WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.060 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.179 --> 00:00:07.980 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:12.640 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil Ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:12.900 --> 00:00:16.410 Surah al-Fatihah. 00:00:17.539 --> 00:00:20.960 I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. 00:00:21.589 --> 00:00:25.489 I seek the protection of Allah, to the exclusion of all His creation. 00:00:25.730 --> 00:00:29.329 From Satan, that he might harm me in my religion. 00:00:29.329 --> 00:00:31.429 The accursed and reviled one. 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:34.259 The term "Satan" in the speech of the Arabs. 00:00:34.259 --> 00:00:39.000 Refers to every rebellious entity among the jinn, mankind, beasts, and all things. 00:00:39.979 --> 00:00:43.979 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:45.020 --> 00:00:49.520 Allah disciplined His Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:54.520 By teaching him to invoke His Beautiful Names before all his actions. 00:00:55.020 --> 00:00:59.520 And by presenting them to him as a description before all his important tasks. 00:01:00.020 --> 00:01:04.519 He made this discipline and instruction that He taught him. 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:08.019 A Sunnah for all His creation to follow. 00:01:08.019 --> 00:01:11.019 And a path for them to pursue. 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:16.519 The meaning is: I begin by naming Allah and mentioning Him before all things. 00:01:17.049 --> 00:01:20.549 Allah, whom all things worship and turn to. 00:01:20.549 --> 00:01:22.549 And whom all creation serves. 00:01:23.049 --> 00:01:26.549 The Most Gracious to all His creation in this world and the Hereafter. 00:01:27.049 --> 00:01:31.549 And the Most Merciful specifically to the believers in this world and the Hereafter. 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:37.260 All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. 00:01:38.299 --> 00:01:42.799 Praise is exclusively for Allah, to the exclusion of all that is worshipped besides Him. 00:01:43.299 --> 00:01:48.299 For the blessings He has bestowed upon His servants without any merit on their part. 00:01:48.900 --> 00:01:53.400 The Master who has no equal or likeness in His sovereignty. 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:57.900 The One who rectifies the affairs of His creation through the blessings He has lavished upon them. 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:01.400 "Worlds" (al-'alamin) is a name for the various categories of nations. 00:02:01.900 --> 00:02:03.900 Every category among them is a "world." 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:10.400 The people of every era from every category constitute the "world" of that era and that time. 00:02:10.900 --> 00:02:13.900 Thus, mankind is a world, and the jinn are a world. 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:16.900 Likewise are all other species of creation. 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:20.400 Each species among them is the world of its time. 00:02:21.150 --> 00:02:25.150 The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:02:25.650 --> 00:02:30.289 The Most Gracious to all His creation in this world and the Hereafter. 00:02:30.789 --> 00:02:34.789 And the Most Merciful specifically to the believers in this world and the Hereafter. 00:02:35.550 --> 00:02:39.550 Master of the Day of Judgment. 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:44.699 Allah possesses the authority to judge between them and deliver the final verdict. 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:48.199 He is unique in this, to the exclusion of all His creation. 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:54.199 No one shares with Him any authority on the Day of Reckoning and recompense for deeds. 00:02:54.759 --> 00:03:00.759 “Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help.” (1:5) 00:03:01.810 --> 00:03:04.810 To You, O Allah, we humble ourselves, submit, and yield. 00:03:05.310 --> 00:03:09.310 Acknowledging You, our Lord, as the sole Lord, and none other. 00:03:09.810 --> 00:03:15.310 And in You, our Lord, we seek help to worship You and obey You. 00:03:15.310 --> 00:03:19.310 And in all our affairs, there is no one besides You. 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:24.340 Guide us to the straight path. 00:03:25.189 --> 00:03:32.689 Grant us success in remaining steadfast upon the path You are pleased with, which You granted to those whom You favored among Your prophets and those who obey You. 00:03:33.189 --> 00:03:37.689 The path and clear methodology that has no crookedness in it. 00:03:38.349 --> 00:03:44.849 “The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not the (path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray.” (1:7) 00:03:44.849 --> 00:03:50.719 Nor of those who have gone astray. 00:03:53.229 --> 00:03:55.729 Guide us, O our Lord, to the straight path. 00:03:56.229 --> 00:04:00.729 The path of those upon whom You have bestowed Your favor through obedience and worship of You. 00:04:01.229 --> 00:04:06.729 From among Your angels, Your prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous. 00:04:07.229 --> 00:04:11.729 Not of those who have incurred Your wrath, whom Allah described by His saying: 00:04:12.229 --> 00:04:18.730 “Shall I tell thee of a worse (case) than theirs for retribution with Allah? (Worse is the case of him) whom Allah hath cursed, him on whom His wrath hath fallen and of whose sort Allah hath turned some to apes and swine, and who serveth idols. Such are in worse plight and further astray from the plain road.” (5:60) 00:04:19.230 --> 00:04:23.730 And not of the Christians whom Allah caused to go astray by His saying: 00:04:24.230 --> 00:04:28.730 “Say: O People of the Scripture! Stress not in your religion other than the truth, and follow not the vain desires of folk who erred of old and led many astray, and erred from a plain road.” (5:77) 00:04:29.329 --> 00:04:34.329 “Say: O People of the Scripture! Stress not in your religion other than the truth, and follow not the vain desires of folk who erred of old and led many astray, and erred from a plain road.” (5:77)