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 00:00:08,589 --> 00:00:12,710 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammar. 4 00:00:14,019 --> 00:00:16,460 Surah al-Infitar. 5 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:23,570 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 6 00:00:23,570 --> 00:00:29,010 When the sky is cleft asunder. 7 00:00:29,010 --> 00:00:32,969 And when the stars are scattered. 8 00:00:33,170 --> 00:00:35,929 And when the seas are made to burst forth. 9 00:00:35,929 --> 00:00:38,729 And when the graves are overturned. 10 00:00:38,729 --> 00:00:45,420 “A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.” (82:5) 11 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:47,780 When the sky is split apart. 12 00:00:47,780 --> 00:00:52,100 And when its stars are scattered and fall away. 13 00:00:52,100 --> 00:00:55,820 And when Allah causes the seas to burst into one another. 14 00:00:55,820 --> 00:00:57,939 Filling them all up. 15 00:00:57,939 --> 00:00:59,740 And when the graves are stirred up. 16 00:00:59,740 --> 00:01:03,759 And those within them are brought forth as living beings. 17 00:01:03,799 --> 00:01:09,840 Every soul shall know what it has sent forth for that day of righteous deeds that will benefit it. 18 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:14,950 And what it left behind of a Sunnah that was subsequently practiced. 19 00:01:14,950 --> 00:01:22,430 “O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,” (82:6) 20 00:01:22,430 --> 00:01:26,709 “Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee?” (82:7) 21 00:01:26,709 --> 00:01:34,629 “Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.” (82:8) 22 00:01:34,670 --> 00:01:37,150 O you ungrateful human being. 23 00:01:37,150 --> 00:01:40,430 What has deceived you concerning your Generous Lord? 24 00:01:40,430 --> 00:01:44,469 Who created you, O human, and perfected your form. 25 00:01:44,469 --> 00:01:45,829 And fashioned you in due proportion. 26 00:01:45,829 --> 00:01:50,189 Meaning, He made your creation balanced, upright, and well-formed. 27 00:01:50,189 --> 00:01:51,590 Or, He balanced you. 28 00:01:51,590 --> 00:01:55,670 Meaning, He directed and shaped you into whatever form He willed. 29 00:01:55,670 --> 00:01:58,030 Whether into a beautiful form. 30 00:01:58,030 --> 00:02:00,750 Or into an ugly form. 31 00:02:00,750 --> 00:02:04,680 Or into the likeness of some of your relatives. 32 00:02:04,719 --> 00:02:09,199 “Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.” (82:9) 33 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:14,120 And indeed, there are watchers over you. 34 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,960 Noble, recording angels. 35 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:23,069 They know whatever you do. 36 00:02:23,069 --> 00:02:24,150 Nay, but you deny the Recompense. 37 00:02:24,150 --> 00:02:27,750 The matter is not, O disbelievers, as you claim. 38 00:02:27,750 --> 00:02:31,830 That you are upon the truth in your worship of others besides Allah. 39 00:02:31,870 --> 00:02:35,349 Rather, you deny the reward and the punishment. 40 00:02:35,349 --> 00:02:37,789 And the recompense and the reckoning. 41 00:02:37,789 --> 00:02:40,750 And indeed, there are observers and guardians over you. 42 00:02:40,750 --> 00:02:44,590 They preserve your deeds and keep an account of them for you. 43 00:02:44,590 --> 00:02:46,189 Noble in the sight of Allah. 44 00:02:46,189 --> 00:02:48,629 They record your deeds. 45 00:02:48,629 --> 00:02:55,060 These guardians know whatever you do, whether it be good or evil. 46 00:02:55,060 --> 00:03:00,530 Indeed, the righteous will be in bliss. 47 00:03:00,530 --> 00:03:05,889 “And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;” (82:14) 48 00:03:05,889 --> 00:03:09,530 They will enter it on the Day of Recompense. 49 00:03:09,530 --> 00:03:14,490 And they will not be absent from it. 50 00:03:14,490 --> 00:03:19,330 And what can make you know what the Day of Recompense is? 51 00:03:19,330 --> 00:03:25,330 Then, what can make you know what the Day of Recompense is? 52 00:03:25,330 --> 00:03:31,250 “A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.” (82:19) 53 00:03:31,250 --> 00:03:37,539 And the command on that day will be entirely with Allah. 54 00:03:37,539 --> 00:03:42,580 Indeed, those who were righteous by fulfilling the obligations of Allah and avoiding His prohibitions. 55 00:03:42,580 --> 00:03:46,439 Will be in the bliss of the Gardens, enjoying themselves therein. 56 00:03:46,439 --> 00:03:51,199 And indeed, the wicked who disbelieved in their Lord will be in a blazing fire. 57 00:03:51,199 --> 00:03:55,280 These wicked ones will enter the blazing fire on the Day of Resurrection. 58 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:59,819 The day when the servants are judged for their deeds and recompensed accordingly. 59 00:03:59,819 --> 00:04:06,099 And these wicked ones will never be able to depart from the fire, nor will they be absent from it. 60 00:04:06,099 --> 00:04:09,740 But they will be abiding therein forever. 61 00:04:09,740 --> 00:04:13,099 And likewise, the righteous will be in bliss. 62 00:04:13,099 --> 00:04:15,860 And what has made you understand what the Day of Recompense is? 63 00:04:15,860 --> 00:04:20,259 It asks: What is the nature of the Day of Reckoning and Recompense? 64 00:04:20,259 --> 00:04:23,220 Magnifying its significance, may His mention be exalted. 65 00:04:23,259 --> 00:04:29,379 Then, what has made you understand, O Muhammad, what the Day of Recompense is? 66 00:04:29,379 --> 00:04:31,560 To emphasize its gravity. 67 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:33,160 That day. 68 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,800 A day when no soul shall have power to do anything for another soul. 69 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,160 To ward off from it any calamity that has befallen it. 70 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,600 Nor will it be able to benefit it in any way. 71 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:48,120 Even though, in the worldly life, it might have protected it and defended it against those who sought to harm it. 72 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,480 All of that will be rendered void on that day. 73 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:56,990 Because the command will belong to Allah, whom no victor can overcome and no oppressor can subdue. 74 00:04:56,990 --> 00:05:01,430 Kingdoms will vanish there, and authorities will pass away. 75 00:05:01,430 --> 00:05:04,670 And sovereignty will belong to the King, the Compeller. 76 00:05:04,670 --> 00:05:09,110 And the entire command on that day will be His, to the exclusion of all His creation. 77 00:05:09,110 --> 00:05:16,300 No one among His creation will have any command or prohibition alongside Him on that day. 78 00:05:16,300 --> 00:05:20,459 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.