WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.399 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.399 --> 00:00:08.199 The Abridgment of Tafsir al-Tabari, 00:00:08.199 --> 00:00:14.109 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil Ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:14.109 --> 00:00:16.710 Surah Al 'Imran. 00:00:16.710 --> 00:00:22.890 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:22.890 --> 00:00:31.690 “Among the People of the Scripture there is he who, if thou trust him with a weight of treasure, will return it to thee. And among them there is he who, if thou trust him with a piece of gold, will not return it to thee unless thou keep standing over him. That is because they say: We have no duty to the Gentiles. They speak a lie concerning Allah knowingly.” (3:75) 00:00:31.690 --> 00:00:41.289 “Among the People of the Scripture there is he who, if thou trust him with a weight of treasure, will return it to thee. And among them there is he who, if thou trust him with a piece of gold, will not return it to thee unless thou keep standing over him. That is because they say: We have no duty to the Gentiles. They speak a lie concerning Allah knowingly.” (3:75) 00:00:41.289 --> 00:00:48.490 “Among the People of the Scripture there is he who, if thou trust him with a weight of treasure, will return it to thee. And among them there is he who, if thou trust him with a piece of gold, will not return it to thee unless thou keep standing over him. That is because they say: We have no duty to the Gentiles. They speak a lie concerning Allah knowingly.” (3:75) 00:00:48.490 --> 00:00:58.689 “Among the People of the Scripture there is he who, if thou trust him with a weight of treasure, will return it to thee. And among them there is he who, if thou trust him with a piece of gold, will not return it to thee unless thou keep standing over him. That is because they say: We have no duty to the Gentiles. They speak a lie concerning Allah knowingly.” (3:75) 00:00:58.689 --> 00:01:04.700 "And they fabricate lies against Allah knowingly." 00:01:04.700 --> 00:01:06.900 And among the People of the Book 00:01:06.900 --> 00:01:11.700 is he who, if you trust him, O Muhammad, with a vast treasure of wealth, 00:01:11.700 --> 00:01:14.900 will return it to you and not betray you regarding it; 00:01:14.900 --> 00:01:19.500 and among them is he who, if you trust him with a single dinar, will betray you regarding it 00:01:19.500 --> 00:01:25.299 and will not return it to you unless you persistently demand and claim it. 00:01:25.299 --> 00:01:27.700 This is because they say: 00:01:27.900 --> 00:01:32.900 "There is no blame upon us for whatever we take from the wealth of the Arabs, nor any sin," 00:01:32.900 --> 00:01:36.900 because they are not upon the truth and are idolaters. 00:01:36.900 --> 00:01:41.590 Thus they knowingly utter lies against Allah, deliberately sinning. 00:01:41.590 --> 00:01:52.209 “Nay, but (the chosen of Allah is) he who fulfilleth his pledge and wardeth off (evil); for lo! Allah loveth those who ward off (evil).” (3:76) 00:01:52.209 --> 00:01:56.609 The matter is not as these liars against Allah claim; 00:01:56.609 --> 00:02:01.010 rather, whoever fulfills his covenant that he made with Him in His Scripture, 00:02:01.010 --> 00:02:05.609 believing in Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and affirming his truth, 00:02:05.609 --> 00:02:09.009 and fears that disbelief which Allah forbade him, 00:02:09.009 --> 00:02:14.599 then surely Allah loves those who fear Him and dread His punishment. 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:20.400 “Lo! those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah's covenant and their oaths, they have no portion in the Hereafter. Allah will neither speak to them nor look upon them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He make them grow. Theirs will be a painful doom.” (3:77) 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:30.000 “Lo! those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah's covenant and their oaths, they have no portion in the Hereafter. Allah will neither speak to them nor look upon them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He make them grow. Theirs will be a painful doom.” (3:77) 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:39.599 “Lo! those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah's covenant and their oaths, they have no portion in the Hereafter. Allah will neither speak to them nor look upon them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He make them grow. Theirs will be a painful doom.” (3:77) 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:47.000 "Nor will He purify them, and for them is a painful punishment." 00:02:47.810 --> 00:02:51.409 Indeed, those who trade away the covenant of Allah 00:02:51.409 --> 00:02:55.009 and their false oaths—by which they deem lawful 00:02:55.009 --> 00:02:58.610 what Allah forbade them of people's wealth— 00:02:58.610 --> 00:03:03.009 for a paltry substitute and the ephemeral vanities of worldly trash, 00:03:03.009 --> 00:03:06.810 will have no share in the good things of the Hereafter; 00:03:06.810 --> 00:03:10.210 Allah will not speak to them with that which pleases them, 00:03:10.210 --> 00:03:14.610 nor look upon them with kindness, out of His abhorrence of them, 00:03:14.810 --> 00:03:18.810 nor will He cleanse them from the filth of their sins and disbelief, 00:03:18.810 --> 00:03:22.020 and theirs will be an agonizing punishment. 00:03:22.020 --> 00:03:32.419 "And indeed, among them is a group who distort the Book with their tongues..." 00:03:32.419 --> 00:03:40.020 “And lo! there is a party of them who distort the Scripture with their tongues, that ye may think that what they say is from the Scripture, when it is not from the Scripture. And they say: It is from Allah, when it is not from Allah; and they speak a lie concerning Allah knowingly.” (3:78) 00:03:40.020 --> 00:03:50.620 “And lo! there is a party of them who distort the Scripture with their tongues, that ye may think that what they say is from the Scripture, when it is not from the Scripture. And they say: It is from Allah, when it is not from Allah; and they speak a lie concerning Allah knowingly.” (3:78) 00:03:50.620 --> 00:03:56.699 "And they fabricate lies against Allah knowingly." 00:03:56.699 --> 00:04:01.900 Indeed, among the Jews is a group who twist their tongues with the Scripture, 00:04:01.900 --> 00:04:07.099 so that you may assume that what they distort is part of the Book of Allah and His revelation, 00:04:07.099 --> 00:04:11.900 whereas what they twist their tongues with is not from the Book of Allah at all. 00:04:11.900 --> 00:04:16.699 They claim that their distortions and falsehoods 00:04:16.699 --> 00:04:20.100 are part of what Allah revealed to His Prophets, 00:04:20.100 --> 00:04:25.100 though it is not part of anything Allah revealed to any of His Prophets; 00:04:25.100 --> 00:04:29.100 rather, it is something they invented from themselves, 00:04:29.100 --> 00:04:32.990 deliberately uttering falsehood against Allah. 00:04:32.990 --> 00:04:41.189 “It is not (possible) for any human being unto whom Allah had given the Scripture and wisdom and the prophethood that he should afterwards have said unto mankind: Be slaves of me instead of Allah; but (what he said was): Be ye faithful servants of the Lord by virtue of your constant teaching of the Scripture and of your constant study thereof.” (3:79) 00:04:41.189 --> 00:04:47.990 "...and then say to the people, 00:04:47.990 --> 00:04:52.189 'Be worshipers of me instead of Allah,' 00:04:52.189 --> 00:04:57.790 but rather, 'Be godly scholars...'" 00:04:57.790 --> 00:05:02.790 “It is not (possible) for any human being unto whom Allah had given the Scripture and wisdom and the prophethood that he should afterwards have said unto mankind: Be slaves of me instead of Allah; but (what he said was): Be ye faithful servants of the Lord by virtue of your constant teaching of the Scripture and of your constant study thereof.” (3:79) 00:05:02.990 --> 00:05:07.589 “It is not (possible) for any human being unto whom Allah had given the Scripture and wisdom and the prophethood that he should afterwards have said unto mankind: Be slaves of me instead of Allah; but (what he said was): Be ye faithful servants of the Lord by virtue of your constant teaching of the Scripture and of your constant study thereof.” (3:79) 00:05:07.589 --> 00:05:11.589 "...and by what you used to study." 00:05:11.589 --> 00:05:15.009 It is not conceivable for any human 00:05:15.009 --> 00:05:18.009 to whom Allah grants the Scripture, 00:05:18.009 --> 00:05:20.009 teaches decisive wisdom, 00:05:20.009 --> 00:05:22.009 and confers prophethood, 00:05:22.009 --> 00:05:26.009 that he should then call people to worship himself instead of Allah. 00:05:26.009 --> 00:05:29.009 Rather, when Allah bestows that upon him, 00:05:29.009 --> 00:05:32.009 he only calls them to the knowledge of Allah, 00:05:32.610 --> 00:05:35.610 guides them to the understanding of the laws of His religion, 00:05:35.610 --> 00:05:38.610 and urges them to be leaders in His obedience 00:05:38.610 --> 00:05:41.610 by teaching them the Book of their Lord 00:05:41.610 --> 00:05:44.610 and its lawful and prohibited rulings, 00:05:44.610 --> 00:05:48.800 and through their recitation and continuous study of it. 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:54.800 “And he commanded you not that ye should take the angels and the prophets for lords. Would he command you to disbelieve after ye had surrendered (to Allah)?” (3:80) 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:58.800 "...and the Prophets as lords. 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:06.800 Would he command you to disbelief after you have become Muslims?" 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:11.120 It is not for a Prophet to command people 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:14.120 to take the angels and the Prophets 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:17.120 as gods to be worshiped besides Allah. 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:20.120 Would your Prophet command you, O people, 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:22.120 to reject the oneness of Allah 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:25.120 after you have already submitted to Him in obedience 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:28.470 and humbled yourselves before Him in servitude? 00:06:28.470 --> 00:06:32.470 “When Allah made (His) covenant with the prophets, (He said): Behold that which I have given you of the Scripture and knowledge. And afterward there will come unto you a messenger, confirming that which ye possess. Ye shall believe in him and ye shall help him. He said: Do ye agree, and will ye take up My burden (which I lay upon you) in this (matter)? They answered: We agree. He said: Then bear ye witness. I will be a witness with you.” (3:81) 00:06:32.470 --> 00:06:45.470 “When Allah made (His) covenant with the prophets, (He said): Behold that which I have given you of the Scripture and knowledge. And afterward there will come unto you a messenger, confirming that which ye possess. Ye shall believe in him and ye shall help him. He said: Do ye agree, and will ye take up My burden (which I lay upon you) in this (matter)? They answered: We agree. He said: Then bear ye witness. I will be a witness with you.” (3:81) 00:06:45.470 --> 00:06:54.470 “When Allah made (His) covenant with the prophets, (He said): Behold that which I have given you of the Scripture and knowledge. And afterward there will come unto you a messenger, confirming that which ye possess. Ye shall believe in him and ye shall help him. He said: Do ye agree, and will ye take up My burden (which I lay upon you) in this (matter)? They answered: We agree. He said: Then bear ye witness. I will be a witness with you.” (3:81) 00:06:54.470 --> 00:07:01.470 "Say, 'Whatever I give you... you must believe in him 00:07:01.470 --> 00:07:04.470 and support him.' 00:07:04.470 --> 00:07:10.470 He said, 'Do you agree and accept My binding covenant upon that?' 00:07:10.470 --> 00:07:13.470 They said, 'We agree.'" 00:07:13.470 --> 00:07:20.470 “When Allah made (His) covenant with the prophets, (He said): Behold that which I have given you of the Scripture and knowledge. And afterward there will come unto you a messenger, confirming that which ye possess. Ye shall believe in him and ye shall help him. He said: Do ye agree, and will ye take up My burden (which I lay upon you) in this (matter)? They answered: We agree. He said: Then bear ye witness. I will be a witness with you.” (3:81) 00:07:20.470 --> 00:07:23.139 And remember, O People of the Book, 00:07:23.139 --> 00:07:26.139 when Allah took the covenant of the Prophets 00:07:26.139 --> 00:07:29.139 regarding what they pledged upon themselves 00:07:29.139 --> 00:07:32.139 to obey Allah in what He commanded them and forbade them: 00:07:32.139 --> 00:07:35.139 "Whatever I give you, O Prophets, 00:07:35.139 --> 00:07:37.139 of Scripture and wisdom, 00:07:37.139 --> 00:07:39.139 and then a Messenger comes to you from Me 00:07:39.139 --> 00:07:41.139 confirming what is already with you, 00:07:41.139 --> 00:07:44.139 you must surely believe in him and you must surely support him." 00:07:44.139 --> 00:07:46.139 He said, "Do you affirm this covenant 00:07:46.139 --> 00:07:49.139 that you have pledged to Me, 00:07:49.139 --> 00:07:51.139 and do you take upon yourselves, in accordance with it, 00:07:51.139 --> 00:07:53.139 My binding covenant and pledge?" 00:07:53.139 --> 00:07:57.139 The Prophets with whom Allah made this covenant said: 00:07:57.139 --> 00:08:00.139 "We affirm what You have obligated upon us regarding faith 00:08:00.139 --> 00:08:02.139 in the Messengers You send 00:08:02.139 --> 00:08:06.139 who confirm what we hold of Your Scriptures, and we pledge to support them." 00:08:06.139 --> 00:08:08.139 Allah said: 00:08:08.139 --> 00:08:10.139 "Then bear witness, O Prophets, 00:08:10.139 --> 00:08:12.139 to the covenant I have taken from you 00:08:12.139 --> 00:08:15.139 and upon your followers among the nations, 00:08:15.139 --> 00:08:17.139 “When Allah made (His) covenant with the prophets, (He said): Behold that which I have given you of the Scripture and knowledge. And afterward there will come unto you a messenger, confirming that which ye possess. Ye shall believe in him and ye shall help him. He said: Do ye agree, and will ye take up My burden (which I lay upon you) in this (matter)? They answered: We agree. He said: Then bear ye witness. I will be a witness with you.” (3:81) 00:08:17.139 --> 00:08:20.139 against yourselves and against them in this regard." 00:08:20.139 --> 00:08:29.430 “Then whosoever after this shall turn away: they will be miscreants.” (3:82) 00:08:29.430 --> 00:08:33.850 So whoever turns away from believing in My Messengers 00:08:33.850 --> 00:08:36.850 and does not aid them after this solemn pledge and covenant, 00:08:36.850 --> 00:08:41.850 then those are truly the ones who have departed from Allah's religion and obedience to their Lord. 00:08:41.850 --> 00:08:45.230 “Seek they other than the religion of Allah, when unto Him submitteth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and unto Him they will be returned.” (3:83) 00:08:45.230 --> 00:08:50.230 “Seek they other than the religion of Allah, when unto Him submitteth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and unto Him they will be returned.” (3:83) 00:08:50.230 --> 00:08:55.230 “Seek they other than the religion of Allah, when unto Him submitteth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and unto Him they will be returned.” (3:83) 00:08:55.230 --> 00:08:58.230 "...willingly or unwillingly, 00:08:58.230 --> 00:09:02.230 and to Him they shall be returned." 00:09:02.230 --> 00:09:07.100 Do they seek and desire other than obedience to Allah, 00:09:07.100 --> 00:09:10.100 when to Him all who are in the heavens and the earth submit, 00:09:10.100 --> 00:09:14.100 yielding to Him in servitude willingly— 00:09:14.100 --> 00:09:17.100 such as the angels, Prophets, and Messengers— 00:09:17.100 --> 00:09:22.100 or unwillingly, like the surrender of one who accepts Islam out of fear of the sword upon his life? 00:09:22.100 --> 00:09:25.100 And to Him will be your return after death, 00:09:25.100 --> 00:09:28.100 and He will recompense you for your deeds. 00:09:47.669 --> 00:09:50.669 "...and Jacob and the Tribes..." 00:09:50.669 --> 00:10:02.669 “Say (O Muhammad): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and that which was vouchsafed unto Moses and Jesus and the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered.” (3:84) 00:10:02.669 --> 00:10:11.669 "...we make no distinction between any of them, 00:10:11.669 --> 00:10:16.470 and to Him we are Muslims." 00:10:16.470 --> 00:10:19.470 So if they seek a religion other than that of Allah, 00:10:19.470 --> 00:10:21.470 say to them, O Muhammad: 00:10:21.470 --> 00:10:26.470 "We believe in Allah, that He is our Lord and our God; there is no deity worthy of worship except Him; 00:10:26.470 --> 00:10:31.470 and we believe in what He revealed to us of His revelation and Scripture; 00:10:31.470 --> 00:10:35.470 and we also believe in what was revealed to Abraham, 00:10:35.470 --> 00:10:38.470 to his two sons Ishmael and Isaac, 00:10:38.470 --> 00:10:40.470 to his grandson Jacob, 00:10:40.470 --> 00:10:44.470 and to the twelve descendants of Jacob; 00:10:44.470 --> 00:10:48.470 and we also believe in what was given to Moses and Jesus, 00:10:48.470 --> 00:10:52.470 and what was revealed to the Prophets from their Lord. 00:10:52.470 --> 00:10:55.470 We do not believe in some of them and reject others; 00:10:55.470 --> 00:10:59.470 rather, we believe in all of them and affirm their truth, 00:10:59.470 --> 00:11:02.470 and to Him we yield in obedience, 00:11:02.470 --> 00:11:05.889 humbled in devotion and servitude." 00:11:05.889 --> 00:11:10.889 “And whoso seeketh as religion other than the Surrender (to Allah) it will not be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in the Hereafter.” (3:85) 00:11:10.889 --> 00:11:13.889 "...never will it be accepted from him, 00:11:13.889 --> 00:11:16.889 never will it be accepted from him, 00:11:16.889 --> 00:11:22.500 and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers." 00:11:22.500 --> 00:11:26.500 Whoever seeks a religion other than Islam to profess, 00:11:26.500 --> 00:11:28.500 Allah will never accept it from him, 00:11:28.500 --> 00:11:34.850 and in the Hereafter he will be among those who have cheated themselves out of their share of Allah's mercy. 00:11:34.850 --> 00:11:40.850 "How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their belief..." 00:11:40.850 --> 00:11:43.850 "...disbelieved after their belief..." 00:11:43.850 --> 00:11:50.850 “How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their belief and (after) they bore witness that the messenger is true and after clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) had come unto them. And Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.” (3:86) 00:11:50.850 --> 00:11:56.850 "...and Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people." 00:11:56.850 --> 00:12:14.039 “As for such, their guerdon is that on them rests the curse of Allah and of angels and of men combined.” (3:87) 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:23.039 "Abiding therein forever; the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved." 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:33.490 "Except for those who repent after that and reform, for indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful." 00:12:33.490 --> 00:12:37.490 How could Allah guide to what is right or grant success in faith 00:12:37.490 --> 00:12:44.490 to a people who denied the prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him) after having believed in him, 00:12:44.490 --> 00:12:51.490 and after acknowledging that Muhammad is truly the Messenger of Allah to His creation, 00:12:51.490 --> 00:12:54.490 and after clear proofs from Allah had reached them? 00:12:54.490 --> 00:12:59.490 For Allah does not grant success toward truth and righteousness to the unjust faction 00:12:59.490 --> 00:13:02.490 who exchanged truth for falsehood. 00:13:02.490 --> 00:13:10.490 The recompense of those is that the curse and expulsion from Allah, from the angels, and from all people settles upon them— 00:13:10.490 --> 00:13:12.490 not merely some of those Allah named. 00:13:12.490 --> 00:13:15.490 They will abide in Allah's punishment, 00:13:15.490 --> 00:13:20.490 with the torment never reduced for them in any manner whatsoever, 00:13:20.490 --> 00:13:24.490 nor will they be granted respite to offer any excuse. 00:13:24.490 --> 00:13:28.490 Except for those who repent after their apostasy from their faith 00:13:28.490 --> 00:13:31.490 and perform righteous deeds; 00:13:31.490 --> 00:13:35.490 for indeed, toward whoever does that after his disbelief, 00:13:35.490 --> 00:13:39.490 Allah will conceal his sin that arose from his apostasy, 00:13:39.490 --> 00:13:42.490 treating him with grace and mercy. 00:13:42.490 --> 00:14:02.870 “Lo! those who disbelieve after their (profession of) belief, and afterward grow violent in disbelief: their repentance will not be accepted. And such are those who are astray.” (3:90) 00:14:02.870 --> 00:14:10.669 Indeed, those among the Jews who disbelieved in Muhammad (peace be upon him) after he was sent, 00:14:10.669 --> 00:14:13.669 despite having believed in him before his mission, 00:14:13.669 --> 00:14:20.669 and then increased in disbelief through the sins they committed in their apostasy and persistence in error, 00:14:20.669 --> 00:14:25.669 their repentance will not be accepted for the sins committed while in their state of disbelief 00:14:25.669 --> 00:14:31.669 until they repent of their disbelief in Muhammad (peace be upon him). 00:14:31.669 --> 00:14:34.669 It is they who have strayed from the path of truth 00:14:34.669 --> 00:14:36.669 and missed its correct course, 00:14:36.669 --> 00:14:39.669 lost in perplexity and turned blind to it. 00:14:39.669 --> 00:15:08.379 "Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers—never would the whole earth full of gold be accepted from one of them, even if he were to offer it as a ransom. For them is a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers." 00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:14.950 Indeed, those who rejected the prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him) and died upon that state, 00:15:14.950 --> 00:15:23.950 neither compensation nor ransom will be accepted in the Hereafter from anyone of this description to avert punishment for his disbelief, 00:15:23.950 --> 00:15:29.950 even if he possessed enough gold to fill the earth from east to west. 00:15:29.950 --> 00:15:33.950 Those who disbelieved and died while in disbelief 00:15:34.950 --> 00:15:38.950 will have an agonizing punishment with Allah in the Hereafter, 00:15:38.950 --> 00:15:43.950 and they will have no relative, close ally, or friend to aid them. 00:15:45.659 --> 00:15:53.659 “Ye will not attain unto piety until ye spend of that which ye love. And whatsoever ye spend, Allah is Aware thereof.” (3:92) 00:15:53.659 --> 00:16:02.659 “Ye will not attain unto piety until ye spend of that which ye love. And whatsoever ye spend, Allah is Aware thereof.” (3:92) 00:16:15.230 --> 00:16:22.990 The Abridgment of Tafsir al-Tabari.