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this was in my email:
The first was reported by Ibn Abi Haatim via Sammaak from Ikrimah from Ibn Abbaas: the day of a thousand years mentioned in Soorat al-Hajj is one of the six days in which Allaah created the heavens and the earth; the day of a thousand years mentioned in Soorat al-Sajdah is the
length of time it takes for a matter to go up to Allaah; and the day of fifty thousand years is the Day of Resurrection.
The second (way of reconciling the aayaat) is that what is meant by all of them is the Day of Resurrection, and the difference in the time
span depends on whether a person is a believer or a kaafir. This is indicated by the aayah (interpretation of the meaning): Truly that Day
be a Hard Day, far from easy for the disbelievers. [al-Muddaththir 74:9-10]. These two suggestions were mentioned by the author of al-Itqaan. And Allaah knows best.
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