1627: 8609: Allah: 1: Tafsir Mujahid: (1/252).
: 8611: upon them: 2: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (2/271).
: 8613: suddenly: 3: Al-Bukhari said: Abu al-Yaman narrated to us, Shu'ayb informed us, Abu al-Zinad informed us, from 'Abd al-Rahman, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The Hour will not arrive until the sun rises from its setting place. When it rises and the people see it, they will all believe, but that is the time when 'no good will it do to a soul to believe then, if it believed not before, nor earned good through its belief.' And the Hour will surely arrive while two men have spread their garment between them, yet they do not trade it nor fold it; and the Hour will surely arrive while a man has departed with the milk of his she-camel, yet he does not drink it; and the Hour will surely arrive while he is plastering his water-trough, yet he does not drink from it; and the Hour will surely arrive while a man has raised his morsel of food to his mouth, yet he does not eat it."
Authentic. Muttafaq 'alayh. Narrated by Al-Bukhari (6/73, 8/132), Muslim in (Al-Iman, hadith 248), Abu Dawud (hadith 4312), Ibn Majah (hadith 4068), Al-Bayhaqi (9/180), Ibn Abi Shaybah (15/166, 169, 170, 245), Al-Manthur (3/557), Sharh al-Sunnah (15/39), Al-Kanz (38411, 33897), Al-Masir (3/156), and Ibn 'Adi in "al-Kamil" (3/1077, 6/2092).
1628: 8615: knows it: 1: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (2/271).
: 8617: for them: 2: The previous source.
: 8621: from you: 3: See: The previous source.
1629: 8622: Allah: 1: Ibn Kathir said: This is why when Gabriel—peace be upon him—came in the form of a Bedouin to teach the people the affairs of their religion, he sat before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) like a questioner seeking guidance, and asked him, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, about Islam, then about Iman (faith), then about Ihsan (excellence), then he said: "So when is the Hour?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The one being asked about it knows no more than the one asking."
