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 Summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.630 --> 00:00:12.710 Abridged by Dr. Aqeel ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:14.140 --> 00:00:16.300 Surah al-Ma'idah. 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:21.679 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:27.760 ◁ And Allah had already taken a covenant from the Children of Israel ▷ 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:32.439 “Allah made a covenant of old with the Children of Israel and We raised among them twelve chieftains, and Allah said: Lo! I am with you. If ye establish worship and pay the poor-due, and believe in My messengers and support them, and lend unto Allah a kindly loan, surely I shall remit your sins, and surely I shall bring you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow. Whoso among you disbelieveth after this will go astray from a plain road.” (5:12) 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:36.799 “Allah made a covenant of old with the Children of Israel and We raised among them twelve chieftains, and Allah said: Lo! I am with you. If ye establish worship and pay the poor-due, and believe in My messengers and support them, and lend unto Allah a kindly loan, surely I shall remit your sins, and surely I shall bring you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow. Whoso among you disbelieveth after this will go astray from a plain road.” (5:12) 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:41.840 ◁ "If you establish prayer and give zakat ▷ 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:45.560 ◁ and believe in My messengers ▷ 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:50.000 ◁ and support them ▷ 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:53.479 ◁ and loan Allah a goodly loan, ▷ 00:00:53.479 --> 00:00:58.560 ◁ I will surely remove from you your misdeeds ▷ 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:03.960 ◁ I will surely remove from you your misdeeds ▷ 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:09.519 ◁ and admit you to gardens ▷ 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:14.599 ◁ and admit you to gardens ▷ 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:18.719 ◁ beneath which rivers flow. ▷ 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:23.760 “Allah made a covenant of old with the Children of Israel and We raised among them twelve chieftains, and Allah said: Lo! I am with you. If ye establish worship and pay the poor-due, and believe in My messengers and support them, and lend unto Allah a kindly loan, surely I shall remit your sins, and surely I shall bring you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow. Whoso among you disbelieveth after this will go astray from a plain road.” (5:12) 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.079 ◁ has indeed strayed from the soundness of the way." ▷ 00:01:54.590 --> 00:01:58.739 "I am indeed your helper against your enemy and My enemy; 00:01:58.739 --> 00:02:02.299 if you establish prayer, pay zakat, 00:02:02.299 --> 00:02:06.980 believe in what My messengers bring you regarding My religion's laws, 00:02:06.980 --> 00:02:09.780 support them with your hands and tongues, 00:02:09.780 --> 00:02:14.659 and spend in the cause of Allah in striving against His enemy and your enemy, 00:02:14.659 --> 00:02:19.219 then you will have attained the truth through what you spend in doing so, 00:02:19.379 --> 00:02:21.740 without transgressing the limits set by Allah 00:02:21.740 --> 00:02:26.060 or abandoning what He urged and exhorted you toward in favor of anything else; 00:02:26.060 --> 00:02:31.180 I will surely cover over, by My forgiveness, your past sins, 00:02:31.180 --> 00:02:36.539 and I will surely admit you, by My grace, into gardens beneath which rivers flow. 00:02:36.539 --> 00:02:39.620 But whoever among you disbelieves, O community of the Children of Israel, 00:02:39.620 --> 00:02:43.020 regarding anything I have commanded him, abandoning it, 00:02:43.020 --> 00:02:45.460 or commits what I have forbidden him, 00:02:45.460 --> 00:02:49.330 has strayed from the right intent of the clear path." 00:02:49.330 --> 00:02:54.409 “And because of their breaking their covenant, We have cursed them and made hard their hearts. They change words from their context and forget a part of that whereof they were admonished. Thou wilt not cease to discover treachery from all save a few of them. But bear with them and pardon them. Lo! Allah loveth the kindly.” (5:13) 00:02:54.409 --> 00:02:58.050 ◁ and made their hearts hard. ▷ 00:02:58.050 --> 00:03:02.370 ◁ They distort words from their [proper] usages ▷ 00:03:02.370 --> 00:03:07.169 ◁ and have forgotten a portion of that of which they were reminded. ▷ 00:03:07.169 --> 00:03:14.009 “And because of their breaking their covenant, We have cursed them and made hard their hearts. They change words from their context and forget a part of that whereof they were admonished. Thou wilt not cease to discover treachery from all save a few of them. But bear with them and pardon them. Lo! Allah loveth the kindly.” (5:13) 00:03:14.009 --> 00:03:17.780 ◁ except a few of them. ▷ 00:03:17.819 --> 00:03:20.699 ◁ So pardon them and overlook. ▷ 00:03:20.699 --> 00:03:27.550 ◁ Indeed, Allah loves the doers of good. ▷ 00:03:49.710 --> 00:03:51.389 They broke My covenant, 00:03:51.389 --> 00:03:54.469 so I cursed them for breaking their covenant. 00:03:54.469 --> 00:04:00.069 And We made the hearts of those who broke Our covenant among the Children of Israel 00:04:00.069 --> 00:04:03.310 thick and hardened against faith. 00:04:03.310 --> 00:04:06.629 They alter the words of their Lord—the Torah— 00:04:06.629 --> 00:04:08.229 substituting and changing them, 00:04:08.229 --> 00:04:11.789 and they abandoned a portion of that whereof they were reminded. 00:04:11.789 --> 00:04:14.909 You will constantly, O Muhammad, discover from the Jews 00:04:14.909 --> 00:04:18.069 instances of such treachery and deceit, 00:04:18.110 --> 00:04:20.430 except for a small number among them. 00:04:20.430 --> 00:04:23.509 So pardon, O Muhammad, these Jews 00:04:23.509 --> 00:04:25.949 and overlook their offense, 00:04:25.949 --> 00:04:32.139 for I love those who excel in pardoning and forgiving those who mistreat them. 00:04:32.139 --> 00:04:36.339 ◁ And from those who say, "We are Christians" ▷ 00:04:36.339 --> 00:04:38.540 ◁ We took their covenant; ▷ 00:04:38.540 --> 00:04:46.060 “And with those who say: "Lo! we are Christians," We made a covenant, but they forgot a part of that whereof they were admonished. Therefor We have stirred up enmity and hatred among them till the Day of Resurrection, when Allah will inform them of their handiwork.” (5:14) 00:04:46.060 --> 00:04:55.660 “And with those who say: "Lo! we are Christians," We made a covenant, but they forgot a part of that whereof they were admonished. Therefor We have stirred up enmity and hatred among them till the Day of Resurrection, when Allah will inform them of their handiwork.” (5:14) 00:04:55.660 --> 00:04:58.259 ◁ until the Day of Resurrection. ▷ 00:04:58.259 --> 00:05:06.879 “And with those who say: "Lo! we are Christians," We made a covenant, but they forgot a part of that whereof they were admonished. Therefor We have stirred up enmity and hatred among them till the Day of Resurrection, when Allah will inform them of their handiwork.” (5:14) 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:09.040 And We took from the Christians the covenant 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:12.000 promising obedience to Me and fulfillment of My obligations. 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:15.680 But they followed, in breaking the covenant I took from them, 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:19.120 the path of the misguided nation among the Jews; 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:23.160 thus they likewise altered their religion and squandered My command. 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:27.959 So We stirred up and cast among the Christians enmity and hatred, 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:32.439 through the prevailing desires that arose among them, until the Day of Resurrection, 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:35.060 such as their disagreement regarding the Messiah. 00:05:35.060 --> 00:05:39.459 Allah will inform them when they return to Him at their appointed time 00:05:39.459 --> 00:05:42.220 of what they used to do in the worldly life, 00:05:42.259 --> 00:05:45.420 in terms of breaking His covenant and breaching His pledge. 00:05:46.470 --> 00:05:52.189 ◁ O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger ▷ 00:05:52.189 --> 00:06:01.790 “O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our messenger come unto you, expounding unto you much of that which ye used to hide in the Scripture, and forgiving much. now hath come unto you light from Allah and plain Scripture,” (5:15) 00:06:01.790 --> 00:06:05.589 ◁ and pardoning much. ▷ 00:06:05.589 --> 00:06:13.670 “O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our messenger come unto you, expounding unto you much of that which ye used to hide in the Scripture, and forgiving much. now hath come unto you light from Allah and plain Scripture,” (5:15) 00:06:15.019 --> 00:06:18.420 O People of the Scripture—among the Jews and the Christians— 00:06:18.420 --> 00:06:23.060 Our Messenger Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has come to you, 00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:27.620 making clear to you much of what you used to conceal from the people 00:06:27.620 --> 00:06:31.660 and would not clarify to them from your Scripture, 00:06:31.660 --> 00:06:36.579 while overlooking much of what you concealed of your Scripture without calling you to account for it, 00:06:36.579 --> 00:06:38.620 so that you no longer act upon it. 00:06:38.620 --> 00:06:43.300 There has come to you, O People of the Torah and the Gospel, a light from Allah— 00:06:43.300 --> 00:06:46.860 namely Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 00:06:46.860 --> 00:06:49.699 through whom Allah illuminated the truth— 00:06:49.699 --> 00:06:52.579 and a clear Book has come to you from Allah, 00:06:52.579 --> 00:06:58.089 explaining what they differed over regarding the oneness of Allah and His lawful and unlawful matters. 00:06:58.129 --> 00:07:03.889 “Whereby Allah guideth him who seeketh His good pleasure unto paths of peace. He bringeth them out of darkness unto light by His decree, and guideth them unto a straight path.” (5:16) 00:07:03.889 --> 00:07:10.490 “Whereby Allah guideth him who seeketh His good pleasure unto paths of peace. He bringeth them out of darkness unto light by His decree, and guideth them unto a straight path.” (5:16) 00:07:10.490 --> 00:07:19.129 “Whereby Allah guideth him who seeketh His good pleasure unto paths of peace. He bringeth them out of darkness unto light by His decree, and guideth them unto a straight path.” (5:16) 00:07:20.180 --> 00:07:25.699 By it Allah guides and directs whoever follows His pleasure to the ways of peace— 00:07:25.699 --> 00:07:28.060 and He is Allah, majestic is His remembrance— 00:07:28.100 --> 00:07:32.420 bringing whoever follows His pleasure out of the darknesses of disbelief and polytheism 00:07:32.420 --> 00:07:35.300 into the light of Islam by Allah's leave. 00:07:35.300 --> 00:07:38.699 That is accomplished by making faith beloved to him, 00:07:38.699 --> 00:07:43.060 removing the stamp of disbelief and the seal of polytheism from his heart, 00:07:43.060 --> 00:07:46.899 and granting him success to perceive the paths of peace. 00:07:46.899 --> 00:07:54.620 ◁ They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allah is the Messiah, the son of Mary. ▷ 00:07:54.620 --> 00:08:07.379 “They indeed have disbelieved who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. Say: Who then can do aught against Allah, if He had willed to destroy the Messiah son of Mary, and his mother and everyone on earth? Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them. He createth what He will. And Allah is Able to do all things.” (5:17) 00:08:07.379 --> 00:08:16.740 “They indeed have disbelieved who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. Say: Who then can do aught against Allah, if He had willed to destroy the Messiah son of Mary, and his mother and everyone on earth? Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them. He createth what He will. And Allah is Able to do all things.” (5:17) 00:08:16.740 --> 00:08:22.660 ◁ And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. ▷ 00:08:22.660 --> 00:08:32.580 “They indeed have disbelieved who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. Say: Who then can do aught against Allah, if He had willed to destroy the Messiah son of Mary, and his mother and everyone on earth? Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them. He createth what He will. And Allah is Able to do all things.” (5:17) 00:08:32.580 --> 00:08:39.090 I swear that those who said Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary, have surely disbelieved. 00:08:39.090 --> 00:08:46.370 Say, O Muhammad, to the Christians: "Who could prevent anything from Allah's decree 00:08:46.370 --> 00:08:49.570 if He willed to destroy the Messiah, son of Mary, 00:08:49.570 --> 00:08:54.009 by removing him from the earth, along with his mother Mary, 00:08:54.250 --> 00:08:58.690 and by destroying all created beings upon the earth entirely? 00:08:58.690 --> 00:09:03.730 “They indeed have disbelieved who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. Say: Who then can do aught against Allah, if He had willed to destroy the Messiah son of Mary, and his mother and everyone on earth? Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them. He createth what He will. And Allah is Able to do all things.” (5:17) 00:09:03.730 --> 00:09:07.889 He destroys whom He wills and spares whom He wills; 00:09:07.889 --> 00:09:11.809 He brings into existence whatever He desires and causes to perish whatever He chooses. 00:09:11.809 --> 00:09:15.690 Allah alone is the worshiped Lord, Capable of all things, 00:09:15.690 --> 00:09:21.799 Sovereign over everything, Whom nothing He desires can render powerless." 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:31.600 ◁ But the Jews and the Christians said, "We are the children of Allah and His beloved." ▷ 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:36.799 “The Jews and Christians say: We are sons of Allah and His loved ones. Say: Why then doth He chastise you for your sins? Nay, ye are but mortals of His creating. He forgiveth whom He will, and chastiseth whom He will. Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and unto Him is the journeying.” (5:18) 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:43.600 ◁ Rather, you are human beings from among those He created. ▷ 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:52.240 ◁ He forgives whom He wills and punishes whom He wills. ▷ 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:58.080 ◁ And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, ▷ 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:02.940 ◁ and to Him is the [final] destination. ▷ 00:10:02.940 --> 00:10:08.740 The Jews and the Christians said, "We are the children of Allah and His beloved." 00:10:08.740 --> 00:10:14.460 Say, O Muhammad: "Why then does your Lord punish you for your sins, 00:10:14.460 --> 00:10:17.259 if the matter were as you claimed? 00:10:17.259 --> 00:10:20.259 For a beloved does not punish his beloved, 00:10:20.259 --> 00:10:23.779 yet you acknowledge that He punishes you. 00:10:23.779 --> 00:10:29.059 The matter is not as you claimed—that you are Allah's children and His beloved; 00:10:29.059 --> 00:10:32.100 rather, you are merely human beings created from the children of Adam. 00:10:32.100 --> 00:10:35.460 If you do good, you will be rewarded for your good, 00:10:35.500 --> 00:10:39.059 and if you do evil, you will be requited for your evil." 00:10:39.059 --> 00:10:43.059 He forgives the sins of whom He wills among the people of faith, 00:10:43.059 --> 00:10:47.860 and He acts with justice toward whom He wills by punishing him for his sins. 00:10:47.860 --> 00:10:53.100 To Allah belongs the governance of whatever is in the heavens, the earth, and between them, 00:10:53.100 --> 00:10:56.659 and to Him is the final destination and return of all things. 00:10:56.659 --> 00:11:00.370 So beware, O fabricators, of His punishment! 00:11:00.370 --> 00:11:02.169 ◁ O People of the Scripture, ▷ 00:11:02.169 --> 00:11:05.529 ◁ there has come to you Our Messenger ▷ 00:11:05.529 --> 00:11:15.009 “O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our messenger come unto you to make things plain unto you after an interval (of cessation) of the messengers, lest ye should say: There came not unto us a messenger of cheer nor any warner. Now hath a messenger of cheer and a warner come unto you. Allah is Able to do all things.” (5:19) 00:11:15.009 --> 00:11:27.610 “O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our messenger come unto you to make things plain unto you after an interval (of cessation) of the messengers, lest ye should say: There came not unto us a messenger of cheer nor any warner. Now hath a messenger of cheer and a warner come unto you. Allah is Able to do all things.” (5:19) 00:11:27.610 --> 00:11:30.139 ◁ nor a warner. ▷ 00:11:30.139 --> 00:11:38.100 “O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our messenger come unto you to make things plain unto you after an interval (of cessation) of the messengers, lest ye should say: There came not unto us a messenger of cheer nor any warner. Now hath a messenger of cheer and a warner come unto you. Allah is Able to do all things.” (5:19) 00:11:38.100 --> 00:11:45.519 ◁ And Allah is over all things competent. ▷ 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:47.360 O People of the Scripture, 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:52.000 Our Messenger Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has come to you, 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:53.840 making the truth known to you 00:11:53.840 --> 00:11:56.159 after a cessation of messengers, 00:11:56.159 --> 00:12:00.679 “O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our messenger come unto you to make things plain unto you after an interval (of cessation) of the messengers, lest ye should say: There came not unto us a messenger of cheer nor any warner. Now hath a messenger of cheer and a warner come unto you. Allah is Able to do all things.” (5:19) 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:02.639 so that you have no excuse before Us. 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:09.080 A messenger from Me has indeed come to you, bringing glad tidings to whoever believes in Me and warning whoever disobeys Me. 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:11.720 And I am Capable of all things, 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:17.190 able to punish whoever disobeys Me and reward whoever obeys Me. 00:12:17.190 --> 00:12:20.750 ◁ And [remember] when Moses said to his people, "O my people, ▷ 00:12:20.750 --> 00:12:23.830 ◁ remember the favor of Allah upon you ▷ 00:12:23.830 --> 00:12:30.909 “And (remember) when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Remember Allah's favour unto you, how He placed among you prophets, and He made you kings, and gave you that (which) He gave not to any (other) of (His) creatures.” (5:20) 00:12:30.909 --> 00:12:38.029 ◁ and made you kings ▷ 00:12:38.029 --> 00:12:46.019 ◁ and gave you what He had not given anyone among the worlds. ▷ 00:12:46.019 --> 00:12:48.779 And remember when Moses said to his people: 00:12:48.779 --> 00:12:53.659 "Remember Allah's favors upon you and His bounties bestowed before you, 00:12:53.659 --> 00:12:56.019 in that He placed prophets among you 00:12:56.019 --> 00:13:00.940 who brought you His revelation and informed you of unseen tidings, 00:13:00.940 --> 00:13:05.019 a favor He did not grant to anyone else in your time; 00:13:05.019 --> 00:13:09.059 He subjected servants from other nations to serve you, 00:13:09.059 --> 00:13:13.059 and He gave you what He had not given to anyone else among the people of your era, 00:13:13.059 --> 00:13:16.500 by way of Allah's blessings and honor." 00:13:16.500 --> 00:13:22.539 “O my people! Go into the holy land which Allah hath ordained for you. Turn not in flight, for surely ye turn back as losers:” (5:21) 00:13:22.539 --> 00:13:30.220 “O my people! Go into the holy land which Allah hath ordained for you. Turn not in flight, for surely ye turn back as losers:” (5:21) 00:13:30.220 --> 00:13:35.580 ◁ and so turn back as losers." ▷ 00:13:35.580 --> 00:13:40.419 Moses said: "Enter the purified, blessed land 00:13:40.419 --> 00:13:45.179 which He decreed in the Preserved Tablet as your dwelling place, 00:13:45.179 --> 00:13:49.539 and do not turn back on your heels, retreating in apostasy, 00:13:49.539 --> 00:13:53.220 lest you turn away ruined and destroyed." 00:13:53.220 --> 00:14:05.620 “They said: O Moses! Lo! a giant people (dwell) therein and lo! we go not in till they go forth from thence. When they go forth from thence, then we will enter (not till then).” (5:22) 00:14:05.620 --> 00:14:17.899 “They said: O Moses! Lo! a giant people (dwell) therein and lo! we go not in till they go forth from thence. When they go forth from thence, then we will enter (not till then).” (5:22) 00:14:17.899 --> 00:14:24.870 “They said: O Moses! Lo! a giant people (dwell) therein and lo! we go not in till they go forth from thence. When they go forth from thence, then we will enter (not till then).” (5:22) 00:14:24.870 --> 00:14:29.509 ◁ They said, "O Moses, indeed within it ▷ 00:14:29.509 --> 00:14:32.429 ◁ are a people of tyrannical strength, ▷ 00:14:32.429 --> 00:14:35.070 and we have no power to fight them; 00:14:35.070 --> 00:14:39.389 ◁ and indeed, we will never enter it until they leave it; ▷ 00:14:39.389 --> 00:14:42.190 the tyrants who are inside it. 00:14:42.190 --> 00:14:47.460 ◁ so if they leave it, then we will enter." ▷ 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:53.100 “Then out spake two of those who feared (their Lord, men) unto whom Allah had been gracious: Enter in upon them by the gate, for if ye enter by it, lo! ye will be victorious. So put your trust (in Allah) if ye are indeed believers.” (5:23) 00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:59.019 ◁ "Enter upon them through the gate, ▷ 00:14:59.019 --> 00:15:05.139 ◁ for when you have entered it, you will be victorious." ▷ 00:15:05.139 --> 00:15:14.009 “Then out spake two of those who feared (their Lord, men) unto whom Allah had been gracious: Enter in upon them by the gate, for if ye enter by it, lo! ye will be victorious. So put your trust (in Allah) if ye are indeed believers.” (5:23) 00:15:14.049 --> 00:15:18.210 Two men from among the people of Moses, who were among those who feared Allah, 00:15:18.210 --> 00:15:25.210 upon whom Allah had bestowed favor through obedience to Him and to His Prophet Moses (peace be upon him), 00:15:25.210 --> 00:15:27.730 and through compliance with his command— 00:15:27.730 --> 00:15:32.090 and it is said Allah favored them with godfearing awe— 00:15:32.090 --> 00:15:33.809 those two men said: 00:15:33.809 --> 00:15:37.850 "Enter upon them, O people, through the gate of their city, 00:15:37.850 --> 00:15:41.289 for Allah is with you and He is your helper; 00:15:41.289 --> 00:15:43.889 place your trust in Allah, O people, 00:15:43.929 --> 00:15:49.769 for He is with you if you obey Him in what He has commanded you regarding striving against your enemy, 00:15:49.769 --> 00:15:53.850 if you truly believe your Prophet (peace be upon him) 00:15:53.850 --> 00:15:58.860 in what he informed you from your Lord concerning victory over them." 00:15:58.860 --> 00:16:07.179 “They said: O Moses! We will never enter (the land) while they are in it. So go thou and thy Lord and fight! We will sit here.” (5:24) 00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:12.539 ◁ "So go, you and your Lord, and fight; ▷ 00:16:12.539 --> 00:16:18.460 ◁ indeed, we are remaining right here." ▷ 00:16:18.460 --> 00:16:20.379 They said, "O Moses, 00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:24.899 we will never enter their city as long as we live, 00:16:24.899 --> 00:16:29.259 so long as those tyrants remain residing in that city. 00:16:29.259 --> 00:16:34.100 We will not go with you, O Moses, if you advance toward them to fight them; 00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:40.330 rather, we will leave you to go alone with your Lord to fight them together." 00:16:40.370 --> 00:16:47.490 “He said: My Lord! I have control of none but myself and my brother, so distinguish between us and the wrong-doing folk.” (5:25) 00:16:47.490 --> 00:16:54.299 “He said: My Lord! I have control of none but myself and my brother, so distinguish between us and the wrong-doing folk.” (5:25) 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:56.059 Moses said, 00:16:56.059 --> 00:17:00.059 “He said: My Lord! I have control of none but myself and my brother, so distinguish between us and the wrong-doing folk.” (5:25) 00:17:00.059 --> 00:17:05.940 "I have no power over anyone to compel him toward what I desire and wish of obedience to You 00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:08.460 and adherence to Your commands and prohibitions, 00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:11.420 except over myself and my brother; 00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:15.460 so judge between us and those who have departed from faith in You 00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:21.259 through a decree You render concerning us and them, distancing them from us." 00:17:21.259 --> 00:17:27.819 “(Their Lord) said: For this the land will surely be forbidden them for forty years that they will wander in the earth, bewildered. So grieve not over the wrongdoing folk.” (5:26) 00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:30.420 ◁ wandering blindly through the land. ▷ 00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:37.509 ◁ So do not grieve over the defiantly disobedient people." ▷ 00:17:37.509 --> 00:17:41.750 Allah forbade the people who disobeyed Him from among the people of Moses 00:17:41.750 --> 00:17:44.829 from entering their city for forty years, 00:17:44.829 --> 00:17:47.789 wandering therein confused and lost. 00:17:47.789 --> 00:17:51.309 "So do not grieve over the defiantly disobedient people." 00:17:51.309 --> 00:17:57.630 Their wandering was such that they would set out earnestly to leave every morning, 00:17:57.670 --> 00:18:01.430 yet by evening they would find themselves back at the exact place from which they began their journey. 00:18:01.430 --> 00:18:04.750 Thus it was forbidden for all of them during those forty years 00:18:04.750 --> 00:18:07.349 in which they remained lost and wandering 00:18:07.349 --> 00:18:09.789 to enter the Holy Land, 00:18:09.789 --> 00:18:12.269 and not a single one of them entered it 00:18:12.269 --> 00:18:17.750 until those years expired during which Allah had forbidden them entry. 00:18:17.750 --> 00:18:23.950 Then permission was granted to those who remained of them and their offspring to enter it alongside Allah's Prophet Moses 00:18:23.990 --> 00:18:29.779 and the two men upon whom Allah had bestowed His favor. 00:18:29.779 --> 00:18:33.220 Summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.