In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation
It was summarized by Dr. Aqeel bin Salem Al-Shammar
Surah Fussilat
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Say, “Do you disbelieve in Him who created the earth in two days?”
And you make him equals
That is the Lord of the worlds
Say, “Do you disbelieve in Him who created the earth in two days?”
This is on Sunday and Monday
And you make equals to those who created this
Who did this deed and created the earth in two days
Owner of all jinn and humans
And all other races of creation
Everything below it is completely boring
How is it possible for him to have a rival?
And He placed therein mountains above it
And bless her
He estimated its sustenance therein
In four days
In four days, all the same for those who ask
And He placed mountains in the earth, solid mountains above the earth on its back
And bless the earth
So make it always good for its people
He determined the sustenance of its people on earth
This is what provides them with food and livelihood
In four days
He is emptied of the creation of the earth and all its causes and benefits
Of trees and water in four days
The first one is on Sunday
The last of them is on the fourth day
Its sustenances are equal to those who ask for it
For what they need
And what works for them
Then he turned to the sky while it was smoke
The ruler of the land said to her: They came willingly or unwillingly
She said: We came obediently
Then he rose to the sky
God said to heaven and earth
Bring what I created in you
As for you, Sky?
So reveal what I created in you of the sun, moon, and stars
And as for you, Earth?
So bring out what I created in you of trees, fruits, and plants
And break away from the rivers
She said
We brought what you created in us
Responding to your command
He spent seven heavens in two days
And He revealed its command to every heaven
And We adorned the lower heaven with lamps and protection
That is the appreciation of the Almighty, the All-Knowing
He created seven heavens in two days
This is on Thursday and Friday
And it was cast into each of the seven heavens
What he wanted from creation
And We have adorned the lower heaven, O people, with stars
This is what I described to you
Appreciation of the Almighty in his vengeance against his enemies
He knows the secrets of His servants and their revelations
If they turn away, then say, “I warn you about its attack.”
Such as Saat Ad and Thamud
When the messengers came to them from before them
And behind them
Do not worship anyone but God
They said: If our Lord had willed, He would have sent down angels
We will receive what you sent
If these polytheists turn away from this argument
So tell them
I warn you people with a thunderbolt
You will be destroyed like the thunderbolt of Ad and Thamud
When the messengers came to Ad and Thamud from before them
They are the messengers who came to their fathers
And behind them
And behind the messengers who were sent are messengers
The messengers came to them telling them not to worship anyone but God
They said to their messengers
If our Lord had willed, we would unite Him
To send down to us angels from heaven
Message what you are calling us to
He did not send you while you were human beings like us
For we deny what your Lord has sent you to us with
As for Aad, they were arrogant on earth without right
They said: Who is stronger than us?
Did they not see that it was God who created them?
He is stronger than them
And they denied Our signs
As for 'Ad, the people were Hud
So they were arrogant before their Lord
And they were forced into the land
So We sent upon them a roaring wind
In the days we taste them, we will taste them
They said: Who is stronger than us?
Did they not see that it was God who created them?
He gave them great character and intensity of brutality
He is stronger than them
They warn of punishment
And they denied our evidence and arguments against them
We will make them taste the torment of humiliation in this worldly life
And the torment of the Hereafter is more humiliating
And they are not helped
So We sent a strong wind on Ad
In bad days
And Our torment of them in the Hereafter is more shameful
They are most insulted and humiliated
And there will be no helper from God on the Day of Resurrection
As for Thamud, We guided them
So they preferred blindness to guidance
Then the thunderbolt of humiliating torment seized them
With what they were earning
And We saved those who believed and feared
As for Thamud
So We showed them the path of truth and the path of righteousness
So they chose misguidance over the clarification that I made clear to them
So I destroyed them from the humiliating and humiliating torment that humiliated them
Because of the sins they were earning due to their disbelief in God
And We saved those who united with God from torment
And they feared God
So they believed his messengers and removed the gods and rivals
And on the day when the enemies of God are gathered to Hell, they will be distributed
Even if they come to her
Their hearing and sight bore witness to them
And their skins for what they used to do
On the day these polytheists will gather the enemies of God into the fire of hell
They imprison the first of them over the last
Even when they come to Hell
Their hearing testified against them as to what they used to listen to in this world
And their vision of what they were looking at
And their skins for what they used to do
And they said to their skins, “Why did you testify against us?”
They said, “God, who makes all things speak,” gave us speech
He created you the first time, and to Him you will be returned
These are those who will be gathered into the Fire because of their skins when they bear witness against them
When you witnessed against us what we were doing in this world
Their skins answered them
God, who speaks everything, gave us speech
So we spoke
God created you as the first creation, and you were nothing
And to Him is your fate after your death
And you were not hiding lest he bear witness against you
Your hearing, your sight, or your skin
But you thought that God does not know much of what you do
And you did not hide anything in this world
So they abandoned riding God’s prohibitions
Beware that your hearing, sight, and skin bear witness against you
But you thought, when you rode in this world, that you were disobeying God
God does not know much of what you do
And that is your assumption that you thought about your Lord that has destroyed you
So you became among the losers
This is the belief that you have about your Lord
He is the one who destroyed you
Because you dared to violate God’s prohibitions
Today you have become among the perished
If they are patient, then Hell is their abode
And if they ask for reproach, they are not among those who are blamed
If these people are patient with the fire
Fire is their home
And if they ask that they return to the one they love by easing their torment
They are not the people who will be returned to Paradise
The torment they are in will be lightened for them
Conclusion from Tafsir al-Tabrine