1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:07,629 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 3 00:00:07,629 --> 00:00:12,820 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari. 4 00:00:12,820 --> 00:00:15,910 Surah al-Qamar. 5 00:00:15,910 --> 00:00:21,859 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 6 00:00:21,859 --> 00:00:26,859 “The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.” (54:1) 7 00:00:26,859 --> 00:00:31,500 The Hour has drawn near, the time when the Resurrection shall take place. 8 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:33,500 And the moon has split asunder. 9 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:38,500 This occurred, according to what has been mentioned, during the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 10 00:00:38,500 --> 00:00:42,500 This was in Makkah, before his migration to Madinah. 11 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:46,570 It happened because the disbelievers of Makkah asked him for a sign. 12 00:00:46,570 --> 00:00:51,570 So he, peace be upon him, showed them the splitting of the moon. 13 00:00:51,570 --> 00:01:01,390 “And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.” (54:2) 14 00:01:01,390 --> 00:01:08,390 And if the polytheists see a sign that points them to the truth of the prophethood of Muhammad, peace be upon him, 15 00:01:08,390 --> 00:01:13,390 they turn away from it, turning their backs while denying and rejecting it. 16 00:01:13,390 --> 00:01:16,390 And they say, in their denial, 17 00:01:16,390 --> 00:01:19,390 "This is magic; Muhammad has bewitched us." 18 00:01:19,390 --> 00:01:21,390 It is continuous and fleeting. 19 00:01:21,390 --> 00:01:30,060 “They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision” (54:3) 20 00:01:30,060 --> 00:01:34,640 These polytheists have denied the signs of Allah, 21 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,640 and they have chosen to follow their own desires by persisting in that denial. 22 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:43,640 Every matter, whether of good or evil, has a settled outcome. 23 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,640 Good is settled for its people in Paradise, 24 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,640 and evil is settled for its people in the Fire. 25 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:59,599 “And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,” (54:4) 26 00:01:59,599 --> 00:02:05,209 There has certainly come to these polytheists news of the nations of the past, 27 00:02:05,209 --> 00:02:11,210 who were, in their denial of the messengers of Allah, just like those who are currently in that state. 28 00:02:11,210 --> 00:02:17,210 And Allah brought upon them His punishments, which should deter them from the denial they are currently in. 29 00:02:18,780 --> 00:02:24,780 A profound wisdom, yet warnings are of no avail. 30 00:02:24,780 --> 00:02:30,550 There has come to them a profound wisdom, which is the Qur'an. 31 00:02:30,550 --> 00:02:36,550 It is said: There has come to them of the reports that which contains a deterrent. 32 00:02:36,550 --> 00:02:41,550 That is a profound wisdom, or it is a profound wisdom. 33 00:02:41,550 --> 00:02:45,550 So the warnings are of no use to them because of their turning away. 34 00:02:45,550 --> 00:02:49,550 It is said: What could the warnings possibly avail them? 35 00:02:49,550 --> 00:02:57,379 So turn away from them, on the day the Caller calls to a terrible thing. 36 00:02:57,379 --> 00:03:06,379 “With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,” (54:7) 37 00:03:06,379 --> 00:03:14,379 “Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.” (54:8) 38 00:03:14,379 --> 00:03:19,090 So turn away, O Muhammad, from these polytheists. 39 00:03:19,090 --> 00:03:24,090 For on the day the Caller of Allah calls them to the station of the Resurrection, 40 00:03:24,090 --> 00:03:29,090 their eyes will be humbled and downcast as they emerge from the graves. 41 00:03:29,090 --> 00:03:35,090 As if they were, in their spreading out and rushing toward the place of reckoning, locusts scattered. 42 00:03:35,090 --> 00:03:40,090 Hastening with their eyes fixed toward the Caller to that station. 43 00:03:40,090 --> 00:03:46,090 The disbelievers in Allah will say, "This is a difficult day," due to the intensity of its terrors. 44 00:03:46,090 --> 00:03:51,909 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.