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-Raad
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Like the paradise promised to the righteous
Rivers flow beneath it
Its constant food and shade
That is the afterlife of those who feared
And after the disbelievers is Hell
The description of Paradise promised to the righteous
Rivers flow beneath it
What is eaten there is permanent for its people
Its shadow is also permanent
Because there is no sun in it
This Paradise is the end for those who fear God
So they avoided his sins and performed his duties
The end of the disbelievers in God is Hell
Those to whom We have given the Book rejoice in what has been revealed to you
Among the parties are those who deny some of them
Say, “I have only been commanded to worship God and not to associate partners with Him.”
To Him I call and to Him I return
And those to whom We sent down the Book are those who believe in you and follow you, O Muhammad
They rejoice in what was revealed to you
And from the people of religion who are partisan against you
Who denies some of what has been revealed to you?
So tell them
I was commanded, O people
To worship God alone and no one else
And I do not associate him with it
I invite people to obey Him and sincerely worship Him
And here is my fate
Likewise, We revealed it as an Arabic ruling
And if you follow their desires after the knowledge that has come to you
You have no guardian from God
Who has no guardian or protector?
And just as We revealed the Book to you, O Muhammad, some of the parties denied it
Thus also We sent down judgment and religion
Arab referee
And make it Arabic
Because it was revealed to Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, and he is an Arab
O Muhammad, if you follow the whims, satisfaction, and love of these parties
You have no one to protect you from the punishment of God, no helper to help you
He will save you from God if He punishes you
We have sent messengers before you
And We made for them wives and offspring
It was not for a Messenger to bring a sign except with God’s permission
For every term there is a book
O Muhammad, We sent messengers before you to nations that had passed away before your nation
So We made them human beings like you
They have husbands who marry
And their descendants
We did not make them angels who do not eat, drink, or marry
And no Messenger sent by God to His creation can
To bring to his nation a sign and a sign except by the command of God
For every matter that God has decreed, there is a book that He has written and it is with Him
God erases whatever He wants and confirms
He has the Mother of the Book
Either We will show you some of those he counted, or We will cause you to die, for you only have to deliver the message
And we have to reckon
Or we will show you, O Muhammad, some of those who are enemies of these polytheists in your life
Of punishment for their disbelief
Or we will kill you before we show you that
You have to convey his message to them
We must hold them accountable
He rewards them for their deeds
If good, then good
If evil, evil
Have they not seen that We come to the earth, diminishing it from its outskirts?
God judges and there is no one to follow his judgment
He is quick to calculate
Haven't these polytheists who ask Muhammad seen the signs?
We bring Earth
So we will open it to him, land after land, around their land
Are they not afraid that we will conquer their land for him as we conquered others for him?
It is God who rules and implements His ruling
God is quick to calculate
He counts the deeds of these polytheists
Nothing is hidden from him
And he is the one behind their punishment for it
Those before them plotted, so all plotting belongs to Allah
He knows what every soul gains
And the infidels will know to whom the punishment of the abode belongs
Those before these polytheists from the nations of the past plotted
God has all the causes of deception
And with his hand and to him
The cunning people were not harmed by their cunning
Except for whom God wishes that this would harm him
But they harmed themselves
Because they displeased their Lord with this against themselves
Your Lord knows, O Muhammad, what these polytheists do
He knows all the works of all creation
And they will know when they come before their Lord on the Day of Resurrection
To whom is the end of the Hereafter?
And those who disbelieve say, “I am not a messenger.”
Say: God is sufficient as a witness between me and you
And he who has knowledge of the Book
And those of your people who disbelieved in God say, “O Muhammad.”
I am not a missionary
Because of their denial of you
Say: God is sufficient for me as a witness to me and to you
And those who have knowledge of the books that were revealed before the Qur’an
Such as the Torah and the Gospel