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-Shammari 00:00:14.050 --> 00:00:16.530 Surat Al-Ankabut 00:00:18.750 --> 00:00:22.750 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:23.620 --> 00:00:26.940 So Lot believed in him 00:00:27.100 --> 00:00:32.060 He said that I am an immigrant to my Lord 00:00:32.259 --> 00:00:36.820 He is the Mighty, the Wise 00:00:37.939 --> 00:00:41.100 So Abraham, God’s friend, believed Lot 00:00:41.380 --> 00:00:43.060 Ibrahim said 00:00:43.299 --> 00:00:46.460 I am an immigrant from my homeland to the Levant 00:00:46.780 --> 00:00:50.460 Indeed, my Lord is the Mighty, the One who is not humbled by His victory 00:00:50.659 --> 00:00:53.340 The wise man is in his management of his creation 00:00:54.689 --> 00:00:58.329 And We gave him Isaac and Jacob 00:00:58.329 --> 00:01:09.170 And grant us prophecy and the Book among his descendants 00:01:09.170 --> 00:01:12.890 And We gave him his wealth in this world 00:01:13.209 --> 00:01:18.569 In the afterlife, he will be among the righteous 00:01:20.099 --> 00:01:23.299 And We bestowed upon him from Us a son, Ishaq 00:01:23.819 --> 00:01:26.459 After him, Jacob had a son 00:01:27.180 --> 00:01:30.620 And grant us prophecy and the Book among his descendants 00:01:31.140 --> 00:01:34.700 We gave him the reward for his affliction with us in this world 00:01:35.180 --> 00:01:39.859 In the afterlife, he will also have the reward of the righteous, undiminished 00:01:41.150 --> 00:01:47.390 And Lot when he said to his people, “You are committing indecency.” 00:01:47.670 --> 00:01:56.430 You are committing an immoral act that no one in the world has ever done before you 00:01:57.890 --> 00:02:03.049 And remember Lot when he said to his people, “You will come to Memorization.” 00:02:03.569 --> 00:02:07.489 No one in the world has preceded you with immorality 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:18.039 Do you come to the men and block the way, and come in your evil club? 00:02:18.479 --> 00:02:33.960 The only answer from his people was that he said, “Bring upon us the punishment of God if you are of the truthful ones.” 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:40.000 He said, “My Lord, grant me victory over the corrupt people.” 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:45.840 Do you, O people, attack men in their backs? 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:50.280 And you cut off travelers with your evil deeds 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:58.039 This is because, according to what was mentioned about them, they were doing this to the travelers who passed by them 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:03.680 In your gatherings, you delete those who pass by you and mock them 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:07.960 The response of Lot's people was nothing but that they said: 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:11.439 Bring us the punishment of God that will bring us back 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:17.199 If you are truthful in what you say and accomplished in what you promise 00:03:18.060 --> 00:03:21.340 He said, “My Lord, grant me victory over the corrupt people.” 00:03:22.939 --> 00:03:30.580 And when Our messengers brought Abraham the good news, they said: 00:03:31.060 --> 00:03:41.460 They said, "We will destroy the people of this village. Its people were unjust." 00:03:43.050 --> 00:03:47.770 And when Our messengers brought Abraham the good news from God about Isaac 00:03:48.289 --> 00:03:50.530 And behind Isaac is Jacob 00:03:51.330 --> 00:03:53.530 God's messengers said to Abraham 00:03:54.129 --> 00:03:58.210 We will destroy the people of this village, the village of Sodom 00:03:58.689 --> 00:04:02.889 Its people were unjust to themselves by disobeying God 00:04:03.370 --> 00:04:07.169 And their denial of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:04:08.530 --> 00:04:12.090 He said that there was Lot in it 00:04:12.530 --> 00:04:16.769 They said, “We know who is in it.” 00:04:17.290 --> 00:04:24.649 We will certainly save him and his family, except his wife, who was among those who died 00:04:26.129 --> 00:04:29.009 Abraham said to the messengers from the angels 00:04:29.689 --> 00:04:32.850 Therein is Lot, and he is not of the wrongdoers 00:04:33.329 --> 00:04:34.889 Rather, he is one of God's messengers 00:04:35.910 --> 00:04:37.350 The apostles said to him 00:04:37.910 --> 00:04:41.990 We know best who are there among the wrongdoers who disbelieve in God 00:04:42.629 --> 00:04:44.550 And Lot was not one of them 00:04:45.230 --> 00:04:50.269 Let us save him and his family from the destruction that is befalling the people of his village 00:04:50.870 --> 00:04:53.350 Except his wife was one of those who left behind 00:04:53.870 --> 00:04:56.550 Who have been preserved for ages and days 00:04:56.990 --> 00:04:59.670 Their ages and lives extended 00:05:00.310 --> 00:05:04.509 She perished from among the people of Lot along with her people 00:05:06.889 --> 00:05:15.449 And when our messengers came to Lot, it was bad for them 00:05:15.930 --> 00:05:23.930 They were upset and fed up, and they said, “Do not be afraid or sad.” 00:05:24.449 --> 00:05:33.089 And do not be sad. We will save you and your family, except your wife. She was one of those who left behind 00:05:33.529 --> 00:05:40.129 Indeed, a calamity has befallen the people of this village 00:05:40.569 --> 00:05:46.970 Punishment from heaven because they were defiantly disobedient 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:52.399 And when Our messengers came to Lot from the angels 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:55.959 The angels displeased him by coming to him 00:05:56.639 --> 00:06:00.600 That is because they added it to him, so they treated him with that 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:03.560 They were fed up with the hospitality 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:07.480 For fear of what he knows of the evil of his people 00:06:08.300 --> 00:06:13.620 The messengers said to Lot: Do not be afraid for your people to reach us 00:06:14.259 --> 00:06:18.259 And do not be saddened by what we told you, that we will destroy them 00:06:18.899 --> 00:06:22.620 We will save you from torment, and we will save your family with you 00:06:23.139 --> 00:06:28.100 Except your wife, for she will perish among those of her people who perish 00:06:28.779 --> 00:06:32.379 She was one of the rest who lived a long time 00:06:33.060 --> 00:06:38.180 O Lot, we will bring down upon the people of this town a torment from heaven 00:06:38.699 --> 00:06:43.500 Because they were committing disobedience to God and committing immorality 00:06:45.430 --> 00:06:53.269 And We have left from it a clear sign for a people who understand 00:06:54.980 --> 00:06:59.740 We have left what we did to them as a clear example 00:07:00.379 --> 00:07:02.939 There are arguments for people who understand God 00:07:03.459 --> 00:07:05.540 And they reflect on his sermons 00:07:06.259 --> 00:07:11.779 That clear sign is the pardon of their traces and the lessons of their landmarks 00:07:13.540 --> 00:07:20.420 And to Midian, their brother Shuaib, and he said: O people of Abdullah 00:07:20.860 --> 00:07:29.060 He said, “O my people, the servant of God and the man of the Hereafter, and do not spread corruption on earth.” 00:07:30.939 --> 00:07:33.699 Their brother Shuaib was sent to Midian 00:07:34.259 --> 00:07:42.060 He said to them, “O my people, worship God alone and hope that through your worship He will be rewarded on the Last Day.” 00:07:42.740 --> 00:07:45.180 And do not multiply disobedience to God on earth 00:07:45.779 --> 00:07:49.060 But repent to God from it and repent 00:07:50.970 --> 00:07:58.009 So they denied him, and a tremor seized them, and they became crouched in their house 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:04.680 So the people of Midian Shuaib lied about the message he had given them about God 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:07.319 Then the trembling of torment seized them 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:12.759 So they sat in their house, kneeling on top of each other in death 00:08:14.620 --> 00:08:21.779 Aad and Thamud, and their dwellings have become clear to you 00:08:22.300 --> 00:08:30.779 Satan made their deeds seem pleasing to them, and turned them away from the path, and they were discerning 00:08:32.539 --> 00:08:35.179 And remember, O people, Ad and Thamud 00:08:35.740 --> 00:08:40.100 It has become clear to you from their dwellings, their desolation and emptiness 00:08:40.659 --> 00:08:43.059 And our power comes to all of them 00:08:43.820 --> 00:08:49.100 Satan made their disbelief in God good for them, and he returned them by beautifying it for them 00:08:49.820 --> 00:08:53.779 They were aware of their error and admired it 00:08:54.379 --> 00:08:58.899 They think they are right and right, but they are astray 00:09:01.289 --> 00:09:05.370 Qarun, Pharaoh, and Haman 00:09:05.929 --> 00:09:18.970 And Moses came to them with clear proofs, but they were arrogant on earth and were not outdone 00:09:20.710 --> 00:09:24.110 And remember, O Muhammad Qarun, Pharaoh and Haman 00:09:24.870 --> 00:09:29.669 And Moses came to all of them with clear evidence from the verses 00:09:30.350 --> 00:09:34.429 So they were too arrogant on earth to believe in the clear evidence from the verses 00:09:34.950 --> 00:09:41.029 And about the followers of Moses, and they were not ahead of themselves, so they would miss us 00:09:41.669 --> 00:09:43.990 Rather, we had power over them 00:09:45.700 --> 00:09:49.299 We both accepted it with permission 00:09:49.820 --> 00:09:57.379 Among them were those whom We sent as a judge against him, and among them were those who were seized by the battle 00:09:57.860 --> 00:10:04.460 Among them were those who were seized by the cry, and among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow 00:10:05.019 --> 00:10:11.740 And among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow, and among them were those whom We drowned 00:10:12.259 --> 00:10:19.899 It was not God who wronged them, but they wronged themselves 00:10:21.830 --> 00:10:25.789 So we seized all these nations, O Muhammad, with our torment 00:10:26.429 --> 00:10:30.909 Among them were those against whom We sent a judge, and they were the people of Lot 00:10:31.669 --> 00:10:33.710 Some of them were taken by the trend 00:10:34.269 --> 00:10:35.950 They are Thamud and Media 00:10:36.590 --> 00:10:38.830 And among them are those whom We caused the earth to swallow 00:10:39.429 --> 00:10:41.309 This means Qarun 00:10:41.990 --> 00:10:43.830 Some of them drowned us 00:10:44.429 --> 00:10:47.230 They are the people of Noah, Tharaon, and others 00:10:47.950 --> 00:10:52.269 God would not destroy these nations because of the sins of others 00:10:52.750 --> 00:10:56.470 He wrongs them by destroying them undeservedly 00:10:57.149 --> 00:11:00.669 Rather, He destroyed them because of their sins and disbelief in their Lord 00:11:01.350 --> 00:11:06.110 But they were wronging themselves by disposing of the blessings of their Lord 00:11:06.669 --> 00:11:10.629 And they change their loyalty and worship other than Him 00:11:12.659 --> 00:11:21.259 The example of those who have taken guardians other than God is like a spider 00:11:21.980 --> 00:11:25.860 Like a spider that has taken up a home 00:11:26.259 --> 00:11:31.860 The weakest of houses is the house of a spider 00:11:32.299 --> 00:11:35.299 If only they knew 00:11:36.759 --> 00:11:41.240 Like those who take gods and idols as guardians instead of God 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:43.879 They hope for its victory and benefit 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:49.120 Like a spider in its weakness and lack of self-deception 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:53.159 She made a home for herself to be her own 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:57.159 He was of no use to her when she needed him 00:11:57.919 --> 00:12:00.159 So are these polytheists 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:05.080 He was of no use to them when God’s command came down upon them and His wrath fell upon them 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:09.600 Their guardians are those whom they have taken as something other than God 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:13.080 The weakest of houses is the house of a spider 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:17.519 If only those who were taken as guardians other than God 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:22.159 They know that it is their guardians whom they have taken instead of God 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:24.600 In their lack of singing about them 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:27.440 Like a spider's web singing about her 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:30.159 But they don't know that 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:33.279 They think that they will benefit them 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:42.159 God knows what they call upon other than Him 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:45.240 He is the Mighty, the Wise 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:51.039 We give these examples to people 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:56.080 Only those with knowledge understand it 00:12:57.909 --> 00:13:04.429 God knows what He will call upon those nations whom We have destroyed other than Him 00:13:05.110 --> 00:13:08.429 God Almighty will take revenge on those who disbelieve in him 00:13:08.909 --> 00:13:11.309 The wise man is in his management of his creation 00:13:12.149 --> 00:13:15.110 These are proverbs, similarities, and analogues 00:13:15.669 --> 00:13:19.470 We represent it, resemble it, and demonstrate it to people 00:13:19.950 --> 00:13:28.590 It is not possible that he was afflicted with these proverbs that we give to people, including what is right and true, as I have given him as examples 00:13:29.230 --> 00:13:31.870 Except those who know God and His signs 00:13:33.789 --> 00:13:38.029 God created the heavens and the earth with truth 00:13:38.549 --> 00:13:44.470 Indeed, in that is a sign for believers 00:13:45.980 --> 00:13:51.419 God, O Muhammad, created the heavens and the earth alone by creating them 00:13:52.139 --> 00:13:57.340 Indeed, in his character, this is a proof for whoever believes in the proofs if he sees them 00:13:57.820 --> 00:13:59.820 And the signs when he sees them 00:14:15.909 --> 00:14:19.110 Read what has been revealed to you from this Qur’an 00:14:19.590 --> 00:14:24.500 Perform the prayer that God has imposed on you within its limits 00:14:25.139 --> 00:14:28.419 Prayer forbids indecency and evil 00:14:29.059 --> 00:14:33.100 And God’s remembrance of you is better than your remembrance of Him 00:14:33.659 --> 00:14:37.659 And God knows what you people do in your prayers 00:14:38.059 --> 00:14:41.259 From establishing its boundaries and abandoning that 00:14:41.340 --> 00:14:43.340 And other matters for you 00:14:43.659 --> 00:14:45.659 He will reward you for that 00:14:46.460 --> 00:14:48.460 Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation