السَّاعَة
al-sāʿah
The Hour: Qur'anic language for the decisive final time, often stressing suddenness and divine knowledge.
- Pronunciation
- al-sā-a(h)Pronunciation is approximate and may vary by period, dialect, and scholarly reconstruction.
- Morphology
- feminine noun with definite article
- Semantic range
- hour
- appointed time
- the final Hour
- Key passages
Corpus usage
- The Qur'an frequently uses the expression without supplying one continuous event chart.
Common interpretive errors
- Constructing a fixed sequence from the noun alone.
- Ignoring warnings against claimed knowledge of timing.