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 --> 00:00:12.740 It was summarized by Dr. Aqeel bin Salem Al-Shammari 00:00:13.949 --> 00:00:16.030 Surah Al-Baqarah 00:00:17.789 --> 00:00:22.829 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:23.100 --> 00:00:33.479 And indeed Moses came to you with clear proofs, then you adopted the calf after him 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:42.299 Then you took to the calf after him, and you were wrongdoers 00:00:43.289 --> 00:00:49.369 Moses came to you with evidence indicating his sincerity and the truth of his prophecy 00:00:49.850 --> 00:00:53.289 Then you took the calf after Moses to it 00:00:53.649 --> 00:00:58.490 And you are unjust by worshiping the calf and neglecting to worship God 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:04.439 And when We took your covenant and raised the Mount above you 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:15.879 Take firmly what We have given you and listen 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:23.560 They said, “We hear and we disobey,” and they drank the calf into their hearts because of their disbelief 00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:34.200 Say: “Evil is what your faith commands you to do, if you are believers.” 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:37.439 And remember when we took your covenants 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:41.840 Take what We have given you of the Torah seriously and diligently 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:44.319 And listen to what I commanded you 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:47.519 And We raised the Mount above you for that reason 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:52.079 They said, “We heard your words and disobeyed your command.” 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:58.400 The love of the calf was poured into their hearts until it prevailed over it and mixed with their hearts 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:04.159 Tell them, O Muhammad, how evil is the thing that your faith commands you to do 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:10.319 If he commands you to kill God’s prophets and messengers and disbelieve in His books 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:14.960 If you believe in what God has revealed to you 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:26.360 Pure without people 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:31.159 Pure without people 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:37.719 Then wish for death if you are truthful 00:02:38.939 --> 00:02:49.020 Say, O Muhammad, if the bliss of the Hereafter and its pleasure are yours, O community of Jews, in the sight of God and pure, to the exclusion of all other people 00:02:49.500 --> 00:02:56.539 So wish for death if you are right in what you claim of faith and closeness to God 00:02:57.099 --> 00:03:04.379 Because if you grant your wish of death, you will find comfort and success next to God 00:03:05.020 --> 00:03:09.259 If you do not give it, people will know that you are the ones who are wrong 00:03:09.819 --> 00:03:14.780 We are right in our claim, and our matter and your matter have been exposed 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:28.400 They will never wish for it because of what their hands have forwarded, and God is All-Knowing of the wrongdoers 00:03:29.419 --> 00:03:32.219 The Jews will never wish to die 00:03:32.780 --> 00:03:35.500 Because of their disbelief in God 00:03:35.979 --> 00:03:41.819 In their violation of his command and obedience to follow Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:03:42.300 --> 00:03:44.139 And their denial of his prophecy 00:03:44.620 --> 00:03:48.699 And God has knowledge of the darkness of the children of Adam and what they do 00:03:49.819 --> 00:03:58.699 You will find them to be the most eager for life among those who associate others with others 00:03:59.180 --> 00:04:08.620 Someone wishes to live for a thousand years, but he will not be saved from the torment 00:04:09.180 --> 00:04:15.819 And he cannot be saved from the torment that he will live forever 00:04:16.620 --> 00:04:21.899 And God sees what they do 00:04:23.209 --> 00:04:29.930 O Muhammad, you will find the Jews most keen on life in this world 00:04:30.569 --> 00:04:36.970 They are also more cautious than the polytheists, one of whom wishes to live for a thousand years 00:04:37.689 --> 00:04:42.730 What is the longevity and longevity that keeps him away from the punishment of God? 00:04:43.370 --> 00:04:47.769 Because life must end and its fate is up to God 00:04:48.490 --> 00:04:54.250 God is Ever-Seeing of what they do, and nothing of their deeds is hidden from Him 00:04:54.970 --> 00:05:01.129 Rather, He encompasses all of them and has a guardian until He makes them taste punishment 00:05:01.850 --> 00:05:11.610 Say: Whoever is an enemy of Gabriel has revealed it to your heart, God willing 00:05:12.170 --> 00:05:21.529 For He revealed it to your heart, God willing, confirming what was before it and as guidance 00:05:22.009 --> 00:05:27.529 Guidance and good news for believers 00:05:28.300 --> 00:05:32.860 Say, O Muhammad, who among the people is an enemy to Gabriel? 00:05:33.500 --> 00:05:37.660 He denied that he was the author of God’s revelation to His prophets 00:05:38.379 --> 00:05:40.939 For I am Gabriel's friend and friend 00:05:41.579 --> 00:05:46.139 He acknowledged that he was the author of revelation to his prophets and messengers 00:05:46.860 --> 00:05:51.899 And he is the one who sends God's revelation to my heart, with the permission of my Lord 00:05:52.540 --> 00:05:55.819 Confirming what God wrote before him 00:05:56.300 --> 00:05:59.019 Agree with its meanings 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:04.060 It is evidence, proof, and good news that is given to believers 00:06:05.230 --> 00:06:22.029 Whoever is an enemy of God, His angels, His messengers, Gabriel, and Michael, then God is an enemy of the unbelievers 00:06:23.310 --> 00:06:27.550 Whoever opposes God and all His angels and messengers 00:06:27.870 --> 00:06:33.389 Gabriel and Michael returned, for God is an enemy to the unbelievers 00:06:33.949 --> 00:06:36.910 Because they are God's guardians and people who obey Him 00:06:37.550 --> 00:06:43.389 And whoever returns to God as a guardian, then he has returned to God and will fight against him 00:06:43.949 --> 00:06:46.670 The enemy of God is an enemy of His saints 00:06:47.230 --> 00:06:50.350 The enemy of God's friends is his enemy 00:06:51.230 --> 00:06:56.829 We have sent down to you clear verses 00:06:57.389 --> 00:07:01.230 And none disbelieve in it except the transgressors 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:08.199 And We have sent down to you, in what We have revealed to you of the Book, clear signs 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:12.199 It became clear to the scholars of the children of Israel and their rabbis 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:16.360 Those who strive for Your prophecy and deny Your message 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:20.360 You are my messenger to them and a prophet who will be sent 00:07:21.079 --> 00:07:25.560 No one denies these verses except those who leave their religion 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:33.800 Or every covenant they made was rejected by a group of them 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:38.360 But most of them do not believe 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:45.720 Or everything that the Jews of the Children of Israel made a covenant with their Lord and made a covenant with 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:50.439 One group of them left him and rejected him and not another group 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:57.399 But whoever contradicts that, most of them disbelieve in God because of the few of them 00:07:58.699 --> 00:08:08.540 And when a messenger from God came to them, confirming what they had 00:08:09.019 --> 00:08:20.060 Confirming what they have. A group of those who were given the Book abandoned the Book of God behind their backs 00:08:20.459 --> 00:08:32.460 A group of those who were given the Book rejected the Book of God behind their backs as if they did not know 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:40.960 When the Jewish rabbis and scholars from the Children of Israel came to Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:44.799 He believes the Torah and the Torah believes him 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:48.960 In that God has a prophet sent to His creation 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:54.159 The Jewish scholars who God gave them knowledge of the Torah denied 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:56.799 And they put it behind their backs 00:08:57.360 --> 00:09:02.000 As if those who rejected the Book of God were Jewish scholars 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:09.440 They do not know what is in the Torah regarding the command to follow Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, and believe him 00:09:10.509 --> 00:09:16.429 And they followed what the devils inflicted on the king of Solomon 00:09:16.830 --> 00:09:26.669 Solomon did not disbelieve, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic 00:09:27.230 --> 00:09:36.909 They teach people magic and what was revealed to the two angels in Babylon, Harut and Marut 00:09:37.309 --> 00:09:46.509 They did not teach anyone until he had said, “We are only a test, so do not disbelieve.” 00:09:46.990 --> 00:09:53.629 They learn from them what distinguishes between a man and his wife 00:09:54.110 --> 00:10:03.710 They are not harmed by anyone except with God’s permission 00:10:04.110 --> 00:10:09.629 They learn what harms them and does not benefit them 00:10:10.110 --> 00:10:16.830 And they knew that whoever bought it would have no share in the afterlife 00:10:17.389 --> 00:10:25.870 Evil is what they sold themselves for, if they only knew 00:10:26.970 --> 00:10:34.490 A group of Jewish rabbis and scholars followed the magic that the devils recited during the reign of Solomon 00:10:34.889 --> 00:10:37.769 They attributed him to Suleiman bin David 00:10:38.169 --> 00:10:41.450 They claimed that magic was his knowledge and narration 00:10:41.850 --> 00:10:48.649 He only enslaved humans, jinn, devils, and the rest of God’s creation with magic 00:10:49.129 --> 00:10:52.250 And when Solomon disbelieves, he works magic 00:10:52.649 --> 00:10:56.090 It was not from his advice nor from his consent 00:10:56.570 --> 00:11:01.450 But it is something that the devils created instead of him, so they disbelieved in God 00:11:02.009 --> 00:11:08.009 The Jews followed the magic that was sent down on the two kings to a village called Babylon 00:11:08.570 --> 00:11:11.210 The two kings are Harut and Marut 00:11:11.690 --> 00:11:14.250 They are two of God's angels 00:11:14.730 --> 00:11:18.090 He made them a trial for His servants among the sons of Adam 00:11:18.570 --> 00:11:25.129 To test His servants with them, whom He forbade from separating a man from his wife, and from witchcraft 00:11:25.610 --> 00:11:29.049 The believer is tested by abandoning learning from them 00:11:29.610 --> 00:11:33.610 The infidel is disgraced by learning magic and disbelief from them 00:11:34.250 --> 00:11:38.730 The two angels did not inform anyone of the people until they told him 00:11:39.289 --> 00:11:42.730 We are a test and a test for human beings 00:11:43.049 --> 00:11:44.570 Do not disbelieve in your Lord 00:11:45.210 --> 00:11:47.610 They refuse to accept that from them 00:11:48.009 --> 00:11:53.210 They learn from the two kings how to differentiate between a man and his wife 00:11:53.929 --> 00:11:59.129 What do they learn from the two kings by which they can differentiate between a man and his wife? 00:11:59.610 --> 00:12:03.450 Harmful with what they learned from someone 00:12:03.929 --> 00:12:07.610 Except for those whom God has decreed that this will harm him 00:12:08.330 --> 00:12:13.049 As for the one from whom God will protect him from harm and protect him from the harm of magic 00:12:13.610 --> 00:12:17.610 This is not harmful or beneficial 00:12:18.250 --> 00:12:21.129 And the people who learn from the two kings 00:12:21.610 --> 00:12:25.049 They only learn what harms them in their religion 00:12:25.450 --> 00:12:27.690 It will not benefit them in their time 00:12:28.250 --> 00:12:32.970 The rejected People of the Book taught my book behind their backs 00:12:33.450 --> 00:12:35.929 Those who influence him are followers of magic 00:12:36.409 --> 00:12:40.730 For whoever buys magic, prefer it to the book you revealed 00:12:41.289 --> 00:12:44.730 He will not have any share of Paradise in the afterlife 00:12:45.370 --> 00:12:48.889 How miserable he sold himself for by learning magic 00:12:49.370 --> 00:12:52.090 If only they knew his bad outcome 00:12:53.129 --> 00:13:02.090 Had they believed and feared, the reward from God would have been better 00:13:02.649 --> 00:13:06.250 If only they knew 00:13:07.789 --> 00:13:13.789 Even if those who learn from the two kings have what they can do between a man and his wife 00:13:14.350 --> 00:13:16.830 They believed and believed in God and His Messenger 00:13:17.149 --> 00:13:19.870 And they feared their Lord, so they feared His punishment 00:13:20.350 --> 00:13:23.549 God's reward would be better for them than magic 00:13:24.029 --> 00:13:27.950 If they knew that God's reward is better for them 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:37.200 O you who have believed, do not say, “Ra’na,” but say, “Look, ‘We are,’” and listen 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:41.759 And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:46.720 O you who have believed, do not say, “Ra’ana.” 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:53.600 Because of the possibility that its meaning is: “Save us, we will protect you, we will watch over you, and we will watch over you.” 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:57.919 It may mean that we have lost your hearing 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:02.480 It contains harshness, frowning, vulgarity, and rudeness 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:08.879 This contradicts the command to reverence and glorify his Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:14.320 And say, O believers, to your Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:20.240 We waited and watched to understand and discover what you were telling us and teaching us 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:27.039 And listen to what is said to you and recited to you from the Book of your Lord, and understand it 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:31.519 And for those who disbelieve in Me and in My Messenger is a painful punishment 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:38.039 Neither the disbelievers from the People of the Book nor the polytheists would like it 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:48.600 If goodness is sent down to you from your Lord 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:55.399 And God singles out for His mercy whomever He wishes 00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:59.120 God is of great bounty 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:02.879 What the unbelievers love among the People of the Book 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:06.559 Nor are the polytheists of God among idol worshipers 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:10.480 May the goodness that was with God be sent down to you 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:15.039 God selects whomever He wishes with His prophecy and message 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:18.240 He sends it to whomever He wishes from among His creation 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:22.960 So he bestows faith on the one he loves and gives it to him 00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:27.519 God is the Possessor of great bounty for His creation 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:30.320 And every good thing God has for His servants 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:34.879 For it is from Him as a beginning and as a favor from Him to them 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:38.240 They don't deserve it