1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,160 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:05,169 --> 00:00:08,050 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 3 00:00:08,679 --> 00:00:12,779 Abridged by Dr. ‘Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammar. 4 00:00:14,119 --> 00:00:16,079 Surah al-Zumar. 5 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:23,120 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 6 00:00:23,910 --> 00:00:30,309 “And when some hurt toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning unto Him (repentant). Then, when He granteth him a boon from Him he forgetteth that for which he cried unto Him before, and setteth up rivals to Allah that he may beguile (men) from his way. Say (O Muhammad, unto such an one): Take pleasure in thy disbelief a while. Lo! thou art of the owners of the Fire.” (39:8) 7 00:00:30,309 --> 00:00:34,630 “And when some hurt toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning unto Him (repentant). Then, when He granteth him a boon from Him he forgetteth that for which he cried unto Him before, and setteth up rivals to Allah that he may beguile (men) from his way. Say (O Muhammad, unto such an one): Take pleasure in thy disbelief a while. Lo! thou art of the owners of the Fire.” (39:8) 8 00:00:34,929 --> 00:00:39,490 “And when some hurt toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning unto Him (repentant). Then, when He granteth him a boon from Him he forgetteth that for which he cried unto Him before, and setteth up rivals to Allah that he may beguile (men) from his way. Say (O Muhammad, unto such an one): Take pleasure in thy disbelief a while. Lo! thou art of the owners of the Fire.” (39:8) 9 00:00:39,490 --> 00:00:43,689 “And when some hurt toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning unto Him (repentant). Then, when He granteth him a boon from Him he forgetteth that for which he cried unto Him before, and setteth up rivals to Allah that he may beguile (men) from his way. Say (O Muhammad, unto such an one): Take pleasure in thy disbelief a while. Lo! thou art of the owners of the Fire.” (39:8) 10 00:00:44,130 --> 00:00:48,369 “And when some hurt toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning unto Him (repentant). Then, when He granteth him a boon from Him he forgetteth that for which he cried unto Him before, and setteth up rivals to Allah that he may beguile (men) from his way. Say (O Muhammad, unto such an one): Take pleasure in thy disbelief a while. Lo! thou art of the owners of the Fire.” (39:8) 11 00:00:48,369 --> 00:00:54,369 “And when some hurt toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning unto Him (repentant). Then, when He granteth him a boon from Him he forgetteth that for which he cried unto Him before, and setteth up rivals to Allah that he may beguile (men) from his way. Say (O Muhammad, unto such an one): Take pleasure in thy disbelief a while. Lo! thou art of the owners of the Fire.” (39:8) 12 00:00:54,810 --> 00:01:02,689 “And when some hurt toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning unto Him (repentant). Then, when He granteth him a boon from Him he forgetteth that for which he cried unto Him before, and setteth up rivals to Allah that he may beguile (men) from his way. Say (O Muhammad, unto such an one): Take pleasure in thy disbelief a while. Lo! thou art of the owners of the Fire.” (39:8) 13 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:08,040 When a person is afflicted by a trial in his body, such as illness, 14 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,239 he calls out to his Lord in his distress, 15 00:01:11,239 --> 00:01:15,959 repenting for the disbelief he held previously. 16 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,159 Then, when his Lord grants him well-being, 17 00:01:19,159 --> 00:01:21,159 and removes his affliction, 18 00:01:21,159 --> 00:01:27,400 he abandons the prayer he used to offer to Allah before his distress was removed, 19 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,599 and sets up rivals and likenesses for Allah. 20 00:01:30,859 --> 00:01:33,859 To lead astray those who wish to worship Allah alone. 21 00:01:33,859 --> 00:01:36,859 Say, O Muhammad, to the one who does this: 22 00:01:36,859 --> 00:01:41,859 "Enjoy your disbelief in Allah for a little while until your appointed time is reached." 23 00:01:41,859 --> 00:01:45,599 You are among the people of the Fire who will dwell therein. 24 00:01:45,599 --> 00:01:49,099 This is a warning and a threat from Allah. 25 00:01:50,030 --> 00:01:59,530 Is one who is devoutly obedient during the hours of the night, prostrating and standing, [equal to the disbeliever]? 26 00:01:59,530 --> 00:02:07,530 “Is he who payeth adoration in the watches of the night, prostrate and standing, bewaring of the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, (to be accounted equal with a disbeliever)? Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Are those who know equal with those who know not? But only men of understanding will pay heed.” (39:9) 27 00:02:07,530 --> 00:02:14,530 “Is he who payeth adoration in the watches of the night, prostrate and standing, bewaring of the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, (to be accounted equal with a disbeliever)? Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Are those who know equal with those who know not? But only men of understanding will pay heed.” (39:9) 28 00:02:14,530 --> 00:02:19,979 Only those of understanding will take heed. 29 00:02:21,939 --> 00:02:24,939 Is he who is devoutly obedient during the hours of the night, 30 00:02:24,939 --> 00:02:27,939 prostrating at times and standing at times, [equal to the disbeliever]? 31 00:02:27,939 --> 00:02:29,939 He fears the punishment of the Hereafter, 32 00:02:29,939 --> 00:02:33,939 and hopes for the mercy of Allah, that He may admit him into Paradise. 33 00:02:33,939 --> 00:02:38,939 Are those who know the reward they have for their obedience to their Lord equal [to those who do not]? 34 00:02:38,939 --> 00:02:42,939 And [are they equal to] those who know the consequences of their disobedience? 35 00:02:42,939 --> 00:02:45,969 And those who do not know that? 36 00:02:45,969 --> 00:02:48,969 Only those of intellect and discernment take heed of the proofs of Allah. 37 00:02:48,969 --> 00:02:52,969 And those of understanding and wisdom reflect upon them. 38 00:02:52,969 --> 00:02:58,960 “Say: O My bondmen who believe! Observe your duty to your Lord. For those who do good in this world there is good, and Allah's earth is spacious. Verily the steadfast will be paid their wages without stint.” (39:10) 39 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:03,960 For those who did good in this world, there is good. 40 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,960 And the earth of Allah is vast. 41 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:15,960 “Say: O My bondmen who believe! Observe your duty to your Lord. For those who do good in this world there is good, and Allah's earth is spacious. Verily the steadfast will be paid their wages without stint.” (39:10) 42 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,889 Say, O Muhammad: 43 00:03:18,889 --> 00:03:22,889 "O My servants who have believed in Allah and affirmed His Messenger, 44 00:03:22,889 --> 00:03:27,889 fear your Lord by obeying Him and avoiding His disobedience." 45 00:03:27,889 --> 00:03:31,889 For those who obeyed Allah, there is good in this world, 46 00:03:31,889 --> 00:03:33,889 [which is] health and well-being, 47 00:03:33,889 --> 00:03:36,889 and it is said: [it is] Paradise. 48 00:03:36,889 --> 00:03:39,889 And the earth of Allah is spacious and vast, 49 00:03:39,889 --> 00:03:43,889 so emigrate from the land of polytheism to the abode of Islam. 50 00:03:43,889 --> 00:03:48,889 Allah only gives those who are patient regarding what they have endured in this world 51 00:03:48,889 --> 00:03:51,889 their reward in the Hereafter without measure. 52 00:03:51,889 --> 00:04:00,949 “Say (O Muhammad): Lo! I am commanded to worship Allah, making religion pure for Him (only).” (39:11) 53 00:04:00,949 --> 00:04:05,949 “And I am commanded to be the first of those who are muslims (surrender unto Him).” (39:12) 54 00:04:05,949 --> 00:04:13,949 Say, "Indeed, I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day." 55 00:04:13,949 --> 00:04:18,949 “Say: Allah I worship, making my religion pure for Him (only).” (39:14) 56 00:04:18,949 --> 00:04:23,000 Say, O Muhammad, to the polytheists of your people: 57 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,000 "Indeed, Allah has commanded me to worship Him, dedicating obedience to Him alone, 58 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,129 and to be sincere to Him in worship." 59 00:04:30,129 --> 00:04:32,129 Say, O Muhammad, to them: 60 00:04:32,129 --> 00:04:39,129 "I fear, if I disobey my Lord in what He has commanded me regarding His worship, the punishment of the Day of Resurrection." 61 00:04:39,129 --> 00:04:42,160 Say, O Muhammad, to the polytheists of your people: 62 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:47,160 "It is Allah I worship, being sincere and dedicating my obedience and worship to Him alone. 63 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,160 I do not associate any partner with Him in that." 64 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:56,029 “Then worship what ye will beside Him. Say: The losers will be those who lose themselves and their housefolk on the Day of Resurrection. Ah, that will be the manifest loss!” (39:15) 65 00:04:56,029 --> 00:05:05,029 “Then worship what ye will beside Him. Say: The losers will be those who lose themselves and their housefolk on the Day of Resurrection. Ah, that will be the manifest loss!” (39:15) 66 00:05:05,029 --> 00:05:10,029 “Then worship what ye will beside Him. Say: The losers will be those who lose themselves and their housefolk on the Day of Resurrection. Ah, that will be the manifest loss!” (39:15) 67 00:05:10,029 --> 00:05:15,120 So worship, you people, whatever you wish besides Him, 68 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,120 and other than that which you worship. 69 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:24,120 You will soon know the evil consequence of your worship when you meet your Lord. 70 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:26,209 Say, O Muhammad, to them: 71 00:05:26,209 --> 00:05:32,209 "Indeed, the losers are those who have ruined themselves and their families by the punishment of Allah." 72 00:05:32,209 --> 00:05:37,209 Unquestionably, the loss of these polytheists on the Day of Resurrection 73 00:05:37,209 --> 00:05:43,209 is the [true] loss that becomes clear to anyone who witnesses it and knows it to be the loss. 74 00:05:43,209 --> 00:05:51,949 “They have an awning of fire above them and beneath them a dais (of fire). With this doth Allah appal His bondmen. O My bondmen, therefor fear Me!” (39:16) 75 00:05:51,949 --> 00:05:56,949 “They have an awning of fire above them and beneath them a dais (of fire). With this doth Allah appal His bondmen. O My bondmen, therefor fear Me!” (39:16) 76 00:05:56,949 --> 00:06:02,680 "O My servants, so fear Me." 77 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:06,680 For these losers on the Day of Resurrection in Hell, 78 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,680 “They have an awning of fire above them and beneath them a dais (of fire). With this doth Allah appal His bondmen. O My bondmen, therefor fear Me!” (39:16) 79 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,680 [there will be] layers of fire like canopies. 80 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:17,680 And beneath them, there is fire that rises above them until it becomes like canopies. 81 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:24,680 This which I have informed you of, O people, regarding the punishment of the losers on the Day of Resurrection, 82 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:30,680 is a warning from your Lord to you, so that you may fear Him and avoid His disobedience. 83 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:36,740 So fear Me by performing My obligations upon you and avoiding My prohibitions. 84 00:06:36,740 --> 00:06:41,740 “And those who put away false gods lest they should worship them and turn to Allah in repentance, for them there are glad tidings. Therefor give good tidings (O Muhammad) to My bondmen” (39:17) 85 00:06:41,740 --> 00:06:45,740 “And those who put away false gods lest they should worship them and turn to Allah in repentance, for them there are glad tidings. Therefor give good tidings (O Muhammad) to My bondmen” (39:17) 86 00:06:45,740 --> 00:06:49,740 So give good tidings to My servants. 87 00:06:49,740 --> 00:06:54,740 “Who hear advice and follow the best thereof. Such are those whom Allah guideth, and such are men of understanding.” (39:18) 88 00:06:54,740 --> 00:07:00,740 “Who hear advice and follow the best thereof. Such are those whom Allah guideth, and such are men of understanding.” (39:18) 89 00:07:00,740 --> 00:07:06,740 “Who hear advice and follow the best thereof. Such are those whom Allah guideth, and such are men of understanding.” (39:18) 90 00:07:06,740 --> 00:07:12,600 And those who avoid the worship of everything worshipped other than Allah, 91 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:18,600 and turn back to Allah, returning to the affirmation of His oneness and acting in obedience to Him, 92 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,600 for them are good tidings in this world of Paradise in the Hereafter. 93 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:28,600 So give good tidings, O Muhammad, to My servants who listen to the word and follow the best of it. 94 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:33,600 Those are the ones who listen to the word and follow the best of it. 95 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:38,600 They are the ones whom Allah has guided to righteousness and the attainment of the truth. 96 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:43,310 And those are the people of intellect and wisdom. 97 00:07:43,310 --> 00:07:52,980 “Is he on whom the word of doom is fulfilled (to be helped), and canst thou (O Muhammad) rescue him who is in the Fire?” (39:19) 98 00:07:52,980 --> 00:07:59,980 Is he upon whom the decree of punishment has been justified in the prior knowledge of your Lord, O Muhammad, because of his disbelief in Him [equal to the believer]? 99 00:07:59,980 --> 00:08:05,980 Can you, O Muhammad, save one who is in the Fire, from among those upon whom the decree of punishment has been justified? 100 00:08:05,980 --> 00:08:07,980 Can you save him? 101 00:08:07,980 --> 00:08:15,560 “But those who keep their duty to their Lord, for them are lofty halls with lofty halls above them, built (for them), beneath which rivers flow. (It is) a promise of Allah. Allah faileth not His promise.” (39:20) 102 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:26,560 “But those who keep their duty to their Lord, for them are lofty halls with lofty halls above them, built (for them), beneath which rivers flow. (It is) a promise of Allah. Allah faileth not His promise.” (39:20) 103 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:35,259 The promise of Allah; Allah does not fail in His promise. 104 00:08:35,259 --> 00:08:41,259 But those who feared their Lord by performing His obligations and avoiding His prohibitions, 105 00:08:41,259 --> 00:08:48,259 for them in Paradise are chambers, above which are chambers, built one upon another. 106 00:08:48,259 --> 00:08:52,259 Rivers flow beneath the trees of their gardens. 107 00:08:52,259 --> 00:08:56,259 We have promised these chambers to those righteous ones. 108 00:08:56,259 --> 00:09:00,320 And Allah does not fail them in His promise. 109 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:13,320 “Hast thou not seen how Allah hath sent down water from the sky and hath caused it to penetrate the earth as watersprings, and afterward thereby produceth crops of divers hues; and afterward they wither and thou seest them turn yellow; then He maketh them chaff. Lo! herein verily is a reminder for men of understanding.” (39:21) 110 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:19,320 “Hast thou not seen how Allah hath sent down water from the sky and hath caused it to penetrate the earth as watersprings, and afterward thereby produceth crops of divers hues; and afterward they wither and thou seest them turn yellow; then He maketh them chaff. Lo! herein verily is a reminder for men of understanding.” (39:21) 111 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:31,320 “Hast thou not seen how Allah hath sent down water from the sky and hath caused it to penetrate the earth as watersprings, and afterward thereby produceth crops of divers hues; and afterward they wither and thou seest them turn yellow; then He maketh them chaff. Lo! herein verily is a reminder for men of understanding.” (39:21) 112 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:38,320 “Hast thou not seen how Allah hath sent down water from the sky and hath caused it to penetrate the earth as watersprings, and afterward thereby produceth crops of divers hues; and afterward they wither and thou seest them turn yellow; then He maketh them chaff. Lo! herein verily is a reminder for men of understanding.” (39:21) 113 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:44,210 Do you not see, O Muhammad, that Allah sent down rain from the sky, 114 00:09:44,210 --> 00:09:47,210 and caused it to flow as springs in the earth? 115 00:09:47,210 --> 00:09:51,210 Then He produced with that water various kinds [of crops], 116 00:09:51,210 --> 00:09:55,210 including wheat, barley, sesame, and rice. 117 00:09:55,210 --> 00:10:01,210 Then that crop dries up after its greenness, and you see it yellow. 118 00:10:01,210 --> 00:10:07,210 Then He makes that crop, after it has become dry, broken debris. 119 00:10:07,210 --> 00:10:13,210 Indeed, in Allah's doing that is a reminder and a lesson for people of intellect, that they may take heed. 120 00:10:13,210 --> 00:10:16,210 So they know that He who did that, 121 00:10:16,210 --> 00:10:20,210 will never be unable to bring about whatever He wills of things. 122 00:10:20,210 --> 00:10:26,399 “Is he whose bosom Allah hath expanded for Al-Islam, so that he followeth a light from his Lord, (as he who disbelieveth)? Then woe unto those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of Allah. Such are in plain error.” (39:22) 123 00:10:26,399 --> 00:10:29,399 “Is he whose bosom Allah hath expanded for Al-Islam, so that he followeth a light from his Lord, (as he who disbelieveth)? Then woe unto those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of Allah. Such are in plain error.” (39:22) 124 00:10:29,399 --> 00:10:37,399 “Is he whose bosom Allah hath expanded for Al-Islam, so that he followeth a light from his Lord, (as he who disbelieveth)? Then woe unto those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of Allah. Such are in plain error.” (39:22) 125 00:10:37,399 --> 00:10:43,399 Those are in clear error. 126 00:10:43,399 --> 00:10:48,039 Is one whose heart Allah has expanded for His knowledge, 127 00:10:48,039 --> 00:10:51,039 so he is upon insight and certainty [equal to the one whose heart is hardened]? 128 00:10:51,039 --> 00:10:53,039 [Is he equal to] one whose heart Allah has hardened, 129 00:10:53,039 --> 00:10:57,039 and narrowed against listening to the truth and acting upon what is right? 130 00:10:57,039 --> 00:11:01,039 So woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the Qur'an, 131 00:11:01,039 --> 00:11:04,039 which He sent down as a reminder to His servants. 132 00:11:05,039 --> 00:11:12,039 Those whose hearts are hardened are in clear error to anyone who contemplates and reflects upon them. 133 00:11:12,039 --> 00:11:18,870 “Allah hath (now) revealed the fairest of statements, a Scripture consistent, (wherein promises of reward are) paired (with threats of punishment), whereat doth creep the flesh of those who fear their Lord, so that their flesh and their hearts soften to Allah's reminder. Such is Allah's guidance, wherewith He guideth whom He will. And him whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide.” (39:23) 134 00:11:18,870 --> 00:11:26,870 [It is] a Book where the skins of those who fear their Lord shiver from it. 135 00:11:26,870 --> 00:11:38,870 “Allah hath (now) revealed the fairest of statements, a Scripture consistent, (wherein promises of reward are) paired (with threats of punishment), whereat doth creep the flesh of those who fear their Lord, so that their flesh and their hearts soften to Allah's reminder. Such is Allah's guidance, wherewith He guideth whom He will. And him whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide.” (39:23) 136 00:11:38,870 --> 00:11:44,870 That is the guidance of Allah; He guides with it whom He wills. 137 00:11:44,870 --> 00:11:49,870 And whoever Allah leaves astray, there is no guide for him. 138 00:11:51,700 --> 00:11:55,700 Allah has sent down the Qur'an, its parts resembling one another, 139 00:11:55,700 --> 00:11:58,700 with no contradiction or inconsistency in it. 140 00:11:58,700 --> 00:12:04,700 In it, the reports, news, judgments, rulings, and proofs are repeated. 141 00:12:04,700 --> 00:12:08,700 The skins of those who fear their Lord shiver from hearing it. 142 00:12:08,700 --> 00:12:15,700 Then their skins and their hearts soften to acting upon what is in the Book of Allah and believing in it. 143 00:12:15,700 --> 00:12:18,700 This which befalls these people 144 00:12:18,700 --> 00:12:22,700 is a success from Allah, which He has granted them. 145 00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:26,700 Allah guides with the Qur'an whom He wills of His servants. 146 00:12:26,700 --> 00:12:31,700 And whoever Allah leaves without support regarding faith in this Qur'an and belief in it, 147 00:12:31,700 --> 00:12:36,700 there is no one to grant him success or guide him to follow it. 148 00:12:36,700 --> 00:12:45,500 “Is he then, who will strike his face against the awful doom upon the Day of Resurrection (as he who doeth right)? And it will be said unto the wrong-doers: Taste what ye used to earn.” (39:24) 149 00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:53,299 “Is he then, who will strike his face against the awful doom upon the Day of Resurrection (as he who doeth right)? And it will be said unto the wrong-doers: Taste what ye used to earn.” (39:24) 150 00:12:53,299 --> 00:12:58,299 “Is he then, who will strike his face against the awful doom upon the Day of Resurrection (as he who doeth right)? And it will be said unto the wrong-doers: Taste what ye used to earn.” (39:24) 151 00:12:58,299 --> 00:13:00,299 Is he who enjoys the Gardens [of Paradise equal to the one in the Fire]? 152 00:13:00,299 --> 00:13:04,299 And it will be said on that Day to those who wronged themselves: 153 00:13:04,299 --> 00:13:10,299 "Taste today, O people, the consequence of what you used to earn in the world of the disobedience of Allah." 154 00:13:10,299 --> 00:13:19,909 “Those before them denied, and so the doom came on them whence they knew not.” (39:25) 155 00:13:19,909 --> 00:13:24,909 “Thus Allah made them taste humiliation in the life of the world, and verily the doom of the Hereafter will be greater if they did but know.” (39:26) 156 00:13:24,909 --> 00:13:32,909 And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew. 157 00:13:32,909 --> 00:13:40,000 Those before these polytheists from the nations that passed away denied [the truth], 158 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:46,000 so the punishment of Allah came upon them from where they did not expect its arrival. 159 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:50,000 So Allah hastened the humiliation for these nations in this world. 160 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:57,000 And the punishment of Allah for them in the Hereafter is greater than the punishment with which He punished them in this world. 161 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:01,000 If these polytheists of Quraysh only knew that. 162 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:12,700 “And verily We have coined for mankind in this Qur'an all kinds of similitudes, that haply they may reflect;” (39:27) 163 00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:21,309 And We have presented for these polytheists in this Qur'an every [kind of] example from the parables of the past generations, 164 00:14:21,309 --> 00:14:27,309 as a warning to them, so that they might take heed and refrain from the disbelief in Allah they are upon. 165 00:14:36,039 --> 00:14:40,460 We have certainly presented for the people in this Qur'an every [kind of] example. 166 00:14:41,460 --> 00:14:47,460 An Arabic Qur'an, containing no ambiguity, so that they may understand the warnings in it, 167 00:14:47,460 --> 00:14:53,460 so that they may fear what Allah has warned them of regarding His might, and turn in repentance to His worship. 168 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:18,929 Praise be to Allah, but most of them do not know. 169 00:15:18,929 --> 00:15:21,929 Allah presents an example of this disbeliever: 170 00:15:21,929 --> 00:15:26,929 a man who is [owned] by a group of partners who are different and disputing, 171 00:15:26,929 --> 00:15:32,929 and each one of them uses him according to his share and ownership of him. 172 00:15:32,929 --> 00:15:39,929 And [another] man who belongs exclusively to one man—meaning the believing monotheist who has dedicated his worship to Allah alone. 173 00:15:39,929 --> 00:15:46,120 Are they equal—this one who serves a group of partners whose characters are evil, 174 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:51,120 and the one who serves one [master] whom no one disputes with him over? 175 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:56,190 So which of these two is better in condition, more at ease in body, and less in fatigue? 176 00:15:56,190 --> 00:16:01,279 Perfect gratitude is due to Allah alone, to the exclusion of every other object of worship. 177 00:16:01,279 --> 00:16:07,279 But most of these polytheists do not know that they are not equal. 178 00:16:07,279 --> 00:16:13,279 So, in their ignorance of that, they worship various gods besides Allah. 179 00:16:13,279 --> 00:16:22,309 “Lo! thou wilt die, and lo! they will die;” (39:30) 180 00:16:22,309 --> 00:16:31,490 “Then lo! on the Day of Resurrection, before your Lord ye will dispute.” (39:31) 181 00:16:31,490 --> 00:16:36,039 Indeed, you, O Muhammad, will die before long. 182 00:16:36,039 --> 00:16:42,039 And these deniers among your people, and the believers among them, will die. 183 00:16:42,039 --> 00:16:50,039 Then, all of you, the believers and the disbelievers, will on the Day of Resurrection before your Lord dispute. 184 00:16:50,039 --> 00:16:54,039 So He will take [justice] for the oppressed among you from the oppressor. 185 00:16:54,039 --> 00:16:59,509 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.