1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:05,169 --> 00:00:08,050 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 3 00:00:08,599 --> 00:00:12,679 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil Ibn Salim al-Shammari. 4 00:00:12,919 --> 00:00:16,199 Surah al-A'la. 5 00:00:18,649 --> 00:00:22,929 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 6 00:00:22,929 --> 00:00:26,329 “Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,” (87:1) 7 00:00:26,329 --> 00:00:29,370 He who created and fashioned [all things]. 8 00:00:29,370 --> 00:00:32,369 And He who determined [their destinies] and guided [them]. 9 00:00:32,369 --> 00:00:35,530 And He who brought forth the pasture. 10 00:00:35,530 --> 00:00:40,530 And then made it dark stubble. 11 00:00:41,490 --> 00:00:43,770 Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High. 12 00:00:43,770 --> 00:00:46,649 Do not invoke idols or false deities by His name. 13 00:00:46,649 --> 00:00:48,750 He who created all things. 14 00:00:48,750 --> 00:00:51,270 He fashioned their creation and balanced them. 15 00:00:51,270 --> 00:00:53,429 And He who determined their nature. 16 00:00:53,429 --> 00:00:56,149 And guided them to the paths of good and evil. 17 00:00:56,149 --> 00:00:58,479 And He who brought forth from the earth. 18 00:00:58,479 --> 00:00:59,920 The pasture for livestock. 19 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:03,079 Of various types of plants and grasses. 20 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,319 Then He turned that pasture into dry, brittle stubble. 21 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:09,519 Changed to a dark color due to extreme dryness. 22 00:01:11,060 --> 00:01:15,060 We will make you recite, so you shall not forget. 23 00:01:15,060 --> 00:01:19,420 Except what Allah wills. 24 00:01:19,420 --> 00:01:24,439 “Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;” (87:7) 25 00:01:24,439 --> 00:01:27,280 And We will facilitate for you the path of ease. 26 00:01:28,260 --> 00:01:31,459 We will make you recite this Qur'an, O Muhammad. 27 00:01:31,459 --> 00:01:32,659 And you shall not forget it. 28 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:34,379 Except for what We will. 29 00:01:34,379 --> 00:01:37,420 That We cause you to forget by abrogating it or lifting it. 30 00:01:37,420 --> 00:01:40,900 Indeed, Allah knows what is manifest of your deeds, O Muhammad. 31 00:01:40,900 --> 00:01:42,939 And what you have revealed and made public. 32 00:01:42,939 --> 00:01:44,780 And what you conceal of it. 33 00:01:44,780 --> 00:01:46,780 So beware that He might see you. 34 00:01:46,780 --> 00:01:49,379 While you are acting in any of your states. 35 00:01:49,379 --> 00:01:52,019 Contrary to what you have been permitted to do. 36 00:01:52,019 --> 00:01:56,209 And We will make easy for you, O Muhammad, the performance of good deeds. 37 00:01:56,209 --> 00:02:00,650 “Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.” (87:9) 38 00:02:00,689 --> 00:02:04,489 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded. 39 00:02:04,489 --> 00:02:08,250 But the most wretched will avoid it. 40 00:02:08,250 --> 00:02:12,849 He who will enter the Great Fire. 41 00:02:12,849 --> 00:02:17,919 Then he will neither die therein nor live. 42 00:02:19,300 --> 00:02:22,860 So remind, O Muhammad, the servants of Allah of His greatness. 43 00:02:22,860 --> 00:02:25,659 Admonish them and warn them of His punishment. 44 00:02:25,659 --> 00:02:29,580 If the reminder benefits those whose faith you have despaired of. 45 00:02:29,620 --> 00:02:32,020 Then the reminder will not benefit them. 46 00:02:32,020 --> 00:02:36,780 He who fears Allah and dreads His punishment will be reminded, O Muhammad. 47 00:02:36,780 --> 00:02:40,099 And the most wretched of the two groups will avoid the reminder. 48 00:02:40,099 --> 00:02:42,180 He who will enter the Great Fire. 49 00:02:42,180 --> 00:02:44,659 In the intensity of its heat and pain. 50 00:02:44,659 --> 00:02:48,460 Then he will neither die in the Great Fire nor live. 51 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:52,819 This is because the soul of one of them will reach his throat. 52 00:02:52,819 --> 00:02:56,099 It will not exit so that he may die. 53 00:02:56,099 --> 00:03:01,229 Nor will it return to its place in the body so that he may live. 54 00:03:01,229 --> 00:03:05,310 “He is successful who groweth,” (87:14) 55 00:03:05,310 --> 00:03:10,159 “And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,” (87:15) 56 00:03:10,159 --> 00:03:15,199 He has succeeded and attained his goal who has purified himself from disbelief and disobedience to Allah. 57 00:03:15,199 --> 00:03:17,879 And acted according to what Allah has commanded him. 58 00:03:17,879 --> 00:03:21,560 He performed his obligatory duties, remembered Allah, and declared His oneness. 59 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,120 He called upon Him, sought Him, and performed the prayers. 60 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:30,550 And remembered Allah therein through praise, glorification, and supplication. 61 00:03:30,550 --> 00:03:34,590 “But ye prefer the life of the world” (87:16) 62 00:03:34,590 --> 00:03:39,189 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring. 63 00:03:39,189 --> 00:03:44,189 “Lo! This is in the former scrolls.” (87:18) 64 00:03:44,189 --> 00:03:49,629 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa. 65 00:03:49,629 --> 00:03:52,590 The Almighty says, mentioning to the people: 66 00:03:52,590 --> 00:03:57,629 Rather, you prefer, O people, the adornment of the worldly life over the Hereafter. 67 00:03:57,669 --> 00:04:02,870 And the adornment of the Hereafter is better for you, O people, and more lasting in duration. 68 00:04:02,870 --> 00:04:05,310 Because the worldly life is fleeting. 69 00:04:05,310 --> 00:04:09,509 And the Hereafter is everlasting, neither ending nor perishing. 70 00:04:09,509 --> 00:04:14,870 And His saying: "He has succeeded who purifies himself, and remembers the name of his Lord and prays." 71 00:04:14,870 --> 00:04:20,029 Rather, you prefer the worldly life, while the Hereafter is better and more enduring. 72 00:04:20,029 --> 00:04:23,110 Indeed, this statement is in the former scriptures. 73 00:04:23,110 --> 00:04:25,990 The scriptures of Ibrahim, the Friend of the Most Merciful. 74 00:04:25,990 --> 00:04:28,069 And the scriptures of Musa Ibn 'Imran.