1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,200 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 2 00:00:05,169 --> 00:00:08,009 Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation 3 00:00:08,630 --> 00:00:12,630 It was summarized by Dr. Aqeel bin Salem Al-Shammari 4 00:00:14,269 --> 00:00:16,469 Surah Al-A'raf 5 00:00:17,940 --> 00:00:22,699 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 6 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:29,320 And when we overlooked the mountain above them as if it were a canopy 7 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:39,960 They thought it was happening to them 8 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:48,280 Take what we have given you with strength 9 00:00:48,759 --> 00:00:53,759 And remember what is in it that you may become righteous 10 00:00:55,020 --> 00:00:58,539 And remember, O Muhammad, when We uprooted the mountain from its roots 11 00:00:58,820 --> 00:01:01,820 So we raised it above the heads of the children of Israel 12 00:01:02,259 --> 00:01:04,540 Like a cloud of darkness 13 00:01:05,140 --> 00:01:07,739 They thought that the mountain was falling on them 14 00:01:08,260 --> 00:01:09,500 And we told them 15 00:01:10,019 --> 00:01:13,659 Take what We have given you of Our obligations and accept it 16 00:01:14,140 --> 00:01:17,180 They worked hard on your part to perform it 17 00:01:17,819 --> 00:01:21,340 And remember the covenants and covenants in our book 18 00:01:21,340 --> 00:01:24,379 Which we have entrusted you with, including what is in it 19 00:01:24,900 --> 00:01:28,099 So that you may fear your Lord and fear His punishment 20 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:37,480 And when your Lord took from the children of Adam, from their backs, their offspring 21 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:43,120 And I bear witness against themselves 22 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,120 Am I not your Lord? 23 00:01:45,599 --> 00:01:51,959 They said, “Yes, we witnessed that you may say so on the Day of Resurrection.” 24 00:01:51,959 --> 00:01:57,159 We were unaware of this 25 00:01:58,819 --> 00:02:00,819 And remember, O Muhammad, your Lord 26 00:02:01,260 --> 00:02:05,579 When God extracted the children of Adam from the loins of their fathers 27 00:02:06,060 --> 00:02:08,060 So he decided to unite him 28 00:02:08,340 --> 00:02:12,060 And some of them bear witness to this 29 00:02:12,460 --> 00:02:13,979 Am I not your Lord? 30 00:02:14,379 --> 00:02:15,500 They said yes 31 00:02:16,090 --> 00:02:21,090 Those who testified said that some of the sons of Adam agreed with others 32 00:02:21,689 --> 00:02:25,889 We witnessed against you what you admitted to yourselves 33 00:02:26,409 --> 00:02:28,409 So that you do not say on the Day of Resurrection 34 00:02:29,090 --> 00:02:31,090 We did not know that 35 00:02:31,729 --> 00:02:33,729 We were unaware of it 36 00:02:35,539 --> 00:02:41,860 Or do you say, “Our fathers were polytheists before.” 37 00:02:41,860 --> 00:02:46,979 We were descendants after them 38 00:02:47,460 --> 00:02:51,939 Will you destroy us with what the invalids did? 39 00:02:53,500 --> 00:02:57,939 Or do you say, “Our fathers were polytheists before.” 40 00:02:58,259 --> 00:03:00,900 We were descendants after them 41 00:03:01,340 --> 00:03:03,340 We followed those who attacked them 42 00:03:03,780 --> 00:03:07,539 Will you destroy us by associating those who polytheized among our fathers? 43 00:03:07,939 --> 00:03:11,939 Those who invalidated their claim to a god other than God 44 00:03:13,419 --> 00:03:20,379 And thus We detail the verses, and perhaps they will return 45 00:03:21,849 --> 00:03:26,090 And as we have detailed, O Muhammad, for your people, the verses of this Surah 46 00:03:26,569 --> 00:03:30,050 We explained in it what we did to the previous nations 47 00:03:30,729 --> 00:03:35,050 Likewise, We will detail other verses and explain them to your people 48 00:03:35,650 --> 00:03:38,330 Let them be encouraged to obey me 49 00:03:38,729 --> 00:03:40,729 And they repent from their polytheism 50 00:03:42,139 --> 00:03:50,180 And recite to them the story of the one to whom We gave Our signs and he broke away from them 51 00:03:50,580 --> 00:03:58,180 Then he slipped away from it, and Satan followed him, and he became one of the deviants 52 00:03:59,939 --> 00:04:01,939 And recite, O Muhammad, upon your people 53 00:04:02,539 --> 00:04:06,020 We inform you of what we have given, our arguments and evidence 54 00:04:06,620 --> 00:04:10,699 So he came out of the signs that God had given him 55 00:04:11,259 --> 00:04:12,620 So he disavowed her 56 00:04:13,419 --> 00:04:14,900 Then Satan followed him 57 00:04:15,379 --> 00:04:17,579 He became a follower of himself 58 00:04:18,220 --> 00:04:21,019 He ends up disobeying God 59 00:04:21,540 --> 00:04:23,540 He was among those who perished 60 00:04:24,980 --> 00:04:32,300 If We had willed, We would have lifted him up with it, but he remained on earth 61 00:04:32,620 --> 00:04:39,100 But he went down to earth and followed his desires 62 00:04:39,500 --> 00:04:46,779 He is like a dog, if you force him to pant or leave him panting 63 00:04:47,259 --> 00:04:52,939 That is like the people who denied Our signs 64 00:04:53,339 --> 00:04:58,699 So tell stories so that they might think 65 00:05:00,189 --> 00:05:06,509 Had We willed, We could have elevated this man to whom We have given Our signs with Our signs which We have given him 66 00:05:07,230 --> 00:05:12,029 But he settled for the life of this world on earth and leaned toward it 67 00:05:12,589 --> 00:05:15,949 He preferred her pleasure and desires to the afterlife 68 00:05:16,350 --> 00:05:19,230 He refused to obey God and followed his desires 69 00:05:19,870 --> 00:05:24,110 Such is the one to whom We gave Our signs and he became detached from them 70 00:05:24,589 --> 00:05:28,750 Like a panting dog you kicked out or left 71 00:05:29,310 --> 00:05:33,550 He is like him in his panting because of his abandonment of working according to the Book of God 72 00:05:34,029 --> 00:05:36,189 And his turning away from God’s preaching 73 00:05:36,670 --> 00:05:42,189 Whether he preached the signs of God that He had given him or not 74 00:05:42,670 --> 00:05:44,670 So he does not abandon disbelief in him 75 00:05:45,230 --> 00:05:51,709 He is like a dog that, regardless of its command, whether it is panting, is expelled or not 76 00:05:52,579 --> 00:05:58,339 This is the example that you gave of this one to whom We gave Our signs and he slipped away from them 77 00:05:58,899 --> 00:06:02,899 Like the people who denied our arguments and our arguments 78 00:06:03,620 --> 00:06:06,660 So they followed the path of this slaughterhouse 79 00:06:07,660 --> 00:06:11,500 So tell me, O Muhammad, these stories that I told you 80 00:06:12,139 --> 00:06:17,180 Of the information to whom We have given Our signs and the news of the nations which I have told you 81 00:06:17,740 --> 00:06:22,699 Let them think about this, consider it, and come forward to obey us 82 00:06:24,319 --> 00:06:34,160 Miserable as me are the people who denied Our verses while they were wronging themselves 83 00:06:35,699 --> 00:06:41,620 The people who disbelieved in God’s arguments and evidence and denied them were as bad as me 84 00:06:42,339 --> 00:06:47,379 And they themselves were diminishing its presence and underestimating its benefits 85 00:06:47,939 --> 00:06:50,420 By denying them and nothing else 86 00:06:52,209 --> 00:07:03,250 Whoever God guides is the one who is guided, and whoever He leads astray - those are the losers 87 00:07:04,689 --> 00:07:10,050 Whoever God helps to obey Him is the one who is guided and follows the path of truth 88 00:07:10,850 --> 00:07:15,250 Whoever misleads and does not guide him to obey Him is doomed 89 00:07:17,089 --> 00:07:25,089 And We have created for Hell many jinn and humans 90 00:07:25,569 --> 00:07:32,850 They have hearts with which they do not understand, and they have eyes with which they do not see 91 00:07:33,329 --> 00:07:41,089 They have eyes with which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do not hear 92 00:07:41,810 --> 00:07:52,000 These are like cattle, nay, they are more astray. These are the heedless 93 00:07:53,579 --> 00:07:57,420 We have created for Hell many jinn and humans 94 00:07:58,300 --> 00:08:02,779 These people have hearts in which they do not think about the signs of God 95 00:08:03,420 --> 00:08:07,339 They do not consider his evidence of his oneness 96 00:08:08,129 --> 00:08:13,089 They have eyes with which they do not look at God’s signs and evidence 97 00:08:13,569 --> 00:08:17,410 Through it, they will know the validity of what their messengers are calling them to 98 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:22,480 They have ears with which they cannot hear the verses of the Book of God 99 00:08:22,959 --> 00:08:25,680 They consider it and think about it 100 00:08:26,689 --> 00:08:30,850 These are like animals that do not understand what is said to them 101 00:08:31,329 --> 00:08:34,129 In their hearts, they do not understand good from evil 102 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:39,519 Rather, these infidels stray from the truth more severely than animals 103 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,279 Because animals have a choice and no discrimination 104 00:08:43,759 --> 00:08:46,159 However, he avoided harm 105 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,759 They ask for the best food for themselves 106 00:08:50,590 --> 00:08:54,830 These are the people who neglected My verses and My proofs 107 00:08:55,389 --> 00:08:59,870 They abandoned the evidence for what it indicated of the monotheism of God 108 00:09:01,950 --> 00:09:07,549 And God has the most beautiful names, so call upon Him by them 109 00:09:08,190 --> 00:09:13,389 And leave those who deny His names 110 00:09:14,029 --> 00:09:18,190 They will be rewarded for what they did 111 00:09:19,940 --> 00:09:23,139 And God has the most beautiful names, so call upon Him by them 112 00:09:23,940 --> 00:09:26,500 And leave those who deny His names 113 00:09:27,220 --> 00:09:29,299 So they changed it from what it was 114 00:09:29,779 --> 00:09:34,259 So they named their gods with it, and added and subtracted from it 115 00:09:34,820 --> 00:09:38,500 They called some of them Al-Lat, derived from the name of God 116 00:09:39,139 --> 00:09:43,700 They called some of them Al-Azza, derived from the name of God Almighty 117 00:09:44,419 --> 00:09:48,980 They will be rewarded for the deeds they used to do 118 00:09:49,379 --> 00:09:52,580 From disbelief in God and atheism in His names 119 00:09:52,980 --> 00:09:54,500 And his Messenger was denied 120 00:10:00,690 --> 00:10:06,429 Among the creation whom We have created is a group guided by the truth 121 00:10:06,909 --> 00:10:10,110 In truth, they judge and do justice to people 122 00:10:10,909 --> 00:10:19,820 And those who deny Our signs, We will lure them from where they do not know 123 00:10:20,539 --> 00:10:23,899 And those who denied our evidence and flags 124 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,879 We will give them respite 125 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,840 We adorn them with their evidence 126 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:35,360 So that he thinks that he is in denial of the verses of God 127 00:10:35,759 --> 00:10:37,679 To himself Mohsen 128 00:10:38,159 --> 00:10:42,029 Until he reaches the purpose of the deadlines that were written for him 129 00:10:42,509 --> 00:10:45,070 Then he takes it with his bad deeds 130 00:10:45,549 --> 00:10:48,029 He will reward him with it from the punishment 131 00:10:48,509 --> 00:10:50,909 That was God's temptation for him 132 00:11:01,470 --> 00:11:06,299 And I will put back those who denied Our signs 133 00:11:06,700 --> 00:11:09,179 To inform their Lord of their disobedience 134 00:11:09,659 --> 00:11:13,580 The amount of punishment and torment that He had decreed for them 135 00:11:13,980 --> 00:11:16,059 Then He takes them to Him 136 00:11:16,460 --> 00:11:18,940 My cunning is strong and intense 137 00:11:32,750 --> 00:11:38,289 Did not those who denied Our verses think? 138 00:11:38,769 --> 00:11:42,929 And they know that our Messenger is neither mad nor insane 139 00:11:43,409 --> 00:11:48,289 He is nothing but a warner warning you of God's punishment for your disbelief in Him 140 00:11:48,690 --> 00:11:51,169 If you do not turn to believe in it 141 00:12:03,519 --> 00:12:08,720 And perhaps their time has approached 142 00:12:09,039 --> 00:12:15,120 So in what hadith after it will they believe? 143 00:12:34,659 --> 00:12:39,539 They warn that their deadlines are approaching 144 00:12:39,860 --> 00:12:42,019 They will perish for their disbelief 145 00:12:42,580 --> 00:12:49,860 So what intimidation and warning after the warning of Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, will they believe? 146 00:12:51,070 --> 00:12:55,549 Whoever God leads astray has no guide 147 00:12:55,870 --> 00:13:01,629 And He leaves them blind in their transgression 148 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,559 Whoever leads God astray from Al-Rashidi, there is no guide for him 149 00:13:07,179 --> 00:13:11,019 But God allows them to persist in their disbelief 150 00:13:11,340 --> 00:13:14,460 And their rebellion in their trap hesitates 151 00:13:14,940 --> 00:13:20,940 To necessitate the purpose that God has written for them in terms of his punishment and the most painful punishment 152 00:13:22,419 --> 00:13:27,379 They ask you about the Hour and when it will arrive 153 00:13:27,779 --> 00:13:32,179 Say, “The knowledge of it is with my Lord.” 154 00:13:32,580 --> 00:13:37,139 No one can make it clear at the time except Him 155 00:13:37,539 --> 00:13:40,899 So I said, “In the heavens and the earth.” 156 00:13:41,379 --> 00:13:44,500 It will not come to you except suddenly 157 00:13:44,980 --> 00:13:50,100 They ask you as if you were unaware of it 158 00:13:50,500 --> 00:13:55,059 Say, “The knowledge of it is with God.” 159 00:13:55,379 --> 00:14:00,820 But most people don't know 160 00:14:02,350 --> 00:14:05,389 They ask you about the Hour when it will come 161 00:14:06,029 --> 00:14:09,870 Say, O Muhammad, the knowledge of it is with my Lord 162 00:14:10,350 --> 00:14:13,230 Only God knows the time of its resurrection 163 00:14:13,789 --> 00:14:16,669 And no one else will reveal it at the time 164 00:14:17,379 --> 00:14:22,340 The Hour is hidden for the people of the heavens and the earth to know its time 165 00:14:22,899 --> 00:14:25,700 The hour comes only suddenly 166 00:14:26,259 --> 00:14:29,059 These people ask you about the hour 167 00:14:29,539 --> 00:14:33,299 It is as if you were aware of the question and learned it 168 00:14:33,970 --> 00:14:37,250 Say, Muhammad, I have no knowledge of that 169 00:14:37,649 --> 00:14:39,889 Only God knows about it 170 00:14:40,370 --> 00:14:45,570 But most people do not know that only God knows this 171 00:14:46,049 --> 00:14:50,210 Rather, they think that knowledge of this exists among some of His creation 172 00:14:51,679 --> 00:14:59,919 Say, “I do not control for myself any benefit or harm except what God wills.” 173 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:08,720 If I had known the unseen, I would have abundantly done good and no evil would have touched me 174 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:16,799 I am only a warner and a giver of good tidings to a people who believe 175 00:15:18,580 --> 00:15:21,460 Tell, O Muhammad, to those who ask you about the Hour 176 00:15:22,019 --> 00:15:25,139 I cannot bring any benefit to myself 177 00:15:25,539 --> 00:15:27,860 No harm can be warded off by it 178 00:15:28,419 --> 00:15:31,779 Except what God wills that I have of that 179 00:15:32,259 --> 00:15:34,980 To strengthen me and help me 180 00:15:35,620 --> 00:15:38,019 Even if I knew what was 181 00:15:38,259 --> 00:15:40,580 Do not do too much good deeds 182 00:15:41,220 --> 00:15:46,019 It was said that I prepared for the barren year from the fertile one 183 00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:48,899 And you would know the high from the cheap 184 00:15:49,220 --> 00:15:50,820 And no harm touched me 185 00:15:51,549 --> 00:15:55,549 I am only a messenger of God who sent me to you 186 00:15:56,029 --> 00:16:02,990 I warn of his punishment and give good tidings of his reward to people who believe that I am God’s messenger