1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,039 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 3 00:00:08,580 --> 00:00:12,740 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammar. 4 00:00:14,099 --> 00:00:16,379 Surah Yasin. 5 00:00:18,469 --> 00:00:22,589 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 6 00:00:23,420 --> 00:00:33,259 “We sent not down against his people after him a host from heaven, nor do We ever send.” (36:28) 7 00:00:33,579 --> 00:00:43,460 “We sent not down against his people after him a host from heaven, nor do We ever send.” (36:28) 8 00:00:43,780 --> 00:00:51,350 “It was but one Shout, and lo! they were extinct.” (36:29) 9 00:00:52,950 --> 00:01:00,469 We did not send down upon the people of this believer, whom his people killed after his death, any host from the heaven. 10 00:01:00,950 --> 00:01:02,630 Nor were We ever to send down such a host. 11 00:01:03,070 --> 00:01:05,549 The matter was easier for Us than that. 12 00:01:06,219 --> 00:01:14,900 Their destruction was nothing but a single blast which Allah sent down upon them from the heaven, and behold, they were extinguished. 13 00:01:16,519 --> 00:01:26,560 “Ah, the anguish for the bondmen! Never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him!” (36:30) 14 00:01:27,439 --> 00:01:36,879 Alas for the servants! There does not come to them any messenger from Allah but they mock him. 15 00:01:38,329 --> 00:01:46,609 “Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them, which indeed returned not unto them;” (36:31) 16 00:01:46,890 --> 00:01:53,250 “But all, without exception, will be brought before Us.” (36:32) 17 00:01:54,689 --> 00:02:02,409 Do these polytheists among your people, O Muhammad, not see how many generations We destroyed before them? 18 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,159 Do they not see that they will never return to them? 19 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:14,759 And all of these generations that We destroyed, and others besides them, will all be brought before Us on the Day of Resurrection. 20 00:02:16,250 --> 00:02:29,569 “A token unto them is the dead earth. We revive it, and We bring forth from it grain so that they eat thereof;” (36:33) 21 00:02:29,810 --> 00:02:45,969 “And We have placed therein gardens of the date-palm and grapes, and We have caused springs of water to gush forth therein,” (36:34) 22 00:02:47,569 --> 00:02:53,770 A sign for these polytheists of Allah’s power to resurrect those of His creation who have died. 23 00:02:54,250 --> 00:02:59,250 Is His reviving of the dead earth, in which there is neither vegetation nor crops. 24 00:02:59,770 --> 00:03:08,490 By the rain He sends down from the heaven, until its crops emerge, and then He brings forth from it grain, from which they eat. 25 00:03:09,210 --> 00:03:18,050 And We have placed in this earth, which We have revived, gardens of date palms and grapevines, and caused springs of water to gush forth therein. 26 00:03:18,050 --> 00:03:38,090 We created these gardens so that My servants might eat of their fruit and of what their own hands have planted. 27 00:03:38,090 --> 00:03:44,889 Will these people not be grateful to the One who provides them with this and bestows such blessings upon them? 28 00:03:50,289 --> 00:04:00,289 “Glory be to Him Who created all the sexual pairs, of that which the earth groweth, and of themselves, and of that which they know not!” (36:36) 29 00:04:02,020 --> 00:04:12,020 Exalted and free is He who created all the various colors of the earth's vegetation, and created from their own offspring males and females. 30 00:04:12,020 --> 00:04:19,019 And from things they do not know—things He has not revealed to them—He created likewise in pairs. 31 00:04:21,019 --> 00:04:28,019 “A token unto them is night. We strip it of the day, and lo! they are in darkness.” (36:37) 32 00:04:28,019 --> 00:04:36,019 “And the sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise.” (36:38) 33 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:45,560 A sign for them, too, of Allah’s power to do whatever He wills: We strip the day from the night. 34 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:53,560 We bring forth the darkness and remove the light of day, and suddenly they are in darkness with the arrival of the night. 35 00:04:53,560 --> 00:05:00,560 And the sun runs to its place of rest; it is said that it runs to its appointed destinations. 36 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:05,560 It travels to its furthest limits at sunset, then it returns. 37 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:12,560 This which We have described regarding the movement of the sun is the decree of the Almighty in His vengeance against His enemies. 38 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:17,560 The All-Knowing of the interests of His creation and all other things. 39 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:26,329 And the moon, We have ordained for it phases, until it returns like the old date stalk. 40 00:05:27,709 --> 00:05:33,709 A sign for them is Our ordaining the moon’s phases for its waning after it has become full and complete. 41 00:05:33,709 --> 00:05:39,709 Until it returns like the withered date stalk, which is the branch growing on the palm tree. 42 00:05:39,709 --> 00:05:44,709 Such is the moon when it is at the end of the month before it disappears. 43 00:05:44,709 --> 00:05:49,709 It becomes, in its curvature and bending, like that stalk. 44 00:05:49,709 --> 00:06:05,290 It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day, and each is floating in an orbit. 45 00:06:06,899 --> 00:06:11,899 It is not fitting for the sun to overtake the moon, thereby extinguishing its light with its own. 46 00:06:11,899 --> 00:06:16,899 So that all times would be day with no night therein. 47 00:06:16,899 --> 00:06:24,899 Nor can the night outstrip the day, such that its darkness would consume the light, making all times night. 48 00:06:24,899 --> 00:06:31,899 And all that We have mentioned of the sun, the moon, the night, and the day are floating in an orbit. 49 00:06:33,410 --> 00:06:40,410 “And a token unto them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship,” (36:41) 50 00:06:41,410 --> 00:06:46,410 “And have created for them of the like thereof whereon they ride.” (36:42) 51 00:06:47,410 --> 00:06:54,410 “And if We will, We drown them, and there is no help for them, neither can they be saved;” (36:43) 52 00:06:55,410 --> 00:07:01,629 “Unless by mercy from Us and as comfort for a while.” (36:44) 53 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:07,300 A sign for them, too, of Our power over all that We will. 54 00:07:08,300 --> 00:07:13,300 We carried those who were saved from the descendants of Adam in the ark of Noah, filled and laden. 55 00:07:13,300 --> 00:07:20,300 And We have created for these polytheists, from the likes of that ship, the vessels they ride. 56 00:07:21,300 --> 00:07:26,300 And if We will, We could drown these polytheists when they board the ships at sea. 57 00:07:27,300 --> 00:07:31,300 Then there would be no helper for them to save them, nor would anything rescue them from drowning. 58 00:07:32,300 --> 00:07:35,300 Except that We save them as a mercy from Us. 59 00:07:36,300 --> 00:07:39,300 And to grant them enjoyment for a term they are destined to reach. 60 00:07:41,300 --> 00:07:49,300 “When it is said unto them: Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, that haply ye may find mercy (they are heedless).” (36:45) 61 00:07:50,899 --> 00:07:57,899 And when it is said to these polytheists, "Beware of what lies before you of Allah’s punishments." 62 00:07:58,899 --> 00:08:03,899 And what lies after your destruction, of the torment you will encounter if you die in your disbelief. 63 00:08:04,899 --> 00:08:08,899 So that your Lord may have mercy on you, if you take heed of that. 64 00:08:08,899 --> 00:08:18,639 And no sign from the signs of their Lord comes to them but they turn away from it. 65 00:08:19,639 --> 00:08:25,959 And no proof of Allah’s proofs regarding the truth of His Oneness comes to these polytheists. 66 00:08:26,959 --> 00:08:32,960 But they turn away from it, neither reflecting upon it nor pondering it. 67 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:43,759 “And when it is said unto them: Spend of that wherewith Allah hath provided you, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Shall we feed those whom Allah, if He willed, would feed? Ye are in naught else than error manifest.” (36:47) 68 00:08:44,759 --> 00:09:02,759 “And when it is said unto them: Spend of that wherewith Allah hath provided you, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Shall we feed those whom Allah, if He willed, would feed? Ye are in naught else than error manifest.” (36:47) 69 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:10,240 And when it is said to these polytheists, "Spend from the provision Allah has provided you." 70 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:16,240 Those who denied the Oneness of Allah say to those who believe in Allah and His Messenger. 71 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:21,240 "Should we feed those whom, if Allah had willed, He would have fed?" 72 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:27,240 "You, O people, are nothing but in a state of straying from the truth and deviation from guidance." 73 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:32,240 It is clear to anyone who contemplates and reflects upon it that they are in error. 74 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:39,820 And they say, "When will this promise be, if you are truthful?" 75 00:09:41,230 --> 00:09:49,230 These polytheists say, "When will this promise of the Hour’s arrival be, if you are truthful, O people?" 76 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:58,000 “They await but one Shout, which will surprise them while they are disputing.” (36:49) 77 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:04,639 These polytheists who hasten the punishment of Allah are waiting for nothing. 78 00:10:05,639 --> 00:10:07,639 Except for a single blast that will seize them while they are disputing at the time of the Hour. 79 00:10:08,639 --> 00:10:12,639 They are, among themselves, disputing the promise of the Hour’s arrival. 80 00:10:13,639 --> 00:10:15,639 And they are overcoming it with argument regarding that. 81 00:10:16,639 --> 00:10:25,120 “Then they cannot make bequest, nor can they return to their own folk.” (36:50) 82 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:33,759 These polytheists will not be able, when the Trumpet is blown, to make a bequest to anyone regarding their wealth. 83 00:10:34,759 --> 00:10:38,759 Nor will any of them who is away from his family be able to return to them. 84 00:10:39,759 --> 00:10:44,759 Because they will not be granted respite for that, but will be hastened toward destruction. 85 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:06,720 "Woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping place? This is what the Most Gracious had promised, and the messengers spoke the truth." 86 00:11:08,139 --> 00:11:10,139 And the Trumpet will be blown—the blast of resurrection. 87 00:11:11,139 --> 00:11:14,139 And behold, they will emerge from their graves to their Lord, rushing. 88 00:11:15,139 --> 00:11:17,200 These polytheists will say: 89 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,200 "Woe to us! Who has awakened us from our sleep?" 90 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,200 "This is what the Most Gracious promised, and the messengers spoke the truth." 91 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:27,200 And it will be said: 92 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:29,200 The polytheists will say: 93 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,200 “Crying: Woe upon us! Who hath raised us from our place of sleep? This is that which the Beneficent did promise, and the messengers spoke truth.” (36:52) 94 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:34,200 Then the people of faith will say: 95 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,200 "Your resurrection is the promise of the Most Gracious." 96 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:39,200 "And the messengers spoke the truth." 97 00:11:41,159 --> 00:11:50,159 “It is but one Shout, and behold them brought together before Us!” (36:53) 98 00:11:51,860 --> 00:11:56,860 Their return to life after their death will be nothing but a single blast. 99 00:11:57,860 --> 00:11:59,860 Which is the third blast of the Trumpet. 100 00:12:00,860 --> 00:12:03,860 And behold, they will all be gathered before Us, having been brought forth. 101 00:12:04,860 --> 00:12:06,860 So they will witness the place of presentation and reckoning. 102 00:12:06,860 --> 00:12:16,500 “This day no soul is wronged in aught; nor are ye requited aught save what ye used to do.” (36:54) 103 00:12:17,500 --> 00:12:21,460 On the Day of Resurrection, no soul will be wronged in the least. 104 00:12:22,460 --> 00:12:25,460 And its Lord will recompense it for the reward of its righteous deeds. 105 00:12:26,460 --> 00:12:28,460 And no one will bear the burden of another. 106 00:12:29,460 --> 00:12:35,460 And you will not be recompensed except for the deeds you used to do in the world. 107 00:12:36,460 --> 00:12:44,740 “Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed,” (36:55) 108 00:12:45,740 --> 00:12:53,740 “They and their wives, in pleasant shade, on thrones reclining;” (36:56) 109 00:12:54,740 --> 00:13:00,740 “Theirs the fruit (of their good deeds) and theirs (all) that they ask;” (36:57) 110 00:13:01,740 --> 00:13:06,740 “The word from a Merciful Lord (for them) is: Peace!” (36:58) 111 00:13:07,740 --> 00:13:13,350 The people of Paradise will be occupied with the blessings that come to them, distracted from what the people of the Fire are encountering. 112 00:13:14,350 --> 00:13:16,350 They will have abundant fruits. 113 00:13:17,350 --> 00:13:21,350 The people of Paradise and their spouses will be in shade, not exposed to the sun. 114 00:13:22,350 --> 00:13:25,350 Reclining on raised couches, upon which are cushions and carpets. 115 00:13:26,350 --> 00:13:30,350 They will have in Paradise fruits, and they will have whatever they desire. 116 00:13:31,350 --> 00:13:36,350 That is a greeting of peace from Allah, from a Lord who is Merciful to them. 117 00:13:37,350 --> 00:13:41,350 For He did not punish them for the sins they committed in the world. 118 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:52,379 "And stand apart today, O you who disbelieved in Allah." 119 00:13:52,379 --> 00:13:55,379 For you are heading to a place other than theirs. 120 00:13:56,379 --> 00:14:00,200 The summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.