When they began the temple - building work, laying the foundation in 536 B.C.E., they were not saying that “the time has not come. ”
كَانَ ٱلْيَهُودُ ٱلْعَائِدُونَ يَقُولُونَ :‏ « إِنَّ ٱلْوَقْتَ لَمْ يَحِنْ » .‏