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-Shammar. 00:00:14.099 --> 00:00:16.019 Surah al-Zumar. 00:00:18.579 --> 00:00:23.019 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:23.260 --> 00:00:30.100 The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Almighty, the All-Wise. 00:00:30.539 --> 00:00:40.299 “Lo! We have revealed the Scripture unto thee (Muhammad) with truth; so worship Allah, making religion pure for Him (only).” (39:2) 00:00:41.630 --> 00:00:46.030 The revelation of the Book which We have sent down to you, O Muhammad, is from Allah. 00:00:46.590 --> 00:00:49.270 He is the Almighty in His retribution against His enemies. 00:00:49.869 --> 00:00:52.189 He is the All-Wise in His management of His creation. 00:00:52.869 --> 00:00:57.109 We have sent down the Qur'an to you, O Muhammad, commanding justice. 00:00:57.549 --> 00:01:00.270 Therefore, humble yourself before Allah, O Muhammad, through obedience. 00:01:00.829 --> 00:01:04.390 Devote your divinity to Him alone and single Him out for worship. 00:01:06.109 --> 00:01:08.989 “Surely pure religion is for Allah only. And those who choose protecting friends beside Him (say): We worship them only that they may bring us near unto Allah. Lo! Allah will judge between them concerning that wherein they differ. Lo! Allah guideth not him who is a liar, an ingrate.” (39:3) 00:01:09.590 --> 00:01:20.030 “Surely pure religion is for Allah only. And those who choose protecting friends beside Him (say): We worship them only that they may bring us near unto Allah. Lo! Allah will judge between them concerning that wherein they differ. Lo! Allah guideth not him who is a liar, an ingrate.” (39:3) 00:01:20.590 --> 00:01:27.230 “Surely pure religion is for Allah only. And those who choose protecting friends beside Him (say): We worship them only that they may bring us near unto Allah. Lo! Allah will judge between them concerning that wherein they differ. Lo! Allah guideth not him who is a liar, an ingrate.” (39:3) 00:01:27.790 --> 00:01:35.069 “Surely pure religion is for Allah only. And those who choose protecting friends beside Him (say): We worship them only that they may bring us near unto Allah. Lo! Allah will judge between them concerning that wherein they differ. Lo! Allah guideth not him who is a liar, an ingrate.” (39:3) 00:01:36.829 --> 00:01:39.709 Know that worship and obedience belong to Allah alone. 00:01:40.310 --> 00:01:42.790 It must be sincere, with no one else associated with Him in it. 00:01:43.510 --> 00:01:47.590 As for those who have taken protectors other than Allah, whom they follow, 00:01:48.030 --> 00:01:49.310 they say to them: 00:01:49.909 --> 00:01:55.790 "We do not worship you, O deities, except that you may bring us closer to Allah in status and rank," 00:01:56.269 --> 00:01:59.150 "and intercede for us before Him regarding our needs." 00:01:59.829 --> 00:02:02.829 Allah will judge between these factions 00:02:03.230 --> 00:02:08.069 who took protectors other than Allah in this world, on the Day of Resurrection, 00:02:08.550 --> 00:02:11.590 regarding the matters of worship in which they differed. 00:02:12.110 --> 00:02:14.509 He will cast them all into Hell. 00:02:15.229 --> 00:02:19.110 Indeed, Allah does not guide to the truth one who is a liar against Allah, 00:02:19.469 --> 00:02:21.550 fabricating falsehoods about Him. 00:02:23.300 --> 00:02:32.539 “If Allah had willed to choose a son, He could have chosen what He would of that which He hath created. Be He Glorified! He is Allah, the One, the Absolute.” (39:4) 00:02:33.099 --> 00:02:40.060 “If Allah had willed to choose a son, He could have chosen what He would of that which He hath created. Be He Glorified! He is Allah, the One, the Absolute.” (39:4) 00:02:41.729 --> 00:02:45.770 Had Allah intended to take a son—though it does not befit Him to do so— 00:02:46.409 --> 00:02:48.689 He would have chosen whatever He willed from His creation. 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:52.599 This is to declare Allah far above having a son. 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:55.960 He is Allah, whom everything worships. 00:02:56.599 --> 00:03:00.879 He is the One who has no partner in His dominion and authority. 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:03.960 He is the Subduer of His creation by His power. 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:07.159 Everything is humbled before Him. 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:12.360 He created the heavens and the earth in truth. 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:20.400 “He hath created the heavens and the earth with truth. He maketh night to succeed day, and He maketh day to succeed night, and He constraineth the sun and the moon to give service, each running on for an appointed term. Is not He the Mighty, the Forgiver?” (39:5) 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:29.639 He subjected the sun and the moon, each running for a specified term. 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:35.159 “He hath created the heavens and the earth with truth. He maketh night to succeed day, and He maketh day to succeed night, and He constraineth the sun and the moon to give service, each running on for an appointed term. Is not He the Mighty, the Forgiver?” (39:5) 00:03:36.710 --> 00:03:39.189 He created the heavens and the earth in truth. 00:03:39.830 --> 00:03:44.430 He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night. 00:03:45.229 --> 00:03:47.629 He subjected the sun and the moon for His servants, 00:03:48.110 --> 00:03:51.389 so that they may know by them the number of years and the calculation of time. 00:03:52.139 --> 00:03:56.020 Both the sun and the moon run their course until the Hour is established. 00:03:56.659 --> 00:04:00.620 It has been said that each of them has stations 00:04:01.099 --> 00:04:03.580 which they neither exceed nor fall short of. 00:04:04.300 --> 00:04:07.340 Know that Allah, who performed these actions, 00:04:07.819 --> 00:04:10.860 is the Almighty in His retribution against those who oppose Him, 00:04:11.419 --> 00:04:14.659 and the Ever-Forgiving of the sins of His repentant servants. 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:24.600 “He created you from one being, then from that (being) He made its mate; and He hath provided for you of cattle eight kinds. He created you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, in a threefold gloom. Such is Allah, your Lord. His is the Sovereignty. There is no Allah save Him. How then are ye turned away?” (39:6) 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:28.480 “He created you from one being, then from that (being) He made its mate; and He hath provided for you of cattle eight kinds. He created you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, in a threefold gloom. Such is Allah, your Lord. His is the Sovereignty. There is no Allah save Him. How then are ye turned away?” (39:6) 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:35.639 “He created you from one being, then from that (being) He made its mate; and He hath provided for you of cattle eight kinds. He created you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, in a threefold gloom. Such is Allah, your Lord. His is the Sovereignty. There is no Allah save Him. How then are ye turned away?” (39:6) 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:40.040 “He created you from one being, then from that (being) He made its mate; and He hath provided for you of cattle eight kinds. He created you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, in a threefold gloom. Such is Allah, your Lord. His is the Sovereignty. There is no Allah save Him. How then are ye turned away?” (39:6) 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:46.040 And He creates you, stage after stage, in three layers of darkness. 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:50.040 That is Allah, your Lord; to Him belongs the dominion. 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:57.040 There is no deity except Him, so how are you turned away? 00:04:58.779 --> 00:05:01.779 He created you, O people, from a single soul, 00:05:02.779 --> 00:05:06.779 meaning from Adam, then He created from Adam his wife, Hawwa' (Eve). 00:05:06.779 --> 00:05:10.779 This is because Allah created her from one of his ribs. 00:05:11.779 --> 00:05:14.839 He provided for you from the livestock eight pairs: 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:18.839 two of camels and two of cattle, 00:05:19.839 --> 00:05:22.839 and two of sheep and two of goats. 00:05:23.899 --> 00:05:27.899 He initiates your creation, O people, in the wombs of your mothers. 00:05:28.899 --> 00:05:29.899 “He created you from one being, then from that (being) He made its mate; and He hath provided for you of cattle eight kinds. He created you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, in a threefold gloom. Such is Allah, your Lord. His is the Sovereignty. There is no Allah save Him. How then are ye turned away?” (39:6) 00:05:30.899 --> 00:05:34.899 This is by forming a drop, then He makes it a clinging substance, 00:05:34.899 --> 00:05:37.899 then a lump of flesh, then bones, 00:05:38.899 --> 00:05:39.899 then He clothes the bones with flesh. 00:05:40.899 --> 00:05:42.899 He creates you in three layers of darkness: 00:05:43.899 --> 00:05:47.899 in the darkness of the abdomen, the darkness of the womb, and the darkness of the placenta. 00:05:48.899 --> 00:05:51.970 This One who performed these actions, O people, 00:05:52.970 --> 00:05:53.970 is your Lord. 00:05:54.970 --> 00:05:58.970 To Him belongs the dominion of this world and the Hereafter, and their authority; it belongs to no one else. 00:05:59.970 --> 00:06:01.970 It is not fitting that there be any object of worship other than Him, 00:06:01.970 --> 00:06:04.970 and worship is not valid except for Him. 00:06:05.970 --> 00:06:07.970 So where are you being turned away, O people? 00:06:08.970 --> 00:06:14.970 You turn away from the worship of your Lord to the worship of those who possess neither harm nor benefit for you. 00:06:15.970 --> 00:06:21.860 “If ye are thankless, yet Allah is Independent of you, though He is not pleased with thanklessness for His bondmen; and if ye are thankful He is pleased therewith for you. No laden soul will bear another's load. Then unto your Lord is your return; and He will tell you what ye used to do. Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men).” (39:7) 00:06:22.860 --> 00:06:25.860 “If ye are thankless, yet Allah is Independent of you, though He is not pleased with thanklessness for His bondmen; and if ye are thankful He is pleased therewith for you. No laden soul will bear another's load. Then unto your Lord is your return; and He will tell you what ye used to do. Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men).” (39:7) 00:06:26.860 --> 00:06:29.860 And if you are grateful, He is pleased with it for you. 00:06:29.860 --> 00:06:34.860 No bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another. 00:06:35.860 --> 00:06:38.860 Then to your Lord is your return, 00:06:39.860 --> 00:06:44.860 and He will inform you of what you used to do. 00:06:45.860 --> 00:06:50.860 Indeed, He is Knowing of that which is within the breasts. 00:06:51.860 --> 00:06:55.949 If you disbelieve in Allah, O disbelievers, 00:06:55.949 --> 00:07:00.949 then Allah is free of need of your faith and your worship of Him. 00:07:01.949 --> 00:07:03.949 He does not approve of disbelief for His servants. 00:07:04.949 --> 00:07:08.949 But if you believe in your Lord and obey Him, He will be pleased with your gratitude to Him. 00:07:09.949 --> 00:07:13.949 No soul shall bear the sin of another soul. 00:07:14.949 --> 00:07:16.949 And no one shall be held accountable except for their own sin. 00:07:17.949 --> 00:07:20.949 To your Lord is your destination after your death, 00:07:20.949 --> 00:07:25.949 and He will inform you of what you used to do in this world, of good and evil, 00:07:26.949 --> 00:07:28.949 and He will recompense you for all of that. 00:07:29.949 --> 00:07:34.949 Indeed, Allah is not unaware of what your breasts conceal, O people.