they are two days—both of which Allah has mentioned in His Book, and Allah alone knows their reality.” He therefore refrained from saying anything about the Book of Allah for which he had no knowledge.

Explanation
We have already noted that the Day of Resurrection will last fifty thousand years, as stated in Surah al-Maʿārij: “on a Day whose span is fifty thousand years—so be patient with gracious patience” (Q 70:4-5). The Messenger ﷺ confirmed this in the hadith of Abū Hurayrah, recorded by Muslim (1), concerning the one who withholds zakāt: he will be punished with it on a Day whose length is fifty thousand years.

As for the verse in Surah al-Sajdah, “on a Day whose measure is one thousand years of what you count” (Q 32:5), this—Allah knows best—refers to the affairs of this world, for He says: “He directs every matter from the heaven to the earth; then it ascends to Him on a Day whose measure is one thousand years of what you count” (Q 32:5).

With respect to His words, “Indeed, a day with your Lord is like one thousand years of your counting” (Q 22:47), because that day is with Allah we do not know its true nature; Allah knows best about it.

Ibn Jarīr said: “Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us; Ibn ʿUlayyah narrated to us, from Mahdī ibn Maymūn, from al-Walīd ibn Muslim, who said: Talq ibn Ḥabīb came to Jundub ibn ʿAbd Allāh and asked him about a verse of the Quran. Jundub replied, ‘I adjure you—if you are truly a Muslim—to rise and leave me,’ or he said, ‘not to sit with me.’”

Explanation
This stance stems from scrupulous piety and a reluctance to plunge into speaking about the meaning of Allah’s speech; it is not intended to imply that if someone comes to ask about the meaning