1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,399 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 2 00:00:03,399 --> 00:00:08,619 Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation 3 00:00:08,619 --> 00:00:14,140 It was summarized by Dr. Aqeel bin Salem Al-Shammar 4 00:00:14,140 --> 00:00:17,730 Surat Al-Ma'idah 5 00:00:17,730 --> 00:00:21,929 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 6 00:00:21,929 --> 00:00:27,789 The day God will gather the messengers and say: What did you answer? 7 00:00:27,789 --> 00:00:30,789 They said we have no knowledge 8 00:00:30,789 --> 00:00:38,700 You are the Knower of the unseen 9 00:00:38,700 --> 00:00:42,700 And they warned of the day when God will gather the messengers and say: 10 00:00:42,700 --> 00:00:45,500 What did your nations answer you with? 11 00:00:45,500 --> 00:00:49,700 When you called them to unify and acknowledge it 12 00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:55,500 They said, “We have no knowledge except knowledge that you know better than us.” 13 00:00:55,500 --> 00:00:59,700 It is not hidden from you that we have knowledge of this 14 00:00:59,700 --> 00:01:04,439 There is nothing else about the hidden and obvious sciences 15 00:01:04,439 --> 00:01:07,840 When God said, O Jesus, son of Mary 16 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,840 Remember My blessing upon you and upon your mother 17 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:16,840 Since I have given you the Holy Spirit 18 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:22,239 People spoke in the cradle and in old age 19 00:01:22,239 --> 00:01:30,239 And when I taught you the Book, the Wisdom, the Torah, and the Gospel 20 00:01:30,239 --> 00:01:35,040 And when you were created from clay like the appearance of a bird, with my permission 21 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:41,239 So you blow into it 22 00:01:41,239 --> 00:01:45,040 So you will be a bird, with my permission 23 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:49,439 And the blind and the lepers will be healed, by my permission 24 00:01:49,439 --> 00:01:53,239 When death comes out with my permission 25 00:01:53,239 --> 00:01:59,040 And when I spared the children of Israel from you 26 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:06,840 When I came to them with clear proofs 27 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,840 Those of them who disbelieved said: 28 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:16,240 This is nothing but obvious magic 29 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,240 When God said, O Jesus 30 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,840 I remember the hands of you and your mother 31 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,039 I helped you with Gabriel 32 00:02:25,039 --> 00:02:29,069 If you speak to people in your cradle or old age 33 00:02:29,069 --> 00:02:33,270 Remember also My blessing upon you when I taught you calligraphy 34 00:02:33,270 --> 00:02:36,469 And understanding the meanings of the Torah and the Gospel 35 00:02:36,469 --> 00:02:39,270 When you make an image of a bird out of clay 36 00:02:39,270 --> 00:02:43,069 Help me with that and let me know about it 37 00:02:43,069 --> 00:02:45,069 It blows into the body 38 00:02:45,069 --> 00:02:48,870 So the form and image will be like a bird, with my permission 39 00:02:48,870 --> 00:02:52,069 It heals the blind who cannot see anything 40 00:02:52,069 --> 00:02:54,069 And the leper, with my permission 41 00:02:54,069 --> 00:02:58,870 And remember also My blessing upon you by protecting the children of Israel from you 42 00:02:58,870 --> 00:03:04,469 They were about to kill you because you brought them miraculous evidence of your prophecy 43 00:03:04,469 --> 00:03:07,469 Those who denied your prophecy said: 44 00:03:07,469 --> 00:03:09,870 This is nothing but magic 45 00:03:09,870 --> 00:03:15,270 It is clear to those who see it and look at it that it is magic that has no reality 46 00:03:16,139 --> 00:03:23,139 And when I inspired the disciples to believe in Me and My Messenger 47 00:03:23,139 --> 00:03:30,340 They said, “We believe and bear witness that we are Muslims.” 48 00:03:30,340 --> 00:03:35,990 And remember also, O Jesus, when you were cast into the hearts of the disciples 49 00:03:35,990 --> 00:03:39,389 If they believe in me and my Messenger Jesus 50 00:03:39,389 --> 00:03:42,789 They said: We have believed what you commanded us 51 00:03:42,990 --> 00:03:46,789 And bear witness that we are submissive to you in humiliation 52 00:03:46,789 --> 00:03:49,789 Listeners and obedient to your command 53 00:03:49,789 --> 00:03:55,050 When the disciples said, O Jesus, son of Mary 54 00:03:55,050 --> 00:04:00,050 Can your Lord come down to us? 55 00:04:00,050 --> 00:04:08,050 To send down to us a table from heaven 56 00:04:08,050 --> 00:04:16,050 He said, “Fear God if you are believers.” 57 00:04:16,050 --> 00:04:20,529 When the disciples said to Jesus bin Maryam 58 00:04:20,529 --> 00:04:22,529 Will your Lord respond, Jesus? 59 00:04:22,529 --> 00:04:27,529 If you ask Him to send down to us a table from heaven 60 00:04:27,529 --> 00:04:31,529 Jesus said, “Watch God, people.” 61 00:04:31,529 --> 00:04:36,529 Fear that God will punish you for saying this 62 00:04:36,529 --> 00:04:40,529 If you believe me in what I promise you 63 00:04:40,529 --> 00:04:48,750 They said, “We want to eat from it and have peace of mind in our hearts.” 64 00:04:48,750 --> 00:04:58,750 We know that you have told us the truth and we will be witnesses to it 65 00:04:58,750 --> 00:05:04,199 The disciples said: We only said that 66 00:05:04,199 --> 00:05:09,199 We asked you to ask our Lord for us so that we may eat from the table 67 00:05:09,199 --> 00:05:13,199 We know with certainty His power over everything 68 00:05:13,199 --> 00:05:20,199 Our hearts dwell and rest on His oneness and His ability to do everything He wills and wills 69 00:05:20,199 --> 00:05:26,199 We know that you did not lie to us when you said that you are a messenger sent to God 70 00:05:26,199 --> 00:05:31,199 And we will be among those at the table who bear witness that God sent it down 71 00:05:31,199 --> 00:05:36,199 An argument for Himself against us regarding His Oneness and His ability to do whatever He wills 72 00:05:36,199 --> 00:05:39,199 And thank you for your sincerity in your prophecy 73 00:05:39,199 --> 00:05:49,649 Jesus, son of Mary, said: Oh God, our Lord, send down to us a table 74 00:05:49,649 --> 00:05:57,649 A table from heaven will be a feast for us 75 00:05:57,649 --> 00:06:05,649 You will be a feast for us, for the first and for the last, and a sign from You 76 00:06:05,649 --> 00:06:11,649 And provide for us, and You are the best of providers 77 00:06:11,649 --> 00:06:19,449 Jesus said: Oh God, our Lord, send down to us a table from heaven 78 00:06:19,449 --> 00:06:24,449 It will be a feast for us to worship our Lord on the day it is revealed 79 00:06:24,449 --> 00:06:31,449 We pray for him in it for those of us alive today and those of us who come after us 80 00:06:31,449 --> 00:06:37,449 And a sign and proof from You, O Lord, upon Your servants in Your Oneness 81 00:06:37,449 --> 00:06:42,449 And in my sincerity that I am a messenger, and give us of your gifts 82 00:06:42,449 --> 00:06:47,449 O my Lord, you are the best of those who give and the most generous of those who favor 83 00:06:47,449 --> 00:06:51,449 Because he does not enter into his giving or distress 84 00:06:51,449 --> 00:07:17,019 God said, “I will impose it upon you, and whoever among you disbelieves after that, I will punish him with a punishment that I will not punish any of the worlds.” 85 00:07:17,019 --> 00:07:22,759 God said, “I will present it to you, O disciples.” 86 00:07:22,759 --> 00:07:27,759 So whoever denies after it has been revealed to you, my message is to him 87 00:07:27,759 --> 00:07:32,759 He denies the prophecy of the Prophet Jesus, may God bless him and grant him peace 88 00:07:32,759 --> 00:07:38,759 I will torture him with a torment that I would not torture anyone from the world of his time 89 00:07:38,759 --> 00:07:45,759 So the people did so, and they denied and disbelieved after it was revealed to them in what was mentioned to us 90 00:07:45,759 --> 00:07:50,759 They were tortured, as we have heard, by turning them into monkeys and pigs 91 00:07:50,759 --> 00:08:13,339 And when God said, “O Jesus, son of Mary, did you tell the people that they should take me and my mother as gods besides God?” 92 00:08:13,339 --> 00:08:25,339 He said, Glory be to You, it is not for me to say what I have no right to say. If I said it, then I knew it 93 00:08:25,339 --> 00:08:40,039 You know what is in my soul, but I do not know what is in your soul. Indeed, you are the Knower of the unseen 94 00:08:40,039 --> 00:08:50,039 He said that to Jesus when he brought him up to him. Did you say to the people, “Take me and my mother as deities that you worship instead of God?” 95 00:08:50,039 --> 00:08:58,039 Jesus said, “It is an honor for you, O my Lord, and a great honor for me to do that or speak it.” 96 00:08:58,039 --> 00:09:04,039 It is not for me to say that because I am a created slave and my mother is your slave 97 00:09:04,039 --> 00:09:09,139 How can the servant and the female slave have lordship in supplication? 98 00:09:09,139 --> 00:09:20,139 If you said it, then you taught him that nothing is hidden from you, and you know that I did not say that nor command them to do so 99 00:09:20,139 --> 00:09:28,139 O my Lord, you are not hidden from what I have concealed in my soul, which I have not spoken or revealed with my inner being 100 00:09:28,139 --> 00:09:38,139 So what about what you have spoken and revealed to me, while I do not know what you have hidden from me and have not revealed to me? 101 00:09:38,139 --> 00:09:46,139 You are the One who knows the secrets of matters that only you know and that no one else knows 102 00:09:46,139 --> 00:10:01,779 I did not say to them except what you commanded me to do: to worship God, my Lord and your Lord, and I was a witness over them as long as I remained among them 103 00:10:01,779 --> 00:10:16,779 When you took me to death, you were the watcher over them and you are a witness over everything 104 00:10:16,779 --> 00:10:25,350 I only said to them what you commanded me to say, which is to worship God, my Lord and your Lord 105 00:10:25,350 --> 00:10:33,350 I was watching what they were doing while I was among them, witnessing them and their actions and words 106 00:10:33,350 --> 00:10:45,350 When you took me to you, you were their guardian instead of me, and you bear witness to everything, because nothing is hidden from you 107 00:10:45,350 --> 00:11:03,950 If you torture them, they are your servants, and if you forgive them, then you are the Mighty, the Wise 108 00:11:03,950 --> 00:11:13,950 If those who said this article are tormented, then they are submitting to you and not abstaining from what you wanted for them 109 00:11:13,950 --> 00:11:22,950 They will not protect themselves from harm, and if you forgive them by guiding them to repentance, then you will protect them 110 00:11:22,950 --> 00:11:36,950 For you are the Mighty in taking revenge on those who want to take revenge on him, the Wise in guiding those of his creation to repentance and granting success to those of them who are successful on the path to salvation. 111 00:11:36,950 --> 00:12:00,429 God said, “This is a day on which the truthful will benefit the truthful. They will have Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein forever.” 112 00:12:00,429 --> 00:12:08,429 May God be pleased with them and they be pleased with him, that great victory 113 00:12:08,429 --> 00:12:25,139 God said to Isa this useful saying on a day that will benefit the truthful. Their honesty will have gardens beneath which rivers flow in the Hereafter, as a reward for them from God for their honesty. 114 00:12:25,139 --> 00:12:28,139 We will always remain in Paradise 115 00:12:28,139 --> 00:12:31,139 May God be pleased with these honest people 116 00:12:31,139 --> 00:12:43,139 And they were satisfied with God in His fulfillment of what He promised them for their obedience of His great reward. This which He gave them is the great reward. 117 00:12:43,139 --> 00:12:57,649 To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is in them, and He has power over all things 118 00:12:57,649 --> 00:13:13,639 To God, O supporters, belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is in it, without Jesus, without his mother, and without all who are in the heavens and who are on the earth, and He has power over all things. 119 00:13:13,639 --> 00:13:20,639 He is not unable to do anything he wanted because his ability is not similar to his ability 120 00:13:20,639 --> 00:13:26,049 Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation