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
Surah Al-Zukhruf
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
He said, "Have I brought to you more guidance than what you found your fathers upon?"
They said, “Indeed, we disbelieve in what you were sent with.”
So We took revenge on them, and see what was the outcome of the deniers
Say, O Muhammad, to these polytheists
Did I not come to you, O people, from your Lord?
I will guide you to the path of truth from what you found your fathers following in terms of religion and religion
He said that to them
They answered
We are ungrateful and denying what you were sent with
So we took revenge on these people who denied their Messenger by imposing punishment on them
So look, O Muhammad, what was the outcome of their matter when they denied the signs of God
And when Abraham said to his father and his people, “Indeed, I am disavowed of what you worship.”
Except for Him who created me, for He will guide me
And He made it a lasting word in his wake, so that they might return
And when Abraham said to his father and his people, “Indeed, I am disavowed of what you worship instead of God.”
Except for the One who created me, for He will raise me up to the true religion
He helps me to follow the path of maturity
And he made his saying, “I am disavowed of what you worship except Him who created me.”
It is a saying: There is no god but God
A word that remains in his descendants
There were still those among his descendants who said that after him
To return to obedience to their Lord
And they repent of their disbelief and sins
And when the truth came to them, they said, “This is magic.”
They said: This is magic, but we disbelieve in it
Rather, O Muhammad, grant life to these polytheists and their fathers before them
I did not rush them with punishment
Until this Qur’an came to them
And a Messenger makes clear to them, with the arguments he uses against them, that he is a true Messenger
He is Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace
And when the Qur’an and a messenger from God came to them
They said: This is what this Messenger brought to us
A magic that enchants us with it
And we are ungrateful to Him
We deny that this is from God
And they said, “If only this Qur’an had not been revealed to a great man from the two villages.”
These polytheists said
If it is true
Is it not revealed to a great man from one of the two villages?
Mecca or Taif
They mean great
Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah Al-Qurashi in Mecca
Or Habib bin Omar bin Omair cultural center in Taif
Are these those who say?
Had this Qur’an not been revealed to a great man from the two villages
O Muhammad, they divide the mercy of your Lord among His creation
Mother of God who divides it
He gives it to whomever he loves and deprives him of it to whomever he wishes
Rather, we divide our mercy among whomever we have created
We also divided among them their livelihood in this worldly life
So We made some of them higher than others
Let this man make fun of himself in his service to him
So God Almighty made them a means of livelihood for each other
And the mercy of your Lord, O Muhammad, by admitting them to Paradise
It is better for them than the money they collect in this world
To make us for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful
Their houses have a silver roof
And they appear on the paths
Their houses have doors and beds on which they recline
And all of that is not the enjoyment of this worldly life
And the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous
And if the people had not been one nation of disbelief
We have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful the upper parts of their houses in silver
And a mirror and a stairway for them to climb
And We made their houses doors of silver
And silver furniture on which they recline
And We will make gold for them with that
And all these things you mentioned
Nothing but enjoyment for the people of the world to enjoy
And beautify the abode of the Hereafter with your Lord for the righteous
Those who fear God fear His punishment
Make God greater
He will not disbelieve in the Most Merciful by opposing him to Satan
The opposite of Satan is his companion
And they will turn them away from the path
And they think that they are guided
Whoever turns away from the remembrance of God does not fear His power
The devils prevent these people from the path of truth
So they make misguidance appear attractive to them
The polytheists think that they are right and correct
Until, when he came to us, he said, “I wish there were more polytheists between me and you.”
So miserable is the companion
And it will not benefit you today, since you have been wronged and that you share in the torment
Even if this one comes to us who has forgotten the remembrance of the Most Gracious
And his companion who was saved from the devils
One of these two companions said to his other friend
I wished to be between you and me after the polytheist and the West
It was said that winter is bright and summer is bright
So miserable is the companion
It will not benefit you, O people who live without the remembrance of God in this world
And the punishment of God will not be lightened for you today by your participation in it
Because each one of you has his share of it
Do you make the deaf hear or guide the blind and whoever is in clear shadows?
Do you listen to someone whom God has deprived of listening to the arguments used as evidence in this book and has deafened him?
Or be guided to the path of guidance
If we do not go with you, we will take revenge on them
Or We will show you what We promised them, for indeed We have power over them
If we take you, O Muhammad, from among the most visible of these polytheists
We are avengers among them
We also did that to other nations whose Messenger was rejected
Or will we show you what we promised them, O Muhammad, to defeat them?
We have the power to make you prevail over them
So adhere to what has been revealed to you
For you are on a straight path
Indeed, it is a reminder for you and your people, and you will be asked
So adhere, O Muhammad, to what this Qur’an commands you to do
You are on a straight path and you are rightly guided
This Qur’an is an honor for you and for your people from the Quraish
And your Lord will ask you and them about what you did in it
And ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before you
Make us, apart from the Most Merciful, gods to worship
And ask the books of those whom We sent before you among the messengers
We commanded them to worship gods instead of God in what they brought
Or I am under the illusion that it is ours
We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs
He said, “I am the Messenger of the Lord of the Worlds.”
We sent Moses with our arguments to Pharaoh and the nobles of his people
Moses said to them, “I am the messenger of the Lord of the Worlds to you.”
When He brought them Our signs, they laughed at them
When Moses came to Pharaoh and filled him with our arguments and evidence
Then Pharaoh and his people laughed at the signs and lessons
Your people also ridicule the signs and lessons you brought them
This is an entertainment from God Almighty to His Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace
We do not show them any sign except that it is greater than its sister
And We seized them with torment so that they might return
We did not see Pharaoh and his entourage as an argument
Except what we see of that is greater in argument and more emphatic than the verses that preceded it
And We sent down torment on them so that they would turn from their disbelief in God to His monotheism and obedience to Him
And they said, O magician, invoke your Lord for us according to what He has covenanted with you. Indeed, we will be guided
When We removed the torment from them, behold, they reneged
And Pharaoh and his entourage said to Moses
O magician, pray for us to your Lord for what He has entrusted to you, according to His covenant which He has entrusted to you
If we believe in you and follow you, the shame will be removed from us
We did not follow you, so we believed you in what you brought to us, and God is the One
And when We removed the torment from them, behold, after We had revealed that from them, they turned treacherous and persisted in their misguidance.
And Pharaoh called out to his people and said, “O my people, is the kingdom of Egypt not mine?”
He said, “O my people, do I not have the kingdom of Egypt while these rivers flow beneath me? Do you not see?”
And Pharaoh called out to his people from the Copts and said, “O my people, do I not have the kingdom of Egypt and these rivers flow before me in Paradise? Do you not see, O people, the bliss and goodness that I am in and the poverty that Moses is in?”
Or am I better than this one who is insulting and hardly intelligible?
Am I better, O people, or this one who has nothing in terms of property and wealth, with the illness in his body, and who can hardly speak out of his tongue?
Had a gold bracelet not been thrown over him or had the angels not come with him in conjunction
Should I not cast on Moses, if he is truthful, that he is a Messenger, a bracelet of gold, which is the heart that is placed in the hand, or should the angels not come with him in conjunction, some of them coupled with one another, so they continued to testify to him that he is God’s messenger to them?
So he belittled his people, so they obeyed him. Indeed, they were a sinful people
When they were sorry, we attacked them and drowned them all
So We made them predecessors and examples for others
So Pharaoh belittled a group of his people, the Copts, with what he said to them, so they accepted that from him, obeyed him, and denied Moses.
But they obeyed because they were people who disobeyed God and were naturally outside of their hearts
When they made us angry, we attacked them and drowned them all in the sea
So let us make those of Pharaoh's people whom We drowned the infidels of your people, O Muhammad
And the infidels of your people have a legacy, a lesson, and a warning that the nations after them will learn from