WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.169 --> 00:00:08.050 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:12.800 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:16.000 Surah al-Tur. 00:00:18.280 --> 00:00:22.719 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:22.719 --> 00:00:25.809 By the Mount (al-Tur). 00:00:25.809 --> 00:00:29.530 And by a Book inscribed. 00:00:29.530 --> 00:00:34.130 On parchment unrolled. 00:00:34.289 --> 00:00:37.289 And by the Frequented House (al-Bayt al-Ma'mur). 00:00:37.289 --> 00:00:40.570 And by the Ceiling raised high. 00:00:40.570 --> 00:00:43.770 And by the Sea filled with fire. 00:00:43.770 --> 00:00:47.960 “Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;” (52:7) 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:52.890 “There is none that can ward it off.” (52:8) 00:00:52.890 --> 00:00:55.729 It refers to the mountain known as al-Tur. 00:00:55.729 --> 00:00:57.770 And a written Book. 00:00:57.770 --> 00:01:00.500 Inscribed upon parchment that is unrolled. 00:01:00.500 --> 00:01:03.979 And the House that is frequented by the multitude of those who visit it. 00:01:04.019 --> 00:01:08.340 It is a house in the heavens, situated directly above the Ka'bah on earth. 00:01:08.340 --> 00:01:12.500 Seventy thousand angels enter it every day. 00:01:12.500 --> 00:01:15.659 And they never return to it again. 00:01:15.659 --> 00:01:17.500 And the Ceiling raised high. 00:01:17.500 --> 00:01:20.140 By "the ceiling" in this context, it means: 00:01:20.140 --> 00:01:21.819 The sky. 00:01:21.819 --> 00:01:26.519 And the sea whose waters are gathered and joined together. 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:32.959 Indeed, the punishment of your Lord, O Muhammad, will surely come to pass for the disbelievers on the Day of Resurrection. 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:38.370 There is no one who can avert that punishment from them. 00:01:38.370 --> 00:01:43.010 “On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving,” (52:9) 00:01:43.010 --> 00:01:47.180 And the mountains will be set in motion. 00:01:47.180 --> 00:01:49.780 “Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;” (52:7) 00:01:49.780 --> 00:01:53.099 On the day when the sky will rotate and be overturned. 00:01:53.099 --> 00:01:57.140 And the mountains will be moved from their places on the earth. 00:01:57.140 --> 00:02:00.780 Becoming scattered dust. 00:02:00.819 --> 00:02:06.090 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 00:02:06.090 --> 00:02:11.289 “Who play in talk of grave matters;” (52:12) 00:02:11.289 --> 00:02:16.810 “The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of hell” (52:13) 00:02:16.810 --> 00:02:25.090 “(And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny.” (52:14) 00:02:25.090 --> 00:02:30.330 It is a valley in Hell that flows with pus and blood on the Day of Resurrection. 00:02:30.370 --> 00:02:33.879 For those who deny that the punishment of Allah will occur. 00:02:33.879 --> 00:02:38.800 Those who are in confusion and discord in this world, heedless. 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:45.199 Woe to the deniers on the day they are shoved and driven into the Fire with force and agitation. 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:46.960 And it will be said to them: 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:50.800 This is the Fire which you used to deny in the world. 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:54.629 That your Lord would punish you with it. 00:02:54.629 --> 00:03:00.430 “Is this magic, or do ye not see?” (52:15) 00:03:00.430 --> 00:03:06.990 “Endure the heat thereof, and whether ye are patient of it or impatient of it is all one for you. Ye are only being paid for what ye used to do.” (52:16) 00:03:06.990 --> 00:03:14.539 You are only being recompensed for what you used to do. 00:03:14.539 --> 00:03:18.780 Is this magic, O people, that you are witnessing now? 00:03:18.780 --> 00:03:22.819 Or do you not perceive it and see it? 00:03:22.819 --> 00:03:25.379 Taste the heat of this Fire. 00:03:25.379 --> 00:03:30.340 So endure its pain and intensity, or do not endure it; it is all the same. 00:03:30.379 --> 00:03:34.180 It makes no difference whether you are patient or impatient. 00:03:34.180 --> 00:03:36.819 You are only being recompensed for your deeds. 00:03:36.819 --> 00:03:42.729 And you are only being punished for your disobedience in the world. 00:03:42.729 --> 00:03:49.699 Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and bliss. 00:03:49.699 --> 00:03:58.939 “Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell-fire.” (52:18) 00:03:58.979 --> 00:04:06.740 Indeed, those who feared Allah by performing His obligatory duties and avoiding His prohibitions will be in gardens and bliss. 00:04:06.740 --> 00:04:11.689 They will have abundant fruit, granted to them by Allah. 00:04:11.689 --> 00:04:17.779 And their Lord will have removed from them the punishment with which He tormented the people of Hell. 00:04:17.779 --> 00:04:26.259 Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do. 00:04:26.259 --> 00:04:35.259 Reclining on thrones arranged in rows, and We will marry them to fair women with large, beautiful eyes. 00:04:35.259 --> 00:04:39.250 Eat and drink, O people, in satisfaction. 00:04:39.250 --> 00:04:44.370 You shall have no fear of harm or ill effect from what you eat and drink. 00:04:44.370 --> 00:04:48.930 [This is] for the deeds you performed for the sake of Allah in the world. 00:04:48.930 --> 00:04:53.009 Reclining on thrones that have been arranged in rows. 00:04:53.250 --> 00:05:00.209 And We will pair the men among these righteous ones with spouses—fair women with large, beautiful eyes. 00:05:00.209 --> 00:05:05.689 They are those whose whites of the eyes are intensely white, in contrast to the intense blackness of the iris. 00:05:05.689 --> 00:05:10.360 And they are large-eyed, in their beauty and width. 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:22.680 “And they who believe and whose seed follow them in faith, We cause their seed to join them (there), and We deprive them of nought of their (life's) work. Every man is a pledge for that which he hath earned.” (52:21) 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:29.240 “And they who believe and whose seed follow them in faith, We cause their seed to join them (there), and We deprive them of nought of their (life's) work. Every man is a pledge for that which he hath earned.” (52:21) 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:34.689 Every person is held in pledge for what he has earned. 00:05:34.689 --> 00:05:37.689 And those who believed in Allah and His Messenger. 00:05:37.689 --> 00:05:42.769 And We joined their descendants with them—those who believed in Allah and His Messenger. 00:05:42.769 --> 00:05:47.129 We will unite their descendants with those who believed in Paradise. 00:05:47.129 --> 00:05:52.410 We will place them with them in their ranks, even if their deeds fall short. 00:05:52.449 --> 00:05:55.490 As an honor from Us to their fathers. 00:05:55.490 --> 00:05:59.329 And We will not diminish anything from the rewards of their deeds. 00:05:59.329 --> 00:06:05.129 So that We would take it from them and give it to their children whom We have joined with them. 00:06:05.129 --> 00:06:10.490 Every soul is held in pledge for what it has earned and done of good and evil. 00:06:10.490 --> 00:06:13.810 No one among them will be held accountable for the sin of another. 00:06:13.810 --> 00:06:17.620 Rather, one is only punished for his own sin. 00:06:17.660 --> 00:06:25.420 “And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.” (52:22) 00:06:25.420 --> 00:06:33.759 They will exchange therein a cup [of wine] that causes no vain talk or sin. 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:37.879 And We will provide these people who believed in Allah and His Messenger. 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:41.399 “And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.” (52:22) 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:46.439 They will pass the cup of drink among themselves. 00:06:46.439 --> 00:06:53.060 There is no falsehood in Paradise, nor any act that causes its doer to sin.