The Holy Quran 23:113 — Surah Al-Mu'minun

Arabic text

قَالُوا۟ لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ فَسْـَٔلِ ٱلْعَآدِّينَ

Translation

They will say, "(Years are far too long to use as a measure. More appropriately, we will say that) We stayed only a day or a part of a day, but (to be certain) ask those who count (the angels who were recording our lives)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The reality of the life of this world: that is, [ask] the angels, who have counted every good and evil deed; they will have counted this too. “Staying on the earth” means staying in the grave, or the span of life in the world: this too will seem short there.

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