WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.000 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.599 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:07.599 --> 00:00:12.789 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammar. 00:00:12.789 --> 00:00:15.910 Surah Nuh. 00:00:15.910 --> 00:00:22.730 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:22.730 --> 00:00:40.789 “Lo! We sent Noah unto his people (saying): Warn thy people ere the painful doom come unto them.” (71:1) 00:00:40.789 --> 00:00:48.890 “He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you” (71:2) 00:00:48.890 --> 00:00:53.890 “(Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,” (71:3) 00:00:53.890 --> 00:01:03.890 He will forgive you some of your sins and grant you respite until an appointed term. 00:01:03.890 --> 00:01:17.099 “That He may forgive you somewhat of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Lo! the term of Allah, when it cometh, cannot be delayed, if ye but knew.” (71:4) 00:01:17.099 --> 00:01:26.510 Indeed, We sent Nuh to his people, saying: "Warn your people before a painful punishment comes to them." 00:01:26.510 --> 00:01:30.700 This refers to the flood with which Allah drowned them. 00:01:30.700 --> 00:01:32.700 Nuh said to his people: 00:01:32.700 --> 00:01:37.700 "O my people, I am a clear warner to you; I warn you of the punishment of Allah, so beware of Him." 00:01:37.700 --> 00:01:40.700 And I make clear to you the warning I bring. 00:01:40.700 --> 00:01:43.700 I command you to worship Allah. 00:01:43.700 --> 00:01:47.700 Fear His punishment by believing in Him and acting in obedience to Him. 00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:52.700 Comply with what I command you and accept my counsel. 00:01:52.700 --> 00:01:55.700 He will overlook your sins and pardon them. 00:01:55.700 --> 00:01:59.700 He will grant you respite in your lifespans and will not destroy you with punishment. 00:01:59.700 --> 00:02:01.700 Neither by drowning nor by any other means. 00:02:01.700 --> 00:02:05.700 Until the time He has decreed for you to remain. 00:02:05.700 --> 00:02:08.699 If you obey Him and worship Him. 00:02:08.699 --> 00:02:13.800 For the term of Allah, which He has written for His creation in the Preserved Tablet, 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:17.800 When it arrives, it cannot be delayed beyond its appointed time. 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:20.800 If you knew that this were the case, 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:23.800 You would hasten to the obedience of your Lord. 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:32.460 “He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day” (71:5) 00:02:32.460 --> 00:02:39.460 “But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;” (71:6) 00:02:39.460 --> 00:02:44.460 “And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in pride.” (71:7) 00:02:44.460 --> 00:02:52.460 “And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in pride.” (71:7) 00:02:52.460 --> 00:02:55.460 And they wrapped themselves in their garments. 00:02:55.460 --> 00:03:01.460 And they persisted and were arrogant with great arrogance. 00:03:01.460 --> 00:03:06.199 Nuh said, when he had conveyed the message of his Lord to his people: 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:10.199 “He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day” (71:5) 00:03:10.199 --> 00:03:12.199 To Your Oneness and Your worship. 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:15.199 And I warned them of Your might and Your power. 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:21.199 Yet my calling them only increased them in flight, escape, and turning away from it. 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:27.199 And indeed, every time I called them to acknowledge Your Oneness and act in obedience to You, 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:30.199 And to disavow the worship of everything besides You, 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:33.199 So that You might forgive them if they did so, 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:36.199 “And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in pride.” (71:7) 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:39.199 So that they would not hear my call to them. 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:43.199 They wrapped themselves in their garments and covered themselves with them, 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:46.199 So that they would not hear my call. 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:50.199 They remained steadfast in their disbelief and persisted in it. 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:54.199 They grew arrogant and became too haughty to submit to the truth, 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:59.099 Or to accept the counsel I invited them to. 00:03:59.099 --> 00:04:03.830 “And lo! I have called unto them aloud,” (71:8) 00:04:03.830 --> 00:04:12.180 “And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private.” (71:9) 00:04:12.180 --> 00:04:18.009 Then I invited them to what You commanded me to invite them to, 00:04:18.009 --> 00:04:21.009 Publicly and openly, not in secret. 00:04:21.009 --> 00:04:27.009 Then I spoke plainly to them and proclaimed the warning You commanded me to deliver. 00:04:27.009 --> 00:04:31.009 And I spoke to them about it privately and in secret. 00:04:31.009 --> 00:04:39.000 “And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.” (71:10) 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:46.000 He will send rain from the sky upon you in abundance. 00:04:46.000 --> 00:05:03.000 “And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.” (71:12) 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:08.000 “What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity” (71:13) 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:11.000 While He has created you in stages. 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:16.639 So I said to them: "Ask your Lord for the forgiveness of your sins." 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:22.639 Repent to Him for your disbelief and the worship of gods other than Him, and declare His Oneness. 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:25.639 Devote your worship sincerely to Him, and He will forgive you. 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:30.639 Indeed, He is ever Forgiving to the sins of those who turn and repent to Him. 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:34.639 Your Lord will send down the rain upon you in succession. 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:38.639 And along with that, your Lord will grant you wealth and children. 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:43.639 He will increase them for you and multiply what you have of them. 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:45.639 And He will provide you with gardens. 00:05:45.639 --> 00:05:51.639 And He will provide you with rivers so that you may irrigate your gardens and farms. 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:54.639 Why do you not fear the greatness of Allah? 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:57.639 When He has created you stage after stage. 00:05:57.639 --> 00:06:02.639 At one time a drop of fluid, then a clinging clot, then a lump of flesh. 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:11.470 “See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,” (71:15) 00:06:11.470 --> 00:06:19.470 “And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?” (71:16) 00:06:19.470 --> 00:06:25.470 “And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,” (71:17) 00:06:25.470 --> 00:06:32.470 “And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing.” (71:18) 00:06:32.470 --> 00:06:37.470 “And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you” (71:19) 00:06:37.470 --> 00:06:43.470 “That ye may thread the valley-ways thereof.” (71:20) 00:06:43.470 --> 00:06:49.269 Do you not see, O people—so that you may take heed—how Allah created seven heavens? 00:06:49.269 --> 00:06:52.269 One heaven above another in layers. 00:06:52.269 --> 00:06:56.269 And He made the moon a light within the seven heavens. 00:06:56.269 --> 00:06:59.269 And He made the sun a lamp within them. 00:06:59.269 --> 00:07:02.269 And Allah caused you to grow from the earth like a plant. 00:07:02.269 --> 00:07:05.269 He created you from it if He wills. 00:07:05.269 --> 00:07:09.269 Then He will return you into the earth as you were—dust. 00:07:09.269 --> 00:07:13.269 He will make you as you were before He created you. 00:07:13.269 --> 00:07:18.269 And He will bring you out from it when He wills, alive, in a final bringing forth. 00:07:18.269 --> 00:07:21.269 “And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you” (71:19) 00:07:21.269 --> 00:07:24.269 You settle upon it and spread it out. 00:07:24.269 --> 00:07:28.269 So that you may traverse its wide paths. 00:07:28.269 --> 00:07:34.139 “Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;” (71:21) 00:07:34.139 --> 00:07:40.139 “Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;” (71:21) 00:07:40.139 --> 00:07:45.139 And they plotted a mighty plot. 00:07:45.139 --> 00:07:50.779 Nuh said: "My Lord, my people have disobeyed me and opposed my command." 00:07:50.779 --> 00:07:55.779 They rejected the guidance and righteousness to which I invited them. 00:07:55.779 --> 00:07:59.779 And in their disobedience to me, they followed those who called them to it, 00:07:59.779 --> 00:08:02.779 From among those whose wealth and children were abundant. 00:08:02.779 --> 00:08:06.779 Yet the abundance of their wealth and children only increased them in loss. 00:08:06.779 --> 00:08:10.779 Distance from Allah and straying from the path of truth. 00:08:10.779 --> 00:08:13.779 And they plotted a great plot. 00:08:13.779 --> 00:08:18.540 “And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.” (71:23) 00:08:18.540 --> 00:08:23.540 “And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.” (71:23) 00:08:23.540 --> 00:08:29.540 “And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.” (71:23) 00:08:29.540 --> 00:08:32.539 And they have led many astray. 00:08:32.539 --> 00:08:37.539 And do not increase the wrongdoers except in error. 00:08:37.539 --> 00:08:43.600 These were idols that were worshipped in the time of Nuh. 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:46.600 They were righteous people from the children of Adam. 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:50.600 They had followers who took them as examples. 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:52.600 When they died, 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:56.600 Their companions who used to follow them said: 00:08:56.600 --> 00:09:01.600 "If we make images of them, it will make us more eager for worship when we remember them." 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:03.600 So they made images of them. 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:05.600 When they died, 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:07.600 And others came after them, 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:09.600 Iblis approached them and said: 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:12.600 "They only used to worship them," 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:14.600 "And through them, they were granted rain." 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:16.600 So they worshipped them. 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:22.629 And many people were led astray by the worship of these idols, which were fashioned in the likeness of those men. 00:09:22.629 --> 00:09:24.629 Many of the people. 00:09:24.629 --> 00:09:30.629 And do not increase the wrongdoers—who wrong themselves by their disbelief in Our signs—except in error. 00:09:30.629 --> 00:09:32.629 Except for a seal upon their hearts, 00:09:32.629 --> 00:09:37.009 So that they are not guided to the truth. 00:09:37.009 --> 00:09:43.389 Because of their sins, they were drowned. 00:09:43.389 --> 00:09:46.389 They were drowned and then admitted into a Fire. 00:09:46.389 --> 00:09:52.389 “Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.” (71:25) 00:09:52.389 --> 00:09:56.159 Because of their sins, they were drowned. 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:58.159 And admitted into Hell. 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:01.159 “Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.” (71:25) 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:04.159 He will exact retribution for them for what was done to them. 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:08.159 And do not intervene between them and what was done to them. 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:16.990 “And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land.” (71:26) 00:10:16.990 --> 00:10:25.990 “If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.” (71:27) 00:10:25.990 --> 00:10:30.990 “If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.” (71:27) 00:10:30.990 --> 00:10:38.820 And Nuh said: "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth any inhabitant among the disbelievers," 00:10:38.820 --> 00:10:40.820 Who walks about on the earth, 00:10:40.820 --> 00:10:45.860 Going and coming upon it. 00:10:45.860 --> 00:10:48.860 "For indeed, my Lord, if You leave the disbelievers alive on the earth," 00:10:48.860 --> 00:10:51.860 "And do not destroy them with a punishment from You," 00:10:51.860 --> 00:10:54.860 "They will lead astray Your servants who have believed in You," 00:10:54.860 --> 00:11:00.559 "And they will divert them from Your path." 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:13.559 “My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and him who entereth my house believing, and believing men and believing women, and increase not the wrong-doers in aught save ruin.” (71:28) 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:17.559 "And they will beget none but wicked ones in Your religion, ungrateful for Your favor." 00:11:17.559 --> 00:11:24.620 “My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and him who entereth my house believing, and believing men and believing women, and increase not the wrong-doers in aught save ruin.” (71:28) 00:11:24.620 --> 00:11:26.620 "My Lord, forgive me," 00:11:26.620 --> 00:11:29.620 "And cover my sins, and those of my parents," 00:11:29.620 --> 00:11:33.620 "And whoever enters my house of worship and my place of prayer as a worshipper," 00:11:33.620 --> 00:11:36.620 "Believing in the duty You have imposed upon him." 00:11:36.620 --> 00:11:40.620 "And for the believing men and the believing women." 00:11:40.620 --> 00:11:47.179 "And do not increase the wrongdoers—who wrong themselves by their disbelief—except in loss." 00:11:47.179 --> 00:11:51.179 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.