WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:08.039 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:12.740 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:13.949 --> 00:00:16.030 Surah al-Baqarah. 00:00:17.789 --> 00:00:22.750 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:23.140 --> 00:00:28.300 “Nothing of our revelation (even a single verse) do we abrogate or cause be forgotten, but we bring (in place) one better or the like thereof. Knowest thou not that Allah is Able to do all things?” (2:106) 00:00:28.300 --> 00:00:32.659 We will bring something better than it or similar to it. 00:00:32.979 --> 00:00:40.100 “Nothing of our revelation (even a single verse) do we abrogate or cause be forgotten, but we bring (in place) one better or the like thereof. Knowest thou not that Allah is Able to do all things?” (2:106) 00:00:41.070 --> 00:00:44.270 Whatever ruling of a verse We abrogate and replace, 00:00:44.270 --> 00:00:46.670 Or leave behind without replacing, 00:00:46.670 --> 00:00:50.670 We will bring you something better than the ruling of the verse We abrogated, 00:00:50.670 --> 00:00:55.390 Or similar to its ruling in terms of ease, burden, reward, and merit. 00:00:55.390 --> 00:00:57.350 Do you not know, O Muhammad, 00:00:57.350 --> 00:01:02.469 That I am capable of compensating you for whatever I have abrogated of My rulings with whatever I wish, 00:01:02.509 --> 00:01:05.829 From that which is better for you and for the believing servants, 00:01:05.829 --> 00:01:10.469 Whether sooner in this world or later in the Hereafter? 00:01:10.469 --> 00:01:17.819 Do you not know that to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth? 00:01:17.819 --> 00:01:27.260 And you have, other than Allah, no protector or helper. 00:01:27.260 --> 00:01:30.010 Do you not know, O Muhammad, 00:01:30.170 --> 00:01:35.049 That I possess the dominion of the heavens and the earth and their authority, to the exclusion of all others? 00:01:35.049 --> 00:01:37.609 I judge within them as I wish, 00:01:37.609 --> 00:01:40.450 I command within them as I wish, 00:01:40.450 --> 00:01:42.569 And I forbid within them what I wish. 00:01:42.569 --> 00:01:47.049 I abrogate, replace, or change of My rulings what I wish, 00:01:47.049 --> 00:01:49.890 And I confirm of them what I wish. 00:01:49.890 --> 00:01:54.810 And you, O believers, have no guardian over your affairs after Allah, 00:01:54.810 --> 00:01:58.049 Nor any helper to support and strengthen you, 00:01:58.090 --> 00:02:00.569 So as to aid you against your enemies. 00:02:01.329 --> 00:02:09.009 “Or would ye question your messenger as Moses was questioned aforetime? He who chooseth disbelief instead of faith, verily he hath gone astray from a plain road.” (2:108) 00:02:09.009 --> 00:02:18.169 “Or would ye question your messenger as Moses was questioned aforetime? He who chooseth disbelief instead of faith, verily he hath gone astray from a plain road.” (2:108) 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:23.879 Do you, O people, wish to ask your Messenger for things, 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:27.360 Similar to what the people of Musa (peace be upon him) asked of old? 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:31.400 If you do, you will perish just as those nations before you perished, 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:36.639 Who asked their prophets for things they had no right to demand. 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:39.080 When they were granted their requests, they disbelieved, 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:41.280 And were swiftly punished, 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:45.479 For their disbelief after Allah had granted them their request. 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:49.759 Whoever exchanges faith in Allah and His Messenger for disbelief, 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:51.599 And apostatizes from his religion, 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:56.939 Has indeed strayed from the clear, established path and its center. 00:02:56.979 --> 00:03:02.939 “Many of the people of the Scripture long to make you disbelievers after your belief, through envy on their own account, after the truth hath become manifest unto them. Forgive and be indulgent (toward them) until Allah give command. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.” (2:109) 00:03:02.939 --> 00:03:07.900 “Many of the people of the Scripture long to make you disbelievers after your belief, through envy on their own account, after the truth hath become manifest unto them. Forgive and be indulgent (toward them) until Allah give command. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.” (2:109) 00:03:07.900 --> 00:03:13.099 “Many of the people of the Scripture long to make you disbelievers after your belief, through envy on their own account, after the truth hath become manifest unto them. Forgive and be indulgent (toward them) until Allah give command. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.” (2:109) 00:03:13.099 --> 00:03:17.780 “Many of the people of the Scripture long to make you disbelievers after your belief, through envy on their own account, after the truth hath become manifest unto them. Forgive and be indulgent (toward them) until Allah give command. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.” (2:109) 00:03:17.780 --> 00:03:22.939 “Many of the people of the Scripture long to make you disbelievers after your belief, through envy on their own account, after the truth hath become manifest unto them. Forgive and be indulgent (toward them) until Allah give command. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.” (2:109) 00:03:22.939 --> 00:03:29.460 Indeed, Allah is over all things competent. 00:03:29.460 --> 00:03:34.460 Many of the People of the Scripture wish to turn you back to disbelief after you have believed, 00:03:34.460 --> 00:03:39.780 Out of envy from within themselves for the success Allah has granted you, 00:03:39.780 --> 00:03:44.419 And the guidance He has bestowed upon you regarding His religion and faith in His Messenger, 00:03:44.419 --> 00:03:49.020 And because He made His Messenger a man from among you, and did not make him from among them. 00:03:49.020 --> 00:03:52.219 They desired this out of their own personal whims, 00:03:52.259 --> 00:03:55.500 Even though they were not commanded to do so in their scripture. 00:03:55.500 --> 00:04:01.659 After the truth had become clear to them regarding the affair of Muhammad (peace be upon him), 00:04:01.659 --> 00:04:04.539 And what he brought from his Lord, 00:04:04.539 --> 00:04:07.979 Pardon and overlook their wrongdoing, 00:04:07.979 --> 00:04:11.699 And forgive their ignorance in this matter, 00:04:11.699 --> 00:04:14.180 Until Allah brings about His command. 00:04:14.180 --> 00:04:17.180 He will manifest for you of His command what He wills, 00:04:17.180 --> 00:04:19.740 And He will judge regarding them as He desires. 00:04:19.779 --> 00:04:23.620 Indeed, Allah is over all things competent. 00:04:23.620 --> 00:04:26.939 If He wills, He will take vengeance upon them for their stubbornness, 00:04:26.939 --> 00:04:30.060 And if He wills, He will guide them to faith. 00:04:30.060 --> 00:04:34.300 Then Allah, whose praise is exalted, abrogated this pardon and overlooking of them, 00:04:34.300 --> 00:04:37.019 By mandating that the believers fight them, 00:04:37.019 --> 00:04:40.980 Or that they pay the jizya willingly while they are humbled. 00:04:40.980 --> 00:04:45.220 Establish prayer and give zakat. 00:04:45.220 --> 00:04:50.899 And whatever you put forward for yourselves of good, 00:04:50.899 --> 00:04:54.459 You will find it with Allah. 00:04:54.459 --> 00:05:00.920 Indeed, Allah is, of what you do, Seeing. 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:04.360 So perform the prayer with its limits and obligations, 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:06.600 And give the zakat with a willing heart, 00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:09.079 According to what has been ordained and made obligatory. 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:13.680 Whatever righteous deed you perform during the days of your life, 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:18.800 And send forth before your death as a provision for yourselves in your afterlife, 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:24.199 You will find its reward with your Lord on the Day of Resurrection, and He will recompense you for it. 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:28.199 Indeed, Allah is Seeing; nothing of your deeds is hidden from Him. 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:30.959 He will recompense them for good with good, 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:34.019 And for evil with its like. 00:05:34.019 --> 00:05:37.779 “And they say: None entereth paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian. These are their own desires. Say: Bring your proof (of what ye state) if ye are truthful.” (2:111) 00:05:37.779 --> 00:05:42.899 Except for those who were Jews or Christians. 00:05:42.899 --> 00:05:45.500 These are their wishful thoughts. 00:05:45.500 --> 00:05:53.730 Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful." 00:05:53.730 --> 00:05:55.610 The Jews said, 00:05:55.610 --> 00:05:59.410 “And they say: None entereth paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian. These are their own desires. Say: Bring your proof (of what ye state) if ye are truthful.” (2:111) 00:05:59.410 --> 00:06:01.449 And the Christians said, 00:06:01.449 --> 00:06:04.610 "None will enter Paradise except the Christians." 00:06:04.610 --> 00:06:07.089 This statement of theirs is merely wishful thinking, 00:06:07.089 --> 00:06:12.449 Which they hope for from Allah without right, evidence, or proof, 00:06:12.449 --> 00:06:15.649 But rather through the desires of false souls. 00:06:15.649 --> 00:06:17.730 Say, O Muhammad, to them, 00:06:17.730 --> 00:06:21.569 "Bring your proof for what you claim regarding this," 00:06:21.569 --> 00:06:23.810 So that we may accept your claim, 00:06:23.810 --> 00:06:26.689 If you are truthful in your assertion, 00:06:26.689 --> 00:06:32.529 That Paradise will not be entered except by those who were Jews or Christians. 00:06:32.529 --> 00:06:36.529 “Nay, but whosoever surrendereth his purpose to Allah while doing good, his reward is with his Lord; and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.” (2:112) 00:06:36.529 --> 00:06:46.529 “Nay, but whosoever surrendereth his purpose to Allah while doing good, his reward is with his Lord; and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.” (2:112) 00:06:46.529 --> 00:06:52.180 And no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve. 00:06:52.180 --> 00:06:54.060 It is not as the claimants say. 00:06:54.060 --> 00:06:58.939 “And they say: None entereth paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian. These are their own desires. Say: Bring your proof (of what ye state) if ye are truthful.” (2:111) 00:06:58.939 --> 00:07:02.019 Rather, whoever submits his whole being to Allah, 00:07:02.060 --> 00:07:07.220 And humbles his body to Him in obedience, doing good in his submission to Allah, 00:07:07.220 --> 00:07:10.379 He is the one who will enter it and enjoy its blessings. 00:07:10.379 --> 00:07:15.060 For him is his reward and recompense for his submission in his afterlife. 00:07:15.060 --> 00:07:19.060 There is no fear for those who turn their faces to Allah in the Hereafter, 00:07:19.060 --> 00:07:21.819 From His punishment or the torment of His Hellfire, 00:07:21.819 --> 00:07:26.879 Nor will they grieve over what they left behind in the world. 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:32.480 The Jews said, "The Christians are not upon anything." 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:38.399 And the Christians said, "The Jews are not upon anything." 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:44.800 And the Christians said, "The Jews are not upon anything," 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:48.040 While they recite the Scripture. 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:53.519 “And the Jews say the Christians follow nothing (true), and the Christians say the Jews follow nothing (true); yet both are readers of the Scripture. Even thus speak those who know not. Allah will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they differ.” (2:113) 00:07:53.519 --> 00:08:01.759 “And the Jews say the Christians follow nothing (true), and the Christians say the Jews follow nothing (true); yet both are readers of the Scripture. Even thus speak those who know not. Allah will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they differ.” (2:113) 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:07.660 The Jews said that the Christians are not upon the truth in their religion, 00:08:07.660 --> 00:08:13.180 And the Christians said that the Jews are not upon the truth in their religion, 00:08:13.180 --> 00:08:16.060 While they recite the Torah and the Gospel. 00:08:16.060 --> 00:08:21.180 Both scriptures bear witness against the groups of Jews and Christians regarding their disbelief. 00:08:21.339 --> 00:08:24.620 Likewise, the ignorant ones who do not know, 00:08:24.620 --> 00:08:30.220 Said in their ignorance the same as what the Jews and Christians said to one another. 00:08:30.220 --> 00:08:33.740 It is possible that they are the polytheists of the Arabs, 00:08:33.740 --> 00:08:38.779 And it is possible that they are a nation that existed before the Jews and Christians. 00:08:38.779 --> 00:08:40.419 Allah will judge, 00:08:40.419 --> 00:08:43.340 And He will decide between these disputing parties, 00:08:43.340 --> 00:08:45.620 Who say to one another, 00:08:45.620 --> 00:08:48.419 "You are not upon anything of your religion," 00:08:48.460 --> 00:08:52.139 On the day when the creation rises for their Lord from their graves, 00:08:52.139 --> 00:08:56.100 Where the truthful one will be distinguished from the one who follows falsehood. 00:08:56.100 --> 00:09:02.220 And who is more unjust than one who prevents the mosques of Allah, 00:09:02.220 --> 00:09:08.500 “And who doth greater wrong than he who forbiddeth the approach to the sanctuaries of Allah lest His name should be mentioned therein, and striveth for their ruin. As for such, it was never meant that they should enter them except in fear. Theirs in the world is ignominy and theirs in the Hereafter is an awful doom.” (2:114) 00:09:08.500 --> 00:09:11.419 And strives for their ruin? 00:09:11.419 --> 00:09:17.179 “And who doth greater wrong than he who forbiddeth the approach to the sanctuaries of Allah lest His name should be mentioned therein, and striveth for their ruin. As for such, it was never meant that they should enter them except in fear. Theirs in the world is ignominy and theirs in the Hereafter is an awful doom.” (2:114) 00:09:17.179 --> 00:09:21.139 Except in fear. 00:09:21.139 --> 00:09:24.379 For them in this world is disgrace, 00:09:24.379 --> 00:09:30.440 And for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment. 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:34.480 And what person is more transgressive and daring against Allah, 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:38.960 Than one who prevents the mosques of Allah from being used to worship Him therein, 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:42.159 And who strives for the ruin of the mosques of Allah? 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:43.799 They are the Christians, 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:46.320 As they prevented the believers among the Children of Israel, 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:49.039 From praying in Jerusalem. 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:52.080 It is forbidden for them to enter the mosques, 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:54.519 Which they strove to ruin, 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:57.200 Except in fear and trepidation. 00:09:57.200 --> 00:10:01.120 For them in this world is humiliation, disgrace, killing, and captivity, 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:03.720 For their preventing the mosques of Allah, 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:06.879 And for their disobedience and disbelief in their Lord, 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:09.480 And their striving for corruption upon the earth, 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:12.049 Is the punishment of Hell. 00:10:12.090 --> 00:10:15.529 And to Allah belongs the east and the west. 00:10:15.529 --> 00:10:21.330 So wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah. 00:10:21.330 --> 00:10:27.399 “Unto Allah belong the East and the West, and whithersoever ye turn, there is Allah's Countenance. Lo! Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.” (2:115) 00:10:27.399 --> 00:10:29.960 To Allah belongs the east and the west; 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:33.679 He owns them both, and He owns all creation between them. 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:35.919 He commands them to worship Him as He wills, 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:38.679 And He judges among them as He desires. 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:42.360 So wherever you turn your faces, remember Him, 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:44.559 For His Face is there. 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:47.120 His bounty and His earth are vast enough for you. 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:49.559 Indeed, Allah encompasses all His creation, 00:10:49.559 --> 00:10:53.440 With sufficiency, favor, generosity, and governance. 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:55.480 He is All-Knowing of their deeds; 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:59.919 Nothing is hidden from Him, and nothing escapes His knowledge. 00:10:59.919 --> 00:11:03.559 “And they say: Allah hath taken unto Himself a son. Be He glorified! Nay, but whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth is His. All are subservient unto Him.” (2:116) 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:05.320 Exalted is He. 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:09.360 To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth. 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:15.340 All are devoutly obedient to Him. 00:11:15.340 --> 00:11:19.259 And who is more unjust than those who say, "Allah has taken a son"? 00:11:19.259 --> 00:11:22.460 Exalted is Allah above having a son. 00:11:22.460 --> 00:11:26.580 Rather, to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, in dominion and creation. 00:11:26.580 --> 00:11:30.460 All are obedient to Him, acknowledging their servitude, 00:11:30.460 --> 00:11:35.019 By the testimony of their very bodies, with all the traces of craftsmanship and evidence they contain, 00:11:35.019 --> 00:11:37.220 Regarding the oneness of Allah, 00:11:37.220 --> 00:11:40.340 And that Allah is their Creator and Originator. 00:11:40.340 --> 00:11:42.820 And that the Messiah is one of them. 00:11:42.820 --> 00:11:47.419 So how could Allah have a son when this is His attribute? 00:11:47.419 --> 00:11:50.899 The Originator of the heavens and the earth. 00:11:50.899 --> 00:12:01.659 “The Originator of the heavens and the earth! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.” (2:117) 00:12:01.659 --> 00:12:04.220 The Creator of the heavens and the earth, 00:12:04.259 --> 00:12:09.179 And their Bringer into existence without a prior model or example to follow. 00:12:09.179 --> 00:12:14.019 Just as He created the Messiah without a father by His power and authority. 00:12:14.019 --> 00:12:16.820 And when He decrees a matter and ordains it, 00:12:16.820 --> 00:12:19.500 He only says to that matter, 00:12:19.500 --> 00:12:24.370 "Be," and it becomes that matter just as He willed. 00:12:24.370 --> 00:12:27.169 “And those who have no knowledge say: Why doth not Allah speak unto us, or some sign come unto us? Even thus, as they now speak, spake those (who were) before them. Their hearts are all alike. We have made clear the revelations for people who are sure.” (2:118) 00:12:27.169 --> 00:12:32.289 "Why does Allah not speak to us or there come to us a sign?" 00:12:32.289 --> 00:12:39.730 “And those who have no knowledge say: Why doth not Allah speak unto us, or some sign come unto us? Even thus, as they now speak, spake those (who were) before them. Their hearts are all alike. We have made clear the revelations for people who are sure.” (2:118) 00:12:39.730 --> 00:12:42.529 Their hearts are alike. 00:12:42.529 --> 00:12:50.860 “And those who have no knowledge say: Why doth not Allah speak unto us, or some sign come unto us? Even thus, as they now speak, spake those (who were) before them. Their hearts are all alike. We have made clear the revelations for people who are sure.” (2:118) 00:12:50.860 --> 00:12:55.019 The Christians, who are ignorant of Allah and His greatness, said, 00:12:55.019 --> 00:12:59.659 "Why does Allah not speak to us as He spoke to His prophets and messengers?" 00:12:59.659 --> 00:13:02.179 "Or why does a sign not come to us from Allah, 00:13:02.179 --> 00:13:05.259 By which we may know the truth of what we are upon?" 00:13:05.259 --> 00:13:08.980 And just as these ignorant Christians said, 00:13:08.980 --> 00:13:11.299 The Jews before them said the same, 00:13:11.299 --> 00:13:15.460 Asking their Lord to show them Allah openly, 00:13:15.460 --> 00:13:19.500 And to bring them a sign, and they wished for things they had no right to. 00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:22.019 So the hearts of the Jews and Christians became alike, 00:13:22.019 --> 00:13:24.139 In their rebellion against Allah, 00:13:24.139 --> 00:13:29.379 Their lack of knowledge of His greatness, and their audacity toward His prophets. 00:13:29.379 --> 00:13:32.220 We have clarified the signs for which, 00:13:32.220 --> 00:13:34.340 Allah became angry with the Jews, 00:13:34.340 --> 00:13:36.580 And Allah disgraced the Christians, 00:13:36.580 --> 00:13:41.059 As a clarification for those who are certain and firm in their affairs, 00:13:41.059 --> 00:13:44.259 And who seek to know the realities of things, 00:13:44.259 --> 00:13:47.480 With certainty and correctness. 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:55.250 Indeed, We have sent you with the truth as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. 00:13:55.250 --> 00:14:00.820 “Lo! We have sent thee (O Muhammad) with the truth, a bringer of glad tidings and a warner. And thou wilt not be asked about the owners of hell-fire.” (2:119) 00:14:00.860 --> 00:14:04.220 Indeed, We have sent you, O Muhammad, with Islam, 00:14:04.220 --> 00:14:07.100 As a bringer of good tidings to those who follow you and obey you, 00:14:07.100 --> 00:14:11.259 Of victory in this world and lasting bliss in the Hereafter, 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:14.139 And as a warner to those who disobey you, of disgrace in this world, 00:14:14.139 --> 00:14:16.899 And a humiliating punishment in the Hereafter. 00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:19.899 Your duty is only to convey and warn, 00:14:19.899 --> 00:14:24.100 And you are not responsible for those who disbelieved in the truth you brought, 00:14:24.100 --> 00:14:26.889 And who became among the people of the Fire. 00:14:26.929 --> 00:14:32.490 And never will the Jews or the Christians be pleased with you, 00:14:32.490 --> 00:14:35.730 Until you follow their religion. 00:14:35.730 --> 00:14:40.570 Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allah is the [only] guidance." 00:14:40.570 --> 00:14:45.049 And if you were to follow their desires, 00:14:45.049 --> 00:14:49.009 “And the Jews will not be pleased with thee, nor will the Christians, till thou follow their creed. Say: Lo! the guidance of Allah (Himself) is Guidance. And if thou shouldst follow their desires after the knowledge which hath come unto thee, then wouldst thou have from Allah no protecting guardian nor helper.” (2:120) 00:14:49.009 --> 00:14:52.809 You would have from Allah no protector, 00:14:52.809 --> 00:14:58.700 No protector and no helper. 00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:02.100 And the Jews, O Muhammad, 00:15:02.100 --> 00:15:05.580 And the Christians will never be pleased with you, 00:15:05.580 --> 00:15:08.259 And there is no way for you to please them, 00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:10.659 except by following their religion. 00:15:10.659 --> 00:15:13.820 For Judaism is opposed to Christianity, 00:15:13.820 --> 00:15:16.940 and Christianity is opposed to Judaism. 00:15:16.940 --> 00:15:19.820 Christianity and Judaism cannot coexist 00:15:19.820 --> 00:15:23.370 within one person at the same time. 00:15:23.370 --> 00:15:27.090 The Jews and the Christians will never be satisfied with you, 00:15:27.090 --> 00:15:30.690 unless you become a Jew or a Christian, 00:15:30.690 --> 00:15:34.049 and that is something that will never happen on your part. 00:15:34.049 --> 00:15:39.129 Two opposing religions can never be combined within you at the same time. 00:15:39.129 --> 00:15:40.850 Say, O Muhammad, 00:15:40.850 --> 00:15:43.889 that the clarification of Allah is the convincing clarification, 00:15:43.889 --> 00:15:46.490 and the decisive judgment between us. 00:15:46.490 --> 00:15:50.009 So come to the Book of Allah and His clarification. 00:15:50.009 --> 00:15:51.850 And if you were to follow, O Muhammad, 00:15:51.850 --> 00:15:54.850 the desires of these Jews and Christians 00:15:54.850 --> 00:15:57.129 after the knowledge that has come to you 00:15:57.129 --> 00:16:00.250 regarding their misguidance and their disbelief in their Lord, 00:16:00.250 --> 00:16:01.850 then you, O Muhammad, would have 00:16:01.850 --> 00:16:03.889 no guardian to manage your affairs, 00:16:03.889 --> 00:16:07.409 nor any helper to aid you against Allah. 00:16:07.409 --> 00:16:10.610 Those to whom We have given the Book 00:16:10.610 --> 00:16:13.649 recite it as it should be recited; 00:16:13.649 --> 00:16:17.610 it is they who believe in it. 00:16:17.610 --> 00:16:26.750 “Those unto whom We have given the Scripture, who read it with the right reading, those believe in it. And whoso disbelieveth in it, those are they who are the losers.” (2:121) 00:16:26.750 --> 00:16:29.309 Those to whom We gave the Torah, 00:16:29.309 --> 00:16:33.110 they read it and followed what was in it as it should be followed; 00:16:33.110 --> 00:16:36.350 it is they who believe in the Book that I have revealed 00:16:36.350 --> 00:16:39.830 to My messenger Moses, may the prayers of Allah be upon him. 00:16:39.830 --> 00:16:43.629 They acknowledge what it contains regarding your attributes and description. 00:16:43.669 --> 00:16:45.549 And whoever denies what is in it, 00:16:45.549 --> 00:16:49.429 it is they who have lost their knowledge and their deeds. 00:16:49.429 --> 00:16:53.190 They have deprived themselves of their share of the mercy of Allah, 00:16:53.190 --> 00:16:57.250 and have exchanged it for the wrath and anger of Allah. 00:16:57.250 --> 00:17:00.610 O Children of Israel, 00:17:00.610 --> 00:17:04.730 remember My favor which I have bestowed upon you, 00:17:04.730 --> 00:17:10.720 and that I preferred you over the worlds. 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:12.759 O Children of Israel, 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:15.440 remember the favors I have granted you, 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:20.200 and My saving you from the hands of your enemy, Pharaoh and his people, 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:24.960 and My preferring you over the people among whom you lived, 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:26.960 during the days you were in obedience to Me, 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:30.940 by following My messenger to you and believing in him. 00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:37.940 And fear a Day when no soul will avail another soul at all, 00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:40.980 “And guard (yourselves) against a day when no soul will in aught avail another, nor will compensation be accepted from it, nor will intercession be of use to it; nor will they be helped.” (2:123) 00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:44.180 “And guard (yourselves) against a day when no soul will in aught avail another, nor will compensation be accepted from it, nor will intercession be of use to it; nor will they be helped.” (2:123) 00:17:44.180 --> 00:17:48.579 nor will intercession benefit it, 00:17:48.579 --> 00:17:52.869 nor will they be helped. 00:17:52.869 --> 00:17:55.309 And fear, O assembly of the Children of Israel, 00:17:55.309 --> 00:17:57.509 you who have altered My Book, 00:17:57.509 --> 00:18:02.190 the punishment of a Day when no soul will satisfy anything for another soul, 00:18:02.190 --> 00:18:04.630 nor will any ransom be accepted from it, 00:18:04.630 --> 00:18:07.029 nor will any intercessor benefit it, 00:18:07.029 --> 00:18:09.630 nor will any helper aid it against Allah, 00:18:09.630 --> 00:18:12.269 when He takes retribution from it for its disobedience.