WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:08.039 Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:12.740 It was summarized by Dr. Aqeel bin Salem Al-Shammar 00:00:14.099 --> 00:00:15.980 Surat Hud 00:00:18.379 --> 00:00:22.539 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:22.780 --> 00:00:31.379 Examples of the two groups are the blind and the deaf, the seeing and the hearing 00:00:31.579 --> 00:00:34.380 Are they equal, for example? 00:00:34.539 --> 00:00:37.899 Do you not remember? 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:41.799 Like two groups: disbelief and faith 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:45.719 Like a blind person who cannot see anything with his eyes 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:48.799 The deaf who does not hear anything 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:51.280 So is the disbelief group 00:00:51.479 --> 00:00:53.759 He does not see the truth and follows it 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:56.159 To occupy him with his disbelief in God 00:00:56.710 --> 00:01:00.189 He does not hear God's call for guidance and answer him 00:01:00.630 --> 00:01:02.469 And the Hearer and the All-Seeing 00:01:02.909 --> 00:01:04.950 That is the team of faith 00:01:05.269 --> 00:01:06.709 See God's arguments 00:01:07.189 --> 00:01:10.310 I acknowledge what it indicates regarding the monotheism of God 00:01:10.909 --> 00:01:14.870 He heard God's call, answered him, and worked in obedience to God 00:01:15.549 --> 00:01:19.670 Are these two groups equal to you, people? 00:01:20.269 --> 00:01:22.790 This is the case with the unbeliever and the believer 00:01:23.230 --> 00:01:25.189 They are not equal to God 00:01:25.909 --> 00:01:29.549 Don't you people consider and think? 00:01:31.060 --> 00:01:34.659 And We sent Noah to his people 00:01:34.659 --> 00:01:39.540 I am a clear warner to you 00:01:40.019 --> 00:01:43.980 Do not worship anyone but God 00:01:44.340 --> 00:01:50.980 I fear for you the torment of a painful day 00:01:52.349 --> 00:01:54.829 And We sent Noah to his people 00:01:55.430 --> 00:01:58.670 I am to you, O people, a warner from God 00:01:59.310 --> 00:02:01.950 I warn you of his punishment for your disbelief in him 00:02:02.510 --> 00:02:07.549 Explaining to you what I have sent to you of God’s commands and prohibitions 00:02:08.030 --> 00:02:10.030 Do not worship anyone but God 00:02:10.550 --> 00:02:14.710 So they singled out God with monotheism and devoted worship to Him 00:02:15.449 --> 00:02:19.530 O people, if you are not sincere to God through worship 00:02:20.129 --> 00:02:24.729 I fear for you from God the punishment of a painful day 00:02:26.500 --> 00:02:30.860 The leaders of his people who disbelieved said: 00:02:30.900 --> 00:02:35.020 We only see you as human beings like us 00:02:39.020 --> 00:02:45.099 We do not see anyone following you except those who are our heirs outright 00:02:51.819 --> 00:02:55.860 And we see that you have no favor over us 00:02:56.699 --> 00:03:00.139 Rather, we think you are liars 00:03:01.789 --> 00:03:05.110 The elders and nobles of Noah's people said 00:03:05.629 --> 00:03:10.789 We see you, O Noah, as nothing but human beings like us in creation, appearance, and gender 00:03:11.430 --> 00:03:18.030 And we do not see you following you except those who are our lowest among the people, as we see and appear to us 00:03:18.669 --> 00:03:24.189 We do not make clear that you have any advantage over us that you can conceal by disobeying us 00:03:24.750 --> 00:03:27.349 We follow you in pursuit of that grace 00:03:28.030 --> 00:03:33.430 Rather, we think, O Noah, in your supplications that God has sent you to us as a liar 00:03:35.219 --> 00:03:42.620 He said, “O my people, have you seen if I am upon clear proof from my Lord?” 00:03:42.620 --> 00:03:49.780 And He gave me mercy from Him 00:03:49.780 --> 00:03:55.419 So I blinded you 00:03:55.419 --> 00:04:01.020 So We oblige you to do it while you hate it 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:10.560 Noah said, “O my people, do you think that if I have knowledge and knowledge from God, I have what I need for Him?” 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:16.040 I must sincerely worship Him and avoid associating with idols 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:20.279 He blessed me with success, prophecy, and wisdom 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:24.399 So mercy was blinded to you, and you were not guided by it 00:04:25.180 --> 00:04:29.860 That I took you to enter Islam while God has blinded you to it 00:04:30.459 --> 00:04:33.300 And you oblige us to hate you 00:04:33.939 --> 00:04:38.379 We do not do that, but we entrust your matter to God 00:04:40.069 --> 00:04:44.310 O my people, I do not ask you for money 00:04:44.829 --> 00:04:48.670 My reward is only from God 00:04:49.310 --> 00:04:52.990 And I will not repel those who believe 00:04:53.189 --> 00:05:02.990 They will meet their Lord, but I see that you are an ignorant people 00:05:04.709 --> 00:05:10.829 Noah said, “O my people, I do not ask you for my advice to you for that.” 00:05:11.389 --> 00:05:13.709 They accused me of my advice 00:05:14.389 --> 00:05:17.709 The reward for my advice to you is only from God 00:05:18.230 --> 00:05:21.310 And I am not the scissors of one who believes in God 00:05:22.029 --> 00:05:26.790 Those whom you ask me to expel are coming to God 00:05:27.389 --> 00:05:32.670 And God will ask them about what they used to do, not about their honor or their sufficiency 00:05:33.430 --> 00:05:39.509 But, O people, I see that you are a people who are ignorant of what is required of you by God 00:05:41.459 --> 00:05:51.259 O my people, who will help me from God if I comfort them? Will you not remember? 00:05:52.819 --> 00:05:58.300 O my people, who will prevent me from God if He punishes me for expelling the believers? 00:05:58.939 --> 00:06:01.620 Don't you think about what you say? 00:06:02.139 --> 00:06:04.899 So you know his mistake and stop doing it 00:06:06.620 --> 00:06:14.980 I do not tell you that I have the treasures of God and I do not know the unseen 00:06:15.459 --> 00:06:25.660 I do not know the unseen, nor do I say that I am a king, nor do I speak to those whom your eyes despise 00:06:26.220 --> 00:06:34.100 And I do not say to those whom your eyes despise that God will not give them good 00:06:34.660 --> 00:06:44.379 God knows best what is in their souls. Indeed, then I am of the wrongdoers 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:50.639 I do not tell you that I have God’s treasures that nothing can consume 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:53.560 I invite you to follow me on it 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:57.560 I also do not know what is hidden from the secrets of the servants 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:01.680 So I claim divinity and I invite you to worship Me 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:07.319 Nor do I say that I am one of the angels sent to you 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:10.519 I would be lying in my claim 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:15.639 And I do not say to those who followed me and your eyes despise them 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:17.959 God will not give them good 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:22.959 God knows best the consciences of their chests and the beliefs of their hearts 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:27.279 But I have some of them that appear and show faith 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:28.959 I will not expel them 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:33.839 I have warned them of those who do what they have no right to do 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:36.759 Those who transgress what God has commanded them 00:07:38.269 --> 00:07:43.430 They said, “O Noah, you have argued with us, and you have often argued with us.” 00:07:43.750 --> 00:07:53.709 Then bring to us what you promise us if you are of the truthful ones 00:07:55.259 --> 00:07:56.500 Noah's people said 00:07:57.339 --> 00:08:00.100 You have quarreled with us and increased our quarreling 00:08:00.660 --> 00:08:03.139 Bring us the torment you prepare for us 00:08:03.620 --> 00:08:06.420 If you are honest in your promises 00:08:08.009 --> 00:08:18.610 He said: God will bring it to you only if He wills, and you are not unable to do so 00:08:19.209 --> 00:08:29.889 My advice will not benefit you if I want to advise you if God wants to give you shelter 00:08:30.449 --> 00:08:34.850 He is your Lord and to Him you will be returned 00:08:36.350 --> 00:08:37.110 Noah said 00:08:37.830 --> 00:08:41.629 O my people, it is not for me that you hasten from torment 00:08:42.149 --> 00:08:43.950 But that is up to God 00:08:44.590 --> 00:08:48.909 If he wants to torture you, you will not escape from him 00:08:49.350 --> 00:08:52.750 Because wherever you are, you are in his kingdom and authority 00:08:53.389 --> 00:09:00.789 And my warning of his punishment will not benefit you if I wanted to advise you in my warning because you do not accept it 00:09:01.350 --> 00:09:04.669 If God wants to destroy you with His torment 00:09:05.110 --> 00:09:07.629 And to Him you will be returned after destruction 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:13.120 Or do they say he fabricated it? 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:24.620 Say: If I slander him, my action is criminal, and I am innocent. You do not accuse me 00:09:26.190 --> 00:09:29.870 Would he say, “O Muhammad, these polytheists are among your people?” 00:09:30.549 --> 00:09:32.909 Muhammad fabricated this Qur’an 00:09:33.429 --> 00:09:35.110 This news is about Noah 00:09:35.870 --> 00:09:36.509 Tell them 00:09:37.070 --> 00:09:39.309 If I made it up, it is my sin 00:09:40.029 --> 00:09:43.710 You will not be held accountable for my sin and I will not be held accountable for your sin 00:09:44.389 --> 00:09:48.590 I am innocent of what you sin and sin against your Lord 00:09:50.460 --> 00:09:58.580 It was revealed to Noah that none of your people will believe except those who already believe 00:09:59.100 --> 00:10:09.539 None of your people will believe except those who have believed, so do not be discouraged by what they were doing 00:10:11.350 --> 00:10:15.750 God revealed to Noah what his people had to say 00:10:16.470 --> 00:10:23.750 Noah, O Noah, will believe in what you call your people to do except those who believe in that and follow you 00:10:24.350 --> 00:10:27.990 Do not be complacent or saddened by what they were doing 00:10:28.429 --> 00:10:29.909 For I will destroy them 00:10:31.940 --> 00:10:39.259 And build the ark with Our eyes and Our revelation, and do not speak to Me regarding those who have wronged 00:10:39.620 --> 00:10:44.500 They are overwhelmed 00:10:45.860 --> 00:10:51.580 And he was inspired to build the ship with God’s eyes and inspiration as he commands you 00:10:52.259 --> 00:10:57.580 And do not ask me to pardon those of your people who have wronged themselves 00:10:58.179 --> 00:11:00.860 They are drowned in a flood 00:11:02.210 --> 00:11:09.970 He makes an astronomy, and whenever a crowd of his people passes by, they mock him 00:11:10.409 --> 00:11:19.409 He said, “If you mock us, we will mock you just as you mock us.” 00:11:21.070 --> 00:11:23.029 And Noah builds the ark 00:11:23.710 --> 00:11:27.590 Whenever a group of the elders of his people passed by him 00:11:28.029 --> 00:11:30.669 They mocked Noah and said to him: 00:11:31.350 --> 00:11:34.070 I became a carpenter after the prophethood 00:11:34.590 --> 00:11:36.590 The ship operates on land 00:11:37.610 --> 00:11:38.970 Noah says to them 00:11:39.649 --> 00:11:41.450 If they mock us today 00:11:41.929 --> 00:11:44.330 We will mock you in the Hereafter 00:11:44.769 --> 00:11:47.490 As you mock us in this world 00:12:01.659 --> 00:12:05.580 You will know, O people, when God's command comes 00:12:06.059 --> 00:12:10.259 Who is tormented by God, insulting and humiliating him? 00:12:10.779 --> 00:12:16.100 And in the afterlife, a permanent torment will befall him, so that we may fall upon him 00:12:17.789 --> 00:12:23.429 Even when our command comes and the light fades away 00:12:23.429 --> 00:12:31.549 Say: We carry two from every couple and your family 00:12:31.750 --> 00:12:36.549 Except for those who have already spoken and who believe 00:12:37.070 --> 00:12:41.990 Only a few believed with him 00:12:43.779 --> 00:12:46.820 Even if our command that we promised comes to pass 00:12:46.820 --> 00:12:49.340 That his people would come back from the flood 00:12:50.019 --> 00:12:52.659 And the light that baked in it faded away 00:12:53.299 --> 00:12:56.740 It was a sign for Noah when water came out of it 00:12:57.220 --> 00:12:59.700 People perished and drowned 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:01.559 We told Noah 00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:05.279 I carry in the ark every male and female 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:07.960 And also hope your family in astronomy 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:11.279 They are his children, his wives, and his wives 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:16.559 Except for those about whom I said, “I will destroy them with those of your people whom I will destroy.” 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:20.200 And join with them those of your people who follow you 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:27.039 Only a few people came closer to God’s unity with Noah than his people