63. Faith
٦٣۔ كِتَابُ الْأَيْمَانِ
الْحِينُ سِتَّةُ أَشْهُرٍ
الْحِينُ قَدْ يَكُونُ غُدْوَةً وَعَشِيَّةً
[Machine] The date palm tree takes one to two months for its fruit to ripen, so we see the two months.
هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ يَكُونُ فِيهَا حِمْلُهَا شَهْرًا وَشَهْرَينِ فَنَرَى الْحِينَ شَهْرَيْنِ
الْحِينُ سِتَّةُ أَشْهُرٍ
[Machine] "That I not do such and such a thing at any time, so what is the time that is not reached? He recited: 'Has there not come upon man a period of time when he was not a thing [even] mentioned?' [Surah Al-Insan, verse 1] He does not know how much time has passed since Allah created him. As for the time that is reached, the saying of Allah the Exalted: 'She gives her fruit every time by permission of its Lord.' [Surah Ibrahim, verse 25] From the clusters of dates to their ripening."
أَنْ لَا أَصْنَعَ حِينًا كَذَا وَكَذَا فَمَا الْحِينُ الَّذِي لَا يُدْرَكُ؟ قَالَ فَقَرَأَ {هَلْ أَتَى عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ حِينٌ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ} [الإنسان 1] مَا يَدْرِي كَمْ أَتَى مُنْذُ خَلَقَهُ اللهُ وَأَمَّا الْحِينُ الَّذِي يُدْرَكُ قَوْلُ اللهِ تَعَالَى {تُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ} [إبراهيم 25] مَا بَيْنَ صِرَامِ النَّخْلِ إِلَى ثَمَرِهَا
[Machine] Narrated from Qatadah regarding His saying exalted,"And you will surely know its news after a while" (Quran 88:1), he said, "After death." And in His saying, "And in Thamud when it was said to them, 'Enjoy yourselves for a time'" (Quran 51:43), he said, "Three days." And in His saying, "She provides her food every time" (Quran 14:25), he said, "Every seven months." And it has been mentioned from Rabi'ah ibn Abi Abdur Rahman that he said, "Al-Heen" is a year.
عَنْ قَتَادَةَ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُ بَعْدَ حِينٍ} [ص 88] قَالَ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ {وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا حَتَّى حِينٍ} [الذاريات 43] قَالَ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ وَفِي قَوْلِهِ {تُؤْتِي أَكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ} [إبراهيم 25] قَالَ كُلَّ سَبْعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ وَذُكِرَ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْحِينُ سَنَةٌ
[Machine] The time is either two or three months unless their respective durations are specified differently, and the difference in meaning of "the time" in its different contexts is evidence that "the time" does not have a specific definition in its absolute sense, and likewise, time, and Allah knows best.
الزَّمَانُ شَهْرَانِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٌ مَا لَمْ يُوَقِّتْ أَجَلًا اخْتِلَافُهُمْ فِي الْحِينِ وَاخْتِلَافُ مَعْنَى الْحِينِ فِي مَوَاضِعِهِ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى أَنْ لَيْسَ لَلْحِينِ غَايَةٌ عِنْدَ الْإِطْلَاقِ وَكَذَلِكَ الزَّمَانُ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ