌ — noble
• مَلَكِيٌّ — angelic