WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:08.039 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.589 --> 00:00:12.710 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:14.019 --> 00:00:16.219 Surah al-Ahqaf. 00:00:18.780 --> 00:00:23.660 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:24.390 --> 00:00:26.510 And mention the brother of 'Ad. 00:00:26.510 --> 00:00:34.909 “And make mention (O Muhammad) of the brother of A'ad when he warned his folk among the wind-curved sandhills - and verily warners came and went before and after him - saying: Serve none but Allah. Lo! I fear for you the doom of a tremendous Day.” (46:21) 00:00:34.909 --> 00:00:46.549 “And make mention (O Muhammad) of the brother of A'ad when he warned his folk among the wind-curved sandhills - and verily warners came and went before and after him - saying: Serve none but Allah. Lo! I fear for you the doom of a tremendous Day.” (46:21) 00:00:46.549 --> 00:00:49.990 That you worship none but Allah. 00:00:50.469 --> 00:00:56.310 Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day. 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:01.560 Mention, O Muhammad, to your people the story of Hud, the brother of 'Ad. 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:06.319 For Allah has sent you to them just as He sent him to 'Ad. 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:09.640 When he warned his people, the 'Ad, in al-Ahqaf. 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:13.000 Which are the elevated, elongated sand dunes. 00:01:13.239 --> 00:01:14.680 And these were their dwellings. 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:19.959 Messengers had already passed by, warning their nations before and after Hud. 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:24.560 That you should not associate anything with Allah in your worship of Him. 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:27.519 Indeed, I fear for you, O people, 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:31.760 Because of your worship of others besides Allah, the punishment of Allah on a tremendous Day. 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:33.840 Which is the Day of Resurrection. 00:01:51.379 --> 00:01:52.900 The 'Ad said to Hud: 00:01:53.459 --> 00:01:57.659 "Have you come to us, O Hud, to turn us away from the worship of our gods, 00:01:57.659 --> 00:02:00.099 To the worship of that to which you invite us? 00:02:00.659 --> 00:02:03.140 Then bring upon us what you promise us of punishment, 00:02:03.140 --> 00:02:05.620 If you are among the truthful in your claim." 00:02:07.299 --> 00:02:11.099 “He said: The knowledge is with Allah only. I convey unto you that wherewith I have been sent, but I see you are a folk that know not.” (46:23) 00:02:11.099 --> 00:02:19.060 “He said: The knowledge is with Allah only. I convey unto you that wherewith I have been sent, but I see you are a folk that know not.” (46:23) 00:02:19.060 --> 00:02:24.500 "But I see you as a people who are ignorant." 00:02:25.819 --> 00:02:27.379 Hud said to his people: 00:02:27.939 --> 00:02:31.180 "The knowledge of the time of the arrival of what I promise you 00:02:31.180 --> 00:02:33.340 Of the punishment of Allah rests with Allah alone. 00:02:33.860 --> 00:02:36.900 I know nothing of that except what He has taught me. 00:02:37.419 --> 00:02:40.460 I am but a messenger to you, a warner, 00:02:40.460 --> 00:02:44.099 Conveying to you the message with which I was sent. 00:02:44.659 --> 00:02:47.340 But I see you as a people who are ignorant, 00:02:47.340 --> 00:02:49.580 Regarding the true interests of your own selves, 00:02:49.979 --> 00:02:52.819 For you do not recognize the harm that will befall you 00:02:52.819 --> 00:02:55.060 By your worship of others besides Allah, 00:02:55.060 --> 00:02:56.860 And in your haste for His punishment." 00:02:58.139 --> 00:03:03.379 “Then, when they beheld it as a dense cloud coming toward their valleys, they said: Here is a cloud bringing us rain. Nay, but it is that which ye did seek to hasten, a wind wherein is painful torment,” (46:24) 00:03:03.379 --> 00:03:07.500 “Then, when they beheld it as a dense cloud coming toward their valleys, they said: Here is a cloud bringing us rain. Nay, but it is that which ye did seek to hasten, a wind wherein is painful torment,” (46:24) 00:03:08.099 --> 00:03:11.340 “Then, when they beheld it as a dense cloud coming toward their valleys, they said: Here is a cloud bringing us rain. Nay, but it is that which ye did seek to hasten, a wind wherein is painful torment,” (46:24) 00:03:11.900 --> 00:03:16.020 “Then, when they beheld it as a dense cloud coming toward their valleys, they said: Here is a cloud bringing us rain. Nay, but it is that which ye did seek to hasten, a wind wherein is painful torment,” (46:24) 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:20.960 Then, when the punishment of Allah, which they had sought to hasten, came to them, 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:25.759 They saw it as a cloud approaching in the horizon of the sky, 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:27.759 Heading toward their valleys. 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:31.199 “Then, when they beheld it as a dense cloud coming toward their valleys, they said: Here is a cloud bringing us rain. Nay, but it is that which ye did seek to hasten, a wind wherein is painful torment,” (46:24) 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:35.520 Thinking that it was rain coming to them, by which they would be revived. 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:37.039 Hud said: 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:40.199 "Rather, it is the punishment you sought to hasten. 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:43.639 It is a wind containing a painful punishment, 00:03:45.050 --> 00:03:49.849 “Destroying all things by commandment of its Lord. And morning found them so that naught could be seen save their dwellings. Thus do We reward the guilty folk.” (46:25) 00:03:49.849 --> 00:03:53.770 “Destroying all things by commandment of its Lord. And morning found them so that naught could be seen save their dwellings. Thus do We reward the guilty folk.” (46:25) 00:03:54.370 --> 00:03:58.689 Thus do We recompense the criminal people." 00:04:00.219 --> 00:04:04.740 It destroys everything it is sent to destroy. 00:04:05.419 --> 00:04:08.580 So the people of Hud became as though they had perished and vanished. 00:04:09.219 --> 00:04:11.500 Nothing could be seen in their lands, 00:04:11.500 --> 00:04:14.860 Except for their dwellings that they used to inhabit. 00:04:15.620 --> 00:04:19.220 Just as We recompensed 'Ad with punishment in the immediate life of this world, 00:04:19.699 --> 00:04:22.579 So do We recompense the people who disbelieve in Allah, 00:04:22.579 --> 00:04:26.220 When they persist in their error and transgress against their Lord. 00:04:27.569 --> 00:04:33.569 “And verily We had empowered them with that wherewith We have not empowered you, and had assigned them ears and eyes and hearts; but their ears and eyes and hearts availed them naught since they denied the revelations of Allah; and what they used to mock befell them.” (46:26) 00:04:33.569 --> 00:04:36.089 And We gave them hearing, 00:04:36.649 --> 00:04:43.250 “And verily We had empowered them with that wherewith We have not empowered you, and had assigned them ears and eyes and hearts; but their ears and eyes and hearts availed them naught since they denied the revelations of Allah; and what they used to mock befell them.” (46:26) 00:04:43.250 --> 00:04:47.689 But their hearing and their sight did not avail them anything. 00:04:47.689 --> 00:04:53.810 “And verily We had empowered them with that wherewith We have not empowered you, and had assigned them ears and eyes and hearts; but their ears and eyes and hearts availed them naught since they denied the revelations of Allah; and what they used to mock befell them.” (46:26) 00:04:54.410 --> 00:04:58.129 “And verily We had empowered them with that wherewith We have not empowered you, and had assigned them ears and eyes and hearts; but their ears and eyes and hearts availed them naught since they denied the revelations of Allah; and what they used to mock befell them.” (46:26) 00:04:58.129 --> 00:05:03.850 And they were encompassed by what they used to ridicule. 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:08.279 And We had established them, O people, the 'Ad, 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:11.079 In ways We have not established you in the world, 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:15.839 With abundance of wealth, stature, and physical strength. 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:20.399 And We gave them hearing with which to hear the admonitions of their Lord, 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:23.759 And sight with which to see the proofs of Allah, 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:28.120 And hearts with which to understand what harms them and what benefits them. 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:32.879 But their hearing, sight, and hearts did not avail them, 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:37.199 Since they did not use them in what would save them from the punishment of Allah, 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:40.240 As they used to deny the proofs of Allah, 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:41.439 Which were His messengers. 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:44.240 And the consequences of what they ridiculed returned upon them, 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:46.839 And what they mocked befell them. 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:50.759 So beware, lest there befall you what befell the 'Ad. 00:05:52.459 --> 00:05:56.660 “And verily We have destroyed townships round about you, and displayed (for them) Our revelation, that haply they might return.” (46:27) 00:05:56.660 --> 00:06:01.220 And We have explained the signs so that they might return. 00:06:02.709 --> 00:06:06.870 And We have destroyed, O people, the towns around your town, 00:06:07.430 --> 00:06:11.189 Such as the dwellings of Thamud, the land of Sodom, Ma'rib, and the like, 00:06:11.829 --> 00:06:14.670 And We admonished them with various types of warnings and proofs, 00:06:15.110 --> 00:06:20.149 So that they might return from the disbelief in Allah and His signs in which they persisted. 00:06:21.769 --> 00:06:28.889 “Then why did those whom they had chosen for gods as a way of approach (unto Allah) not help them? Nay, but they did fail them utterly. And (all) that was their lie, and what they used to invent.” (46:28) 00:06:29.649 --> 00:06:31.610 Rather, they were lost to them. 00:06:32.250 --> 00:06:37.089 “Then why did those whom they had chosen for gods as a way of approach (unto Allah) not help them? Nay, but they did fail them utterly. And (all) that was their lie, and what they used to invent.” (46:28) 00:06:38.860 --> 00:06:41.980 Why, then, did those whom We destroyed not help them, 00:06:41.980 --> 00:06:45.459 Or their idols which they took for worship as an offering, 00:06:45.459 --> 00:06:48.620 And as a means of drawing near to their Lord? 00:06:49.180 --> 00:06:52.779 When Our punishment came to them, they did not save them from Our torment. 00:06:53.620 --> 00:06:56.500 Rather, their gods abandoned them and did not answer them. 00:06:57.180 --> 00:07:00.500 And that was their falsehood which they used to invent, 00:07:01.060 --> 00:07:03.620 Saying, "These are our gods," 00:07:04.379 --> 00:07:07.220 Which they used to fabricate, saying, 00:07:07.779 --> 00:07:10.180 "They bring us closer to Allah in position," 00:07:10.620 --> 00:07:12.819 And, "They are our intercessors with Allah." 00:07:14.300 --> 00:07:21.699 “And when We inclined toward thee (Muhammad) certain of the jinn, who wished to hear the Qur'an and, when they were in its presence, said: Give ear! and, when it was finished, turned back to their people, warning.” (46:29) 00:07:22.379 --> 00:07:27.100 “And when We inclined toward thee (Muhammad) certain of the jinn, who wished to hear the Qur'an and, when they were in its presence, said: Give ear! and, when it was finished, turned back to their people, warning.” (46:29) 00:07:27.699 --> 00:07:34.540 “And when We inclined toward thee (Muhammad) certain of the jinn, who wished to hear the Qur'an and, when they were in its presence, said: Give ear! and, when it was finished, turned back to their people, warning.” (46:29) 00:07:36.250 --> 00:07:41.290 And when We directed to you, O Muhammad, a group of the jinn listening to the Qur'an. 00:07:42.009 --> 00:07:46.889 When they attended the Qur'an and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was reciting, 00:07:47.569 --> 00:07:49.089 They said to one another, 00:07:49.689 --> 00:07:52.089 "Listen quietly so that we may hear the Qur'an." 00:07:52.850 --> 00:07:57.889 When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) finished reciting the Qur'an, 00:07:58.490 --> 00:08:01.970 They turned back to their people, warning them of the punishment of Allah for disbelieving in Him. 00:08:12.250 --> 00:08:22.610 “They said: O our people! Lo! we have heard a scripture which hath been revealed after Moses, confirming that which was before it, guiding unto the truth and a right road.” (46:30) 00:08:24.149 --> 00:08:26.189 They said, "O our people among the jinn, 00:08:26.870 --> 00:08:30.870 We have heard a Book revealed after the Book of Moses, 00:08:31.470 --> 00:08:35.950 Confirming what came before it of the Books of Allah which He revealed to His messengers. 00:08:36.590 --> 00:08:40.110 It guides to the truth and to the straight path, 00:08:40.549 --> 00:08:41.750 Which is Islam." 00:08:43.070 --> 00:08:49.350 “O our people! respond to Allah's summoner and believe in Him. He will forgive you some of your sins and guard you from a painful doom.” (46:31) 00:08:49.990 --> 00:08:57.669 “O our people! respond to Allah's summoner and believe in Him. He will forgive you some of your sins and guard you from a painful doom.” (46:31) 00:08:58.269 --> 00:09:03.830 “And whoso respondeth not to Allah's summoner he can nowise escape in the earth, and he hath no protecting friends instead of Him. Such are in error manifest.” (46:32) 00:09:04.509 --> 00:09:12.269 “And whoso respondeth not to Allah's summoner he can nowise escape in the earth, and he hath no protecting friends instead of Him. Such are in error manifest.” (46:32) 00:09:12.870 --> 00:09:18.149 They are in clear error. 00:09:19.889 --> 00:09:25.850 "O our people, respond to the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, regarding what he invites you to of obedience to Allah, 00:09:26.370 --> 00:09:28.769 And believe him in what he has brought to you. 00:09:29.250 --> 00:09:33.649 Your Lord will forgive you your sins and conceal them for you, 00:09:34.289 --> 00:09:39.129 And He will save you from a painful punishment if you repent from your sins." 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:46.720 And whoever does not respond, O people, to the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, to the oneness of Allah, 00:09:47.200 --> 00:09:51.519 He will not be able to escape his Lord when He intends to punish him, 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:57.320 And he will have no protectors besides his Lord to help him against Allah when He punishes him. 00:09:57.919 --> 00:10:03.360 Those who did not respond to the caller of Allah are in deviation from the straight path. 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:06.879 It is clear to anyone who contemplates it that it is error. 00:10:23.159 --> 00:10:28.480 Do these deniers not see that Allah, who created His creation after their death, 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:34.389 Can see and know that Allah, who created the seven heavens and the earth, 00:10:34.789 --> 00:10:38.549 And was not wearied by their creation, so He would be unable to create them, 00:10:39.070 --> 00:10:41.470 Is capable of bringing the dead to life, 00:10:41.950 --> 00:10:44.870 Bringing them out of their graves alive? 00:10:45.350 --> 00:10:48.830 And He gives life to the dead, and He gives life to the dead, 00:10:48.830 --> 00:10:50.230 And He gives life to the dead, 00:10:50.750 --> 00:10:53.309 Bringing them out of their graves alive. 00:10:54.029 --> 00:10:54.549 Yes, 00:10:54.990 --> 00:10:59.110 He is capable of everything He wills to create and intends to do. 00:10:59.710 --> 00:11:03.909 He is Possessor of power; nothing incapacitates Him and nothing wearies Him. 00:11:05.500 --> 00:11:12.220 “And on the day when those who disbelieve are exposed to the Fire (they will be asked): Is not this real? They will say: Yea, by our Lord. He will say: Then taste the doom for that ye disbelieved.” (46:34) 00:11:12.820 --> 00:11:15.179 They said, "Yes, by our Lord." 00:11:15.740 --> 00:11:21.539 He said, "Then taste the punishment because you used to disbelieve." 00:11:22.970 --> 00:11:26.809 And on the Day these deniers of the Resurrection are presented to the Fire, 00:11:27.370 --> 00:11:29.169 It will be said to them then, 00:11:29.730 --> 00:11:36.250 "Is this not the punishment that you are suffering, and you used to deny it in the world, as the truth?" 00:11:36.970 --> 00:11:38.929 These disbelievers will answer, 00:11:39.490 --> 00:11:41.409 "Yes, it is the truth, by Allah." 00:11:42.129 --> 00:11:44.409 The One who confirms this will say to them, 00:11:45.049 --> 00:11:50.690 "Then taste the punishment of the Fire now because you used to reject it in the world and deny it." 00:11:52.059 --> 00:11:58.740 “Then have patience (O Muhammad) even as the stout of heart among the messengers (of old) had patience, and seek not to hasten on (the doom) for them. On the day when they see that which they are promised (it will seem to them) as though they had tarried but an hour of daylight. A clear message. Shall any be destroyed save evil-living folk?” (46:35) 00:11:59.340 --> 00:12:08.340 “Then have patience (O Muhammad) even as the stout of heart among the messengers (of old) had patience, and seek not to hasten on (the doom) for them. On the day when they see that which they are promised (it will seem to them) as though they had tarried but an hour of daylight. A clear message. Shall any be destroyed save evil-living folk?” (46:35) 00:12:09.019 --> 00:12:10.779 Yes. 00:12:11.220 --> 00:12:18.100 “Then have patience (O Muhammad) even as the stout of heart among the messengers (of old) had patience, and seek not to hasten on (the doom) for them. On the day when they see that which they are promised (it will seem to them) as though they had tarried but an hour of daylight. A clear message. Shall any be destroyed save evil-living folk?” (46:35) 00:12:19.700 --> 00:12:23.779 So be patient, O Muhammad, over what has afflicted you for the sake of Allah of harm, 00:12:24.059 --> 00:12:28.019 Just as the messengers of determination were patient in carrying out the command of Allah, 00:12:28.419 --> 00:12:34.139 From among His messengers whom no hardship they encountered in His cause prevented from executing His command. 00:12:34.850 --> 00:12:35.649 And it was said, 00:12:35.970 --> 00:12:37.690 That the messengers of determination among them 00:12:38.009 --> 00:12:42.090 Were those who were tested for the sake of Allah in the world with trials, 00:12:42.610 --> 00:12:46.129 And the trials only increased them in striving in the cause of Allah, 00:12:46.730 --> 00:12:50.210 Such as Noah, Abraham, Moses, and those like them. 00:12:50.889 --> 00:12:54.610 And do not be impatient for their punishment by asking your Lord, 00:12:55.049 --> 00:12:58.009 For that will inevitably befall them. 00:12:58.779 --> 00:13:03.860 As if, on the day they see the punishment of Allah which He promises to inflict upon them, 00:13:04.299 --> 00:13:07.820 They had not remained in the world except for an hour of a day. 00:13:08.460 --> 00:13:14.940 Because the intensity of the punishment that descends upon them will make them forget the duration of their stay in the world. 00:13:15.580 --> 00:13:19.500 This Qur'an is a message for them and a sufficiency if they take heed. 00:13:20.139 --> 00:13:20.899 And it was said, 00:13:21.299 --> 00:13:24.820 That is a message for them in the world until their appointed time. 00:13:25.500 --> 00:13:32.379 So will Allah destroy with His punishment, when He sends it, anyone except the people who disobeyed His command and disbelieved in Him? 00:13:32.379 --> 00:13:37.870 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.