WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 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 --> 00:00:12.679 It was summarized by Dr. Aqeel bin Salem Al-Shammari 00:00:14.169 --> 00:00:16.370 Surat Al-Anfal 00:00:18.379 --> 00:00:24.239 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:34.280 The worst animals in the sight of God are deaf and dumb ones 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:41.140 Deaf and dumb people who do not understand 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:46.759 The evil that creeps on earth is one of God’s creation in the sight of God 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:49.240 Those who are deaf to the truth 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:52.299 Because they do not listen to it and consider it 00:00:52.719 --> 00:00:55.200 And they retreat from it if they touch it 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:59.399 Those who do not understand God’s commands and prohibitions 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:05.400 If God knew there was good in them, He would listen to them 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:12.040 If I had heard them, they would have turned away 00:01:13.620 --> 00:01:17.180 Even if God knew there was good in these people 00:01:17.659 --> 00:01:20.379 To make them hear the Qur’an’s sermons and lessons 00:01:21.019 --> 00:01:24.379 But he knew that there was no good in them 00:01:25.140 --> 00:01:28.579 If only I could explain that to them so that they would know and understand 00:01:29.060 --> 00:01:33.620 They would have turned away from God and His Messenger while turning away from faith 00:01:34.060 --> 00:01:36.859 They are stubborn about the truth after learning about it 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:41.079 O you who believe! 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:44.359 Respond to God and the Messenger 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:47.760 If he calls you, he will not greet you 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:53.760 They knew that God comes between a person and his heart 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:57.760 And to Him you will be gathered 00:01:58.939 --> 00:02:00.659 O you who believe! 00:02:00.659 --> 00:02:03.500 Respond to God and the Messenger with obedience 00:02:03.939 --> 00:02:07.379 If the Messenger calls you to the truth that will revive you 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:11.520 In this world, the beautiful memory remains 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:13.400 As for the afterlife 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:17.520 Eternal life is in heaven and eternity therein 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:22.120 And they knew that God possesses the hearts of His servants among them 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:26.159 And he can come between them and her if he wants 00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:28.719 So that no one with a heart can 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:32.000 To realize something of faith or disbelief through it 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:34.280 Or to be aware of something 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:38.080 Or to be understood except with His permission and will 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:41.039 And know, O believers, too 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:45.719 To God is your destiny and your return in the Resurrection 00:03:04.030 --> 00:03:09.639 And fear, O believers, a test from God that He will test you 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:14.639 Do not fall into this temptation that the wrongdoers have warned you about 00:03:14.639 --> 00:03:17.639 So they did what they could not do 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:23.639 And know that your Lord is severe in His punishment for those who are tempted by their own wrongdoing 00:03:34.530 --> 00:03:41.530 And beware lest people kidnap you and give you shelter 00:03:41.530 --> 00:03:52.530 And He will grant you His victory and provide you with good things so that you may be grateful 00:03:54.169 --> 00:03:57.169 Obey God and His Messenger, O believers 00:03:58.169 --> 00:04:01.169 Even if He commands you with hardship and distress 00:04:01.169 --> 00:04:16.170 And remember what he did to you when you believed in him and followed him while you were few. The infidels weakened you and tempted you from your religion. You feared that they would kidnap you and kill you. 00:04:16.170 --> 00:04:34.170 So He made for you a shelter to which you could shelter from them, and He strengthened you with His victory over them, and He fed you with lawful and good food from their spoils so that you might thank Him for what He has provided for you and bestowed upon you of that and other blessings He has given you. 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:51.199 You know 00:05:17.769 --> 00:05:33.670 They knew that your wealth and your children were a test, and that God had a great reward 00:05:34.670 --> 00:05:58.170 And know, O believers, that your wealth and your children that God has given you are a test and a trial to test you with it and test you and to see how you are doing in fulfilling God’s right to it, and know that with God is good and a great reward. 00:05:58.170 --> 00:06:27.170 O you who have believed, if you fear God, He will make for you criterion, and atone for you your evil deeds, and forgive you. And God is the Possessor of great bounty. 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:45.839 O you who have believed God and His Messenger, if you fear God by obeying Him and abandoning betrayal of Him and His Messenger, He will provide for you a separation between your right and the wrong of those of your enemies who wish you harm by granting them victory. 00:06:45.839 --> 00:07:01.160 And He erases from you your past sins between you and Him, and He covers them and conceals them for you, and God who does that to you has great bounty over you and over others. 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:19.740 And when those who disbelieved were plotting against you to defeat you, or kill you, or expel you, and they were plotting and plotting against God, and God is the best of planners. 00:07:19.740 --> 00:07:41.439 Remember, O Muhammad, my favor with you due to my deceit of the polytheists of your people who tried to oppress you to bind you, kill you, or expel you from your homeland, until I saved you from them and destroyed them, so go ahead with my command, for your Lord is the best of schemers against those who disbelieve in Him. 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:58.439 And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, “We have heard.” They say, “We have heard.” If We had wished, we could have said something like this. These are nothing but legends of ancient times. 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:20.600 And when the verses of the Book of God were recited to those who disbelieved, they said, “We have heard. If we wished, we would have said something like this that was recited to us. Indeed, this is the Qur’an that you recite to us, O Muhammad, except what the ancients wrote down and wrote from the news of the nations.” 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:41.139 And when they said, “O God, if this is the truth from You, then rain upon us stones from the sky or bring upon us a painful punishment.” 00:08:41.139 --> 00:08:55.909 And remember, O Muhammad, also what happened to the one who said, “O God, if this is the truth from You, then rain stones on us from the sky or bring upon us a painful punishment.” 00:08:55.909 --> 00:09:05.610 When you plotted against them, you brought them a painful punishment, and that punishment was the killing of them by the sword on the Day of Badr 00:09:05.610 --> 00:09:18.610 And God would not punish them while you were among them, and God would not punish them while they were seeking forgiveness 00:09:18.610 --> 00:09:32.059 And God would not punish them while you were among them, O Muhammad, and there was a resident between their backs, and God would not punish them while they were seeking forgiveness for their sins and disbelief. 00:09:32.059 --> 00:09:41.759 But they do not ask for forgiveness for this, but rather they insist on it, so they deserve to be punished 00:09:41.759 --> 00:10:08.659 Why should God not punish them when they turn away from the Sacred Mosque, and they are not its guardians? Indeed, its guardians are only the righteous, but most of them do not know. 00:10:08.659 --> 00:10:18.659 Why should God not punish the polytheists when they turn away from the Sacred Mosque and are not God’s friends? 00:10:18.659 --> 00:10:36.649 The saints of God are only those who fear God by performing His duties and committing sins against Him, but most of the polytheists do not know that the saints of God are the fearful. Rather, they think that they are the saints of God. 00:10:36.649 --> 00:10:51.649 And their prayer at the House was nothing but a cry and its turning, so taste the torment because you disbelieved 00:10:51.649 --> 00:10:58.320 Their prayer at the Sacred House was nothing but whistling and clapping 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:10.320 So taste the torment because you denied that God will punish you with it for your denial of the monotheism of your Lord and the message of your Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace. 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:14.320 The torment he promised them would be on the day of Badr 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:41.320 Indeed, those who disbelieve spend their wealth to avert people from the path of God. They will spend it, then it will be a regret for them, and then they will be victorious 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:47.320 Those who disbelieve will be gathered into Hell 00:11:47.320 --> 00:12:01.990 Those who disbelieve in God and His Messenger spend their money and give it in equal amounts to strengthen themselves with it to fight the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and those who believe in him. 00:12:01.990 --> 00:12:14.990 To prevent them from believing in God and His Messenger, they will spend their money on that, and then that expense of theirs will become a regret for them, and then the believers will defeat them. 00:12:14.990 --> 00:12:21.990 And God will gather those who disbelieved in Him and His Messenger into Hell, and they will be tortured therein 00:12:21.990 --> 00:12:50.690 So that God may distinguish the bad from the good, and place the bad one upon another, and pile them all together, and put them in Hell. Those are the losers. 00:12:50.690 --> 00:13:04.429 God will gather those who disbelieved in their Lord to separate them from the believers by placing the people of faith in His Gardens and sending down the people of disbelief to Hellfire. 00:13:04.429 --> 00:13:20.429 So the infidels will lift one another up, making them piles of piles, and putting the wicked all together in hell. And these are the losers, whose deal was ruined and whose trade was lost. 00:13:20.429 --> 00:13:42.360 Tell those who disbelieve, if they desist, they will be forgiven for what has come before, but if they return, then the year of the first two has passed 00:13:43.870 --> 00:13:56.870 Say, O Muhammad, to those who disbelieve, if they desist from their disbelief in God and His Messenger and turn to faith, God will forgive them of their past sins. 00:13:56.870 --> 00:14:09.870 And if these people return to fighting you, then a year has passed in the first two of them, with Badr, and in other generations that were free of an attack on them, urgent vengeance upon them. 00:14:09.870 --> 00:14:26.889 And fight them until there is no strife and the religion is entirely for God. If they desist, then God sees what they do 00:14:26.889 --> 00:14:53.659 So fight them until there is no polytheism and no one worships anyone except God, and all obedience and worship are purely for God and no one else. If they refrain from associating God with God, then what they do is not hidden from God, because He sees you and your deeds, and all things are manifest to Him and cannot be hidden from Him. 00:14:53.659 --> 00:15:07.330 And if they turn away, know that God is your Master. He is the best Master and the best Helper 00:15:07.330 --> 00:15:26.100 And if these polytheists turn away from what you called them to, O believers, of believing in God and His Messenger, then fight them and be certain that God is your helper against them. He is the best helper for you, and He is the Helper. 00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:30.090 Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation