WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.259 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.259 --> 00:00:08.179 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.179 --> 00:00:12.869 Abridged by Dr. Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:12.869 --> 00:00:18.120 Surah Fussilat. 00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:22.079 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:22.079 --> 00:00:26.109 Ha-Mim. 00:00:26.109 --> 00:00:31.489 “A revelation from the Beneficent, the Merciful,” (41:2) 00:00:31.489 --> 00:00:40.310 A Book whose verses have been detailed as an Arabic Qur'an for a people who know. 00:00:40.310 --> 00:00:48.789 “Good tidings and a warning. But most of them turn away so that they hear not.” (41:4) 00:00:48.789 --> 00:00:51.359 Ha-Mim. 00:00:51.359 --> 00:00:55.560 This Qur'an is a revelation from the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:55.560 --> 00:01:00.560 He revealed it to His Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. 00:01:00.659 --> 00:01:07.159 A Book whose verses have been made clear as an Arabic Qur'an for a people who understand the Arabic language. 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:12.659 Bringing glad tidings to those who believe in it and act upon its obligatory duties. 00:01:12.659 --> 00:01:16.659 And a warner to those who deny it and do not act upon what it contains. 00:01:16.659 --> 00:01:21.159 Yet most of these people have turned away from listening to it. 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:23.859 They do not listen to it so as to hear it. 00:01:23.859 --> 00:01:27.280 Out of aversion and arrogance. 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:34.280 “And they say: Our hearts are protected from that unto which thou (O Muhammad) callest us, and in our ears there is a deafness, and between us and thee there is a veil. Act, then. Lo! we also shall be acting.” (41:5) 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:43.280 “And they say: Our hearts are protected from that unto which thou (O Muhammad) callest us, and in our ears there is a deafness, and between us and thee there is a veil. Act, then. Lo! we also shall be acting.” (41:5) 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:48.760 So act, for we are acting. 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:51.760 And these polytheists said: 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:57.560 Our hearts are covered against that to which you invite us, O Muhammad, regarding the oneness of Allah. 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:02.560 And in our ears is a deafness, so we do not hear what you invite us to. 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:05.560 And between us and you, O Muhammad, there is a veil. 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:08.560 We shall not meet for its sake, neither we nor you. 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:11.560 So that we might see one another. 00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:15.560 That veil is their difference in religion. 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:20.560 So act, O Muhammad, according to your religion, for we are acting according to our religion. 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:35.590 “Say (unto them O Muhammad): I am only a mortal like you. It is inspired in me that your Allah is One Allah, therefor take the straight path unto Him and seek forgiveness of Him. And woe unto the idolaters,” (41:6) 00:02:35.590 --> 00:02:40.590 So take a straight course toward Him and seek His forgiveness. 00:02:40.590 --> 00:02:44.590 And woe to the polytheists. 00:02:44.590 --> 00:02:54.580 “Who give not the poor-due, and who are disbelievers in the Hereafter.” (41:7) 00:02:54.580 --> 00:02:57.580 Say, O Muhammad, to these people who turn away: 00:02:57.580 --> 00:03:02.580 O people, I am only a human being from the children of Adam. 00:03:02.580 --> 00:03:06.580 Like you in species, form, and appearance. 00:03:06.580 --> 00:03:13.580 It has been revealed to me by Allah that there is no deity for you worthy of worship except one God. 00:03:13.580 --> 00:03:19.580 So take a straight course toward Him in obedience, and turn your faces toward Him with desire and worship. 00:03:19.580 --> 00:03:25.580 And the pus of the people of the Fire, and what flows from them, for those who claim a partner for Allah. 00:03:25.580 --> 00:03:28.610 “Who give not the poor-due, and who are disbelievers in the Hereafter.” (41:7) 00:03:28.610 --> 00:03:33.610 And they are deniers of the Hour and the resurrection of Allah's creation. 00:03:33.610 --> 00:03:42.479 “Lo! as for those who believe and do good works, for them is a reward enduring.” (41:8) 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:46.439 Indeed, those who believed in Allah and His Messenger. 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:50.439 And acted upon what Allah and His Messenger commanded them. 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:54.439 For those who do that, there is a reward without end. 00:03:54.439 --> 00:04:00.259 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.