1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:05,169 --> 00:00:08,050 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 3 00:00:08,599 --> 00:00:12,880 Abridged by Dr. ‘Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammar. 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,460 Surah al-Mursalat. 5 00:00:16,780 --> 00:00:23,039 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 6 00:00:23,039 --> 00:00:25,960 By those sent forth in succession. 7 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,000 And those that storm with fury. 8 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,799 And those that scatter with force. 9 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,960 And those that separate with distinction. 10 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,799 And those that deliver the message. 11 00:00:38,799 --> 00:00:41,439 As an excuse or a warning. 12 00:00:41,439 --> 00:00:45,479 Indeed, what you are promised is bound to happen. 13 00:00:46,780 --> 00:00:51,140 Allah swears by the angels sent forth, one following the other. 14 00:00:51,140 --> 00:00:54,219 They may be sent as angels, or as winds. 15 00:00:54,219 --> 00:00:57,439 Or as a messenger from the children of Adam. 16 00:00:57,439 --> 00:01:00,039 They are the winds that blow with great intensity. 17 00:01:00,039 --> 00:01:02,600 And pass by with great speed. 18 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,879 And Allah swears by those that scatter with force. 19 00:01:05,879 --> 00:01:08,079 For the wind scatters the clouds. 20 00:01:08,079 --> 00:01:10,200 And the rain spreads life across the earth. 21 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,620 And the angels scatter the records of deeds. 22 00:01:13,620 --> 00:01:17,819 And our Lord swears by those that distinguish between truth and falsehood. 23 00:01:17,819 --> 00:01:21,019 Whether it be an angel or the Qur’an. 24 00:01:21,019 --> 00:01:23,780 For they are the ones who deliver the revelation of Allah to His messengers. 25 00:01:23,780 --> 00:01:25,819 These are the angels. 26 00:01:25,819 --> 00:01:30,629 Delivering it as an excuse from Allah to His creation and a warning to them. 27 00:01:30,629 --> 00:01:33,790 Indeed, that which you are promised, O people, regarding these matters, 28 00:01:33,790 --> 00:01:36,909 Will inevitably come to pass on the Day of Resurrection. 29 00:01:38,500 --> 00:01:41,700 So when the stars are extinguished. 30 00:01:41,700 --> 00:01:45,659 And when the heaven is cleft asunder. 31 00:01:45,659 --> 00:01:48,340 And when the mountains are blown away. 32 00:01:48,340 --> 00:01:51,180 And when the messengers are gathered at an appointed time. 33 00:01:51,180 --> 00:01:54,060 For what Day has this been deferred? 34 00:01:54,060 --> 00:01:56,060 For the Day of Judgment. 35 00:01:56,060 --> 00:01:59,859 “And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -” (77:14) 36 00:01:59,859 --> 00:02:05,739 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 37 00:02:06,900 --> 00:02:09,340 When the stars lose their radiance. 38 00:02:09,340 --> 00:02:12,520 So they have neither light nor glow. 39 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,719 And when the heaven is split and cracked. 40 00:02:15,719 --> 00:02:18,479 And when the mountains are uprooted from their foundations. 41 00:02:18,479 --> 00:02:21,560 And become like scattered dust. 42 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:26,560 And when the messengers are deferred to be gathered at their appointed time on the Day of Resurrection. 43 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,120 For what Day were the messengers deferred and appointed? 44 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,560 How great and terrifying is that Day! 45 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:37,680 It is deferred for the Day on which Allah will judge between His creation. 46 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,520 He will take justice for the oppressed from the oppressor. 47 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,840 He will reward the doer of good for their goodness. 48 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,620 And the evildoer for their evil. 49 00:02:45,620 --> 00:02:49,780 And what could make you know, O Muhammad, what the Day of Judgment is? 50 00:02:49,780 --> 00:02:53,719 Magnifying thereby its significance and the intensity of its terror. 51 00:02:53,719 --> 00:02:58,080 The valley that flows in Hell from the discharge of its inhabitants. 52 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:02,139 For those who deny the Day of Judgment. 53 00:03:02,139 --> 00:03:05,419 Did We not destroy the former peoples? 54 00:03:05,419 --> 00:03:10,189 Then We will follow them with the latter ones. 55 00:03:10,189 --> 00:03:14,189 Thus do We deal with the criminals. 56 00:03:14,189 --> 00:03:21,169 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 57 00:03:21,169 --> 00:03:26,930 Did We not destroy the past nations who denied My messengers and rejected My signs? 58 00:03:26,930 --> 00:03:30,050 Like the people of Nuh, ‘Ad, and Thamud. 59 00:03:30,050 --> 00:03:32,729 Then We follow them with those who come after them. 60 00:03:32,729 --> 00:03:37,009 From among those who followed their path in disbelief in Me and My messengers. 61 00:03:37,009 --> 00:03:40,169 Just as We destroyed those for their disbelief. 62 00:03:40,169 --> 00:03:44,689 Such is My way regarding their likes among the disbelieving nations. 63 00:03:44,689 --> 00:03:49,490 We destroy the criminals for their crimes when they transgress and act insolently. 64 00:03:49,490 --> 00:03:56,379 Woe, that Day, to those who deny the tidings of Allah and reject His power. 65 00:03:56,379 --> 00:04:03,949 “Did We not create you from a base fluid” (77:20) 66 00:04:03,949 --> 00:04:08,990 “Which We laid up in a safe abode” (77:21) 67 00:04:08,990 --> 00:04:12,750 To a known term. 68 00:04:12,750 --> 00:04:16,589 And We determined, and excellent are We who determine. 69 00:04:16,589 --> 00:04:22,490 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 70 00:04:22,490 --> 00:04:26,610 Did We not create you, O people, from a weak drop of fluid? 71 00:04:26,610 --> 00:04:32,050 And We placed the despised fluid in a stable place, the womb, where it settled. 72 00:04:32,050 --> 00:04:36,649 Until a time known to Allah for its emergence from the womb. 73 00:04:36,649 --> 00:04:39,730 And We determined, and excellent are We who determine. 74 00:04:39,730 --> 00:04:46,910 Woe, that Day, to those who deny that Allah created them from a despised fluid. 75 00:04:46,910 --> 00:04:50,509 “Have We not made the earth a receptacle” (77:25) 76 00:04:50,509 --> 00:04:54,949 Both the living and the dead. 77 00:04:54,949 --> 00:04:59,629 And We placed therein lofty, firm mountains. 78 00:04:59,629 --> 00:05:08,750 And We gave you sweet water to drink. 79 00:05:08,750 --> 00:05:15,680 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 80 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,759 Did We not make the earth, O people, a container for you? 81 00:05:19,759 --> 00:05:23,519 Holding your living in dwellings and homes. 82 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,680 Gathering and containing them therein. 83 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:31,740 And your dead in its depths, in the graves where they are buried. 84 00:05:31,740 --> 00:05:37,579 And We placed on the earth firm, towering, and lofty mountains. 85 00:05:37,579 --> 00:05:40,699 And We gave you sweet water to drink. 86 00:05:40,699 --> 00:05:49,949 Woe, that Day, to those who deny these blessings that I have bestowed upon you, by disbelieving in the Creator of them. 87 00:05:49,949 --> 00:05:57,470 “(It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny;” (77:29) 88 00:05:57,470 --> 00:06:04,029 Proceed to a shadow of three columns. 89 00:06:04,029 --> 00:06:09,310 Which provides no shade and avails nothing against the flame. 90 00:06:09,310 --> 00:06:14,990 “Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,” (77:32) 91 00:06:14,990 --> 00:06:19,709 As if they were yellow camels. 92 00:06:19,709 --> 00:06:26,529 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 93 00:06:26,529 --> 00:06:32,370 It will be said to these people who denied these blessings and proofs on the Day of Resurrection: 94 00:06:32,370 --> 00:06:37,810 Proceed to that which you used to deny in the world, the punishment of Allah. 95 00:06:37,810 --> 00:06:44,009 Proceed to the shadow of smoke which, when it rises, splits into three branches. 96 00:06:44,009 --> 00:06:49,170 It neither shades them from its heat nor protects them from its flame. 97 00:06:49,250 --> 00:06:53,410 Indeed, Hell throws sparks as large as a great fortress. 98 00:06:53,410 --> 00:06:58,370 As if the sparks that Hell throws are like yellow camels. 99 00:06:58,370 --> 00:07:01,250 And the term 'jamalat' is the plural of 'jamal' (camel). 100 00:07:01,250 --> 00:07:05,889 Woe, on the Day of Resurrection, to the deniers. 101 00:07:05,889 --> 00:07:10,769 “This is a day wherein they speak not,” (77:35) 102 00:07:10,769 --> 00:07:15,089 “Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.” (77:36) 103 00:07:15,170 --> 00:07:21,629 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 104 00:07:21,629 --> 00:07:26,829 This is a Day when the deniers will not speak of Allah’s reward or punishment. 105 00:07:26,829 --> 00:07:32,379 Nor will they be permitted to offer excuses for the sins they committed in the world. 106 00:07:32,379 --> 00:07:37,740 Woe, that Day, to those who deny the news from Allah regarding these people. 107 00:07:37,740 --> 00:07:42,129 And what He will do to them on the Day of Resurrection. 108 00:07:42,129 --> 00:07:48,129 “This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together.” (77:38) 109 00:07:48,129 --> 00:07:53,810 “If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.” (77:39) 110 00:07:53,810 --> 00:07:59,889 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 111 00:07:59,889 --> 00:08:06,290 This is the Day of Judgment, on which Allah will judge between His servants with truth. 112 00:08:06,290 --> 00:08:12,050 We have gathered you and all those who came before you from the perished nations. 113 00:08:12,050 --> 00:08:18,050 And Allah will fulfill for you what He promised you in the world of punishment for your denial. 114 00:08:18,050 --> 00:08:25,040 So if you have any trick to escape His punishment today, then use it. 115 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:30,350 Woe, that Day, to those who deny this news. 116 00:08:30,350 --> 00:08:36,700 “Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,” (77:41) 117 00:08:36,700 --> 00:08:41,179 And fruits from whatever they desire. 118 00:08:41,259 --> 00:08:49,899 Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do. 119 00:08:49,899 --> 00:08:54,779 Indeed, thus do We reward the doers of good. 120 00:08:54,779 --> 00:09:00,830 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 121 00:09:00,830 --> 00:09:03,629 Indeed, those who feared the punishment of Allah. 122 00:09:03,629 --> 00:09:07,710 By performing His obligatory duties in the world and avoiding His prohibitions. 123 00:09:07,710 --> 00:09:10,029 Shall be in shades of cool shelter. 124 00:09:10,029 --> 00:09:13,549 Where they will be afflicted by neither the harm of heat nor cold. 125 00:09:13,549 --> 00:09:17,789 And rivers flowing through the trees of their gardens. 126 00:09:17,789 --> 00:09:21,549 And fruits they eat from whenever they desire. 127 00:09:21,549 --> 00:09:26,049 They fear neither their harm nor any evil consequence. 128 00:09:26,049 --> 00:09:29,169 Eat, O people, from these fruits. 129 00:09:29,169 --> 00:09:33,009 And drink from these springs whenever you desire. 130 00:09:33,009 --> 00:09:39,570 In satisfaction, with no disturbance or distress in what you eat and drink. 131 00:09:39,570 --> 00:09:42,850 Rather, it is everlasting for you and will not cease. 132 00:09:42,850 --> 00:09:46,929 And wholesome, causing you no pain in your bodies. 133 00:09:46,929 --> 00:09:51,090 As a reward for what you used to do in the world of obedience to Allah. 134 00:09:51,090 --> 00:09:54,690 And striving in that which brings you closer to Him. 135 00:09:54,690 --> 00:09:58,370 Indeed, just as We rewarded these righteous ones. 136 00:09:58,370 --> 00:10:01,889 So do We reward and recompense the people of excellence. 137 00:10:01,889 --> 00:10:05,360 And We do not let their reward go to waste in the Hereafter. 138 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:10,320 Woe to those who deny the news of Allah regarding what He has informed them of. 139 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:17,220 Concerning the honoring of these righteous ones with what He will honor them with on the Day of Resurrection. 140 00:10:17,220 --> 00:10:24,740 “Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.” (77:46) 141 00:10:24,740 --> 00:10:31,169 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 142 00:10:31,169 --> 00:10:37,169 The Almighty says, as a threat and warning from Him to those who deny the Resurrection: 143 00:10:37,169 --> 00:10:45,250 Eat in the remainder of your terms and enjoy the remainder of your lives, for you are criminals. 144 00:10:45,250 --> 00:10:50,289 You are following the same path as those before you from the criminal nations of the past. 145 00:10:50,289 --> 00:10:55,649 Who enjoyed their lives until they reached their appointed times. 146 00:10:55,649 --> 00:11:00,529 Then Allah took vengeance upon them for their disbelief and their denial of His messengers. 147 00:11:00,529 --> 00:11:03,490 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 148 00:11:03,490 --> 00:11:10,690 Those who denied the news of Allah that He informed them of regarding what He will do to them in this verse. 149 00:11:10,690 --> 00:11:17,259 “When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!” (77:48) 150 00:11:17,259 --> 00:11:23,340 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 151 00:11:23,340 --> 00:11:32,320 Then in what hadith after this will they believe? 152 00:11:32,399 --> 00:11:42,000 And when it is said to these criminal deniers of Allah’s warning, "Bow down," they do not bow. 153 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:50,669 Woe to those who denied the messengers of Allah and rejected what they conveyed to them of Allah’s commands and prohibitions. 154 00:11:50,669 --> 00:12:01,309 Then in what hadith after this Qur’an, with its clear proofs and valid evidence, will they believe? 155 00:12:01,309 --> 00:12:04,509 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.