WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:08.080 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.589 --> 00:00:12.710 Abridged by Dr. Aqil Ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:12.949 --> 00:00:16.170 Surah al-Tariq. 00:00:18.629 --> 00:00:22.750 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:22.750 --> 00:00:26.949 By the heaven and the Tariq (the night-comer). 00:00:26.949 --> 00:00:30.149 “- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!” (86:2) 00:00:30.149 --> 00:00:33.429 The piercing star. 00:00:33.549 --> 00:00:40.090 “No human soul but hath a guardian over it.” (86:4) 00:00:40.090 --> 00:00:43.500 Our Lord swears by the heaven, 00:00:43.500 --> 00:00:47.820 And by the Tariq, which is the luminous star that arrives by night, 00:00:47.820 --> 00:00:49.579 And disappears by day. 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? 00:00:54.390 --> 00:00:58.149 It is the star whose light ignites and glows. 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, 00:01:03.770 --> 00:01:07.370 And keeps account of whatever it earns of good or evil. 00:01:08.739 --> 00:01:15.060 So let man consider from what he was created. 00:01:15.060 --> 00:01:20.900 “He is created from a gushing fluid” (86:6) 00:01:20.900 --> 00:01:26.579 “That issued from between the loins and ribs.” (86:7) 00:01:26.579 --> 00:01:31.140 “Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)” (86:8) 00:01:31.219 --> 00:01:34.900 The Day when secrets are tested. 00:01:34.900 --> 00:01:40.420 “Then will he have no might nor any helper.” (86:10) 00:01:41.670 --> 00:01:45.750 Let the human who denies the resurrection after death consider, 00:01:45.750 --> 00:01:48.790 From what thing his Lord created him. 00:01:48.790 --> 00:01:51.109 He was created from a gushing fluid, 00:01:51.109 --> 00:01:54.629 Which emerges from the loins of the man and the ribs of the woman, 00:01:54.629 --> 00:01:58.299 Which is the place where the necklace rests on a woman's chest. 00:01:58.299 --> 00:02:02.459 Indeed, Allah is fully capable of bringing man back to life after his death, 00:02:02.459 --> 00:02:05.420 In the same state he was in before he died. 00:02:06.060 --> 00:02:08.379 On the Day when the inner secrets of the servants are tested, 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. 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, 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. 00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:31.879 By the heaven which returns, 00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:34.680 And the earth which cracks open. 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:39.240 Indeed, it is a decisive word, 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:41.639 And it is not for amusement. 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:45.800 Indeed, they are planning a scheme, 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:48.280 And I am planning a scheme. 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) 00:02:54.650 --> 00:02:59.129 The heaven returns with clouds and the provisions of the servants each year, 00:02:59.129 --> 00:03:02.009 And the earth cracks open with vegetation. 00:03:02.009 --> 00:03:04.969 Indeed, this Qur'an and this message, 00:03:04.969 --> 00:03:09.849 Are a decisive word that separates truth from falsehood through its clarity. 00:03:09.849 --> 00:03:12.650 And it is not a matter of play or falsehood. 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, 00:03:18.069 --> 00:03:19.990 Are plotting a scheme, 00:03:19.990 --> 00:03:21.750 And I am plotting a scheme. 00:03:22.229 --> 00:03:24.949 And His scheme, may He be exalted, is to let them continue, 00:03:24.949 --> 00:03:29.349 By granting them respite in their disobedience and disbelief in Him. 00:03:29.349 --> 00:03:33.590 So grant the disbelievers respite, O Muhammad, and do not be hasty with them, 00:03:33.590 --> 00:03:36.229 And delay them for a short while, 00:03:36.229 --> 00:03:42.659 And wait for them until the appointed time, which is the moment when retribution befalls them.