[Machine] The people of the time of ignorance used to say, "Indeed, time is what destroys us, it is what kills us and brings us to life." Allah responded to their statement, and Az-Zuhri reported from Sa'id ibn Al-Musayyab, who reported from Abu Hurairah, who reported from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, says, "The son of Adam abuses Me. He curses time, yet I am time, for I alter the day and the night. When I wish, I take them both away." Sufyan (another narrator) recited this verse (in response to their statement), "It is not but our worldly life; we die and live, but we will not be destroyed except by time." [Surah Al-Jathiyah 45:24] The two Shaykhs (Al-Bukhari and Muslim) have agreed to include this narration without its context, and it is authentic according to their criteria.  

كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ الدَّهْرَ هُوَ الَّذِي يُهْلِكُنَا هُوَ الَّذِي يُمِيتُنَا وَيُحْيِينَا فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَوْلَهُمْ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ ﷻ يُؤْذِينِي ابْنُ آدَمَ يَسُبُّ الدَّهْرَ وَأَنَا الدَّهْرُ أُقَلِّبُ لَيْلَهُ وَنَهَارَهُ فَإِذَا شِئْتُ قَبَضْتُهُمَا وَتَلَا سُفْيَانُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {مَا هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَا إِلَّا الدَّهْرُ} [الجاثية 24] قَدِ اتَّفَقَ الشَّيْخَانِ عَلَى إِخْرَاجِ حَدِيثِ الزُّهْرِيِّ «هَذَا بِغَيْرِ هَذِهِ السِّيَاقَةِ وَهُوَ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِهِمَا» على شرط البخاري ومسلم وأخرجاه بهذه السياقة