WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.399 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.399 --> 00:00:08.199 Summary from Tafsir al-Tabari. 00:00:08.199 --> 00:00:12.820 Abridged by Dr. Aqeel bin Salem Al-Shammari. 00:00:12.820 --> 00:00:16.410 Surah Al-Hajj. 00:00:16.410 --> 00:00:23.079 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:35.320 “That (is so). And whoso hath retaliated with the like of that which he was made to suffer and then hath (again) been wronged, Allah will succour him. Lo! Allah verily is Mild, Forgiving.” (22:60) 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:40.600 Indeed, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Forgiving. 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:42.740 This refers to 00:00:42.740 --> 00:00:47.939 those who migrated in the cause of Allah and were then killed or died. 00:00:47.939 --> 00:00:53.140 And with that, Allah will grant them victory over the polytheists. 00:00:53.140 --> 00:00:57.340 who wronged them and expelled them from their homes. 00:00:57.340 --> 00:01:02.340 Indeed, Allah is forgiving and pardoning towards those who seek retribution from those who wronged them. 00:01:02.539 --> 00:01:10.609 He is forgiving of what they did by initiating injustice, without punishing them for it. 00:01:10.609 --> 00:01:29.629 “That is because Allah maketh the night to pass into the day and maketh the day to pass into the night, and because Allah is Hearer, Seer.” (22:61) 00:01:29.829 --> 00:01:34.629 This victory that He grants over those who transgress against them is for the transgressor. 00:01:34.629 --> 00:01:37.430 because He is capable of whatever He wills. 00:01:37.430 --> 00:01:43.629 Among His capabilities is that Allah inserts what is diminished from the hours of the night into the hours of the day. 00:01:43.629 --> 00:01:47.030 So, what is diminished from this is added to that. 00:01:47.030 --> 00:01:51.629 And He inserts what is diminished from the hours of the day into the hours of the night. 00:01:51.629 --> 00:01:54.430 And by the power with which He does that, 00:01:54.430 --> 00:02:00.430 He grants victory to Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and his Companions over those who wronged them. 00:02:00.430 --> 00:02:06.030 And He also did this by being All-Hearing of what they say. 00:02:06.030 --> 00:02:10.430 All-Seeing of what they do; nothing escapes His knowledge. 00:02:10.430 --> 00:02:21.550 “That is because Allah, He is the True, and that whereon they call instead of Him, it is the false, and because Allah, He is the High, the Great.” (22:62) 00:02:21.550 --> 00:02:27.550 “That is because Allah, He is the True, and that whereon they call instead of Him, it is the false, and because Allah, He is the High, the Great.” (22:62) 00:02:27.550 --> 00:02:31.550 And that Allah is indeed the Most High, the Most Great. 00:02:31.550 --> 00:02:37.159 This action that He performed, of inserting the night into the day, 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:39.159 and inserting the day into the night, 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:44.159 is because I am the Truth, who has no equal, no partner, and no rival. 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:49.159 And that what these polytheists call upon besides Me 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:53.159 is falsehood, which is incapable of creating anything. 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:57.159 And that Allah is indeed the Most High over all things. 00:02:57.159 --> 00:03:00.159 The Most Great, than whom nothing is greater. 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:16.310 “Seest thou not how Allah sendeth down water from the sky and then the earth becometh green upon the morrow? Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware.” (22:63) 00:03:16.310 --> 00:03:21.949 Have you not seen, O Muhammad, that Allah has sent down rain from the sky? 00:03:21.949 --> 00:03:26.949 And the earth becomes green with what grows from it, the vegetation. 00:03:26.949 --> 00:03:31.949 Indeed, Allah is Subtle in bringing forth vegetation from the earth with that water, 00:03:31.949 --> 00:03:36.949 and other things He wills to bring forth. 00:03:36.949 --> 00:03:40.949 He is Expert concerning what happens with that vegetation, from the seeds. 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:56.229 To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth. 00:03:56.229 --> 00:03:59.229 They are His servants, His property, and His creation. 00:03:59.229 --> 00:04:05.229 And indeed, Allah is Self-Sufficient, free from need of all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth, of His creation. 00:04:05.229 --> 00:04:07.229 And they are the ones in need of Him. 00:04:07.229 --> 00:04:13.229 Praiseworthy among His servants for His favors upon them and His gifts to them. 00:04:13.229 --> 00:04:20.060 “Hast thou not seen how Allah hath made all that is in the earth subservient unto you? And the ship runneth upon the sea by His command, and He holdeth back the heaven from falling on the earth unless by His leave. Lo! Allah is, for mankind, Full of Pity, Merciful.” (22:65) 00:04:20.060 --> 00:04:24.060 And the ships sail on the sea by His command. 00:04:24.060 --> 00:04:28.060 And the ships sail on the sea by His command. 00:04:28.060 --> 00:04:35.060 “Hast thou not seen how Allah hath made all that is in the earth subservient unto you? And the ship runneth upon the sea by His command, and He holdeth back the heaven from falling on the earth unless by His leave. Lo! Allah is, for mankind, Full of Pity, Merciful.” (22:65) 00:04:35.060 --> 00:04:42.060 Indeed, Allah is, to mankind, Ever-Kind, Most Merciful. 00:04:42.060 --> 00:04:49.800 Have you not seen that Allah has subjected to you, O mankind, whatever is on the earth of animals and livestock? 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:55.800 All of that is for you to use as you wish for your needs. 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:59.800 And He has subjected to you the ships that sail on the sea by His power. 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:04.800 And He holds the sky by His power so that it does not fall upon the earth except by His permission. 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:08.800 Indeed, Allah is, to mankind, Possessor of kindness and mercy. 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:11.800 So, from His kindness to them and His mercy for them, 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:18.079 “Hast thou not seen how Allah hath made all that is in the earth subservient unto you? And the ship runneth upon the sea by His command, and He holdeth back the heaven from falling on the earth unless by His leave. Lo! Allah is, for mankind, Full of Pity, Merciful.” (22:65) 00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:25.079 “And He it is Who gave you life, then He will cause you to die, and then will give you life (again). Lo! man is verily an ingrate.” (22:66) 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:32.139 Indeed, mankind is very ungrateful. 00:05:32.139 --> 00:05:35.139 And Allah, who has bestowed these blessings upon you, 00:05:35.139 --> 00:05:39.139 is the One who made for you bodies, alive. 00:05:39.139 --> 00:05:42.139 Then He causes you to die after your life. 00:05:42.139 --> 00:05:47.139 Then He will revive you after your death when you are resurrected for the Hour. 00:05:47.139 --> 00:05:51.139 Indeed, the son of Adam is very unappreciative of Allah's blessings. 00:05:51.139 --> 00:05:59.129 For every nation, We have made a place of worship for them to perform their rites. 00:05:59.129 --> 00:06:03.129 “Unto each nation have We given sacred rites which they are to perform; so let them not dispute with thee of the matter, but summon thou unto thy Lord. Lo! thou indeed followest right guidance.” (22:67) 00:06:03.129 --> 00:06:12.129 And call to your Lord; indeed, you are upon a straight guidance. 00:06:12.129 --> 00:06:18.120 For every group before you, We made a place they frequented, 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:23.120 a place they would visit for My worship and to fulfill My obligations. 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:27.120 And by it, the shedding of blood, meaning we fought each other. 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:33.120 So, let not these polytheists who associate partners with Allah, O Muhammad, dispute with you concerning your sacrifices and your rites, 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:37.120 by saying, "Do you eat what you yourselves have killed?" 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:41.120 "And you do not eat what Allah has killed?" 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:45.149 And call, O Muhammad, to your disputants who associate partners with Allah, 00:06:45.149 --> 00:06:50.149 to follow the command of your Lord; indeed, you are upon a straight path. 00:06:50.149 --> 00:06:58.949 One that does not deviate from the way of truth and correctness in your rites, which your Lord has ordained for you and your Ummah. 00:06:58.949 --> 00:07:04.949 “And if they wrangle with thee, say: Allah is Best Aware of what ye do.” (22:68) 00:07:04.949 --> 00:07:14.949 “Allah will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein ye used to differ.” (22:69) 00:07:14.949 --> 00:07:20.910 And if these polytheists who associate partners with Allah dispute with you, O Muhammad, concerning your rites, 00:07:20.910 --> 00:07:25.910 then say, "Allah knows best what you do and what we do." 00:07:25.910 --> 00:07:32.910 And Allah will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein you used to differ in your religion. 00:07:32.910 --> 00:07:37.910 Then you will know, on that day, O polytheists, who is upon the truth and who is upon falsehood. 00:07:37.910 --> 00:07:56.189 “Hast thou not known that Allah knoweth all that is in the heaven and the earth? Lo! it is in a record. Lo! that is easy for Allah.” (22:70) 00:07:56.189 --> 00:08:04.310 Have you not known, O Muhammad, that Allah knows all that is in the seven heavens and the seven earths? 00:08:04.310 --> 00:08:14.310 Indeed, His knowledge of that is in a Book, which is the Preserved Tablet, wherein our Lord has written all that will occur until the Day of Resurrection. 00:08:14.310 --> 00:08:23.209 Indeed, the Book of the Pen, which Allah commanded to be written on the Preserved Tablet, is with Allah. 00:08:23.209 --> 00:08:32.210 “And they worship instead of Allah that for which He hath sent down no warrant, and that whereof they have no knowledge. For evil-doers there is no helper.” (22:71) 00:08:32.210 --> 00:08:37.210 “And they worship instead of Allah that for which He hath sent down no warrant, and that whereof they have no knowledge. For evil-doers there is no helper.” (22:71) 00:08:37.210 --> 00:08:45.139 And these polytheists worship besides Allah that for which He has sent down no authority from heaven, 00:08:45.139 --> 00:08:49.139 and that of which they have no knowledge, that it is a deity. 00:08:49.139 --> 00:08:56.139 And for the disbelievers, there will be no helper who will help them on the Day of Resurrection and save them from Allah's punishment. 00:08:56.139 --> 00:09:08.059 “And when Our revelations are recited unto them, thou knowest the denial in the faces of those who disbelieve; they all but attack those who recite Our revelations unto them. Say: Shall I proclaim unto you worse than that? The Fire! Allah hath promised it for those who disbelieve. A hapless journey's end!” (22:72) 00:09:08.059 --> 00:09:15.059 “And when Our revelations are recited unto them, thou knowest the denial in the faces of those who disbelieve; they all but attack those who recite Our revelations unto them. Say: Shall I proclaim unto you worse than that? The Fire! Allah hath promised it for those who disbelieve. A hapless journey's end!” (22:72) 00:09:15.059 --> 00:09:33.379 Say, "Shall I inform you of something worse than that? For the polytheists, it is the Fire, which Allah has promised to those who disbelieved. And what a terrible destination." 00:09:33.379 --> 00:09:39.379 And when the clear verses of the Qur'an, with their evident proofs, are recited to the polytheists of Quraysh, 00:09:39.379 --> 00:09:47.379 their faces show what the believers in Allah reject, their faces change upon hearing the Qur'an. 00:09:47.379 --> 00:09:55.379 They are almost ready to attack those who recite the verses of Allah's Book to them, the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:09:55.379 --> 00:10:00.379 due to the intensity of their hatred for hearing the Qur'an recited to them. 00:10:00.379 --> 00:10:09.379 Say, "Shall I inform you, O polytheists, of something more abhorrent to you than these people whose recitation of the Qur'an you detest?" 00:10:09.379 --> 00:10:19.379 It is the Fire, which Allah has promised to those who disbelieved. And what a terrible place of return for these polytheists on the Day of Resurrection. 00:10:19.379 --> 00:10:41.399 “O mankind! A similitude is coined, so pay ye heed to it: Lo! those on whom ye call beside Allah will never create a fly though they combine together for the purpose. And if the fly took something from them, they could not rescue it from it. So weak are (both) the seeker and the sought!” (22:73) 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:54.360 “O mankind! A similitude is coined, so pay ye heed to it: Lo! those on whom ye call beside Allah will never create a fly though they combine together for the purpose. And if the fly took something from them, they could not rescue it from it. So weak are (both) the seeker and the sought!” (22:73) 00:10:54.360 --> 00:11:08.360 O mankind, the polytheists have made idols as partners to Me and worshipped them alongside Me. So listen to the state of what they have represented and made for Me in their worship of them as a likeness and description. 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:17.360 Indeed, all that you worship besides Allah, of deities and idols, if they were gathered, they would not create a fly, however small and insignificant. 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:28.360 And if the deities and idols were to be robbed of a fly of something from what is upon them, of good things or the like, the deities would not be able to retrieve it from it. 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:36.360 The seeker, which is the deity, is incapable of retrieving from the fly what it has taken from it, while the fly is the one sought. 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:46.870 “They measure not Allah His rightful measure. Lo! Allah is Strong, Almighty.” (22:74) 00:11:46.870 --> 00:12:04.899 How greatly these people have made deities as partners to Allah, deserving of His greatness! Indeed, Allah is Powerful in creating whatever He wills, and dominant in His dominion; nothing can overpower Him to take anything from His dominion. 00:12:05.899 --> 00:12:22.700 “Allah chooseth from the angels messengers, and (also) from mankind. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Seer.” (22:75) 00:12:22.700 --> 00:12:43.549 Allah chooses messengers from among the angels, like Gabriel and Michael, and from among mankind, like His prophets. Indeed, Allah is All-Hearing of what the polytheists say about Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and All-Seeing of whom He chooses for His message from His creation. 00:12:43.549 --> 00:12:52.549 “He knoweth all that is before them and all that is behind them, and unto Allah all things are returned. $$A” (22:76) 00:12:52.549 --> 00:13:09.419 Allah knows what was before His angels and messengers, before He created them, and what will be after their passing. And to Allah, in the Hereafter, are the affairs of this world returned, and to Him they will revert. 00:13:09.419 --> 00:13:25.279 O you who have believed, bow and prostrate and worship your Lord and do good, that you may succeed. 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:43.049 O you who have believed in Allah and His Messenger, bow to Allah in your prayer, prostrate to Him therein, humble yourselves to your Lord, and obey Him, so that you may succeed and attain your desires from your Lord. 00:13:43.049 --> 00:13:58.879 “And strive for Allah with the endeavour which is His right. He hath chosen you and hath not laid upon you in religion any hardship; the faith of your father Abraham (is yours). He hath named you Muslims of old time and in this (Scripture), that the messenger may be a witness against you, and that ye may be witnesses against mankind. So establish worship, pay the poor-due, and hold fast to Allah. He is your Protecting friend. A blessed Patron and a blessed Helper!” (22:78) 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:18.879 “And strive for Allah with the endeavour which is His right. He hath chosen you and hath not laid upon you in religion any hardship; the faith of your father Abraham (is yours). He hath named you Muslims of old time and in this (Scripture), that the messenger may be a witness against you, and that ye may be witnesses against mankind. So establish worship, pay the poor-due, and hold fast to Allah. He is your Protecting friend. A blessed Patron and a blessed Helper!” (22:78) 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:33.879 “And strive for Allah with the endeavour which is His right. He hath chosen you and hath not laid upon you in religion any hardship; the faith of your father Abraham (is yours). He hath named you Muslims of old time and in this (Scripture), that the messenger may be a witness against you, and that ye may be witnesses against mankind. So establish worship, pay the poor-due, and hold fast to Allah. He is your Protecting friend. A blessed Patron and a blessed Helper!” (22:78) 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:52.710 And strive in the cause of Allah with the striving due to Him. He has chosen you for His religion and selected you to fight His enemies. And your Lord has not placed upon you any hardship in the religion by which He worships you, leaving you no way out of what you have been tested with. 00:14:52.710 --> 00:15:01.710 Rather, He has made it easy for you, making repentance a way out of some matters, expiation for others, and retribution for others. 00:15:01.710 --> 00:15:13.779 And adhere to the creed of your father Abraham. Allah named you Muslims before the revelation of this Qur'an in the scriptures revealed before it and in this Book. 00:15:14.779 --> 00:15:28.779 And let Muhammad be the Messenger of Allah, a witness over you on the Day of Resurrection that he has conveyed to you what he was sent with, and you will be witnesses over all the messengers. 00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:40.779 That they have conveyed to their nations what they were sent with, so they established prayer, gave zakat, and believed in Allah and relied on Him in their affairs. 00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:52.779 What an excellent guardian Allah is for whoever establishes prayer, gives zakat, and strives in the cause of Allah with the striving due to Him. And what an excellent helper He is for him against whoever wrongs him with evil.