The Prostration
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[32:5]
He governs all that exists, from the celestial space to the earth; and in the end all shall ascend unto Him [for judgment] on a Day the length whereof will be [like] a thousand years of your reckoning.

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* v.5 : I.e., the Day of Judgment will seem to be endless to those who are judged. In the ancient Arabic idiom, a day that is trying or painful is described as “long,” just as a happy day is spoken of as “short” (Marāghī XXI, 105).