Transliteration:( Qaala innamal 'ilmu indal laahi wa uballighukum maaa ursiltu bihee wa laakinneee araakum qawman tajhaloon )
66. Thus, I will not inform you, because these are from the special secrets of Allah Almighty whose revelation is prohibited. From this restriction it does not necessarily mean that did the Holy Prophet ﷺ not have the knowledge about the time of the punishment or the Day of Judgement, like Allah Almighty says: "And Allah is sufficient a real Doer" (S4:V132).
Although Allah Almighty is sufficient as a power of attorney, we still accept some persons as advocates and counsellors.
67. This means the purpose of my Prophethood is to convey to you the religious injunctions, but not to reveal the Divine secrets to you.
68. Instead of being afraid of the punishment, they are requesting the punishment to be hastened. This tells us that the enemy of the Prophet is a totally ignorant person, even though he may be highly educated.
The tafsir of Surah Ahqaf verse 23 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Ahqaf ayat 21 which provides the complete commentary from verse 21 through 25.
(46:23) He replied: “Allah alone knows about this.[26] I only convey to you the Message that I have been sent with. But I see that you are an ignorant people.”[27]
26. That is, Allah alone knows as to when the torment will descend on you and for how long you will be granted respite.
27. That is, you are taking my warning as a joke in your ignorance and are demanding the torment for fun. You have no idea of how dreadful is God’s torment and how near at hand it might have approached because of your misdeeds.
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