Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 30 Ar-Rum, Ayat 55-56
وَيَوۡمَ تَقُوۡمُ السَّاعَةُ يُقۡسِمُ الۡمُجۡرِمُوۡنَ ۙ مَا لَبِثُوۡا غَيۡرَ سَاعَةٍ ؕ كَذٰلِكَ كَانُوۡا يُؤۡفَكُوۡنَ
﴿30:55﴾
وَقَالَ الَّذِيۡنَ اُوۡتُوا الۡعِلۡمَ وَ الۡاِيۡمَانَ لَقَدۡ لَبِثۡـتُمۡ فِىۡ كِتٰبِ اللّٰهِ اِلٰى يَوۡمِ الۡبَـعۡثِ فَهٰذَا يَوۡمُ الۡبَـعۡثِ وَلٰـكِنَّكُمۡ كُنۡـتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ
﴿30:56﴾
(30:55) On that Day when the Hour will come to pass80 the wicked
shall swear that they had stayed (in the world) no more than an hour.81
Thus they used to be deceived in the life of the world.82 (30:56) But those who had been endowed with knowledge and faith shall say:
“According to Allah's Record you have stayed till the Day of Resurrection. Now,
this is the Day of Resurrection. But you did not know.”
Notes
80. That is, Resurrection, which is being foretold here.
81. That is, from the time of death till Resurrection. Even if thousands of
years might have elapsed since their death they will feel that they had gone
to sleep a few hours earlier and then a sudden calamity had roused them from
sleep.
82. That is, “They used to make similar wrong estimates in the world. There
also they lacked the realization of reality, and therefore, used to assert that
there was going to be no Resurrection, no life-after-death, and no accountability
before God.”