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 --> 00:00:08,070 The summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 3 00:00:08,580 --> 00:00:12,740 Abridged by Dr. Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari. 4 00:00:13,980 --> 00:00:16,339 Surah al-Takathur. 5 00:00:18,579 --> 00:00:22,539 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 6 00:00:22,539 --> 00:00:25,100 ﴾The mutual rivalry for piling up [of worldly things] diverts you﴿. 7 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:28,100 ﴾Until you visit the graves﴿. 8 00:00:28,100 --> 00:00:31,539 ﴾Nay! You shall come to know!﴿ 9 00:00:31,699 --> 00:00:36,990 ﴾Again, nay! You shall come to know!﴿ 10 00:00:36,990 --> 00:00:41,590 ﴾Nay! If you knew with a sure knowledge﴿. 11 00:00:42,659 --> 00:00:46,859 "Diverts you," O people, means the boasting of wealth and numbers. 12 00:00:46,859 --> 00:00:48,859 From the obedience of your Lord. 13 00:00:48,859 --> 00:00:52,460 And from that which would save you from His wrath upon you. 14 00:00:52,460 --> 00:00:56,579 Until you reach the graves and are buried within them. 15 00:00:56,579 --> 00:01:01,219 In this is evidence for the validity of the belief in the punishment of the grave. 16 00:01:01,299 --> 00:01:07,019 "Nay," meaning: it is not fitting for you to let the rivalry for piling up divert you. 17 00:01:07,019 --> 00:01:13,099 "You shall come to know," when you visit the graves, O people who were diverted by the rivalry for piling up. 18 00:01:13,099 --> 00:01:18,859 The consequence of your actions and your preoccupation in this world with piling up, away from the obedience of your Lord. 19 00:01:18,859 --> 00:01:25,700 Then, "Nay," it is not fitting for you to let the rivalry for piling up in wealth and numbers divert you. 20 00:01:25,739 --> 00:01:31,780 "You shall come to know," when you visit the graves, what you will encounter once you have visited them. 21 00:01:31,780 --> 00:01:36,430 Of the unpleasantness of your preoccupation with piling up, away from the obedience of your Lord. 22 00:01:36,430 --> 00:01:40,670 He repeated His saying, "Nay! You shall come to know!" twice. 23 00:01:40,670 --> 00:01:45,150 Because when the Arabs intended to emphasize a warning or a threat, 24 00:01:45,150 --> 00:01:47,829 They would repeat the word twice. 25 00:01:47,829 --> 00:01:53,269 It is not fitting for you to let the rivalry for piling up divert you, O people. 26 00:01:53,310 --> 00:01:56,750 If you knew, O people, with a sure knowledge, 27 00:01:56,750 --> 00:02:02,469 That Allah will resurrect you on the Day of Resurrection after your death from your graves, 28 00:02:02,469 --> 00:02:06,629 The rivalry for piling up would not have diverted you from the obedience of Allah, your Lord. 29 00:02:06,629 --> 00:02:11,629 You would have hastened to His worship and to fulfilling His commands and prohibitions. 30 00:02:11,629 --> 00:02:17,180 And you would have renounced the world out of fear for your own souls from His punishment. 31 00:02:17,180 --> 00:02:21,259 ﴾You shall certainly see Hell-fire!﴿ 32 00:02:21,259 --> 00:02:27,539 “Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.” (102:7) 33 00:02:27,539 --> 00:02:36,939 ﴾Then you shall be questioned that Day about the delights!﴿ 34 00:02:36,939 --> 00:02:41,340 You shall certainly see, O polytheists, Hell-fire on the Day of Resurrection. 35 00:02:41,340 --> 00:02:45,819 Then you shall see it with your own eyes, never to be absent from it. 36 00:02:45,819 --> 00:02:49,810 Then you shall be questioned that Day about the delights. 37 00:02:49,849 --> 00:02:53,969 The exegetes differed regarding what those "delights" are. 38 00:02:53,969 --> 00:02:57,810 Some said it is security and health. 39 00:02:57,810 --> 00:03:03,770 Others said it is what has been granted to them of hearing, sight, and bodily health. 40 00:03:03,770 --> 00:03:07,129 Others said it is well-being. 41 00:03:07,129 --> 00:03:13,689 Others said it refers to some of what a person eats or drinks. 42 00:03:13,689 --> 00:03:19,590 Others said it is everything a person enjoyed in this world. 43 00:03:19,590 --> 00:03:26,789 The correct view is that Allah informed us that He will question these people about the delights. 44 00:03:26,789 --> 00:03:32,830 He did not specify in His report that He would question them about one type of delight to the exclusion of another. 45 00:03:32,830 --> 00:03:36,229 Rather, the report is general regarding all of them. 46 00:03:36,229 --> 00:03:43,879 He will question them, as He said, about all delights, not just some to the exclusion of others. 47 00:03:43,879 --> 00:03:47,319 The summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.