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-Shammar. 00:00:14.099 --> 00:00:16.379 Surah Yasin. 00:00:18.469 --> 00:00:22.589 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 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) 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) 00:00:43.780 --> 00:00:51.350 “It was but one Shout, and lo! they were extinct.” (36:29) 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. 00:01:00.950 --> 00:01:02.630 Nor were We ever to send down such a host. 00:01:03.070 --> 00:01:05.549 The matter was easier for Us than that. 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. 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) 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. 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) 00:01:46.890 --> 00:01:53.250 “But all, without exception, will be brought before Us.” (36:32) 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? 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:06.159 Do they not see that they will never return to them? 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. 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) 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) 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. 00:02:54.250 --> 00:02:59.250 Is His reviving of the dead earth, in which there is neither vegetation nor crops. 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. 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. 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. 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? 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) 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. 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. 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) 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) 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. 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. 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. 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:05.560 It travels to its furthest limits at sunset, then it returns. 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. 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:17.560 The All-Knowing of the interests of His creation and all other things. 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. 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. 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. 00:05:39.709 --> 00:05:44.709 Such is the moon when it is at the end of the month before it disappears. 00:05:44.709 --> 00:05:49.709 It becomes, in its curvature and bending, like that stalk. 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. 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. 00:06:11.899 --> 00:06:16.899 So that all times would be day with no night therein. 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. 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. 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) 00:06:41.410 --> 00:06:46.410 “And have created for them of the like thereof whereon they ride.” (36:42) 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) 00:06:55.410 --> 00:07:01.629 “Unless by mercy from Us and as comfort for a while.” (36:44) 00:07:03.300 --> 00:07:07.300 A sign for them, too, of Our power over all that We will. 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. 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. 00:07:21.300 --> 00:07:26.300 And if We will, We could drown these polytheists when they board the ships at sea. 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. 00:07:32.300 --> 00:07:35.300 Except that We save them as a mercy from Us. 00:07:36.300 --> 00:07:39.300 And to grant them enjoyment for a term they are destined to reach. 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) 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." 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. 00:08:04.899 --> 00:08:08.899 So that your Lord may have mercy on you, if you take heed of that. 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. 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. 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:32.960 But they turn away from it, neither reflecting upon it nor pondering it. 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) 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) 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:10.240 And when it is said to these polytheists, "Spend from the provision Allah has provided you." 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. 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:21.240 "Should we feed those whom, if Allah had willed, He would have fed?" 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." 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:32.240 It is clear to anyone who contemplates and reflects upon it that they are in error. 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:39.820 And they say, "When will this promise be, if you are truthful?" 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?" 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:58.000 “They await but one Shout, which will surprise them while they are disputing.” (36:49) 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:04.639 These polytheists who hasten the punishment of Allah are waiting for nothing. 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. 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:12.639 They are, among themselves, disputing the promise of the Hour’s arrival. 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:15.639 And they are overcoming it with argument regarding that. 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:25.120 “Then they cannot make bequest, nor can they return to their own folk.” (36:50) 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. 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. 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:44.759 Because they will not be granted respite for that, but will be hastened toward destruction. 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." 00:11:08.139 --> 00:11:10.139 And the Trumpet will be blown—the blast of resurrection. 00:11:11.139 --> 00:11:14.139 And behold, they will emerge from their graves to their Lord, rushing. 00:11:15.139 --> 00:11:17.200 These polytheists will say: 00:11:18.200 --> 00:11:21.200 "Woe to us! Who has awakened us from our sleep?" 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:25.200 "This is what the Most Gracious promised, and the messengers spoke the truth." 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:27.200 And it will be said: 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:29.200 The polytheists will say: 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) 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:34.200 Then the people of faith will say: 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:37.200 "Your resurrection is the promise of the Most Gracious." 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:39.200 "And the messengers spoke the truth." 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:50.159 “It is but one Shout, and behold them brought together before Us!” (36:53) 00:11:51.860 --> 00:11:56.860 Their return to life after their death will be nothing but a single blast. 00:11:57.860 --> 00:11:59.860 Which is the third blast of the Trumpet. 00:12:00.860 --> 00:12:03.860 And behold, they will all be gathered before Us, having been brought forth. 00:12:04.860 --> 00:12:06.860 So they will witness the place of presentation and reckoning. 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) 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:21.460 On the Day of Resurrection, no soul will be wronged in the least. 00:12:22.460 --> 00:12:25.460 And its Lord will recompense it for the reward of its righteous deeds. 00:12:26.460 --> 00:12:28.460 And no one will bear the burden of another. 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. 00:12:36.460 --> 00:12:44.740 “Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed,” (36:55) 00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:53.740 “They and their wives, in pleasant shade, on thrones reclining;” (36:56) 00:12:54.740 --> 00:13:00.740 “Theirs the fruit (of their good deeds) and theirs (all) that they ask;” (36:57) 00:13:01.740 --> 00:13:06.740 “The word from a Merciful Lord (for them) is: Peace!” (36:58) 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. 00:13:14.350 --> 00:13:16.350 They will have abundant fruits. 00:13:17.350 --> 00:13:21.350 The people of Paradise and their spouses will be in shade, not exposed to the sun. 00:13:22.350 --> 00:13:25.350 Reclining on raised couches, upon which are cushions and carpets. 00:13:26.350 --> 00:13:30.350 They will have in Paradise fruits, and they will have whatever they desire. 00:13:31.350 --> 00:13:36.350 That is a greeting of peace from Allah, from a Lord who is Merciful to them. 00:13:37.350 --> 00:13:41.350 For He did not punish them for the sins they committed in the world. 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:52.379 "And stand apart today, O you who disbelieved in Allah." 00:13:52.379 --> 00:13:55.379 For you are heading to a place other than theirs. 00:13:56.379 --> 00:14:00.200 The summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.