WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.169 --> 00:00:08.050 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.589 --> 00:00:12.710 Abridged by Dr. Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammar. 00:00:12.910 --> 00:00:16.100 Surah Sad. 00:00:18.289 --> 00:00:21.890 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:21.890 --> 00:00:25.149 Sad. 00:00:25.149 --> 00:00:27.629 By the Qur’an, full of reminder. 00:00:27.629 --> 00:00:33.469 “Nay, but those who disbelieve are in false pride and schism.” (38:2) 00:00:33.469 --> 00:00:35.659 Sad. 00:00:35.820 --> 00:00:37.820 By the Qur’an, full of reminder. 00:00:38.299 --> 00:00:41.500 This is an oath by which Allah swears by the Qur’an. 00:00:41.500 --> 00:00:43.500 Which contains a reminder for you. 00:00:43.500 --> 00:00:47.259 Rather, those who disbelieve in Allah among the polytheists of Quraysh. 00:00:47.259 --> 00:00:51.579 Are in a state of arrogance, opposition to Muhammad, and hostility. 00:00:51.579 --> 00:01:02.130 How many generations have We destroyed before them, and they called out, but it was not the time for escape. 00:01:02.130 --> 00:01:06.480 We have destroyed many before these polytheists. 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:09.680 We destroyed the nations that existed before them. 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:13.280 For they followed their path in denying their messengers. 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:19.040 They cried out to their Lord and sought refuge in repentance when the punishment of Allah descended upon them. 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:24.579 But that was not the time for fleeing or escaping the torment. 00:01:24.579 --> 00:01:31.700 “And they marvel that a warner from among themselves hath come unto them, and the disbelievers say: This is a wizard, a charlatan.” (38:4) 00:01:31.700 --> 00:01:37.859 “And they marvel that a warner from among themselves hath come unto them, and the disbelievers say: This is a wizard, a charlatan.” (38:4) 00:01:37.859 --> 00:01:42.900 “Maketh he the gods One Allah? Lo! that is an astounding thing.” (38:5) 00:01:42.900 --> 00:01:49.170 “Maketh he the gods One Allah? Lo! that is an astounding thing.” (38:5) 00:01:49.170 --> 00:01:52.530 These polytheists of Quraysh were astonished. 00:01:52.530 --> 00:01:57.409 That a warner had come to them, warning them of Allah’s punishment for their disbelief. 00:01:57.409 --> 00:02:00.689 And the deniers of Allah’s oneness said: 00:02:00.689 --> 00:02:07.519 "This"—meaning Muhammad, peace be upon him—"is a lying sorcerer." 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:11.599 "Has he made all the deities into one God?" 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:18.159 "He hears all our prayers; this is truly a strange thing." 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:24.879 And the prominent among them went forth, saying, "Go on and remain steadfast to your gods." 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:31.900 “The chiefs among them go about, exhorting: Go and be staunch to your gods! Lo! this is a thing designed.” (38:6) 00:02:31.979 --> 00:02:36.300 The nobles of these disbelievers from Quraysh departed. 00:02:36.300 --> 00:02:41.180 Saying, "Proceed and remain steadfast to your religion and the worship of your gods." 00:02:41.180 --> 00:02:45.580 "Indeed, this message that Muhammad speaks and calls us to," 00:02:45.580 --> 00:02:48.379 "The statement of 'There is no god but Allah,'" 00:02:48.379 --> 00:02:51.180 "Is something Muhammad desires from us." 00:02:51.180 --> 00:02:53.979 "He seeks through it to exalt himself over us." 00:02:53.979 --> 00:02:58.099 "And for us to be his followers in it." 00:02:58.099 --> 00:03:01.939 "We have not heard of this in the latest religion." 00:03:01.939 --> 00:03:06.449 “We have not heard of this in later religion. This is naught but an invention.” (38:7) 00:03:06.449 --> 00:03:10.530 "We have not heard of this which Muhammad calls us to," 00:03:10.530 --> 00:03:13.409 "Of disavowing all deities," 00:03:13.409 --> 00:03:16.210 "And of this Book which he has brought," 00:03:16.210 --> 00:03:18.770 "In the Christian religion." 00:03:18.770 --> 00:03:24.210 It was also said: "We have not heard of this in our religion or the religion of Quraysh." 00:03:24.210 --> 00:03:30.719 "This Qur’an is nothing but a lie that Muhammad has fabricated and invented." 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:35.680 “Hath the reminder been unto him (alone) among us? Nay, but they are in doubt concerning My reminder; nay but they have not yet tasted My doom.” (38:8) 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:40.000 “Hath the reminder been unto him (alone) among us? Nay, but they are in doubt concerning My reminder; nay but they have not yet tasted My doom.” (38:8) 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:45.979 Rather, they have not yet tasted the punishment. 00:03:45.979 --> 00:03:50.659 "Has the reminder been sent down to Muhammad from among us, and he is singled out for it?" 00:03:50.659 --> 00:03:56.900 It is not that these polytheists lack knowledge that Muhammad is truthful. 00:03:56.900 --> 00:04:00.500 But they are in doubt regarding Our revelation to him. 00:04:00.500 --> 00:04:06.020 Rather, Our punishment has not yet descended upon them, so they have not tasted the consequence of their denial of Muhammad. 00:04:06.020 --> 00:04:08.580 If they had tasted the punishment for that, 00:04:08.580 --> 00:04:13.539 They would have known the reality of what they are denying. 00:04:13.539 --> 00:04:22.420 “Or are theirs the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower?” (38:9) 00:04:22.420 --> 00:04:28.100 “Or is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them theirs? Then let them ascend by ropes!” (38:10) 00:04:28.100 --> 00:04:31.620 Let them ascend through the means. 00:04:59.230 --> 00:05:14.930 “A defeated host are (all) the factions that are there.” (38:11) 00:05:14.930 --> 00:05:22.370 They are an army at Badr, defeated there, like the confederates—Iblis and his followers. 00:05:22.370 --> 00:05:25.410 Allah destroyed them for their sins. 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:35.120 “The folk of Noah before them denied (their messenger) and (so did the tribe of) A'ad, and Pharaoh firmly planted,” (38:12) 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:40.319 “And (the tribe of) Thamud, and the folk of Lot, and the dwellers in the wood: these were the factions.” (38:13) 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:44.399 Those are the confederates. 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:50.879 “Not one of them but did deny the messengers, therefor My doom was justified,” (38:14) 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:55.629 Before these polytheists of Quraysh, there denied: 00:05:55.709 --> 00:06:00.029 The people of Nuh, ‘Ad, and Pharaoh, the lord of the stakes. 00:06:00.029 --> 00:06:03.230 Whether those stakes were for torturing people, 00:06:03.230 --> 00:06:07.230 Or for the games he used to play with them. 00:06:07.230 --> 00:06:13.790 And Thamud, the people of Lut, and the companions of the thicket—the dense trees of acacia and lotus. 00:06:13.790 --> 00:06:16.589 These gathered groups, 00:06:16.589 --> 00:06:21.389 And the confederates who banded together in disobedience to Allah and disbelief in Him. 00:06:21.470 --> 00:06:25.790 All of these nations did nothing but deny the messengers of Allah. 00:06:25.790 --> 00:06:30.459 So the punishment of Allah became due upon them. 00:06:30.459 --> 00:06:41.250 “These wait for but one Shout, there will be no second thereto.” (38:15) 00:06:41.250 --> 00:06:45.490 These polytheists of Quraysh are not waiting, 00:06:45.490 --> 00:06:50.449 For anything but a single blast, which is the first blowing of the Trumpet. 00:06:50.689 --> 00:06:54.209 That blast will have no pause or cessation. 00:06:54.209 --> 00:07:01.550 “They say: Our Lord! Hasten on for us our fate before the Day of Reckoning.” (38:16) 00:07:01.550 --> 00:07:05.089 And these polytheists said: 00:07:05.089 --> 00:07:10.129 "Our Lord, hasten for us our record before the Day of Resurrection." 00:07:10.129 --> 00:07:21.389 “Bear with what they say, and remember Our bondman David, lord of might, Lo! he was ever turning in repentance (toward Allah).” (38:17) 00:07:22.269 --> 00:07:27.870 Be patient, O Muhammad, regarding what the polytheists of your people say to you that you dislike. 00:07:27.870 --> 00:07:30.589 For We will test you with hardships. 00:07:30.589 --> 00:07:34.589 Then We will grant you superiority over those who denied you. 00:07:34.589 --> 00:07:37.709 And remember Our Sunnah regarding the messengers before you. 00:07:37.709 --> 00:07:43.870 Among them was Our servant Dawud, who possessed strength and great power in the cause of Allah. 00:07:43.870 --> 00:07:51.120 Indeed, Dawud was one who frequently returned to what pleases Allah, one who is ever-turning in repentance. 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:59.360 We subjected the mountains to him, praising Allah in the evening and at sunrise. 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:05.939 And the birds, gathered together; all were obedient to him. 00:08:05.939 --> 00:08:10.579 We subjected the mountains to praise Allah with Dawud in the evening. 00:08:10.579 --> 00:08:15.060 That is from the time of ‘Asr until nightfall, and at sunrise. 00:08:15.060 --> 00:08:18.259 That is in the early morning, the time of Duha. 00:08:18.420 --> 00:08:22.420 And We subjected the birds, praising with him, gathered for him. 00:08:22.420 --> 00:08:27.459 All the birds were obedient to him, returning to his command and authority. 00:08:27.459 --> 00:08:34.179 It is mentioned that he, peace be upon him, would praise Allah, and the mountains would respond to him. 00:08:34.179 --> 00:08:37.779 And the birds would gather to him and praise with him. 00:08:46.059 --> 00:08:49.419 He informed us that He strengthened the kingdom of Dawud. 00:08:49.419 --> 00:08:53.899 It is possible that this strengthening was through armies and majesty. 00:08:53.899 --> 00:08:56.299 And We gave him prophethood. 00:08:56.299 --> 00:09:00.940 And sound judgment in legal rulings, discourse, and sermons.