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. 00:00:08.580 --> 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 --> 00:00:23.010 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:23.210 --> 00:00:29.620 “Then We cast him on a desert shore while he was sick;” (37:145) 00:00:29.940 --> 00:00:36.179 “And We caused a tree of gourd to grow above him;” (37:146) 00:00:37.289 --> 00:00:39.649 We cast him out onto the barren land. 00:00:40.170 --> 00:00:43.570 Where he was shielded by nothing, neither trees nor anything else. 00:00:44.130 --> 00:00:47.409 He was ill, like a newborn infant. 00:00:47.770 --> 00:00:48.729 With raw flesh. 00:00:49.490 --> 00:00:54.530 We caused a plant to grow over Yunus, a type of plant that does not stand on a trunk. 00:00:55.250 --> 00:00:57.969 Every plant that does not stand on a trunk, 00:00:58.409 --> 00:01:01.890 Such as gourds, melons, colocynths, and the like, 00:01:02.409 --> 00:01:04.489 Is called "yaqtin" (gourd) by the Arabs. 00:01:06.180 --> 00:01:11.540 “And We sent him to a hundred thousand (folk) or more” (37:147) 00:01:11.939 --> 00:01:16.340 “And they believed, therefor We gave them comfort for a while.” (37:148) 00:01:17.900 --> 00:01:21.219 We sent Yunus to a hundred thousand people, 00:01:21.420 --> 00:01:23.500 Or even more than a hundred thousand. 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:27.159 It is reported from Ibn 'Abbas that he says: 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:28.799 Rather, they were more. 00:01:29.480 --> 00:01:32.640 They believed in the oneness of Allah, who sent Yunus to them. 00:01:33.079 --> 00:01:34.959 So We averted the punishment from them. 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:39.560 And We let them enjoy their lives until the appointed time of their death. 00:01:41.420 --> 00:01:47.420 So ask them: "Does your Lord have daughters, while they have sons?" 00:01:47.819 --> 00:01:55.500 "Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?" 00:01:56.980 --> 00:02:00.140 Ask, O Muhammad, the polytheists of your people from Quraysh: 00:02:00.700 --> 00:02:03.299 "Does your Lord have daughters, while you have sons?" 00:02:04.019 --> 00:02:07.540 It is mentioned that the polytheists of Quraysh used to say: 00:02:08.099 --> 00:02:12.139 "The angels are the daughters of Allah," and they used to worship them. 00:02:13.030 --> 00:02:16.270 Or did these polytheists who make such claims witness, 00:02:16.590 --> 00:02:18.469 That the angels are the daughters of Allah? 00:02:18.990 --> 00:02:22.430 Did I create the angels as females, and did I create them as humans? 00:02:22.949 --> 00:02:24.710 Did they witness this creation? 00:02:25.229 --> 00:02:28.150 And did they describe the angels as being human? 00:02:29.860 --> 00:02:35.300 “Lo! it is of their falsehood that they say:” (37:151) 00:02:35.740 --> 00:02:41.060 “Allah hath begotten. Allah! verily they tell a lie.” (37:152) 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:46.639 Behold, these polytheists, in their falsehood, say: 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:51.639 "Allah has begotten," and they are indeed liars in that claim. 00:02:53.169 --> 00:02:56.650 Has He chosen daughters over sons? 00:02:57.090 --> 00:03:01.409 What is the matter with you? How do you judge? 00:03:01.930 --> 00:03:05.210 Will you not remember? 00:03:06.629 --> 00:03:10.189 Has Allah chosen, O people, daughters over sons? 00:03:10.909 --> 00:03:13.590 Evil is the judgment you make, O people. 00:03:13.590 --> 00:03:16.750 That Allah should have daughters while you have sons. 00:03:17.310 --> 00:03:20.310 Yet you are not pleased with daughters for yourselves. 00:03:20.990 --> 00:03:23.550 Will you not reflect on what you are saying? 00:03:24.030 --> 00:03:27.030 So that you may recognize its error and desist from saying it. 00:03:28.580 --> 00:03:32.860 “Or have ye a clear warrant?” (37:156) 00:03:33.340 --> 00:03:39.620 “Then produce your writ, if ye are truthful.” (37:157) 00:03:41.129 --> 00:03:46.650 Do you have any proof whose validity is clear to those who hear it, regarding the truth of what you say? 00:03:47.330 --> 00:03:51.289 Then bring your proof from a book that has come to you from Allah, 00:03:51.810 --> 00:03:55.370 If you are truthful that you have any evidence for that. 00:03:56.800 --> 00:04:01.680 They have established a lineage between Him and the jinn. 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:08.159 But the jinn know well that they will be brought forth [for judgment]. 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:13.080 Exalted is Allah above what they describe. 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:17.879 Except for the chosen servants of Allah. 00:04:19.339 --> 00:04:24.060 These polytheists established a lineage between Allah and the jinn. 00:04:24.699 --> 00:04:25.980 Some of them said: 00:04:26.540 --> 00:04:29.180 "Allah and Iblis are brothers." 00:04:29.660 --> 00:04:34.379 It is also said that they meant they claimed the angels were the daughters of Allah. 00:04:34.980 --> 00:04:38.379 And they said the jinn are the angels. 00:04:39.019 --> 00:04:43.459 The jinn know well that they will be brought forth to the punishment of the Fire. 00:04:44.180 --> 00:04:50.100 This is a declaration of Allah’s transcendence and His innocence from what these polytheists attribute to Him. 00:04:50.910 --> 00:04:54.189 The jinn know well that those who said, 00:04:54.750 --> 00:04:56.870 "The angels are the daughters of Allah," 00:04:57.269 --> 00:04:58.790 Will be brought forth to the punishment. 00:04:59.509 --> 00:05:04.829 Except for the servants of Allah whom He has chosen for His mercy and created for His Paradise. 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:11.000 For you and what you worship. 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:15.600 “Ye cannot excite (anyone) against Him.” (37:162) 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:19.600 “Save him who is to burn in hell.” (37:163) 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:26.560 For you, O polytheists who associate partners with Allah, and what you worship of gods and idols, 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:31.920 You are not able to lead anyone astray regarding what you worship besides Allah, 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:35.839 Except for those whom Allah has decreed will reach the Hellfire. 00:05:37.459 --> 00:05:44.250 “There is not one of us but hath his known position.” (37:164) 00:05:44.610 --> 00:05:56.850 And indeed, we are those who stand in ranks, and we are those who glorify Him. 00:05:58.329 --> 00:06:03.769 There is not one among us, the company of angels, but has a known station in the heavens. 00:06:04.509 --> 00:06:07.949 We are those who stand in ranks for Allah, for His worship. 00:06:08.509 --> 00:06:10.829 And we are those who pray to Him. 00:06:12.699 --> 00:06:15.980 And they used to say: 00:06:16.459 --> 00:06:22.339 “If we had but a reminder from the men of old” (37:168) 00:06:22.779 --> 00:06:27.779 “We would be single-minded slaves of Allah.” (37:169) 00:06:28.259 --> 00:06:34.060 “Yet (now that it is come) they disbelieve therein; but they will come to know.” (37:170) 00:06:35.579 --> 00:06:42.620 The polytheists of Quraysh used to say before Muhammad, peace be upon him, was sent to them: 00:06:43.259 --> 00:06:48.500 "If only we had a book sent down from heaven like the Torah and the Gospel," 00:06:49.300 --> 00:06:53.300 "Or a prophet had come to us like the one who came to the Jews and the Christians," 00:06:53.860 --> 00:06:59.459 "We would have been the chosen servants of Allah whom He selected for His worship and chose for His Paradise." 00:07:00.209 --> 00:07:04.209 But when the Reminder (the Qur'an) came to them from Allah, they disbelieved in it. 00:07:04.810 --> 00:07:10.610 They will soon know, when they come before Me, what punishment they will receive for their disbelief in it. 00:07:12.350 --> 00:07:18.509 Our word has already preceded for Our servants, the messengers. 00:07:18.829 --> 00:07:23.800 That they are the ones who will be helped. 00:07:24.120 --> 00:07:29.120 “And that Our host, they verily would be the victors.” (37:173) 00:07:30.459 --> 00:07:33.939 Our decree and judgment have already passed for Our messengers, 00:07:34.500 --> 00:07:37.699 That they are the ones who will have victory and triumph through arguments. 00:07:38.339 --> 00:07:44.420 And Our party, the people of Our allegiance, are the ones who will have success and prosperity over those who disbelieve in Us. 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:49.560 “So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) awhile,” (37:174) 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:54.279 Watch them, for they will soon see. 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:58.439 Do they seek to hasten Our punishment? 00:07:58.959 --> 00:08:06.560 “But when it cometh home to them, then it will be a hapless morn for those who have been warned.” (37:177) 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:11.240 So turn away from them until the time Our punishment arrives. 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:16.160 And watch them, for they will soon see what befalls them of Our punishment. 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:21.000 Do they seek to hasten the descent of Our punishment upon them, O Muhammad? 00:08:21.800 --> 00:08:24.399 When the punishment of Allah descends upon these people, 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:30.439 Then evil is the morning for those who were warned by Our messenger but did not believe him. 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:36.000 “Withdraw from them awhile” (37:178) 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:39.759 And watch, for they will soon see. 00:08:41.100 --> 00:08:44.100 And turn away, O Muhammad, from these polytheists, 00:08:44.539 --> 00:08:47.100 Until the time Allah permits their destruction. 00:08:47.899 --> 00:08:52.220 And watch them, for they will soon see what befalls them of Our punishment. 00:08:53.899 --> 00:09:01.419 “Glorified be thy Lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that which they attribute (unto Him)” (37:180) 00:09:01.860 --> 00:09:05.820 And peace be upon the messengers. 00:09:06.259 --> 00:09:11.539 And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:16.519 A declaration of your Lord’s transcendence, O Muhammad, and His innocence, 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:18.879 The Lord of power and might, 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:23.600 From what these fabricators describe in their saying, "Allah has begotten," 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:26.840 And their saying, "The angels are the daughters of Allah," 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:31.399 And other such polytheism and fabrication against their Lord. 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:36.679 And it is a security from Allah for the messengers whom He sent to their nations, 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:39.519 From the terror of the Day of the Greatest Punishment, 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:42.000 And from any other evil. 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:45.039 And praise be to Allah, Lord of all creation. 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:47.399 Purely and exclusively, to the exclusion of all else. 00:09:49.960 --> 00:09:53.399 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.