WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:08.080 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:12.740 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:14.060 --> 00:00:16.820 Surah al-Saffat. 00:00:18.329 --> 00:00:22.929 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:23.210 --> 00:00:30.660 "Gather those who committed injustice, along with their spouses and what they used to worship." 00:00:30.859 --> 00:00:37.100 “Instead of Allah, and lead them to the path to hell;” (37:23) 00:00:38.450 --> 00:00:41.450 Assemble those who disbelieved in Allah during their worldly life. 00:00:41.850 --> 00:00:45.570 And their cohorts, who followed them in their disbelief in Allah. 00:00:46.049 --> 00:00:49.450 And those they used to worship besides Allah, from among the deities. 00:00:49.890 --> 00:00:52.729 Then direct them to the path of Hell. 00:00:54.070 --> 00:01:00.429 "And stop them, for they are to be questioned." 00:01:00.750 --> 00:01:03.950 “What aileth you that ye help not one another?” (37:25) 00:01:04.349 --> 00:01:07.989 “Nay, but this day they make full submission.” (37:26) 00:01:09.379 --> 00:01:13.939 Restrain them, O angels—these polytheists and their spouses. 00:01:14.420 --> 00:01:18.700 For they are to be held accountable for what they worshipped besides Allah. 00:01:19.459 --> 00:01:23.980 "What is the matter with you, O polytheists, that you do not help one another?" 00:01:24.620 --> 00:01:28.859 Rather, they are today submissive to the decree and judgment of Allah regarding them. 00:01:29.219 --> 00:01:30.939 Certain of His punishment. 00:01:32.269 --> 00:01:39.469 And they will turn to one another, questioning. 00:01:39.870 --> 00:01:46.030 “They say: Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye spoke the truth).” (37:28) 00:01:46.430 --> 00:01:50.469 “They answer: Nay, but ye (yourselves) were not believers.” (37:29) 00:01:50.909 --> 00:01:56.909 “We had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk.” (37:30) 00:01:57.230 --> 00:02:02.790 “We had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk.” (37:30) 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:07.319 And the humans will turn to the jinn, questioning. 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:09.599 The humans will say to the jinn: 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:14.960 "You, O jinn, used to come to us under the guise of religion and truth." 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:17.759 "Deceiving us with the most persuasive arguments." 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:19.520 The jinn will reply: 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:23.439 "Rather, you yourselves were not believers in the oneness of Allah." 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:29.080 "We had no authority over you to turn you away from faith." 00:02:29.639 --> 00:02:33.639 "But you, O polytheists, were a people who transgressed against Allah." 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:39.120 "Exceeding the bounds by committing acts of disobedience to Allah that you had no right to commit." 00:02:40.620 --> 00:02:44.099 “Now the Word of our Lord hath been fulfilled concerning us. Lo! we are about to taste (the doom).” (37:31) 00:02:44.500 --> 00:02:49.219 "We are indeed those who will taste [the punishment]." 00:02:49.539 --> 00:02:55.759 “Thus we misled you. Lo! we were (ourselves) astray.” (37:32) 00:02:57.030 --> 00:02:59.430 "So the punishment of our Lord has become due upon us." 00:02:59.830 --> 00:03:07.030 "We shall indeed taste the punishment, we and you, because of the sins and disobedience we committed in the world." 00:03:07.550 --> 00:03:10.990 "And we led you astray from the path of Allah and faith in Him." 00:03:11.389 --> 00:03:13.750 "We ourselves were astray." 00:03:15.259 --> 00:03:20.780 “Then lo! this day they (both) are sharers in the doom.” (37:33) 00:03:20.860 --> 00:03:26.300 “Lo! thus deal We with the guilty.” (37:34) 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:54.280 Then We shall make them taste the painful punishment. 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:58.199 And We shall gather them and their companions in the Fire. 00:03:59.879 --> 00:04:08.159 “For when it was said unto them, There is no Allah save Allah, they were scornful” (37:35) 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:16.560 And they will say, "Are we to abandon our gods for the sake of a mad poet?" 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:22.839 “Nay, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those sent (before him).” (37:37) 00:04:24.230 --> 00:04:26.870 And these polytheists who disbelieve in Allah, 00:04:27.389 --> 00:04:32.310 In the world, when it was said to them, "Say: There is no god but Allah," 00:04:32.870 --> 00:04:36.389 They would act arrogantly and refuse to say it. 00:04:36.910 --> 00:04:43.029 And they would say, "Shall we abandon the worship of our gods to follow a mad poet?" 00:04:43.589 --> 00:04:47.310 But they lied; Muhammad (peace be upon him) was not as they described him. 00:04:47.870 --> 00:04:51.790 Rather, he is a Prophet of Allah who brought the Qur'an from Him. 00:04:52.389 --> 00:04:56.029 And he confirmed the messengers who came before him. 00:04:57.439 --> 00:05:04.019 "You are indeed those who will taste the painful punishment." 00:05:04.339 --> 00:05:09.899 “Ye are requited naught save what ye did -” (37:39) 00:05:11.220 --> 00:05:15.980 You, O polytheists, will indeed taste the agonizing punishment in the Hereafter. 00:05:16.620 --> 00:05:23.300 And you will not be recompensed in the Hereafter except for what you used to do in the world of disobedience to Allah. 00:05:25.339 --> 00:05:29.180 Except for the chosen servants of Allah. 00:05:29.660 --> 00:05:35.259 “For them there is a known provision,” (37:41) 00:05:35.779 --> 00:05:39.660 Fruits, and they will be honored. 00:05:40.139 --> 00:05:44.339 In the Gardens of Bliss. 00:05:44.740 --> 00:05:48.740 On thrones, facing one another. 00:05:49.180 --> 00:05:55.350 “A cup from a gushing spring is brought round for them,” (37:45) 00:05:55.790 --> 00:06:01.509 White, delicious to those who drink. 00:06:01.910 --> 00:06:08.430 “Wherein there is no headache nor are they made mad thereby.” (37:47) 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:14.839 Except for the servants of Allah whom He chose for His mercy the day He created them. 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:18.000 For they shall not taste the punishment. 00:06:18.670 --> 00:06:21.949 These chosen ones will have a known provision. 00:06:22.350 --> 00:06:26.189 Which is the fruits that Allah has created for them in Paradise. 00:06:26.670 --> 00:06:32.949 And they will be honored with the honor that Allah has bestowed upon them in the Gardens of Bliss. 00:06:33.470 --> 00:06:36.509 On thrones, facing one another. 00:06:37.149 --> 00:06:41.110 Servants will circulate among them with a cup of flowing wine. 00:06:41.509 --> 00:06:44.389 Visible to their eyes, not murky. 00:06:44.870 --> 00:06:48.509 A cup of wine that its drinkers find delicious. 00:06:49.149 --> 00:06:55.189 There is no harm in this wine, nor will it cause them distress in body or mind. 00:06:55.509 --> 00:06:56.829 Nor anything else [of that nature]. 00:06:57.470 --> 00:07:00.550 Nor will their minds be clouded by drinking it. 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:07.879 And with them will be those who restrain their glances. 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:14.279 As if they were hidden pearls. 00:07:15.670 --> 00:07:18.550 And with these chosen ones in Paradise, 00:07:18.910 --> 00:07:23.310 Are women who restrain their glances for their husbands alone. 00:07:23.790 --> 00:07:26.790 And do not extend their gaze to anyone else. 00:07:27.149 --> 00:07:29.509 With large, beautiful eyes. 00:07:30.149 --> 00:07:32.350 As if they were hidden pearls. 00:07:32.790 --> 00:07:39.389 They are likened in their whiteness to the fact that they have not been touched before their husbands by any human or jinn. 00:07:39.750 --> 00:07:42.790 To the whiteness of the egg that is inside the shell. 00:07:43.269 --> 00:07:45.550 Which is the membrane covering the yolk. 00:07:46.029 --> 00:07:49.230 Before it is touched by a hand or anything else. 00:07:49.829 --> 00:07:51.470 As for the outer shell, 00:07:51.949 --> 00:07:55.709 A bird touches it, and hands handle it. 00:07:57.519 --> 00:08:03.959 “And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.” (37:50) 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:11.439 “A speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrade” (37:51) 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:16.959 “Who used to say: Art thou in truth of those who put faith (in his words)?” (37:52) 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:25.399 “Can we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we (then) verily be brought to book?” (37:53) 00:08:26.769 --> 00:08:30.850 Then some of the people of Paradise will turn to one another, questioning. 00:08:31.529 --> 00:08:33.649 A speaker among the people of Paradise will say: 00:08:34.330 --> 00:08:36.090 “A speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrade” (37:51) 00:08:36.769 --> 00:08:39.289 That companion was a devil. 00:08:40.090 --> 00:08:42.370 That companion used to say to him: 00:08:43.129 --> 00:08:46.730 "Are you indeed among those who believe in the resurrection after death?" 00:08:47.490 --> 00:08:50.649 "When we have died and become dust and bones," 00:08:51.049 --> 00:08:53.809 "Are we indeed to be held accountable and recompensed?" 00:08:55.950 --> 00:09:00.899 He will say, "Will you look down?" 00:09:01.340 --> 00:09:07.019 So he will look down and see him in the midst of Hell. 00:09:07.340 --> 00:09:12.580 He will say, "By Allah, you almost ruined me." 00:09:12.940 --> 00:09:19.100 “And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth (to doom).” (37:57) 00:09:20.629 --> 00:09:24.350 This believer who was admitted to Paradise will say to his companions: 00:09:25.029 --> 00:09:27.350 "Will you look down into the Fire?" 00:09:27.750 --> 00:09:29.590 "Perhaps I might see my companion." 00:09:30.269 --> 00:09:31.509 They will say, "Yes." 00:09:32.190 --> 00:09:35.750 So he will look down into the Fire and see him in the middle of Hell. 00:09:36.309 --> 00:09:37.230 He will say to him: 00:09:37.870 --> 00:09:43.669 "By Allah, you almost destroyed me in the world by turning me away from belief in the resurrection." 00:09:44.269 --> 00:09:49.870 "And had it not been for the favor of my Lord in guiding me and granting me success to believe in the resurrection," 00:09:50.509 --> 00:09:53.870 "I would have been among those brought [to punishment] with you." 00:09:55.460 --> 00:09:58.940 "Are we then not to die?" 00:09:59.299 --> 00:10:05.259 “Saving our former death, and are we not to be punished?” (37:59) 00:10:05.580 --> 00:10:10.580 "Indeed, this is the great success." 00:10:10.980 --> 00:10:15.139 “For the like of this, then, let the workers work.” (37:61) 00:10:16.690 --> 00:10:20.889 "Are we not to die, other than our first death in the world?" 00:10:21.450 --> 00:10:24.889 "And are we not to be punished after entering Paradise?" 00:10:25.529 --> 00:10:29.690 "Indeed, this which Allah has given us of honor in Paradise," 00:10:30.169 --> 00:10:32.450 "That we shall not be punished and we shall not die," 00:10:32.970 --> 00:10:38.090 "Is truly the great salvation from what we used to fear in the world regarding the punishment of Allah." 00:10:39.139 --> 00:10:41.019 Allah, the Exalted, says: 00:10:41.700 --> 00:10:46.860 For the likes of this which I have given these believers of honor in the Hereafter, 00:10:47.419 --> 00:10:50.580 Let the workers work in the world for their own souls. 00:10:51.059 --> 00:10:54.860 So that they may attain what these have attained through the obedience of their Lord. 00:10:56.269 --> 00:11:01.990 Is that better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum? 00:11:02.429 --> 00:11:09.049 Indeed, We have made it a trial for the wrongdoers. 00:11:10.460 --> 00:11:15.620 Is this which I have given these believers of My honor in Paradise better? 00:11:16.100 --> 00:11:19.299 Or what I have prepared for the people of the Fire of Zaqqum? 00:11:20.139 --> 00:11:23.779 Indeed, We have made it a trial for these polytheists. 00:11:24.299 --> 00:11:28.019 Who said, "How can trees grow in the Fire?" 00:11:28.500 --> 00:11:30.340 "When the Fire burns trees?" 00:11:32.429 --> 00:11:38.269 “Lo! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of hell.” (37:64) 00:11:38.629 --> 00:11:43.230 “Its crop is as it were the heads of devils” (37:65) 00:11:43.590 --> 00:11:50.429 “And lo! they verily must eat thereof, and fill (their) bellies therewith.” (37:66) 00:11:52.259 --> 00:11:55.500 “Lo! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of hell.” (37:64) 00:11:55.980 --> 00:11:58.700 It is nourished by the Fire, and from it, it was created. 00:11:59.379 --> 00:12:05.139 The fruit of the tree of Zaqqum, in its ugliness and repulsiveness, is like the heads of devils. 00:12:05.820 --> 00:12:11.259 For these polytheists, for whom Allah has made this tree a trial, 00:12:11.820 --> 00:12:16.620 Will be eaters from this tree, which is the tree of Zaqqum. 00:12:17.259 --> 00:12:20.179 Filling their bellies with its Zaqqum. 00:12:30.870 --> 00:12:34.919 “And afterward, lo! their return is surely unto hell.” (37:68) 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:43.620 They found their fathers astray. 00:12:44.019 --> 00:12:47.940 “But they make haste (to follow) in their footsteps.” (37:70) 00:12:49.409 --> 00:12:54.210 These polytheists, along with what they eat from the tree of Zaqqum, 00:12:54.730 --> 00:12:56.769 Will have a mixture of scalding water. 00:12:57.370 --> 00:12:59.610 Which has been heated until its heat has reached its peak. 00:13:00.169 --> 00:13:02.769 Then their destination is to Hell. 00:13:03.570 --> 00:13:09.090 These polytheists found their fathers astray from the right path. 00:13:09.690 --> 00:13:12.570 So they hasten along their path. 00:13:13.009 --> 00:13:15.809 To follow in their footsteps and their tradition. 00:13:17.500 --> 00:13:22.100 “And verily most of the men of old went astray before them,” (37:71) 00:13:22.500 --> 00:13:27.179 “And verily We sent among them warners.” (37:72) 00:13:27.620 --> 00:13:32.740 So observe how the end of those who were warned was. 00:13:33.179 --> 00:13:37.179 Except for the chosen servants of Allah. 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:45.120 And indeed, O Muhammad, most of the nations before your people went astray from the right path. 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:51.399 And We sent among the nations that passed before you warners to warn them of Our might. 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:55.320 So contemplate and observe how We destroyed those who were warned. 00:13:55.919 --> 00:14:00.960 Except for the servants of Allah whom We chose for faith in Allah and His messengers. 00:14:02.659 --> 00:14:09.460 And Noah called upon Us, and how excellent were the responders. 00:14:09.820 --> 00:14:15.220 “And We saved him and his household from the great distress,” (37:76) 00:14:15.659 --> 00:14:20.580 “And made his seed the survivors,” (37:77) 00:14:22.220 --> 00:14:23.860 The Almighty says: 00:14:24.419 --> 00:14:29.220 Noah called upon Us, asking Us for the destruction of his people. 00:14:29.899 --> 00:14:33.419 And how excellent were We as responders when he called upon Us. 00:14:33.940 --> 00:14:36.940 So We answered his prayer and destroyed his people. 00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:41.299 And We saved him and his family who boarded the ship with him. 00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:45.700 From the harm and distress he was in from the disbelievers. 00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:48.500 And from the agony of the flood and drowning. 00:14:49.220 --> 00:14:54.700 And We made the descendants of Noah those who remained on the earth after the destruction of his people. 00:14:55.299 --> 00:14:58.460 The non-Arabs and the Arabs are from the children of Sam ibn Noah. 00:14:59.220 --> 00:15:03.580 The Turks, the Slavs, and the Khazars are the children of Yafith ibn Noah. 00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:07.019 The Sudanese are the children of Ham ibn Noah. 00:15:07.700 --> 00:15:11.340 This is what the reports have stated and what the scholars have said. 00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:16.299 And We left for him [a favorable mention] among the later generations. 00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:21.500 “Peace be unto Noah among the peoples!” (37:79) 00:15:22.019 --> 00:15:27.299 Indeed, thus do We reward the doers of good. 00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:32.220 He is among Our believing servants. 00:15:32.779 --> 00:15:38.090 Then We drowned the others. 00:15:40.070 --> 00:15:44.149 And We preserved for Noah a beautiful mention and good praise. 00:15:44.350 --> 00:15:47.950 Among those who came after him, they remember him for it. 00:15:48.590 --> 00:15:53.590 A security from Allah for Noah among the worlds that anyone should mention him with evil. 00:15:54.230 --> 00:15:58.830 Indeed, just as We did with Noah as a reward for his obedience to Us, 00:15:59.309 --> 00:16:03.110 So do We reward those who do good and obey Us. 00:16:03.870 --> 00:16:07.230 Noah is among Our servants who believed in Us. 00:16:07.629 --> 00:16:10.389 They affirmed Our oneness and devoted their worship to Us. 00:16:10.950 --> 00:16:17.149 Then We drowned those who remained of his people when We saved Noah and his family from the great distress. 00:16:17.149 --> 00:16:23.090 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.