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. 00:00:14.140 --> 00:00:16.379 Surah al-An'am. 00:00:18.149 --> 00:00:23.539 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:23.539 --> 00:00:28.579 Say, "Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited to you." 00:00:28.579 --> 00:00:32.219 “Say: Come, I will recite unto you that which your Lord hath made a sacred duty for you: That ye ascribe no thing as partner unto Him and that ye do good to parents, and that ye slay not your children because of penury - We provide for you and for them - and that ye draw not nigh to lewd things whether open or concealed. And that ye slay not the life which Allah hath made sacred, save in the course of justice. This He hath command you, in order that ye may discern.” (6:151) 00:00:32.420 --> 00:00:35.460 And [He commands] that you show kindness to parents. 00:00:35.780 --> 00:00:44.340 “Say: Come, I will recite unto you that which your Lord hath made a sacred duty for you: That ye ascribe no thing as partner unto Him and that ye do good to parents, and that ye slay not your children because of penury - We provide for you and for them - and that ye draw not nigh to lewd things whether open or concealed. And that ye slay not the life which Allah hath made sacred, save in the course of justice. This He hath command you, in order that ye may discern.” (6:151) 00:00:44.700 --> 00:00:50.219 “Say: Come, I will recite unto you that which your Lord hath made a sacred duty for you: That ye ascribe no thing as partner unto Him and that ye do good to parents, and that ye slay not your children because of penury - We provide for you and for them - and that ye draw not nigh to lewd things whether open or concealed. And that ye slay not the life which Allah hath made sacred, save in the course of justice. This He hath command you, in order that ye may discern.” (6:151) 00:00:50.579 --> 00:00:57.500 And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden, except by right. 00:00:57.820 --> 00:01:05.500 This is what He has instructed you with, that you might use reason. 00:01:06.680 --> 00:01:13.760 Say, O Muhammad, "Come, O people, I will read to you what your Lord has truly and certainly prohibited." 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:17.159 That you do not associate anything with Allah from among His creation. 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:19.439 And [that you show] kindness to parents. 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:23.959 And do not kill your children out of fear of poverty. 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:28.120 And do not approach the apparent of the things prohibited to you. 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:32.799 Which are those sins committed openly among you, the indulgence in which you do not deny. 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:38.879 Nor the hidden of them, which you commit in secret and concealment, not declaring them. 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:41.359 For all of that is forbidden. 00:01:41.719 --> 00:01:46.239 And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden to be killed, except by right. 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:50.159 Such as killing a soul in retaliation for a soul you have killed. 00:01:50.439 --> 00:01:53.439 Or if one commits adultery while being married, so they are stoned. 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:56.799 Or if one apostatizes from the true religion, so they are executed. 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:01.200 These are the matters He has commanded us all to act upon. 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:04.680 So that you may understand what your Lord has commanded you. 00:02:05.980 --> 00:02:14.060 And do not approach the orphan's wealth except in the way that is best, until he reaches maturity. 00:02:14.539 --> 00:02:18.500 And give full measure and weight with justice. 00:02:18.939 --> 00:02:22.900 We do not charge any soul except with that within its capacity. 00:02:23.340 --> 00:02:28.340 And when you speak, be just, even if it concerns a near relative. 00:02:28.819 --> 00:02:39.340 “And approach not the wealth of the orphan save with that which is better, till he reach maturity. Give full measure and full weight, in justice. We task not any soul beyond its scope. And if ye give your word, do justice thereunto, even though it be (against) a kinsman; and fulfil the covenant of Allah. This He commandeth you that haply ye may remember.” (6:152) 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:45.599 And do not approach the orphan's wealth except in a way that is for his benefit and growth. 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:47.639 Until he reaches the age of puberty. 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:50.919 And fulfill the measure and the balance with justice. 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:56.360 We do not charge any soul with fulfilling the measure and weight beyond what it can bear. 00:02:56.960 --> 00:02:59.360 So it is permissible for it, and there is no hardship in it. 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:03.919 And when you judge between people, speak the truth among them. 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:08.759 Even if the one to whom the judgment is directed is a relative of yours. 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:13.080 And fulfill the covenant of Allah which He has enjoined upon you. 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:19.080 These matters mentioned are the things our Lord has pledged to us. 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:24.719 So that you may remember the consequences of your affairs and the error of that which you persist in. 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:30.319 So that you may refrain from them, desist, and turn back to the obedience of your Lord. 00:03:32.169 --> 00:03:39.490 “And (He commandeth you, saying): This is My straight path, so follow it. Follow not other ways, lest ye be parted from His way. This hath He ordained for you, that ye may ward off (evil).” (6:153) 00:03:40.090 --> 00:03:46.650 “And (He commandeth you, saying): This is My straight path, so follow it. Follow not other ways, lest ye be parted from His way. This hath He ordained for you, that ye may ward off (evil).” (6:153) 00:03:47.289 --> 00:03:54.490 “And (He commandeth you, saying): This is My straight path, so follow it. Follow not other ways, lest ye be parted from His way. This hath He ordained for you, that ye may ward off (evil).” (6:153) 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:59.960 And that this which your Lord has commanded you, O people. 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:02.840 Is My straight path, with no crookedness in it. 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:06.719 So act upon it and make it a path for yourselves. 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:09.319 And do not follow other paths. 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:13.439 For they will scatter you away from His path and the religion He has legislated. 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:16.480 This is what your Lord has commanded you. 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:20.399 So that you may fear Allah regarding yourselves and not destroy them. 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:24.600 And beware of your Lord regarding them, so as not to incur His wrath upon them. 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:27.680 For then His vengeance and punishment would descend upon you. 00:04:29.339 --> 00:04:37.100 “Again, We gave the Scripture unto Moses, complete for him who would do good, an explanation of all things, a guidance and a mercy, that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord.” (6:154) 00:04:37.620 --> 00:04:43.779 “Again, We gave the Scripture unto Moses, complete for him who would do good, an explanation of all things, a guidance and a mercy, that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord.” (6:154) 00:04:44.259 --> 00:04:53.259 And [it is] guidance and mercy, so that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord. 00:04:54.660 --> 00:04:56.860 Then We gave Moses the Torah. 00:04:57.420 --> 00:05:00.899 As a completion of Our favor upon him and Our blessings before him. 00:05:01.540 --> 00:05:06.459 Through which Our honor for him is perfected, based on how well Moses performed the worship of Allah. 00:05:07.139 --> 00:05:12.579 And as an explanation for everything his people and followers needed regarding their religious affairs. 00:05:13.139 --> 00:05:15.819 And as a rectification for them upon the straight path. 00:05:16.459 --> 00:05:18.660 And as a mercy from Us to them, and compassion. 00:05:19.259 --> 00:05:22.180 To save them from misguidance and the work of confusion. 00:05:22.660 --> 00:05:25.180 “Again, We gave the Scripture unto Moses, complete for him who would do good, an explanation of all things, a guidance and a mercy, that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord.” (6:154) 00:05:25.620 --> 00:05:30.819 When they hear the admonitions of Allah with which He has exhorted His creation, they obey their Lord. 00:05:32.420 --> 00:05:39.939 And this is a Book We have revealed, blessed, so follow it. 00:05:40.339 --> 00:05:45.139 Follow it and fear Allah, that you may receive mercy. 00:05:46.350 --> 00:05:52.509 And this Qur'an which We have revealed to our Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, is blessed. 00:05:53.069 --> 00:05:58.069 So make it a leader that you follow and act upon what is in it, O people. 00:05:58.589 --> 00:06:02.629 And beware of Allah regarding yourselves, lest you neglect acting upon what is in it. 00:06:02.990 --> 00:06:06.829 So that you may receive mercy and be saved from the punishment of Allah and His painful retribution. 00:06:08.310 --> 00:06:22.389 “Lest ye should say: The Scripture was revealed only to two sects before us, and we in sooth were unaware of what they read;” (6:156) 00:06:22.389 --> 00:06:28.629 “Lest ye should say: The Scripture was revealed only to two sects before us, and we in sooth were unaware of what they read;” (6:156) 00:06:30.209 --> 00:06:37.250 So that you do not say, "The Book was only revealed to two groups before us, the Jews and the Christians." 00:06:37.810 --> 00:06:43.850 "And we were unaware of the recitation of the Book that was revealed to those two groups; we did not know what it was." 00:06:44.410 --> 00:06:49.370 "And we do not know what they read or what they say, nor is it in our language." 00:06:49.930 --> 00:06:51.850 So they would take that as an excuse. 00:06:52.529 --> 00:06:59.449 So Allah cut off that excuse of theirs by revealing the Qur'an to His Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:09.839 “Or lest ye should say: If the Scripture had been revealed unto us, we surely had been better guided than are they. Now hath there come unto you a clear proof from your Lord, a guidance and mercy; and who doeth greater wrong than he who denieth the revelations of Allah, and turneth away from them? We award unto those who turn away from Our revelations an evil doom because of their aversion.” (6:157) 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:18.800 For there has come to you a clear evidence from your Lord, and guidance, and mercy. 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:27.120 “Or lest ye should say: If the Scripture had been revealed unto us, we surely had been better guided than are they. Now hath there come unto you a clear proof from your Lord, a guidance and mercy; and who doeth greater wrong than he who denieth the revelations of Allah, and turneth away from them? We award unto those who turn away from Our revelations an evil doom because of their aversion.” (6:157) 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:38.360 “Or lest ye should say: If the Scripture had been revealed unto us, we surely had been better guided than are they. Now hath there come unto you a clear proof from your Lord, a guidance and mercy; and who doeth greater wrong than he who denieth the revelations of Allah, and turneth away from them? We award unto those who turn away from Our revelations an evil doom because of their aversion.” (6:157) 00:07:39.899 --> 00:07:41.139 So that they do not say: 00:07:41.660 --> 00:07:47.459 "If only the Book had been revealed to us as it was revealed to those two groups before us." 00:07:48.060 --> 00:07:51.259 "We would have been more upright on the path of truth." 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:56.000 For there has come to you a Book in your own language, clear Arabic. 00:07:56.439 --> 00:08:00.839 And an explanation of the truth, and a mercy for whoever acts upon it and follows it. 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:05.959 So who is more mistaken in action and more aggressive than you, O polytheists? 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:10.600 Than those who deny the proofs and evidences of Allah and turn away from them? 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:15.839 Allah will recompense those who turn away from His signs with a severe punishment. 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:19.800 Because they used to turn away from His signs in the world. 00:08:26.779 --> 00:08:34.899 “Wait they, indeed, for nothing less than that the angels should come unto them, or thy Lord should come, or there should come one of the portents from thy Lord? In the day when one of the portents from thy Lord cometh, its belief availeth naught a soul which theretofore believed not, nor in its belief earned good (by works). Say: Wait ye! Lo! We (too) are waiting.” (6:158) 00:08:35.379 --> 00:08:39.059 “Wait they, indeed, for nothing less than that the angels should come unto them, or thy Lord should come, or there should come one of the portents from thy Lord? In the day when one of the portents from thy Lord cometh, its belief availeth naught a soul which theretofore believed not, nor in its belief earned good (by works). Say: Wait ye! Lo! We (too) are waiting.” (6:158) 00:08:39.700 --> 00:08:42.980 “Wait they, indeed, for nothing less than that the angels should come unto them, or thy Lord should come, or there should come one of the portents from thy Lord? In the day when one of the portents from thy Lord cometh, its belief availeth naught a soul which theretofore believed not, nor in its belief earned good (by works). Say: Wait ye! Lo! We (too) are waiting.” (6:158) 00:08:43.500 --> 00:08:46.139 “Wait they, indeed, for nothing less than that the angels should come unto them, or thy Lord should come, or there should come one of the portents from thy Lord? In the day when one of the portents from thy Lord cometh, its belief availeth naught a soul which theretofore believed not, nor in its belief earned good (by works). Say: Wait ye! Lo! We (too) are waiting.” (6:158) 00:08:46.659 --> 00:08:49.659 “Wait they, indeed, for nothing less than that the angels should come unto them, or thy Lord should come, or there should come one of the portents from thy Lord? In the day when one of the portents from thy Lord cometh, its belief availeth naught a soul which theretofore believed not, nor in its belief earned good (by works). Say: Wait ye! Lo! We (too) are waiting.” (6:158) 00:08:50.139 --> 00:08:53.139 “Wait they, indeed, for nothing less than that the angels should come unto them, or thy Lord should come, or there should come one of the portents from thy Lord? In the day when one of the portents from thy Lord cometh, its belief availeth naught a soul which theretofore believed not, nor in its belief earned good (by works). Say: Wait ye! Lo! We (too) are waiting.” (6:158) 00:08:53.139 --> 00:08:58.340 “Wait they, indeed, for nothing less than that the angels should come unto them, or thy Lord should come, or there should come one of the portents from thy Lord? In the day when one of the portents from thy Lord cometh, its belief availeth naught a soul which theretofore believed not, nor in its belief earned good (by works). Say: Wait ye! Lo! We (too) are waiting.” (6:158) 00:08:58.899 --> 00:09:05.059 “Wait they, indeed, for nothing less than that the angels should come unto them, or thy Lord should come, or there should come one of the portents from thy Lord? In the day when one of the portents from thy Lord cometh, its belief availeth naught a soul which theretofore believed not, nor in its belief earned good (by works). Say: Wait ye! Lo! We (too) are waiting.” (6:158) 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:30.600 The day some of the signs of your Lord come, the faith of one who had not believed before will not benefit him. 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:37.159 Or [the faith of one who] had not earned good through his belief in Allah, by way of righteous deeds and conviction. 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:38.879 Say, O Muhammad: 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:44.200 "Wait for the angels to come to you with death to take your souls." 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:50.240 "Or for your Lord to come to settle the judgment between us and you on the Day of Resurrection." 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:55.759 "Or for the sun to rise from its west, so the scrolls of deeds are folded." 00:09:56.440 --> 00:09:58.080 We are waiting for that. 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:00.639 So that Allah may bestow upon us His reward. 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:03.960 And judge between us and you with the truth. 00:10:05.970 --> 00:10:13.649 “Lo! As for those who sunder their religion and become schismatics, no concern at all hast thou with them. Their case will go to Allah, Who then will tell them what they used to do.” (6:159) 00:10:14.169 --> 00:10:20.409 “Lo! As for those who sunder their religion and become schismatics, no concern at all hast thou with them. Their case will go to Allah, Who then will tell them what they used to do.” (6:159) 00:10:20.970 --> 00:10:27.730 “Lo! As for those who sunder their religion and become schismatics, no concern at all hast thou with them. Their case will go to Allah, Who then will tell them what they used to do.” (6:159) 00:10:29.289 --> 00:10:31.409 “Lo! As for those who sunder their religion and become schismatics, no concern at all hast thou with them. Their case will go to Allah, Who then will tell them what they used to do.” (6:159) 00:10:31.929 --> 00:10:36.289 So some became Jews, others became Christians, and some became Magians. 00:10:36.929 --> 00:10:39.769 And they were divided, not united. 00:10:40.250 --> 00:10:41.850 “Lo! As for those who sunder their religion and become schismatics, no concern at all hast thou with them. Their case will go to Allah, Who then will tell them what they used to do.” (6:159) 00:10:42.450 --> 00:10:44.210 “Lo! As for those who sunder their religion and become schismatics, no concern at all hast thou with them. Their case will go to Allah, Who then will tell them what they used to do.” (6:159) 00:10:44.690 --> 00:10:48.129 Either by punishment if they persist in their misguidance. 00:10:48.570 --> 00:10:51.049 Or by pardon through repentance. 00:10:51.769 --> 00:10:57.929 Then He will inform them in the Hereafter, when they arrive before Him on the Day of Resurrection, of what they used to do. 00:10:58.529 --> 00:11:01.210 So He will reward the doer of good among them with goodness. 00:11:01.730 --> 00:11:03.490 And the doer of evil with evil. 00:11:05.460 --> 00:11:13.299 “Whoso bringeth a good deed will receive tenfold the like thereof, while whoso bringeth an ill-deed will be awarded but the like thereof; and they will not be wronged.” (6:160) 00:11:13.860 --> 00:11:21.779 “Whoso bringeth a good deed will receive tenfold the like thereof, while whoso bringeth an ill-deed will be awarded but the like thereof; and they will not be wronged.” (6:160) 00:11:22.340 --> 00:11:28.620 “Whoso bringeth a good deed will receive tenfold the like thereof, while whoso bringeth an ill-deed will be awarded but the like thereof; and they will not be wronged.” (6:160) 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:35.519 Whoever meets his Lord on the Day of Resurrection at the place of reckoning with repentance and faith. 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:40.600 He shall have ten good deeds like the good deed he brought. 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:46.000 And whoever meets Him on the Day of Resurrection having abandoned the religion and disbelieved in Allah. 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:49.720 He shall not be recompensed except with what is evil for him. 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:53.080 Just as Allah has requited him for his evil deeds. 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:55.720 And Allah does not wrong the two groups. 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:58.559 By rewarding the doer of good with evil. 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:00.799 Or the doer of evil with goodness. 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:11.759 “Say: Lo! As for me, my Lord hath guided me unto a straight path, a right religion, the community of Abraham, the upright, who was no idolater.” (6:161) 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:18.720 “Say: Lo! As for me, my Lord hath guided me unto a straight path, a right religion, the community of Abraham, the upright, who was no idolater.” (6:161) 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:23.399 Tell them, "My Lord has guided me to the straight path." 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:25.980 A straight religion. 00:12:26.460 --> 00:12:28.500 The religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth. 00:12:28.980 --> 00:12:32.299 And Abraham was not of the polytheists who associate partners with Allah. 00:12:33.019 --> 00:12:43.100 “Say: Lo! my worship and my sacrifice and my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the Worlds.” (6:162) 00:12:43.659 --> 00:12:50.179 [Say,] "No partner have I, and my rites, my living, and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds." 00:12:50.580 --> 00:12:59.879 “He hath no partner. This am I commanded, and I am first of those who surrender (unto Him).” (6:163) 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:06.919 Say, "Indeed, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are purely for Allah, Lord of the worlds." 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:10.799 He has no partner in any of that from among His creation. 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:13.200 And of this, my Lord has commanded me. 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:19.070 And I am the first of this Ummah to submit and yield to its Lord. 00:13:19.070 --> 00:13:25.789 “Say: Shall I seek another than Allah for Lord, when He is Lord of all things? Each soul earneth only on its own account, nor doth any laden bear another's load. Then unto your Lord is your return and He will tell you that wherein ye differed.” (6:164) 00:13:26.389 --> 00:13:31.029 “Say: Shall I seek another than Allah for Lord, when He is Lord of all things? Each soul earneth only on its own account, nor doth any laden bear another's load. Then unto your Lord is your return and He will tell you that wherein ye differed.” (6:164) 00:13:31.669 --> 00:13:36.149 And no bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another. 00:13:36.789 --> 00:13:47.070 “Say: Shall I seek another than Allah for Lord, when He is Lord of all things? Each soul earneth only on its own account, nor doth any laden bear another's load. Then unto your Lord is your return and He will tell you that wherein ye differed.” (6:164) 00:13:48.179 --> 00:13:51.539 Say, "Is it other than Allah I should seek as a lord to master me?" 00:13:51.980 --> 00:13:55.379 While He is the Lord of everything, beneath Him, and its Disposer. 00:13:55.820 --> 00:13:59.139 And no soul earns evil except against itself. 00:13:59.620 --> 00:14:04.220 And no sinful soul shall bear the sin of another soul besides itself. 00:14:04.779 --> 00:14:08.019 Then to your Lord, O people, is your return. 00:14:08.340 --> 00:14:14.019 And He will inform you of that over which you used to differ in the world regarding religions and sects. 00:14:14.019 --> 00:14:18.580 Then He will recompense all of you for what you used to do in the world. 00:14:46.139 --> 00:14:52.419 And it is Allah who made you, O people, successors upon the earth. 00:14:52.820 --> 00:14:57.019 By destroying those who were before you from the generations and past nations. 00:14:57.580 --> 00:15:01.500 And He made you successors after them on the earth. 00:15:02.100 --> 00:15:06.340 And He differentiated between your conditions, making some of you above others. 00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:09.059 By raising one over another. 00:15:09.580 --> 00:15:14.460 To test you in what He has bestowed upon you of His bounty and granted you of His provision. 00:15:15.210 --> 00:15:20.889 Indeed, your Lord, O Muhammad, is swift in punishment for whoever angers Him by committing His sins. 00:15:21.490 --> 00:15:25.169 And indeed, He is Forgiving, covering the sins of those who repent to Him. 00:15:25.730 --> 00:15:29.490 Merciful by withholding His punishment for their past sins. 00:15:30.009 --> 00:15:34.809 If they repent and turn back to Him before meeting Him and returning to Him.