WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.160 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:05.169 --> 00:00:08.050 Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:12.779 It was summarized by Dr. Aqeel bin Salem Al-Shammar 00:00:12.779 --> 00:00:16.449 Surat Ghafir 00:00:16.449 --> 00:00:22.730 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:23.710 --> 00:00:35.549 Say, “I have been forbidden to worship those whom you call upon besides God when clear proofs have come to me.” 00:00:35.710 --> 00:00:45.869 When clear evidence came to me from my Lord and I was commanded to submit to the Lord of the Worlds 00:00:47.340 --> 00:00:50.780 Say, O Muhammad, to the polytheists of your people from the Quraish 00:00:51.100 --> 00:00:57.979 O people, I have been forbidden to worship those gods and idols that you call upon other than God 00:00:58.219 --> 00:01:02.259 When the clear signs came to me from my Lord 00:01:02.659 --> 00:01:06.379 My Lord commanded me to submit to the Lord of all things 00:01:06.700 --> 00:01:09.500 And every creation is subject to submission 00:01:10.859 --> 00:01:32.780 It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm, then from a clot, then He produces you as a child 00:01:32.859 --> 00:01:45.340 Then that you may attain your maturity, then that you may become old men, and among you are some who die before 00:01:45.739 --> 00:01:53.099 That you may reach a specified term, and that you may understand 00:01:54.340 --> 00:02:05.700 It is God who created your father, Adam, from dust, then He created you from a sperm, then from a clot, then He brings you out of your mothers’ wombs as children. 00:02:06.180 --> 00:02:16.419 Then you will reach your maturity, so that your strength will be perfect and your youth will fade away, and some of you will die before reaching old age 00:02:16.819 --> 00:02:23.379 To reach a temporary time for your life and a limited deadline that you will not exceed 00:02:23.860 --> 00:02:29.620 And in order for you to understand the arguments of God, you will know by them that there is no god other than Him 00:02:30.860 --> 00:02:43.740 It is He who gives life and causes death, and when He decides a matter, He only says to it, “Be,” and it is 00:02:44.849 --> 00:02:51.009 It is He who gives life to whomever He wills after his death, and causes death to whomever He wills after his life 00:02:51.009 --> 00:03:05.250 And if He decrees that a matter be one of the things that He wants to create, then He only says to it, “Be,” and that which He wanted to create will exist without suffering or the cost of suffering. 00:03:06.580 --> 00:03:14.659 Have you not seen those who dispute about the signs of God being turned away? 00:03:15.949 --> 00:03:28.349 Have you not seen, O Muhammad, these polytheists from your people who dispute with you regarding the arguments and verses of God in any way? They turn away from the truth and deviate from the right path. 00:03:29.870 --> 00:03:39.629 Those who denied the Book and what We sent Our messengers with, they will know 00:03:40.110 --> 00:03:46.750 When the shackles are on their shoulders and the chains are being pulled 00:03:47.310 --> 00:03:52.590 They will be burned in the boiling water and then in the fire 00:03:54.259 --> 00:04:00.340 Have you not seen those who dispute about the verses of God, those who deny the Book of God? 00:04:00.819 --> 00:04:06.180 They also denied the sincerity of worship to God with which we sent our messengers 00:04:06.740 --> 00:04:14.259 Those who dispute the verses of God will know the truth of what you are telling them, O Muhammad 00:04:14.819 --> 00:04:19.220 When you put shackles and chains around their necks in Hell 00:04:19.860 --> 00:04:22.980 The thief of torment will drag them down on the Day of Resurrection 00:04:23.379 --> 00:04:27.379 In the intimate one whose heat has ended and he has reached his goal 00:04:27.939 --> 00:04:30.660 Then they will be burned in the fire of hell 00:04:32.139 --> 00:04:38.620 Then it was said to them: Wherever you associate 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:41.899 Without God 00:04:42.459 --> 00:04:49.819 They said, “They have gone astray from us.” Indeed, we had never called for anything before 00:04:50.379 --> 00:04:55.500 Thus God misleads the unbelievers 00:04:57.230 --> 00:04:58.430 Then they were told 00:04:58.910 --> 00:05:04.029 Where are those whom you used to associate with your worship of them instead of God? 00:05:04.430 --> 00:05:07.230 Until they help you and save you 00:05:07.819 --> 00:05:13.259 This is said to them as a rebuke for their disbelief in God 00:05:13.970 --> 00:05:17.170 Then the poor people responded and said: 00:05:17.569 --> 00:05:20.689 They turned away from us and took a different path than ours 00:05:21.009 --> 00:05:23.250 They left us in this affliction 00:05:23.730 --> 00:05:25.490 Rather, they did not stray from us 00:05:25.810 --> 00:05:28.689 But we were not worshiping anything 00:05:29.329 --> 00:05:36.449 Just as those who were led astray into Hell were those whom they worshiped in this world other than God 00:05:36.930 --> 00:05:41.250 God also misleads the people of disbelief from His mercy and worship 00:05:41.810 --> 00:05:44.610 He will not have mercy on them and save them from the Fire 00:05:45.170 --> 00:05:49.410 He does not help them and ease their affliction 00:05:51.019 --> 00:06:00.540 That is because you used to rejoice in the earth unjustly and because you used to rejoice 00:06:01.709 --> 00:06:04.829 This is what we did to you today, O people 00:06:05.310 --> 00:06:08.829 With your joy that you used to rejoice in this world 00:06:09.230 --> 00:06:12.990 Without what He has given you permission to do of falsehood and sin 00:06:13.470 --> 00:06:15.069 And have fun with it 00:06:15.709 --> 00:06:18.509 Fun is the most evil and reckless 00:06:19.870 --> 00:06:25.790 Enter the gates of Hell to abide therein 00:06:26.189 --> 00:06:30.269 What a miserable abode for the arrogant 00:06:31.649 --> 00:06:34.050 Enter the seven gates of Hell 00:06:34.529 --> 00:06:39.089 How miserable is the position of those who are arrogant in this world when they unite with God 00:06:40.899 --> 00:06:44.819 So be patient, for God’s promise is true 00:06:45.379 --> 00:06:56.980 Either We show you some of what We promised them, or We cause you to die, and to Us they will return 00:06:58.740 --> 00:07:07.060 So be patient, O Muhammad, with what these polytheists argue with you regarding the verses of God that We have revealed to you 00:07:07.620 --> 00:07:12.100 For God will accomplish for you what He promised you of victory over them 00:07:12.740 --> 00:07:18.579 Either we show you, O Muhammad, in your life some of what we consider these polytheists to be 00:07:18.980 --> 00:07:21.860 It is torment and curse that befalls them 00:07:22.339 --> 00:07:25.779 Or we will kill you before that happens to them 00:07:26.339 --> 00:07:28.819 Here is your fate and their fate 00:07:29.300 --> 00:07:32.819 Then we will judge between you and them with justice 00:07:33.300 --> 00:07:34.899 By immortalizing them in hell 00:07:35.459 --> 00:07:38.899 And your honor is next to us in the gardens of bliss 00:07:40.620 --> 00:07:51.980 We have sent messengers before you, some of whom we told stories to you, and some of whom we did not tell stories to you 00:07:52.379 --> 00:07:59.819 It was not for a Messenger to bring a sign except with God’s permission 00:08:00.300 --> 00:08:09.180 If God’s command comes, it will be decided with the truth, and the invalid will lose there 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:14.959 O Muhammad, We sent messengers before you to its nations 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:18.480 Of those from our stories, you must tell them 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:21.920 And among them are those whose news we have not told you 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:30.720 We did not appoint for a messenger whom We sent before you to bring to his people a sign that would separate him from them 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:33.519 Except with God’s permission for him to do so 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:41.919 Therefore, it is not permitted for you to bring to your people the signs they ask of you without our permission to do so 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:45.519 If God’s command comes, it will be judged with justice 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:49.679 It is to save His messengers and those who believe with them 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:54.080 And there perished those who made false statements false 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:58.639 Their slander against God and their claim to Him as a partner 00:09:00.299 --> 00:09:07.980 It is God who made for you the livestock that you may ride on them and from them you may eat 00:09:09.309 --> 00:09:12.429 God, for whom divinity is only suitable 00:09:12.990 --> 00:09:17.950 It is He who made for you livestock of camels, cows, sheep, and horses 00:09:18.509 --> 00:09:20.590 And other animals 00:09:21.149 --> 00:09:25.149 That you may ride some of it and eat some of it 00:09:26.580 --> 00:09:41.139 And you will have benefits in it, and you will fulfill a need in your chests, and on it and on the ships you will be borne 00:09:41.700 --> 00:09:49.860 And He shows you His signs, so which signs of God do you deny? 00:09:51.470 --> 00:10:00.830 And you have benefits in it by making homes for you from its skins, and from its wool, fur, and hair, into furniture. 00:10:01.549 --> 00:10:13.389 And that you may carry the load on some of them to a need in your chests, and on them and on the ships We will carry you on this on land and on this on sea. 00:10:14.110 --> 00:10:23.070 He shows you proofs, which are the proofs of God whose authenticity you deny, so you lie for the sake of their corruption in the monotheism of God 00:10:24.450 --> 00:10:33.330 Did they not travel through the land and see what was the end of those before them? 00:10:33.889 --> 00:10:43.570 They were more powerful than them and had more influence on earth, but they were of no use 00:10:44.049 --> 00:10:49.809 What they were earning did not avail them 00:10:51.419 --> 00:10:56.860 O Muhammad, did not these people who disputed the verses of God go about the country? 00:10:57.419 --> 00:11:04.059 They look at the countries they entered into, and our events, with what we inflicted on the nations before them 00:11:04.620 --> 00:11:06.860 How difficult was it to deny them? 00:11:07.500 --> 00:11:15.659 Those before them were more numerous, more brutal, and left traces on the earth 00:11:16.220 --> 00:11:21.419 Because they were descending from the mountains into houses and making factories 00:11:22.139 --> 00:11:29.659 When Our power and power came to them, what they were doing from the houses in the mountains did not avail them 00:11:30.220 --> 00:11:32.940 This did not pay them anything 00:11:38.179 --> 00:11:46.019 They accused their messengers with clear proofs, and they rejoiced in the knowledge they had 00:11:46.820 --> 00:11:55.700 They were happy with the knowledge they had, and what they mocked befell them 00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:02.240 When these nations brought their messengers with clear proofs 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:06.159 They rejoiced in their ignorance of the knowledge they had 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:10.320 They said we will not be resurrected and God will not punish us 00:12:11.149 --> 00:12:17.870 And the punishment of God befell them because of what they used to hasten their messengers with in mockery and ridicule 00:12:19.409 --> 00:12:36.929 When they saw our might, they said, “We believe in God alone, and we disbelieve in that in which we were polytheists.” 00:12:38.980 --> 00:12:48.419 When these nations saw God’s punishment, they said, “We acknowledge the monotheism of God and believe that there is no god other than Him.” 00:12:49.059 --> 00:12:55.139 We denied the gods that we used to share in our worship of God before our time 00:12:57.200 --> 00:13:04.159 Their faith did not benefit them when they saw Our punishment 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:16.080 The Sunnah of God, which has passed among His servants, and the disbelievers have lost it 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:23.779 Their belief in God's monotheism when witnessing His punishment was of no benefit to them in this world 00:13:24.259 --> 00:13:29.940 God forbade dismissing them and accepting their repentance after seeing them in distress 00:13:30.340 --> 00:13:33.139 His year that has passed in His creation 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:37.759 When God's punishment comes, the disbelievers in their Lord will perish 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:43.440 Those who take gods other than Him and worship them instead of their Creator