WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:08.039 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:12.740 Abridged by Dr. Aqil Ibn Salim al-Shammar. 00:00:14.099 --> 00:00:16.339 Surah Yasin. 00:00:16.579 --> 00:00:22.559 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:26.480 Yasin. 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:29.719 By the Qur'an, full of wisdom. 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:33.759 Indeed, you are among the messengers. 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:38.960 Upon a straight path. 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:43.240 A revelation of the Almighty, the Merciful. 00:00:44.509 --> 00:00:45.670 Yasin. 00:00:45.990 --> 00:00:49.350 By the Qur'an, perfected in its rulings and laws. 00:00:49.710 --> 00:00:54.350 Indeed, O Muhammad, you are among the messengers sent with Allah’s revelation to His servants. 00:00:54.789 --> 00:00:57.909 Upon a path of guidance, free from any crookedness. 00:00:58.109 --> 00:00:59.469 And that is Islam. 00:00:59.990 --> 00:01:03.030 Sent down by the Almighty in His retribution. 00:01:03.270 --> 00:01:05.469 The Merciful to those who repent to Him. 00:01:07.140 --> 00:01:15.420 “That thou mayst warn a folk whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless.” (36:6) 00:01:15.859 --> 00:01:21.780 “Already hath the judgment, (for their infidelity) proved true of most of them, for they believe not.” (36:7) 00:01:22.939 --> 00:01:26.900 So that you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned before them. 00:01:27.340 --> 00:01:31.980 For they are heedless of what Allah will do to His enemies who associate partners with Him. 00:01:32.420 --> 00:01:35.340 By inflicting His punishment and power upon them. 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:38.680 The decree of punishment has indeed become binding upon most of them. 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:44.439 Because Allah has ordained in the Mother of the Book that they will not believe in Allah. 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:46.680 Nor will they believe in His Messenger. 00:01:48.650 --> 00:01:57.569 “Lo! We have put on their necks carcans reaching unto the chins, so that they are made stiff-necked.” (36:8) 00:01:58.129 --> 00:02:10.889 “And We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and (thus) have covered them so that they see not.” (36:9) 00:02:12.610 --> 00:02:18.689 We have placed shackles upon the necks of these disbelievers, reaching up to their chins. 00:02:19.210 --> 00:02:21.569 So they cannot extend their hands toward any good. 00:02:22.129 --> 00:02:24.610 They are shackled away from every good deed. 00:02:25.449 --> 00:02:29.969 And We have placed a barrier before these polytheists. 00:02:30.449 --> 00:02:32.050 And a barrier behind them. 00:02:32.569 --> 00:02:35.090 And We have covered their sight with a veil. 00:02:35.650 --> 00:02:39.050 So they do not see the guidance, nor do they benefit from it. 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:49.639 “Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not, it is alike for them, for they believe not.” (36:10) 00:02:50.900 --> 00:02:55.659 It is all the same, O Muhammad, for those against whom the decree has been justified. 00:02:56.020 --> 00:02:58.580 Whether you choose one of two things regarding them. 00:02:58.979 --> 00:03:01.300 To warn them or to refrain from warning them. 00:03:01.860 --> 00:03:03.500 For they will not believe. 00:03:03.900 --> 00:03:06.819 Because Allah has already decreed that for them. 00:03:08.620 --> 00:03:16.219 “Thou warnest only him who followeth the Reminder and feareth the Beneficent in secret. To him bear tidings of forgiveness and a rich reward.” (36:11) 00:03:16.780 --> 00:03:22.300 “Thou warnest only him who followeth the Reminder and feareth the Beneficent in secret. To him bear tidings of forgiveness and a rich reward.” (36:11) 00:03:23.939 --> 00:03:27.979 Your warning, O Muhammad, only benefits those who believe in the Qur'an. 00:03:28.379 --> 00:03:31.979 And fear Allah, even when He is unseen by the eyes of the beholders. 00:03:32.780 --> 00:03:36.900 So give glad tidings, O Muhammad, to such a person of forgiveness from Allah for his sins. 00:03:37.379 --> 00:03:39.659 And a generous reward in the Hereafter. 00:03:40.060 --> 00:03:41.460 And that is Paradise. 00:03:42.979 --> 00:03:49.620 “Lo! We it is Who bring the dead to life. We record that which they send before (them, and their footprints. And all things We have kept in a clear Register.” (36:12) 00:03:50.139 --> 00:03:55.340 “Lo! We it is Who bring the dead to life. We record that which they send before (them, and their footprints. And all things We have kept in a clear Register.” (36:12) 00:03:56.939 --> 00:03:59.740 Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life from among Our creation. 00:04:00.300 --> 00:04:03.699 And We record what they have sent forth in the world of good and evil. 00:04:04.259 --> 00:04:06.539 And the traces of their footsteps. 00:04:07.099 --> 00:04:12.699 And everything that exists, We have enumerated and recorded in the clear Mother of the Book. 00:04:13.219 --> 00:04:16.980 Which clarifies the reality of everything recorded within it. 00:04:18.699 --> 00:04:27.019 “Coin for them a similitude: The people of the city when those sent (from Allah) came unto them;” (36:13) 00:04:27.540 --> 00:04:31.740 “When We sent unto them twain, and they denied them both, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said: Lo! we have been sent unto you.” (36:14) 00:04:31.779 --> 00:04:41.139 “When We sent unto them twain, and they denied them both, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said: Lo! we have been sent unto you.” (36:14) 00:04:42.379 --> 00:04:46.899 Present, O Muhammad, to the polytheists of your people the example of the people of the town. 00:04:47.420 --> 00:04:51.980 It is mentioned that it was Antioch, when the messengers came to it. 00:04:52.699 --> 00:04:57.660 When We sent two messengers to them to call them to Allah, but they denied them. 00:04:58.220 --> 00:05:01.740 So We strengthened them with a third, and supported them through him. 00:05:02.540 --> 00:05:07.860 The three messengers said, "Indeed, we are messengers sent to you, O people." 00:05:08.379 --> 00:05:11.139 To dedicate worship to Allah alone. 00:05:12.889 --> 00:05:17.689 “They said: Ye are but mortals like unto us. The Beneficent hath naught revealed. Ye do but lie!” (36:15) 00:05:18.170 --> 00:05:28.569 “They said: Ye are but mortals like unto us. The Beneficent hath naught revealed. Ye do but lie!” (36:15) 00:05:29.009 --> 00:05:34.850 “They answered: Our Lord knoweth that we are indeed sent unto you,” (36:16) 00:05:35.290 --> 00:05:39.209 “And our duty is but plain conveyance (of the message).” (36:17) 00:05:40.579 --> 00:05:42.019 The people of the town said. 00:05:42.660 --> 00:05:46.019 "You are nothing, O people, but human beings like us." 00:05:46.579 --> 00:05:50.620 "And the Most Gracious has not sent down any message or book to you." 00:05:51.180 --> 00:05:53.259 "Nor has He commanded you to do anything regarding us." 00:05:53.939 --> 00:05:56.100 “They said: Ye are but mortals like unto us. The Beneficent hath naught revealed. Ye do but lie!” (36:15) 00:05:56.899 --> 00:06:03.180 The messengers said, "Our Lord knows that we are indeed messengers sent to you regarding what we have called you to." 00:06:03.660 --> 00:06:05.300 "And we are truthful." 00:06:05.980 --> 00:06:11.779 "And our duty is only to convey to you the message of Allah with which we were sent." 00:06:12.259 --> 00:06:15.819 A clear conveyance that proves to you that we have delivered it to you. 00:06:17.339 --> 00:06:20.860 “(The people of the city) said: We augur ill of you. If ye desist not, we shall surely stone you, and grievous torture will befall you at our hands.” (36:18) 00:06:21.300 --> 00:06:31.379 “(The people of the city) said: We augur ill of you. If ye desist not, we shall surely stone you, and grievous torture will befall you at our hands.” (36:18) 00:06:32.829 --> 00:06:34.910 The people of the town said to the messengers. 00:06:35.589 --> 00:06:37.389 "Indeed, we consider you an evil omen." 00:06:38.029 --> 00:06:40.910 "If any affliction befalls us, it is because of you." 00:06:41.430 --> 00:06:47.910 "If you do not desist from what you have mentioned—that you were sent to us to renounce our gods." 00:06:48.350 --> 00:06:50.149 "And to forbid our worship." 00:06:50.750 --> 00:06:52.790 "We will surely stone you." 00:06:53.230 --> 00:06:56.269 "And you will surely suffer a painful punishment from us." 00:06:57.939 --> 00:07:02.300 They said, "Your omen is with you." 00:07:02.740 --> 00:07:05.019 "Is it because you were reminded?" 00:07:05.540 --> 00:07:09.500 "Rather, you are a people who have exceeded all bounds." 00:07:10.889 --> 00:07:13.089 The messengers said to the people of the town. 00:07:13.730 --> 00:07:18.370 "Your deeds, your provisions, and your share of good and evil are with you." 00:07:18.970 --> 00:07:21.250 "All of that is upon your own necks." 00:07:21.689 --> 00:07:23.490 "And that is not due to any evil omen from us." 00:07:24.250 --> 00:07:27.370 "Is it because we reminded you of Allah that you take us as an evil omen?" 00:07:28.009 --> 00:07:31.209 "Rather, you are a people who transgress against Allah." 00:07:31.649 --> 00:07:34.649 "Sins and iniquities have overwhelmed you." 00:07:36.180 --> 00:07:45.980 “And there came from the uttermost part of the city a man running. He cried: O my people! Follow those who have been sent!” (36:20) 00:07:46.339 --> 00:07:53.060 “Follow those who ask of you no fee, and who are rightly guided.” (36:21) 00:07:54.680 --> 00:08:00.519 And there came from the farthest end of the city of these people to whom these messengers were sent. 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:02.759 A man running toward them. 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:07.759 This was because the people of the city had resolved to kill these messengers. 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:10.519 And this man heard of that. 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:13.319 His home was at the farthest end of the city. 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:14.920 And he was a believer. 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:16.600 The man said. 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:21.439 "O my people, follow the messengers whom Allah has sent to you." 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:27.639 "Follow those who do not ask you for your wealth for the guidance they have brought you." 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:31.000 "And they are upon a straight path of truth." 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:34.120 "So be guided, O people, by their guidance." 00:08:35.779 --> 00:08:41.820 “For what cause should I not serve Him Who hath created me, and unto Whom ye will be brought back?” (36:22) 00:08:42.259 --> 00:08:51.100 "Should I take other than Him as gods? If the Most Gracious intends any harm for me, they cannot help me at all." 00:08:51.580 --> 00:08:59.259 "Their intercession will not avail me, nor can they save me." 00:08:59.779 --> 00:09:04.830 “Then truly I should be in error manifest.” (36:24) 00:09:05.269 --> 00:09:10.529 “Lo! I have believed in your Lord, so hear me!” (36:25) 00:09:11.870 --> 00:09:15.669 "And why should I not worship the Lord who created me?" 00:09:16.230 --> 00:09:19.190 "And to Him you will all return." 00:09:19.659 --> 00:09:25.460 "Should I worship gods other than Allah, if the Most Gracious touches me with harm or distress?" 00:09:25.899 --> 00:09:29.820 "They would not avail me anything by being intercessors for me." 00:09:30.379 --> 00:09:34.019 "Nor would they save me from that harm if it touches me." 00:09:34.620 --> 00:09:39.340 "Indeed, if I were to take gods other than Allah with such characteristics." 00:09:39.740 --> 00:09:43.019 "Then I would be in clear error, for anyone who reflects upon it." 00:09:43.659 --> 00:09:46.740 “Lo! I have believed in your Lord, so hear me!” (36:25) 00:09:47.700 --> 00:09:52.539 This believer said this statement to his people to teach them his faith in Allah. 00:09:53.139 --> 00:09:56.299 And it is said that he addressed the messengers with it. 00:09:57.019 --> 00:10:02.179 It is mentioned that when he said this, they rushed upon him and killed him. 00:10:03.610 --> 00:10:10.250 “It was said (unto him): Enter paradise. He said: Would that my people knew” (36:26) 00:10:10.690 --> 00:10:16.490 “With what (munificence) my Lord hath pardoned me and made me of the honoured ones!” (36:27) 00:10:17.860 --> 00:10:21.580 Allah said to him when they killed him, "Enter Paradise." 00:10:22.259 --> 00:10:25.700 So when he entered it and witnessed what Allah had honored him with. 00:10:26.299 --> 00:10:29.340 “It was said (unto him): Enter paradise. He said: Would that my people knew” (36:26) 00:10:29.860 --> 00:10:33.259 That the reason for which my sins were forgiven. 00:10:33.740 --> 00:10:38.820 And He made me among those whom Allah honored by admitting them into His Paradise. 00:10:39.379 --> 00:10:42.059 Was my faith in Allah and my patience for His sake. 00:10:42.700 --> 00:10:45.740 So that they might believe in Allah and become deserving of Paradise. 00:10:45.740 --> 00:10:52.519 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.