1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,080 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 3 00:00:08,589 --> 00:00:12,710 Abridged by Dr. Aqil Ibn Salim al-Shammari. 4 00:00:12,949 --> 00:00:16,170 Surah al-Tariq. 5 00:00:18,629 --> 00:00:22,750 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 6 00:00:22,750 --> 00:00:26,949 By the heaven and the Tariq (the night-comer). 7 00:00:26,949 --> 00:00:30,149 “- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!” (86:2) 8 00:00:30,149 --> 00:00:33,429 The piercing star. 9 00:00:33,549 --> 00:00:40,090 “No human soul but hath a guardian over it.” (86:4) 10 00:00:40,090 --> 00:00:43,500 Our Lord swears by the heaven, 11 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:47,820 And by the Tariq, which is the luminous star that arrives by night, 12 00:00:47,820 --> 00:00:49,579 And disappears by day. 13 00:00:49,579 --> 00:00:54,390 And what could make you understand, O Muhammad, what the Tariq is, by which I have sworn? 14 00:00:54,390 --> 00:00:58,149 It is the star whose light ignites and glows. 15 00:00:58,149 --> 00:01:03,609 There is no soul but that it has a guardian from its Lord, who preserves its deeds, 16 00:01:03,770 --> 00:01:07,370 And keeps account of whatever it earns of good or evil. 17 00:01:08,739 --> 00:01:15,060 So let man consider from what he was created. 18 00:01:15,060 --> 00:01:20,900 “He is created from a gushing fluid” (86:6) 19 00:01:20,900 --> 00:01:26,579 “That issued from between the loins and ribs.” (86:7) 20 00:01:26,579 --> 00:01:31,140 “Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)” (86:8) 21 00:01:31,219 --> 00:01:34,900 The Day when secrets are tested. 22 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:40,420 “Then will he have no might nor any helper.” (86:10) 23 00:01:41,670 --> 00:01:45,750 Let the human who denies the resurrection after death consider, 24 00:01:45,750 --> 00:01:48,790 From what thing his Lord created him. 25 00:01:48,790 --> 00:01:51,109 He was created from a gushing fluid, 26 00:01:51,109 --> 00:01:54,629 Which emerges from the loins of the man and the ribs of the woman, 27 00:01:54,629 --> 00:01:58,299 Which is the place where the necklace rests on a woman's chest. 28 00:01:58,299 --> 00:02:02,459 Indeed, Allah is fully capable of bringing man back to life after his death, 29 00:02:02,459 --> 00:02:05,420 In the same state he was in before he died. 30 00:02:06,060 --> 00:02:08,379 On the Day when the inner secrets of the servants are tested, 31 00:02:08,860 --> 00:02:14,300 And there will be revealed on that Day what was hidden from the eyes of people in this world. 32 00:02:14,939 --> 00:02:20,539 Then the disbelieving human will have no power on that Day to protect himself from the punishment of Allah, 33 00:02:20,939 --> 00:02:25,819 Nor will he have any helper to support him or defend him against those who harmed him through his own schemes. 34 00:02:27,479 --> 00:02:31,879 By the heaven which returns, 35 00:02:31,879 --> 00:02:34,680 And the earth which cracks open. 36 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:39,240 Indeed, it is a decisive word, 37 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,639 And it is not for amusement. 38 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,800 Indeed, they are planning a scheme, 39 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,280 And I am planning a scheme. 40 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:53,240 “So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.” (86:17) 41 00:02:54,650 --> 00:02:59,129 The heaven returns with clouds and the provisions of the servants each year, 42 00:02:59,129 --> 00:03:02,009 And the earth cracks open with vegetation. 43 00:03:02,009 --> 00:03:04,969 Indeed, this Qur'an and this message, 44 00:03:04,969 --> 00:03:09,849 Are a decisive word that separates truth from falsehood through its clarity. 45 00:03:09,849 --> 00:03:12,650 And it is not a matter of play or falsehood. 46 00:03:12,650 --> 00:03:18,069 Indeed, these people who deny Allah, His Messenger, and the promise of reward and threat of punishment, 47 00:03:18,069 --> 00:03:19,990 Are plotting a scheme, 48 00:03:19,990 --> 00:03:21,750 And I am plotting a scheme. 49 00:03:22,229 --> 00:03:24,949 And His scheme, may He be exalted, is to let them continue, 50 00:03:24,949 --> 00:03:29,349 By granting them respite in their disobedience and disbelief in Him. 51 00:03:29,349 --> 00:03:33,590 So grant the disbelievers respite, O Muhammad, and do not be hasty with them, 52 00:03:33,590 --> 00:03:36,229 And delay them for a short while, 53 00:03:36,229 --> 00:03:42,659 And wait for them until the appointed time, which is the moment when retribution befalls them.