In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation
It was summarized by Dr. Aqeel bin Salem Al-Shammari
Surat Al-Zumar
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Who is more unjust than he who lies about God and denies the truth when it comes to him?
Isn't Hell a abode for unbelievers?
Who among God’s creation is greater in libel than he who lies against God?
He claimed that he had a son and his companion
He lied about the Book of God when He revealed it to Muhammad
Is there not a refuge in Hell for those who disbelieve in God?
And whoever comes with the truth and believes in it, those are the righteous
They have whatever they wish with their Lord. This is the reward of the doers of good
So that God may atone for them the worst of what they did and reward them with the best of what they did
They will have with their Lord on the Day of Resurrection whatever their souls desire
This is what they have from their Lord, the reward of one who does good in this world and obeys God in it and refrains from what He has forbidden in it
And the reward of these benefactors is due to their good deeds, in order to atone for them the worst deeds that they have done in this world
He will reward them with the best of what they did in this world, doing what pleased God with them, and not the worst of them
Is not God sufficient for His servant, and they fear you with those besides Him, and whoever God leads astray has no guide
Whoever God guides, no one can mislead him. Is not God mighty in vengeance?
Whoever God abandons, He leads him astray from the path of truth. He has no one but him as a guide and guide to faith in God
And whoever God enables to believe in Him and act according to His Book, there is no deviation for him that will deviate him from the truth upon which he is
Isn’t God, O Muhammad, mighty in taking revenge on the infidels of His creation in taking revenge on His enemies who strive for His Oneness?
Are they removing His harm or intending me to have mercy? Are they withholding His mercy? Say: God is sufficient for me. In Him, those who trust put their trust.
And if you asked, O Muhammad, who created the heavens and the earth, these polytheists, he would say, “It is God who created them.”
So say, O people, have you seen this whom you worship instead of God, if God wants me so badly in my livelihood?
Will they reveal from me the harm that my Lord will inflict on me, and if He wishes me, by His mercy, to grant me abundance in my livelihood and abundance of wealth?
And prosperity and well-being in my body. Will they withhold from me the mercy he wanted to bestow upon me?
They will say, “No,” so say, “Allah is sufficient for me above all other things. He is the One I worship and the One to whom I fear in my affairs.”
In God, he who trusts trusts, and let him trust in Him and not in anyone else
Say, “O my people, work according to your position. I am a worker, and you will know.”
Whoever receives a torment that will disgrace him, and an everlasting torment will befall him
Say, O Muhammad, to the polytheists of your people
Work, O people, to enable you to do the work you do and your homes
I am a worker as well
You will know to whom a torment will come that will humiliate and disgrace him
A permanent torment befalls him that will not leave him
We have sent down to you the Book for the people in truth
Whoever is guided, it is for his own soul, and whoever goes astray, it is his own fault, and you are not a guardian over them
We have sent down to you, O Muhammad, the Book as an explanation to the people of the truth
So whoever acts according to what is in the Book that we have revealed to you, he does so for himself because he has earned it the pleasure of God
And whoever deviates from the Book that we have revealed to you, he is unfair to himself because he earns it the wrath of God
O Muhammad, you are not a watchdog over the people to whom I sent you to monitor their deeds. Rather, you are a messenger
Because souls die when they die and those who did not die in their sleep
Then He withholds the one for which death has decreed, and sends the other for a specified period. Indeed, in that are signs for a people who reflect
An indication that divinity belongs to God, to the exclusion of everything else, is that He kills and gives life
God takes souls at the time of their death and takes them away when their term expires
The woman who did not die also dies in her dream, and he catches the woman whom death decreed
It was mentioned that the souls of the living and the dead meet in a dream and come to know each other, God willing
If He wanted them all to return to their bodies, God would hold the souls of the dead with Him
And he sent the souls of the living to return to their bodies for a specified period
In God taking the soul of the sleeping and dead person and sending him back after this, the soul returns to its body
His imprisonment for others is an example for those who think and ponder
Or have they taken intercessors other than God?
Say: If they did not have anything and did not understand
Say to God, intercession for all
To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and then to Him you will be returned
Or did these polytheists take their gods as intercessors to intercede for them with God regarding their needs?
Say, O Muhammad, to them: Do you take these gods as intercessors as you claim?
Even if they do not have the power to benefit you or harm you, and do not understand anything
Tell them that you worship her for that reason and that she will intercede for you with God
So be sincere in your worship to God, for all intercession belongs to Him
To Him belongs the authority and dominion of the heavens and the earth, and then your destiny rests with God, and He will punish you for associating yourself with Him
If God alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not believe in the afterlife revolt
And when he mentions those besides him, then they rejoice
If God is mentioned alone and is called alone, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Day of Resurrection will repel
And when he mentions the gods that they call upon, those who do not believe in the afterlife rejoice in that and rejoice
Say, O God, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed
Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, You judge between Your servants in that in which they differ
Say, O Muhammad, O God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed
You judge between your servants and separate them with justice on the day you gather them together
In what they used to do in this world, they differed in what they said about you and your greatness and other differences
On that day, you will judge with justice between us and those whose hearts are disgusted when you mention it alone
And when someone besides you is mentioned, rejoice
Even if those who wronged had all that is on earth and something like it with it
So that they may seek refuge from the evil of torment on the Day of Resurrection
And it seemed to them from God that which they had not expected
Even if on the Day of Resurrection these polytheists will have all of the earth’s wealth and adornments
And the same is doubled
He accepted that from them instead of themselves
They sacrificed themselves in all this to escape the evil of God’s punishment
And on that day, God’s command and punishment appeared to them, which they had not thought before that that He had prepared for them
The evils of what they had earned appeared to them, and what they had mocked befell them
And the evil deeds they earned in this world will appear to them on the Day of Resurrection
When they gave their books in their hands
Then it became obligatory for them to suffer the punishment of God, which they were mocking
It surrounded them
If harm befalls a person, he calls upon us, then when we bestow upon him a blessing from us, he says, “I gave him only knowledge.”
Rather, it is a temptation, but most of them do not know
If a person is afflicted with misery, he calls upon Us seeking our help. Then, when We give him hope, We replace it with harm, prosperity, and prosperity.
He said, “I only gave what I was given of prosperity and abundance with the knowledge of what I have from God that I am worthy of His honor and His satisfaction with my work.”
Rather, You gave us that blessing, even if We afflicted them with it
But most of them, due to their ignorance, do not know for what reason they gave that
Those before them said it, but what they earned did not avail them
So the evils of what they had earned befall them
And those who are unjust among these people will be afflicted with the evils of what they have earned, and they will not be able to do anything helpless
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We gave it to those before them from the empty nations with knowledge
And when the punishment of God came upon them, the deeds they were earning did not avail them
Their service to their gods did not benefit them
Those who said this statement were afflicted with the evil of the deeds they had earned
So they were quickly disgraced in the world
And those who disbelieve in God, O Muhammad, are among your people
They will also be afflicted with the evils of what they have earned
They will not miss their Lord, nor will they precede Him in flight on earth from His torment when He descends upon them
O Muhammad, did he not know these people?
Distress and prosperity are in the hands of God
He extends sustenance to whomever He wishes and expands it for Him
He controls that over whomever He wishes and makes it difficult for him
Indeed, in God’s extension of sustenance to whomever He wills
And limit it to whoever wants
Connotations for people who believe in the truth
They will acknowledge it when you find out
Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation