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 --> 00:00:12.880 Abridged by Dr. ‘Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammar. 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:16.460 Surah al-Mursalat. 00:00:16.780 --> 00:00:23.039 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:25.960 By those sent forth in succession. 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:29.000 And those that storm with fury. 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:32.799 And those that scatter with force. 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:35.960 And those that separate with distinction. 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:38.799 And those that deliver the message. 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:41.439 As an excuse or a warning. 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:45.479 Indeed, what you are promised is bound to happen. 00:00:46.780 --> 00:00:51.140 Allah swears by the angels sent forth, one following the other. 00:00:51.140 --> 00:00:54.219 They may be sent as angels, or as winds. 00:00:54.219 --> 00:00:57.439 Or as a messenger from the children of Adam. 00:00:57.439 --> 00:01:00.039 They are the winds that blow with great intensity. 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:02.600 And pass by with great speed. 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:05.879 And Allah swears by those that scatter with force. 00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:08.079 For the wind scatters the clouds. 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:10.200 And the rain spreads life across the earth. 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:13.620 And the angels scatter the records of deeds. 00:01:13.620 --> 00:01:17.819 And our Lord swears by those that distinguish between truth and falsehood. 00:01:17.819 --> 00:01:21.019 Whether it be an angel or the Qur’an. 00:01:21.019 --> 00:01:23.780 For they are the ones who deliver the revelation of Allah to His messengers. 00:01:23.780 --> 00:01:25.819 These are the angels. 00:01:25.819 --> 00:01:30.629 Delivering it as an excuse from Allah to His creation and a warning to them. 00:01:30.629 --> 00:01:33.790 Indeed, that which you are promised, O people, regarding these matters, 00:01:33.790 --> 00:01:36.909 Will inevitably come to pass on the Day of Resurrection. 00:01:38.500 --> 00:01:41.700 So when the stars are extinguished. 00:01:41.700 --> 00:01:45.659 And when the heaven is cleft asunder. 00:01:45.659 --> 00:01:48.340 And when the mountains are blown away. 00:01:48.340 --> 00:01:51.180 And when the messengers are gathered at an appointed time. 00:01:51.180 --> 00:01:54.060 For what Day has this been deferred? 00:01:54.060 --> 00:01:56.060 For the Day of Judgment. 00:01:56.060 --> 00:01:59.859 “And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -” (77:14) 00:01:59.859 --> 00:02:05.739 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 00:02:06.900 --> 00:02:09.340 When the stars lose their radiance. 00:02:09.340 --> 00:02:12.520 So they have neither light nor glow. 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:15.719 And when the heaven is split and cracked. 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:18.479 And when the mountains are uprooted from their foundations. 00:02:18.479 --> 00:02:21.560 And become like scattered dust. 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. 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:30.120 For what Day were the messengers deferred and appointed? 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:32.560 How great and terrifying is that Day! 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:37.680 It is deferred for the Day on which Allah will judge between His creation. 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:40.520 He will take justice for the oppressed from the oppressor. 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:42.840 He will reward the doer of good for their goodness. 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:45.620 And the evildoer for their evil. 00:02:45.620 --> 00:02:49.780 And what could make you know, O Muhammad, what the Day of Judgment is? 00:02:49.780 --> 00:02:53.719 Magnifying thereby its significance and the intensity of its terror. 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:58.080 The valley that flows in Hell from the discharge of its inhabitants. 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:02.139 For those who deny the Day of Judgment. 00:03:02.139 --> 00:03:05.419 Did We not destroy the former peoples? 00:03:05.419 --> 00:03:10.189 Then We will follow them with the latter ones. 00:03:10.189 --> 00:03:14.189 Thus do We deal with the criminals. 00:03:14.189 --> 00:03:21.169 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 00:03:21.169 --> 00:03:26.930 Did We not destroy the past nations who denied My messengers and rejected My signs? 00:03:26.930 --> 00:03:30.050 Like the people of Nuh, ‘Ad, and Thamud. 00:03:30.050 --> 00:03:32.729 Then We follow them with those who come after them. 00:03:32.729 --> 00:03:37.009 From among those who followed their path in disbelief in Me and My messengers. 00:03:37.009 --> 00:03:40.169 Just as We destroyed those for their disbelief. 00:03:40.169 --> 00:03:44.689 Such is My way regarding their likes among the disbelieving nations. 00:03:44.689 --> 00:03:49.490 We destroy the criminals for their crimes when they transgress and act insolently. 00:03:49.490 --> 00:03:56.379 Woe, that Day, to those who deny the tidings of Allah and reject His power. 00:03:56.379 --> 00:04:03.949 “Did We not create you from a base fluid” (77:20) 00:04:03.949 --> 00:04:08.990 “Which We laid up in a safe abode” (77:21) 00:04:08.990 --> 00:04:12.750 To a known term. 00:04:12.750 --> 00:04:16.589 And We determined, and excellent are We who determine. 00:04:16.589 --> 00:04:22.490 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 00:04:22.490 --> 00:04:26.610 Did We not create you, O people, from a weak drop of fluid? 00:04:26.610 --> 00:04:32.050 And We placed the despised fluid in a stable place, the womb, where it settled. 00:04:32.050 --> 00:04:36.649 Until a time known to Allah for its emergence from the womb. 00:04:36.649 --> 00:04:39.730 And We determined, and excellent are We who determine. 00:04:39.730 --> 00:04:46.910 Woe, that Day, to those who deny that Allah created them from a despised fluid. 00:04:46.910 --> 00:04:50.509 “Have We not made the earth a receptacle” (77:25) 00:04:50.509 --> 00:04:54.949 Both the living and the dead. 00:04:54.949 --> 00:04:59.629 And We placed therein lofty, firm mountains. 00:04:59.629 --> 00:05:08.750 And We gave you sweet water to drink. 00:05:08.750 --> 00:05:15.680 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:19.759 Did We not make the earth, O people, a container for you? 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:23.519 Holding your living in dwellings and homes. 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:26.680 Gathering and containing them therein. 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:31.740 And your dead in its depths, in the graves where they are buried. 00:05:31.740 --> 00:05:37.579 And We placed on the earth firm, towering, and lofty mountains. 00:05:37.579 --> 00:05:40.699 And We gave you sweet water to drink. 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. 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) 00:05:57.470 --> 00:06:04.029 Proceed to a shadow of three columns. 00:06:04.029 --> 00:06:09.310 Which provides no shade and avails nothing against the flame. 00:06:09.310 --> 00:06:14.990 “Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,” (77:32) 00:06:14.990 --> 00:06:19.709 As if they were yellow camels. 00:06:19.709 --> 00:06:26.529 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 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: 00:06:32.370 --> 00:06:37.810 Proceed to that which you used to deny in the world, the punishment of Allah. 00:06:37.810 --> 00:06:44.009 Proceed to the shadow of smoke which, when it rises, splits into three branches. 00:06:44.009 --> 00:06:49.170 It neither shades them from its heat nor protects them from its flame. 00:06:49.250 --> 00:06:53.410 Indeed, Hell throws sparks as large as a great fortress. 00:06:53.410 --> 00:06:58.370 As if the sparks that Hell throws are like yellow camels. 00:06:58.370 --> 00:07:01.250 And the term 'jamalat' is the plural of 'jamal' (camel). 00:07:01.250 --> 00:07:05.889 Woe, on the Day of Resurrection, to the deniers. 00:07:05.889 --> 00:07:10.769 “This is a day wherein they speak not,” (77:35) 00:07:10.769 --> 00:07:15.089 “Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.” (77:36) 00:07:15.170 --> 00:07:21.629 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 00:07:21.629 --> 00:07:26.829 This is a Day when the deniers will not speak of Allah’s reward or punishment. 00:07:26.829 --> 00:07:32.379 Nor will they be permitted to offer excuses for the sins they committed in the world. 00:07:32.379 --> 00:07:37.740 Woe, that Day, to those who deny the news from Allah regarding these people. 00:07:37.740 --> 00:07:42.129 And what He will do to them on the Day of Resurrection. 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) 00:07:48.129 --> 00:07:53.810 “If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.” (77:39) 00:07:53.810 --> 00:07:59.889 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 00:07:59.889 --> 00:08:06.290 This is the Day of Judgment, on which Allah will judge between His servants with truth. 00:08:06.290 --> 00:08:12.050 We have gathered you and all those who came before you from the perished nations. 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. 00:08:18.050 --> 00:08:25.040 So if you have any trick to escape His punishment today, then use it. 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:30.350 Woe, that Day, to those who deny this news. 00:08:30.350 --> 00:08:36.700 “Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,” (77:41) 00:08:36.700 --> 00:08:41.179 And fruits from whatever they desire. 00:08:41.259 --> 00:08:49.899 Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do. 00:08:49.899 --> 00:08:54.779 Indeed, thus do We reward the doers of good. 00:08:54.779 --> 00:09:00.830 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 00:09:00.830 --> 00:09:03.629 Indeed, those who feared the punishment of Allah. 00:09:03.629 --> 00:09:07.710 By performing His obligatory duties in the world and avoiding His prohibitions. 00:09:07.710 --> 00:09:10.029 Shall be in shades of cool shelter. 00:09:10.029 --> 00:09:13.549 Where they will be afflicted by neither the harm of heat nor cold. 00:09:13.549 --> 00:09:17.789 And rivers flowing through the trees of their gardens. 00:09:17.789 --> 00:09:21.549 And fruits they eat from whenever they desire. 00:09:21.549 --> 00:09:26.049 They fear neither their harm nor any evil consequence. 00:09:26.049 --> 00:09:29.169 Eat, O people, from these fruits. 00:09:29.169 --> 00:09:33.009 And drink from these springs whenever you desire. 00:09:33.009 --> 00:09:39.570 In satisfaction, with no disturbance or distress in what you eat and drink. 00:09:39.570 --> 00:09:42.850 Rather, it is everlasting for you and will not cease. 00:09:42.850 --> 00:09:46.929 And wholesome, causing you no pain in your bodies. 00:09:46.929 --> 00:09:51.090 As a reward for what you used to do in the world of obedience to Allah. 00:09:51.090 --> 00:09:54.690 And striving in that which brings you closer to Him. 00:09:54.690 --> 00:09:58.370 Indeed, just as We rewarded these righteous ones. 00:09:58.370 --> 00:10:01.889 So do We reward and recompense the people of excellence. 00:10:01.889 --> 00:10:05.360 And We do not let their reward go to waste in the Hereafter. 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:10.320 Woe to those who deny the news of Allah regarding what He has informed them of. 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. 00:10:17.220 --> 00:10:24.740 “Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.” (77:46) 00:10:24.740 --> 00:10:31.169 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 00:10:31.169 --> 00:10:37.169 The Almighty says, as a threat and warning from Him to those who deny the Resurrection: 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. 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. 00:10:50.289 --> 00:10:55.649 Who enjoyed their lives until they reached their appointed times. 00:10:55.649 --> 00:11:00.529 Then Allah took vengeance upon them for their disbelief and their denial of His messengers. 00:11:00.529 --> 00:11:03.490 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 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. 00:11:10.690 --> 00:11:17.259 “When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!” (77:48) 00:11:17.259 --> 00:11:23.340 Woe, that Day, to the deniers. 00:11:23.340 --> 00:11:32.320 Then in what hadith after this will they believe? 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. 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. 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? 00:12:01.309 --> 00:12:04.509 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.