WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.169 --> 00:00:08.050 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:12.679 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil Ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:12.919 --> 00:00:16.199 Surah al-A'la. 00:00:18.649 --> 00:00:22.929 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:22.929 --> 00:00:26.329 “Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,” (87:1) 00:00:26.329 --> 00:00:29.370 He who created and fashioned [all things]. 00:00:29.370 --> 00:00:32.369 And He who determined [their destinies] and guided [them]. 00:00:32.369 --> 00:00:35.530 And He who brought forth the pasture. 00:00:35.530 --> 00:00:40.530 And then made it dark stubble. 00:00:41.490 --> 00:00:43.770 Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High. 00:00:43.770 --> 00:00:46.649 Do not invoke idols or false deities by His name. 00:00:46.649 --> 00:00:48.750 He who created all things. 00:00:48.750 --> 00:00:51.270 He fashioned their creation and balanced them. 00:00:51.270 --> 00:00:53.429 And He who determined their nature. 00:00:53.429 --> 00:00:56.149 And guided them to the paths of good and evil. 00:00:56.149 --> 00:00:58.479 And He who brought forth from the earth. 00:00:58.479 --> 00:00:59.920 The pasture for livestock. 00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:03.079 Of various types of plants and grasses. 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:06.319 Then He turned that pasture into dry, brittle stubble. 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:09.519 Changed to a dark color due to extreme dryness. 00:01:11.060 --> 00:01:15.060 We will make you recite, so you shall not forget. 00:01:15.060 --> 00:01:19.420 Except what Allah wills. 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) 00:01:24.439 --> 00:01:27.280 And We will facilitate for you the path of ease. 00:01:28.260 --> 00:01:31.459 We will make you recite this Qur'an, O Muhammad. 00:01:31.459 --> 00:01:32.659 And you shall not forget it. 00:01:32.700 --> 00:01:34.379 Except for what We will. 00:01:34.379 --> 00:01:37.420 That We cause you to forget by abrogating it or lifting it. 00:01:37.420 --> 00:01:40.900 Indeed, Allah knows what is manifest of your deeds, O Muhammad. 00:01:40.900 --> 00:01:42.939 And what you have revealed and made public. 00:01:42.939 --> 00:01:44.780 And what you conceal of it. 00:01:44.780 --> 00:01:46.780 So beware that He might see you. 00:01:46.780 --> 00:01:49.379 While you are acting in any of your states. 00:01:49.379 --> 00:01:52.019 Contrary to what you have been permitted to do. 00:01:52.019 --> 00:01:56.209 And We will make easy for you, O Muhammad, the performance of good deeds. 00:01:56.209 --> 00:02:00.650 “Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.” (87:9) 00:02:00.689 --> 00:02:04.489 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded. 00:02:04.489 --> 00:02:08.250 But the most wretched will avoid it. 00:02:08.250 --> 00:02:12.849 He who will enter the Great Fire. 00:02:12.849 --> 00:02:17.919 Then he will neither die therein nor live. 00:02:19.300 --> 00:02:22.860 So remind, O Muhammad, the servants of Allah of His greatness. 00:02:22.860 --> 00:02:25.659 Admonish them and warn them of His punishment. 00:02:25.659 --> 00:02:29.580 If the reminder benefits those whose faith you have despaired of. 00:02:29.620 --> 00:02:32.020 Then the reminder will not benefit them. 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:36.780 He who fears Allah and dreads His punishment will be reminded, O Muhammad. 00:02:36.780 --> 00:02:40.099 And the most wretched of the two groups will avoid the reminder. 00:02:40.099 --> 00:02:42.180 He who will enter the Great Fire. 00:02:42.180 --> 00:02:44.659 In the intensity of its heat and pain. 00:02:44.659 --> 00:02:48.460 Then he will neither die in the Great Fire nor live. 00:02:48.460 --> 00:02:52.819 This is because the soul of one of them will reach his throat. 00:02:52.819 --> 00:02:56.099 It will not exit so that he may die. 00:02:56.099 --> 00:03:01.229 Nor will it return to its place in the body so that he may live. 00:03:01.229 --> 00:03:05.310 “He is successful who groweth,” (87:14) 00:03:05.310 --> 00:03:10.159 “And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,” (87:15) 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. 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:17.879 And acted according to what Allah has commanded him. 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:21.560 He performed his obligatory duties, remembered Allah, and declared His oneness. 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:25.120 He called upon Him, sought Him, and performed the prayers. 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:30.550 And remembered Allah therein through praise, glorification, and supplication. 00:03:30.550 --> 00:03:34.590 “But ye prefer the life of the world” (87:16) 00:03:34.590 --> 00:03:39.189 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring. 00:03:39.189 --> 00:03:44.189 “Lo! This is in the former scrolls.” (87:18) 00:03:44.189 --> 00:03:49.629 The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa. 00:03:49.629 --> 00:03:52.590 The Almighty says, mentioning to the people: 00:03:52.590 --> 00:03:57.629 Rather, you prefer, O people, the adornment of the worldly life over the Hereafter. 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. 00:04:02.870 --> 00:04:05.310 Because the worldly life is fleeting. 00:04:05.310 --> 00:04:09.509 And the Hereafter is everlasting, neither ending nor perishing. 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." 00:04:14.870 --> 00:04:20.029 Rather, you prefer the worldly life, while the Hereafter is better and more enduring. 00:04:20.029 --> 00:04:23.110 Indeed, this statement is in the former scriptures. 00:04:23.110 --> 00:04:25.990 The scriptures of Ibrahim, the Friend of the Most Merciful. 00:04:25.990 --> 00:04:28.069 And the scriptures of Musa Ibn 'Imran.