HOUR

The. Arabic as-Sāʿah ( الساعة‎ ). A term frequently used in the Qurʾān for the Day of Judgment. Sūrah vi. 31 : “When the hour comes suddenly upon them.” Sūrah vii. 186 : “They will ask you about the hour for what time it is fixed.” Sūrah xv. 85 : “Verily the hour is surely coming.” Sūrah xvi. 79 : “Nor is the matter of the hour aught but as the twinkling of an eye, or nigher still.” Sūrah xxii. 1 : “Verily the earthquake of the hour is a mighty thing.” Sūrah liv. 46 : “Nay the hour is their promised time! and the hour is most severe and bitter.”