1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,080 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 3 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:12,740 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari. 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,919 Surah Saba'. 5 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:22,219 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 6 00:00:22,219 --> 00:00:28,589 "I only advise you of one thing." 7 00:00:28,589 --> 00:00:35,750 “Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I exhort you unto one thing only: that ye awake, for Allah's sake, by twos and singly, and then reflect: There is no madness in your comrade. He is naught else than a warner unto you in face of a terrific doom.” (34:46) 8 00:00:35,950 --> 00:00:40,950 “Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I exhort you unto one thing only: that ye awake, for Allah's sake, by twos and singly, and then reflect: There is no madness in your comrade. He is naught else than a warner unto you in face of a terrific doom.” (34:46) 9 00:00:40,950 --> 00:00:48,869 “Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I exhort you unto one thing only: that ye awake, for Allah's sake, by twos and singly, and then reflect: There is no madness in your comrade. He is naught else than a warner unto you in face of a terrific doom.” (34:46) 10 00:00:50,409 --> 00:00:54,409 Say, O Muhammad, to these polytheists of your people: 11 00:00:54,409 --> 00:00:58,009 "I only advise you, O people, of one thing." 12 00:00:58,009 --> 00:01:00,039 And that is obedience to Allah. 13 00:01:00,039 --> 00:01:03,640 That one thing which I advise you with 14 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:07,840 Is that you stand for the sake of Allah with sincerity and abandon your desires. 15 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,840 Let one of you stand with another, 16 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,840 And let them engage in a sincere discussion: 17 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,840 "Have you perceived any madness in Muhammad?" 18 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,840 Then let each one of you reflect alone, 19 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,900 And consider whether he is truly afflicted with that. 20 00:01:23,900 --> 00:01:29,900 Muhammad is nothing but a warner to you, warning you of the punishment for your disbelief in Allah, 21 00:01:29,900 --> 00:01:34,930 Before the torment of Hell reaches you. 22 00:01:34,930 --> 00:01:39,930 “Say: Whatever reward I might have asked of you is yours. My reward is the affair of Allah only. He is Witness over all things.” (34:47) 23 00:01:39,930 --> 00:01:44,930 "My reward is only from Allah." 24 00:01:44,930 --> 00:01:48,930 “Say: Whatever reward I might have asked of you is yours. My reward is the affair of Allah only. He is Witness over all things.” (34:47) 25 00:01:50,890 --> 00:01:52,890 Say, O Muhammad, to your people: 26 00:01:52,890 --> 00:01:57,890 "I do not ask of you any payment for warning you of the punishment of Allah, 27 00:01:57,890 --> 00:01:59,890 Or for my sincere advice to you." 28 00:01:59,890 --> 00:02:04,890 My reward for calling you to faith in Allah and to act in obedience to Him 29 00:02:04,890 --> 00:02:06,890 Is only from Allah. 30 00:02:06,890 --> 00:02:09,889 And Allah, regarding the truth of what I say to you, 31 00:02:09,889 --> 00:02:11,889 Is a Witness who testifies for me, 32 00:02:11,889 --> 00:02:16,659 And over all other things as well. 33 00:02:16,659 --> 00:02:24,199 “Say: Lo! my Lord hurleth the truth. (He is) the Knower of Things Hidden.” (34:48) 34 00:02:24,199 --> 00:02:27,199 Say, O Muhammad, to the polytheists of your people: 35 00:02:27,199 --> 00:02:30,199 "My Lord sends down revelation from the heaven, 36 00:02:30,199 --> 00:02:35,199 And casts it upon His Prophet, Muhammad, peace be upon him." 37 00:02:35,199 --> 00:02:38,199 He knows what is hidden from sight. 38 00:02:38,199 --> 00:02:46,840 “Say: The Truth hath come, and falsehood showeth not its face and will not return.” (34:49) 39 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:52,449 Say to them, O Muhammad: "The Qur'an and the revelation of Allah have come." 40 00:02:52,449 --> 00:02:55,449 And falsehood cannot originate any creation, 41 00:02:55,449 --> 00:02:57,449 For falsehood is Iblis, 42 00:02:57,449 --> 00:03:01,449 Nor can it restore it to life after its destruction. 43 00:03:01,449 --> 00:03:08,090 “Say: If I err, I err only to my own loss, and if I am rightly guided it is because of that which my Lord hath revealed unto me. Lo! He is Hearer, Nigh.” (34:50) 44 00:03:08,090 --> 00:03:13,090 “Say: If I err, I err only to my own loss, and if I am rightly guided it is because of that which my Lord hath revealed unto me. Lo! He is Hearer, Nigh.” (34:50) 45 00:03:13,090 --> 00:03:18,090 Indeed, He is All-Hearing, Ever-Near. 46 00:03:18,090 --> 00:03:20,919 Say, O Muhammad, to your people: 47 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:22,919 "If I go astray from guidance, 48 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,919 Then my straying is only to the detriment of my own soul." 49 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:27,919 "And if I remain steadfast upon the truth, 50 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,919 It is by the revelation of Allah which He reveals to me." 51 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:35,919 Indeed, my Lord is All-Hearing of what I say to you and is its Guardian. 52 00:03:35,919 --> 00:03:39,919 And He is the One who will reward me for my truthfulness in that. 53 00:03:39,919 --> 00:03:42,919 And that is not far from Him. 54 00:03:42,919 --> 00:03:46,919 It is not difficult for Him to hear what I say to you, what you say, 55 00:03:46,919 --> 00:03:49,919 Or what others say. 56 00:03:49,919 --> 00:03:55,919 Rather, He is near to every speaker, hearing everything that is uttered. 57 00:04:04,909 --> 00:04:09,740 If you could but see, O Muhammad, these polytheists of your people, 58 00:04:09,740 --> 00:04:14,740 When you witness them in their terror upon seeing the punishment of Allah, 59 00:04:14,740 --> 00:04:18,740 There will be no way for them to escape by themselves, 60 00:04:18,740 --> 00:04:20,740 Nor will they be able to elude Us by fleeing. 61 00:04:20,740 --> 00:04:24,740 Allah will seize them with His punishment from a place that is near, 62 00:04:24,740 --> 00:04:29,740 Because wherever they are, they are near to Allah and cannot be far from Him. 63 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,149 And they will say when they witness the punishment: 64 00:04:46,149 --> 00:04:48,149 "We believe in Allah." 65 00:04:48,149 --> 00:04:51,149 But how can they attain it? 66 00:04:51,149 --> 00:04:55,149 Where is the opportunity for repentance and return, now that it has become distant from them? 67 00:04:55,149 --> 00:05:00,149 They have become like one trying to reach something from a far-off place. 68 00:05:00,149 --> 00:05:03,149 This is because they will say that on the Day of Resurrection, 69 00:05:03,149 --> 00:05:07,149 Whereas accepted repentance was only possible in the worldly life. 70 00:05:07,149 --> 00:05:12,149 The worldly life has passed, and it has become distant from the Hereafter. 71 00:05:19,180 --> 00:05:26,750 They had previously disbelieved in what they are now asking their Lord for when the punishment descends upon them. 72 00:05:26,750 --> 00:05:30,750 That is faith in Allah and in Muhammad. 73 00:05:30,750 --> 00:05:35,750 Today, they cast stones at the unseen regarding Muhammad from a distant place, 74 00:05:35,750 --> 00:05:38,750 Some saying he is a sorcerer, 75 00:05:38,750 --> 00:05:42,750 Others saying he is a poet, and so on. 76 00:05:50,300 --> 00:05:55,300 Just as was done with their predecessors. 77 00:05:55,300 --> 00:06:02,300 “And a gulf is set between them and that which they desire, as was done for people of their kind of old. Lo! they were in hopeless doubt.” (34:54) 78 00:06:02,300 --> 00:06:10,129 A barrier will be placed between these polytheists and what they desire at that time of faith. 79 00:06:10,129 --> 00:06:13,129 We have done to these polytheists 80 00:06:13,129 --> 00:06:19,129 Just as We did to their predecessors among the disbelieving nations before them, due to their disbelief in Allah. 81 00:06:19,129 --> 00:06:24,129 They were, in the worldly life, in doubt regarding the descent of the punishment, 82 00:06:24,129 --> 00:06:29,129 A doubt that causes the one who holds it to be in a state of confusion.