WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.169 --> 00:00:08.050 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:12.759 Abridged by Dr. Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:16.440 Surah al-Hadid. 00:00:18.019 --> 00:00:21.379 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:21.379 --> 00:00:25.780 “All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifieth Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.” (57:1) 00:00:25.780 --> 00:00:29.379 He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. 00:00:30.350 --> 00:00:34.350 Everything beneath Him among His creation glorifies Him, in veneration of Him, 00:00:34.350 --> 00:00:38.350 In acknowledgment of His Lordship, and in submission to His obedience. 00:00:38.350 --> 00:00:41.350 He is the Almighty in His retribution against those who disobey Him, 00:00:41.350 --> 00:00:44.350 The All-Wise in His management of their affairs, 00:00:44.350 --> 00:00:47.350 And in His directing them as He wills. 00:00:47.350 --> 00:00:52.119 To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. 00:00:52.119 --> 00:00:55.119 He gives life and causes death, 00:00:55.119 --> 00:01:00.119 And He is capable of all things. 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:04.760 To Him belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is within them. 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:09.760 He gives life to whom He wills of the creation by bringing them into existence as He wills, 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:12.760 And He causes death to whom He wills among the living. 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:15.760 He is possessor of power over all things; 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:19.760 Nothing is impossible for Him that He desires, whether it be giving life, causing death, 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:23.340 Or other matters. 00:01:23.340 --> 00:01:28.340 “He is the First and the Last, and the Outward and the Inward; and He is Knower of all things.” (57:3) 00:01:28.340 --> 00:01:32.340 And He is All-Knowing of all things. 00:01:33.140 --> 00:01:36.140 He is the First, before everything, without limit, 00:01:36.140 --> 00:01:40.140 And the Last, after everything, without end. 00:01:40.140 --> 00:01:43.140 He is the Manifest, above everything beneath Him, 00:01:43.140 --> 00:01:46.140 And He is the Most High, above everything, 00:01:46.140 --> 00:01:48.140 So there is nothing higher than Him. 00:01:48.140 --> 00:01:51.140 And He is the Hidden, encompassing all things, 00:01:51.140 --> 00:01:54.140 So there is nothing closer to anything than He is. 00:01:54.140 --> 00:01:59.140 He is All-Knowing of all things; nothing is hidden from Him. 00:01:59.140 --> 00:02:04.189 It is He who created the heavens and the earth 00:02:04.189 --> 00:02:07.189 In six days, 00:02:07.189 --> 00:02:11.189 Then He rose over the Throne. 00:02:11.189 --> 00:02:14.189 He knows what penetrates into the earth 00:02:14.189 --> 00:02:18.189 And what emerges from it, 00:02:18.189 --> 00:02:22.189 And what descends from the heaven, 00:02:22.189 --> 00:02:25.189 And what ascends therein. 00:02:25.189 --> 00:02:29.189 And He is with you wherever you are, 00:02:29.189 --> 00:02:34.189 And Allah is All-Seeing of what you do. 00:02:34.189 --> 00:02:38.860 He is the One who originated the seven heavens and the earths, 00:02:38.860 --> 00:02:41.860 So He managed them and all that is within them, 00:02:41.860 --> 00:02:44.860 Then He rose over His Throne, 00:02:44.860 --> 00:02:47.860 Exalted above it and over all things. 00:02:47.860 --> 00:02:50.860 He knows what enters the earth of His creation, 00:02:50.860 --> 00:02:53.860 And what emerges from it, 00:02:53.860 --> 00:02:56.860 And what descends from the heaven to the earth, of anything whatsoever. 00:02:56.860 --> 00:02:59.860 And Allah is aware of it, from the earth. 00:02:59.860 --> 00:03:02.860 He is a witness over you, O people, wherever you are; 00:03:02.860 --> 00:03:05.860 He knows you and knows your deeds. 00:03:05.860 --> 00:03:08.860 And Allah, regarding the deeds you perform, 00:03:08.860 --> 00:03:11.860 Whether good or evil, obedience or disobedience, 00:03:11.860 --> 00:03:14.860 Is All-Seeing; 00:03:14.860 --> 00:03:17.860 He keeps account of them so that He may recompense the doer of good among you 00:03:17.860 --> 00:03:21.919 For his goodness, and the evildoer for his evil. 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:24.919 To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:27.919 And to Allah all matters return. 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:30.949 He causes the night to enter the day, 00:03:30.949 --> 00:03:33.949 And He causes the day to enter the night. 00:03:33.949 --> 00:03:36.949 “He causeth the night to pass into the day, and He causeth the day to pass into the night, and He is knower of all that is in the breasts.” (57:6) 00:03:36.949 --> 00:03:39.949 “He causeth the night to pass into the day, and He causeth the day to pass into the night, and He is knower of all that is in the breasts.” (57:6) 00:03:39.949 --> 00:03:42.949 To Him belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, 00:03:42.949 --> 00:03:46.849 And His command is effective over all of them, 00:03:46.849 --> 00:03:49.849 And over all that is within them. 00:03:49.849 --> 00:03:52.849 And to Allah is the final destination of the affairs of all His creation, 00:03:52.849 --> 00:03:55.849 So He will judge between them by His decree. 00:03:55.849 --> 00:03:58.849 He takes what is diminished from the hours of the night 00:03:58.849 --> 00:04:01.849 And adds it to the day, making it an increase in its hours, 00:04:01.849 --> 00:04:04.849 And He takes what is diminished from the hours of the day 00:04:04.849 --> 00:04:07.849 And adds it to the night, making it an increase 00:04:07.849 --> 00:04:10.849 In the hours of the night. 00:04:10.849 --> 00:04:13.849 He is All-Knowing of the innermost thoughts of His servants’ hearts, 00:04:13.849 --> 00:04:16.850 And what their souls have resolved upon, 00:04:16.850 --> 00:04:19.850 Whether of good or evil, 00:04:19.850 --> 00:04:24.029 And nothing of that is hidden from Him. 00:04:24.029 --> 00:04:27.029 Believe in Allah and His Messenger, 00:04:27.029 --> 00:04:30.029 And spend out of that 00:04:30.029 --> 00:04:33.029 In which He has made you successors. 00:04:33.029 --> 00:04:36.029 For those who have believed 00:04:36.029 --> 00:04:39.029 Among you and spent, 00:04:39.029 --> 00:04:42.029 There is a great reward. 00:04:42.029 --> 00:04:45.800 Believe in Allah, 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:48.800 O people, 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:52.800 And spend from your wealth, 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:56.800 For His Messenger, Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:59.800 So believe him in what he has brought to you, 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:02.800 And follow him. 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:05.800 And spend from that which Allah has entrusted to you 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:08.800 Of the wealth He has caused you to inherit 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:11.800 From those who were before you, 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:14.800 Making you their successors in the cause of Allah. 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:18.540 For those who have believed in Allah, 00:05:18.540 --> 00:05:24.540 “What aileth you that ye believe not in Allah, when the messenger calleth you to believe in your Lord, and He hath already made a covenant with you, if ye are believers?” (57:8) 00:05:24.540 --> 00:05:28.540 “What aileth you that ye believe not in Allah, when the messenger calleth you to believe in your Lord, and He hath already made a covenant with you, if ye are believers?” (57:8) 00:05:28.540 --> 00:05:35.540 “What aileth you that ye believe not in Allah, when the messenger calleth you to believe in your Lord, and He hath already made a covenant with you, if ye are believers?” (57:8) 00:05:35.540 --> 00:05:41.180 What is the matter with you, O people, that you do not acknowledge the oneness of Allah, 00:05:41.180 --> 00:05:47.180 While His Messenger, Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, calls you to acknowledge His oneness? 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:53.180 He has brought you proofs of the truth of that which have left you with no excuse, 00:05:53.180 --> 00:05:55.180 And have removed doubt from your hearts. 00:05:55.180 --> 00:06:00.180 Your Lord has already taken your covenant from you in the loins of Adam, 00:06:00.180 --> 00:06:03.180 That Allah is your Lord; there is no god for you other than Him. 00:06:03.180 --> 00:06:08.180 If you desire to believe in Allah one day, 00:06:08.180 --> 00:06:11.180 Then now is the most appropriate time to believe, 00:06:11.180 --> 00:06:15.180 Due to the succession of proofs brought to you by the Messenger and his proclamation. 00:06:15.180 --> 00:06:23.069 “He it is Who sendeth down clear revelations unto His slave, that He may bring you forth from darkness unto light; and lo! for you, Allah is Full of Pity, Merciful.” (57:9) 00:06:23.069 --> 00:06:33.069 To bring you out from darkness into the light. 00:06:33.069 --> 00:06:39.069 “He it is Who sendeth down clear revelations unto His slave, that He may bring you forth from darkness unto light; and lo! for you, Allah is Full of Pity, Merciful.” (57:9) 00:06:39.069 --> 00:06:45.779 Allah is the One who sends down upon His servant, Muhammad, clear verses, 00:06:45.779 --> 00:06:50.779 To bring you, O people, out of the darkness of disbelief into the light of faith. 00:06:50.779 --> 00:06:54.779 Indeed, Allah, by sending down clear verses upon His servant, 00:06:54.779 --> 00:06:57.779 Is full of kindness and mercy to you. 00:06:57.779 --> 00:07:01.779 It is out of His kindness and mercy to you that He does so. 00:07:01.779 --> 00:07:07.639 “And what aileth you that ye spend not in the way of Allah when unto Allah belongeth the inheritance of the heavens and the earth? Those who spent and fought before the victory are not upon a level (with the rest of you). Such are greater in rank than those who spent and fought afterwards. Unto each hath Allah promised good. And Allah is Informed of what ye do.” (57:10) 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:11.639 And to Allah belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth. 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:20.639 “And what aileth you that ye spend not in the way of Allah when unto Allah belongeth the inheritance of the heavens and the earth? Those who spent and fought before the victory are not upon a level (with the rest of you). Such are greater in rank than those who spent and fought afterwards. Unto each hath Allah promised good. And Allah is Informed of what ye do.” (57:10) 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:30.639 “And what aileth you that ye spend not in the way of Allah when unto Allah belongeth the inheritance of the heavens and the earth? Those who spent and fought before the victory are not upon a level (with the rest of you). Such are greater in rank than those who spent and fought afterwards. Unto each hath Allah promised good. And Allah is Informed of what ye do.” (57:10) 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:35.639 And to all, Allah has promised the best. 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:41.639 And Allah is All-Aware of what you do. 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:48.540 What is the matter with you, O people, that you do not spend in the cause of Allah, 00:07:48.540 --> 00:07:52.540 When to Allah will return your wealth if you do not spend it, 00:07:52.540 --> 00:07:55.540 Because to Him belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth? 00:07:55.540 --> 00:08:02.629 Not equal among you, O people, are those who spent in the cause of Allah before the conquest of al-Hudaybiyyah; 00:08:02.629 --> 00:08:07.629 Those who spent in the cause of Allah before the conquest of al-Hudaybiyyah 00:08:07.629 --> 00:08:09.629 And fought the polytheists 00:08:09.629 --> 00:08:16.629 Are greater in rank before Allah than those who spent and fought after that. 00:08:16.629 --> 00:08:21.629 Yet to all of those who spent before the conquest and fought, 00:08:21.629 --> 00:08:24.629 And those who spent after and fought, 00:08:24.629 --> 00:08:26.629 Allah has promised the best—Paradise— 00:08:26.629 --> 00:08:30.629 For their spending in His cause and their fighting His enemies. 00:08:30.629 --> 00:08:36.629 And Allah, regarding what you do of spending in the cause of Allah and fighting His enemies, 00:08:36.629 --> 00:08:39.629 And other deeds you perform, 00:08:39.629 --> 00:08:43.629 Is All-Aware; nothing of it is hidden from Him. 00:08:43.629 --> 00:08:47.629 He will recompense you for all of that on the Day of Resurrection. 00:08:47.629 --> 00:08:53.779 Who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan? 00:08:53.779 --> 00:09:02.779 “Who is he that will lend unto Allah a goodly loan, that He may double it for him and his may be a rich reward?” (57:11) 00:09:02.779 --> 00:09:07.580 Who is this who spends in the cause of Allah in this world, 00:09:07.580 --> 00:09:11.580 Seeking reward for his spending, desiring what is with Allah? 00:09:11.580 --> 00:09:14.580 So his Lord will multiply his loan for him, 00:09:14.580 --> 00:09:17.580 Making for him, for the one, seven hundred, 00:09:17.580 --> 00:09:20.580 And for him is a noble reward and recompense, 00:09:20.580 --> 00:09:22.580 Which is Paradise. 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:29.480 “On the day when thou (Muhammad) wilt see the believers, men and women, their light shining forth before them and on their right hands, (and wilt hear it said unto them): Glad news for you this day: Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein ye are immortal. That is the supreme triumph.” (57:12) 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:33.480 Before them and on their right hands. 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:45.480 “On the day when thou (Muhammad) wilt see the believers, men and women, their light shining forth before them and on their right hands, (and wilt hear it said unto them): Glad news for you this day: Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein ye are immortal. That is the supreme triumph.” (57:12) 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:47.480 Abiding therein forever. 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:52.480 That is the great success. 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:57.250 On the day you see the believing men and believing women, their light proceeding 00:09:57.250 --> 00:10:01.250 As the reward for their faith and their righteous deeds, before them, 00:10:01.250 --> 00:10:05.250 And on their right hands, their records of deeds flying. 00:10:05.250 --> 00:10:07.250 It is said to them: 00:10:07.250 --> 00:10:11.250 "Your good tidings this day, O believers, which you are promised, 00:10:11.250 --> 00:10:15.250 Are gardens beneath which rivers flow, 00:10:15.250 --> 00:10:20.250 Abiding in the gardens, not moving from them nor changing." 00:10:20.250 --> 00:10:24.250 And their eternity in the gardens is the great achievement. 00:10:24.250 --> 00:10:32.210 “On the day when the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women will say unto those who believe: Look on us that we may borrow from your light! it will be said: Go back and seek for light! Then there will separate them a wall wherein is a gate, the inner side whereof containeth mercy, while the outer side thereof is toward the doom.” (57:13) 00:10:32.210 --> 00:10:39.210 "Wait for us, that we may borrow from your light." 00:10:39.210 --> 00:10:47.210 “On the day when the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women will say unto those who believe: Look on us that we may borrow from your light! it will be said: Go back and seek for light! Then there will separate them a wall wherein is a gate, the inner side whereof containeth mercy, while the outer side thereof is toward the doom.” (57:13) 00:10:47.210 --> 00:10:55.210 “On the day when the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women will say unto those who believe: Look on us that we may borrow from your light! it will be said: Go back and seek for light! Then there will separate them a wall wherein is a gate, the inner side whereof containeth mercy, while the outer side thereof is toward the doom.” (57:13) 00:10:55.210 --> 00:11:02.210 “On the day when the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women will say unto those who believe: Look on us that we may borrow from your light! it will be said: Go back and seek for light! Then there will separate them a wall wherein is a gate, the inner side whereof containeth mercy, while the outer side thereof is toward the doom.” (57:13) 00:11:02.210 --> 00:11:10.009 “On the day when the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women will say unto those who believe: Look on us that we may borrow from your light! it will be said: Go back and seek for light! Then there will separate them a wall wherein is a gate, the inner side whereof containeth mercy, while the outer side thereof is toward the doom.” (57:13) 00:11:10.009 --> 00:11:13.009 "Wait for us, that we may obtain light from your light." 00:11:13.009 --> 00:11:16.009 They are answered by being told: 00:11:16.009 --> 00:11:22.009 "Return to where you came from and seek light for yourselves there, 00:11:22.009 --> 00:11:26.009 For there is no way for you to obtain from our light." 00:11:26.009 --> 00:11:33.070 So Allah will set up between the believers and the hypocrites a barrier, between the people of Paradise and the people of the Fire. 00:11:33.070 --> 00:11:37.070 And that wall will have a gate; within it is mercy, 00:11:37.070 --> 00:11:41.070 And on its outside, before that, is the Fire. 00:11:41.070 --> 00:11:47.029 They will call to them, "Were we not with you?" 00:11:47.029 --> 00:11:59.029 They will say, "Yes, but you tempted yourselves, awaited misfortune, and doubted, 00:11:59.029 --> 00:12:11.029 “They will cry unto them (saying): Were we not with you? They will say: Yea, verily; but ye tempted one another, and hesitated, and doubted, and vain desires beguiled you till the ordinance of Allah came to pass; and the deceiver deceived you concerning Allah;” (57:14) 00:12:11.029 --> 00:12:15.029 And the delusion deceived you regarding Allah." 00:12:15.029 --> 00:12:20.799 The hypocrites will call to the believers when the wall is set between them: 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:24.799 "Were we not with you in the world, praying and fasting, 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:27.799 And intermarrying with you and inheriting from you?" 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:33.799 The believers will say, "Yes, but you tempted yourselves, so you became hypocrites, 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:38.799 You hesitated in faith, and you resisted the acknowledgment of Allah and His Messenger, 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:44.799 And you doubted the oneness of Allah and the prophethood of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:50.799 And the desires of your souls deceived you, so they turned you away from the path of Allah and led you astray, 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:55.799 Until the decree of Allah came with your deaths and swept you away, 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:58.799 And the deceiver deceived you regarding Allah." 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:03.799 He tempted you with salvation from His punishment and safety from His torment. 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:16.860 So today, no ransom will be taken from you, nor from those who disbelieved; your refuge is the Fire. 00:13:16.860 --> 00:13:22.860 “So this day no ransom can be taken from you nor from those who disbelieved. Your home is the Fire; that is your patron, and a hapless journey's end.” (57:15) 00:13:22.860 --> 00:13:26.820 So today, O hypocrites, 00:13:26.820 --> 00:13:31.820 No compensation or substitute will be taken from you for your punishment and torment, 00:13:31.820 --> 00:13:33.820 To save you from the torment of Allah. 00:13:33.820 --> 00:13:37.820 Nor will ransom be taken from those who disbelieved. 00:13:37.820 --> 00:13:42.820 Your abode and dwelling place, which you will inhabit on the Day of Resurrection, is the Fire. 00:13:42.820 --> 00:13:50.350 The Fire is more appropriate for you, and what an evil destination is the Fire. 00:13:50.350 --> 00:13:54.350 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.