WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.209 --> 00:00:08.050 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:12.679 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:16.250 Surah al-Waqi'ah. 00:00:18.140 --> 00:00:22.859 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:23.670 --> 00:00:29.109 “Nay, I swear by the places of the stars -” (56:75) 00:00:29.309 --> 00:00:36.149 “And lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew -” (56:76) 00:00:37.350 --> 00:00:41.869 "So I swear by the setting of the stars and their positions in the sky." 00:00:42.469 --> 00:00:45.070 This oath that I have sworn— 00:00:45.270 --> 00:00:48.710 is an oath, if you only knew its nature and its magnitude— 00:00:49.070 --> 00:00:50.469 is a momentous oath. 00:00:50.869 --> 00:00:54.189 This is a case of a delayed expression that is intended to be understood as preceding the subject. 00:00:54.549 --> 00:00:59.990 It is indeed a momentous oath, if you only knew its magnitude. 00:01:01.119 --> 00:01:06.319 "Indeed, it is a noble Qur'an." 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:10.799 "In a protected Book." 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:16.799 “Which none toucheth save the purified,” (56:79) 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:22.549 "A revelation from the Lord of the worlds." 00:01:24.010 --> 00:01:26.409 “Nay, I swear by the places of the stars -” (56:75) 00:01:26.409 --> 00:01:29.370 This Qur'an is indeed a noble Qur'an. 00:01:30.090 --> 00:01:32.730 It resides in a preserved Book in the presence of Allah. 00:01:33.170 --> 00:01:37.129 It is not touched by anything, neither dust nor anything else. 00:01:37.730 --> 00:01:40.290 No one touches that protected Book— 00:01:40.290 --> 00:01:43.769 except those whom Allah has purified from sins. 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:47.959 This Qur'an is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds. 00:01:49.540 --> 00:01:55.900 “Is it this Statement that ye scorn,” (56:81) 00:01:56.219 --> 00:02:02.260 “And make denial thereof your livelihood?” (56:82) 00:02:03.540 --> 00:02:07.900 Are you, O people, treating this Qur'an, whose nature I have just described to you— 00:02:08.259 --> 00:02:11.419 with such indifference, while you appease those who deny it? 00:02:11.939 --> 00:02:16.099 And do you respond to Allah’s provision for you with denial? 00:02:16.699 --> 00:02:18.460 It is like the saying of another: 00:02:18.979 --> 00:02:22.219 "I offered you kindness, and you returned it with offense toward me." 00:02:23.389 --> 00:02:27.110 “Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)” (56:83) 00:02:27.550 --> 00:02:34.669 "And you are, at that moment, looking on." 00:02:35.110 --> 00:02:41.469 “- And We are nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not -” (56:85) 00:02:42.979 --> 00:02:49.419 Why then, when the soul reaches the throat at the time of death, O people— 00:02:50.139 --> 00:02:54.620 and those of you present from among their family are looking on— 00:02:55.379 --> 00:02:59.699 while Our messengers, who take the soul, are closer to him than you— 00:03:00.099 --> 00:03:01.819 yet you do not see them? 00:03:03.180 --> 00:03:08.780 “Why then, if ye are not in bondage (unto Us),” (56:86) 00:03:09.219 --> 00:03:15.180 “Do ye not force it back, if ye are truthful?” (56:87) 00:03:16.620 --> 00:03:22.139 Why then, if you, O people, are not to be held accountable and recompensed for your deeds— 00:03:22.659 --> 00:03:26.659 do you not return that soul to its body— 00:03:27.139 --> 00:03:32.419 if you are truthful and can prevent death, accountability, and recompense? 00:03:33.610 --> 00:03:39.250 “Thus if he is of those brought nigh,” (56:88) 00:03:39.610 --> 00:03:46.289 "Then [for him is] rest, bounty, and a garden of bliss." 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:50.719 As for the deceased, if he is among those brought near to Allah— 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:54.879 those whom Allah has drawn close to His proximity in His gardens— 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:59.240 then for him is mercy, forgiveness, and wholesome, pleasant provision. 00:03:59.879 --> 00:04:04.719 Their souls depart their bodies at death with a fragrance they inhale. 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:09.120 Along with that, he has a garden of bliss in which he enjoys himself. 00:04:10.590 --> 00:04:16.189 "But if he is of the companions of the right—" 00:04:16.509 --> 00:04:20.870 “Then (the greeting) "Peace be unto thee" from those on the right hand.” (56:91) 00:04:22.459 --> 00:04:25.540 And if the deceased is among the companions of the right— 00:04:25.980 --> 00:04:29.899 those who are led to Paradise from their right side— 00:04:30.339 --> 00:04:33.819 "Then [the greeting], 'Peace be upon you,' from the companions of the right." 00:04:34.300 --> 00:04:37.300 You are safe from the punishment of Allah and from all that you dislike— 00:04:37.740 --> 00:04:40.019 because you are among the companions of the right. 00:04:41.290 --> 00:04:50.889 “But if he is of the rejecters, the erring,” (56:92) 00:04:51.370 --> 00:04:55.009 "Then [for him is] a meal of scalding water." 00:04:55.529 --> 00:04:58.889 "And burning in Hellfire." 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:04.279 But if the deceased is among those who denied the signs of Allah— 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:06.560 then for him is a meal of scalding water— 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:10.639 which has been heated until its temperature is extreme, and it is his drink. 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:13.519 And the burning of the Fire with which he is scorched. 00:05:14.970 --> 00:05:20.089 “Lo! this is certain truth.” (56:95) 00:05:20.610 --> 00:05:26.810 "So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great." 00:05:28.500 --> 00:05:32.379 This information that I have conveyed to you, O people— 00:05:33.060 --> 00:05:36.980 regarding those brought near, the companions of the right, and the deniers— 00:05:37.500 --> 00:05:40.180 is the absolute truth, in which there is no doubt. 00:05:40.180 --> 00:05:45.350 So glorify your Lord, the Most Great, by His most beautiful names.