[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