1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:07,599 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 3 00:00:07,599 --> 00:00:12,789 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammar. 4 00:00:12,789 --> 00:00:15,880 Surah al-Qamar. 5 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:21,829 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 6 00:00:21,829 --> 00:00:25,280 The people of Noah denied before them. 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,280 They denied Our servant. 8 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:31,280 And they said, "A madman," and he was repelled. 9 00:00:33,020 --> 00:00:37,020 O Muhammad, the people of Noah denied before these people. 10 00:00:37,020 --> 00:00:39,020 They denied Our servant, Noah, peace be upon him. 11 00:00:39,020 --> 00:00:41,020 When We sent him to them. 12 00:00:41,020 --> 00:00:44,020 And they said, "He is a madman," and he was driven away. 13 00:00:44,020 --> 00:00:48,880 So he called upon his Lord, "I am overcome." 14 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,880 So help me. 15 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,460 Noah called upon his Lord. 16 00:00:54,460 --> 00:00:58,460 "My people have overcome me in their rebellion and insolence." 17 00:00:58,460 --> 00:01:01,460 "So grant me victory over them with a punishment from You." 18 00:01:01,460 --> 00:01:03,460 For their disbelief in You. 19 00:01:03,460 --> 00:01:07,060 So We opened the gates of the heaven. 20 00:01:07,060 --> 00:01:11,060 With water pouring forth. 21 00:01:11,060 --> 00:01:14,060 And We caused the earth to gush with springs. 22 00:01:14,060 --> 00:01:20,060 So the waters met for a matter already ordained. 23 00:01:20,060 --> 00:01:23,700 When Noah called upon Us. 24 00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:25,700 Seeking Our aid against his people, We opened. 25 00:01:25,700 --> 00:01:28,700 The gates of heaven with pouring water. 26 00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:31,700 And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs of water. 27 00:01:31,700 --> 00:01:34,700 The water of the heaven and the water of the earth met. 28 00:01:34,700 --> 00:01:37,700 For a matter that Allah had decreed and ordained. 29 00:01:37,700 --> 00:01:43,629 “And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,” (54:13) 30 00:01:43,629 --> 00:01:47,629 Sailing under Our eyes, as a reward. 31 00:01:47,629 --> 00:01:50,629 For him who had been disbelieved. 32 00:01:50,629 --> 00:01:54,239 And We carried Noah when the waters met. 33 00:01:54,239 --> 00:01:57,239 Upon a ship made of planks. 34 00:01:57,239 --> 00:02:00,239 And nails with which the ship was fastened. 35 00:02:00,239 --> 00:02:02,239 Sailing under Our observation and protection. 36 00:02:02,239 --> 00:02:04,239 As a punishment from Allah. 37 00:02:04,239 --> 00:02:07,239 And a recompense for him who denied and disbelieved. 38 00:02:07,239 --> 00:02:11,039 And We left it as a sign. 39 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:14,039 Is there any who will remember? 40 00:02:14,039 --> 00:02:17,039 How then was My punishment and My warnings? 41 00:02:17,039 --> 00:02:20,740 We left the ship in which. 42 00:02:20,740 --> 00:02:23,740 We carried Noah and those who were with him. 43 00:02:23,740 --> 00:02:26,740 As a lesson and an admonition for those after the people of Noah. 44 00:02:26,740 --> 00:02:29,740 From among the nations, so that they might take heed. 45 00:02:29,740 --> 00:02:31,740 Is there any who will take heed and remember? 46 00:02:31,740 --> 00:02:34,740 What We did to this nation. 47 00:02:34,740 --> 00:02:37,740 That disbelieved in its Lord. 48 00:02:37,740 --> 00:02:40,740 How then was My punishment for those who. 49 00:02:40,740 --> 00:02:43,740 Disbelieved in their Lord, and how was. 50 00:02:43,740 --> 00:02:47,259 My warning, through the punishment I inflicted upon them? 51 00:02:47,259 --> 00:02:50,259 And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance. 52 00:02:50,259 --> 00:02:53,259 So is there any who will remember? 53 00:02:53,259 --> 00:02:56,699 We have made the Qur'an easy. 54 00:02:56,699 --> 00:02:59,699 And We have detailed it for remembrance. 55 00:03:00,699 --> 00:03:04,219 “(The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.” (54:18) 56 00:03:04,219 --> 00:03:07,219 My punishment and My warnings. 57 00:03:07,219 --> 00:03:10,659 The people of 'Ad also denied their prophet, Hud, peace be upon him. 58 00:03:10,659 --> 00:03:13,659 So observe how My punishment was for them. 59 00:03:13,659 --> 00:03:16,659 And My warning, by what I did to them. 60 00:03:16,659 --> 00:03:20,370 For whoever follows their path. 61 00:03:20,370 --> 00:03:23,370 We sent upon them. 62 00:03:23,370 --> 00:03:26,370 “Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,” (54:19) 63 00:03:26,370 --> 00:03:29,370 Continuous. 64 00:03:29,370 --> 00:03:32,819 We sent upon 'Ad. 65 00:03:32,819 --> 00:03:35,819 When they persisted in their tyranny. 66 00:03:35,819 --> 00:03:38,819 A wind, fiercely cold and violent. 67 00:03:38,819 --> 00:03:41,819 And its sound had a screeching noise. 68 00:03:41,819 --> 00:03:44,819 On a day of evil and misfortune for them. 69 00:03:44,819 --> 00:03:47,819 The affliction and punishment continued for them therein. 70 00:03:47,819 --> 00:03:51,300 Until it brought them to Hell. 71 00:04:00,300 --> 00:04:03,300 We have made the Qur'an easy for remembrance. 72 00:04:03,300 --> 00:04:06,300 So is there any who will remember? 73 00:04:06,300 --> 00:04:09,939 It would uproot the people and then throw them. 74 00:04:09,939 --> 00:04:12,939 Upon their heads, so their necks would break. 75 00:04:12,939 --> 00:04:15,939 And be severed from their bodies. 76 00:04:15,939 --> 00:04:18,939 Leaving them like trunks of palm trees. 77 00:04:18,939 --> 00:04:21,939 Uprooted, because their heads. 78 00:04:21,939 --> 00:04:24,939 Were severed from their bodies. 79 00:04:24,939 --> 00:04:27,939 Their necks would vanish, and they would remain. 80 00:04:27,939 --> 00:04:30,939 So observe how My punishment was for the people of 'Ad. 81 00:04:30,939 --> 00:04:33,939 When they disbelieved in their Lord. 82 00:04:33,939 --> 00:04:36,939 How was My warning to them, as I warned others? 83 00:04:36,939 --> 00:04:39,939 We have made the Qur'an easy and simplified it. 84 00:04:39,939 --> 00:04:43,800 So is there any who will take heed? 85 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,800 Thamud denied the warnings. 86 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,800 They said, "Is it a human being from among us?" 87 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,800 "A single one, whom we should follow?" 88 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,800 “For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness.” (54:24) 89 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,220 Thamud, the people of Salih, peace be upon him, denied. 90 00:04:59,220 --> 00:05:02,220 The warnings of Allah that came to them from Him. 91 00:05:02,220 --> 00:05:05,220 They said, in denial of Salih. 92 00:05:05,220 --> 00:05:08,220 "Shall we follow a human being from among us?" 93 00:05:08,220 --> 00:05:11,220 "We are a large group, and he is but one." 94 00:05:11,220 --> 00:05:14,220 "We would then, by following Salih." 95 00:05:14,220 --> 00:05:17,220 "Be in error and far from the truth." 96 00:05:17,220 --> 00:05:21,139 And in madness and hardship. 97 00:05:21,139 --> 00:05:24,139 “Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us? Nay, but he is a rash liar.” (54:25) 98 00:05:24,139 --> 00:05:27,139 “Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us? Nay, but he is a rash liar.” (54:25) 99 00:05:27,139 --> 00:05:30,139 “(Unto their warner it was said): To-morrow they will know who is the rash liar.” (54:26) 100 00:05:30,139 --> 00:05:33,560 "Has the revelation been sent down to him?" 101 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,560 "And has he been singled out with prophethood from among us?" 102 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,560 "While he is but one of us." 103 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,560 In their denial that Allah would send. 104 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,560 A messenger from the children of Adam. 105 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,660 "Rather, he is a liar, full of arrogance and pride." 106 00:05:48,660 --> 00:05:51,660 Allah said to them. 107 00:05:51,660 --> 00:05:55,709 "Tomorrow they will know who is the great liar." 108 00:06:04,259 --> 00:06:07,259 We will send the she-camel that. 109 00:06:07,259 --> 00:06:10,259 Thamud asked Salih to bring forth from the rock. 110 00:06:10,259 --> 00:06:13,259 Which they asked him to produce as a sign for them. 111 00:06:13,259 --> 00:06:16,259 And a proof for Salih regarding the truth. 112 00:06:16,259 --> 00:06:19,259 Of his prophethood, as a trial and a test for them. 113 00:06:19,259 --> 00:06:22,259 So wait for them and observe what they are. 114 00:06:22,259 --> 00:06:26,120 Going to do with it. 115 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,600 Tell them that the water is to be shared between them. 116 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,600 On the day of the she-camel's turn. 117 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,600 They would take their turns and drink from it on that day. 118 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,600 Each share of water on the day of the she-camel's turn. 119 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,600 And the milk on the day of its arrival. 120 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,600 Present, they would be present for it. 121 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,600 They would attend the water when it was its turn. 122 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,370 And when it came, the milk would be present. 123 00:07:07,370 --> 00:07:10,939 Then Thamud called their companion, the one who hamstrung the she-camel. 124 00:07:10,939 --> 00:07:13,939 Qudar ibn Salif, to hamstring the she-camel. 125 00:07:13,939 --> 00:07:16,939 He reached for the she-camel with his hand. 126 00:07:16,939 --> 00:07:19,939 And he hamstrung it. 127 00:07:19,939 --> 00:07:22,939 I took My vengeance upon them when I punished them. 128 00:07:22,939 --> 00:07:25,939 And how was My warning to those I warned among the nations. 129 00:07:25,939 --> 00:07:28,939 After them, by what I did to them. 130 00:07:28,939 --> 00:07:32,550 And the punishment I brought upon them. 131 00:07:33,550 --> 00:07:36,550 So the blast seized those who hamstrung the she-camel. 132 00:07:36,550 --> 00:07:39,550 From among Thamud, which destroyed them. 133 00:07:39,550 --> 00:07:42,550 They were destroyed by the blast. 134 00:07:42,550 --> 00:07:45,550 After they had been alive and watching. 135 00:07:45,550 --> 00:07:49,060 Like dry branches that a builder uses for a fence. 136 00:07:49,060 --> 00:07:52,060 And it has fallen. 137 00:07:52,060 --> 00:07:55,060 And despite that. 138 00:07:55,060 --> 00:07:58,060 And despite that. 139 00:07:58,060 --> 00:08:01,060 And despite that. 140 00:08:01,060 --> 00:08:04,189 “The folk of Lot rejected warnings.” (54:33) 141 00:08:04,189 --> 00:08:07,189 We sent upon them a storm of stones. 142 00:08:07,189 --> 00:08:10,860 Except for the family of Lot, peace be upon him. 143 00:08:10,860 --> 00:08:13,860 We saved them at dawn. 144 00:08:13,860 --> 00:08:17,089 As a favor from Us. 145 00:08:17,089 --> 00:08:20,089 “As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.” (54:35) 146 00:08:20,089 --> 00:08:23,089 We reward those who are grateful. 147 00:08:23,089 --> 00:08:26,089 We reward those who are grateful. 148 00:08:26,089 --> 00:08:29,089 We reward those who are grateful. 149 00:08:29,089 --> 00:08:32,090 The people of Lot denied the signs of Allah. 150 00:08:32,090 --> 00:08:35,629 Which He warned them with and reminded them of. 151 00:08:35,629 --> 00:08:38,629 We sent upon them a storm of stones. 152 00:08:38,629 --> 00:08:41,629 Except for the family of Lot, who believed. 153 00:08:41,629 --> 00:08:44,629 We saved them from the punishment at dawn. 154 00:08:44,629 --> 00:08:47,629 We saved them from the punishment. 155 00:08:47,629 --> 00:08:50,730 By a favor from Us. 156 00:08:50,730 --> 00:08:53,730 Which We bestowed upon Lot and his family. 157 00:08:53,730 --> 00:08:56,730 And as an honor with which We honored them. 158 00:08:56,730 --> 00:08:59,730 And just as We rewarded Lot and his family. 159 00:08:59,730 --> 00:09:02,730 And bestowed favor upon him. 160 00:09:02,730 --> 00:09:05,730 So do We reward those who are grateful for Our favor upon them. 161 00:09:05,730 --> 00:09:09,299 And he had warned them. 162 00:09:09,299 --> 00:09:12,299 Of Our seizing, but they disputed. 163 00:09:12,299 --> 00:09:15,850 The warnings. 164 00:09:15,850 --> 00:09:18,850 Lot had warned his people of Our seizing. 165 00:09:18,850 --> 00:09:21,850 But they denied his warning, out of doubt. 166 00:09:21,850 --> 00:09:25,330 And they sought to seduce him. 167 00:09:25,330 --> 00:09:28,330 Regarding his guests, so We blinded. 168 00:09:28,330 --> 00:09:31,330 Their eyes. 169 00:09:31,330 --> 00:09:34,330 So taste My punishment and My warnings. 170 00:09:34,330 --> 00:09:37,870 His people sought to seduce Lot. 171 00:09:37,870 --> 00:09:40,870 Regarding his guests who had stayed with him. 172 00:09:40,870 --> 00:09:43,870 When Allah willed their destruction. 173 00:09:43,870 --> 00:09:46,870 So We blinded their eyes until. 174 00:09:46,870 --> 00:09:49,870 We made them like the rest of the face. 175 00:09:49,870 --> 00:09:52,870 With no slit visible. 176 00:09:52,870 --> 00:09:55,870 O people of Lot, taste the punishment that has befallen you. 177 00:09:55,870 --> 00:09:58,870 And the warning with which I warned others. 178 00:09:58,870 --> 00:10:02,350 Among the nations, of the retribution. 179 00:10:02,350 --> 00:10:05,350 And they were overtaken in the early morning. 180 00:10:05,350 --> 00:10:08,350 By a punishment that remained. 181 00:10:08,350 --> 00:10:11,350 So taste My punishment and My warnings. 182 00:10:11,350 --> 00:10:14,350 And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance. 183 00:10:14,350 --> 00:10:17,379 So is there any who will remember? 184 00:10:17,379 --> 00:10:20,960 The people of Lot were overtaken. 185 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,960 At the break of dawn by a punishment. 186 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,960 That remained with them until the Day of Resurrection. 187 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,960 So taste, O people of Lot. 188 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,960 The punishment that I have brought upon you. 189 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,960 For your disbelief in Allah and your denial of His messenger. 190 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,960 And My warning to you, as I warned the nations. 191 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,960 By the punishment I sent upon you. 192 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,960 And We have made the Qur'an easy for remembrance. 193 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:48,440 For whoever wishes to remember. 194 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,440 “And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh” (54:41) 195 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:54,440 The warnings. 196 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,440 They denied all of Our signs. 197 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,440 So We seized them with the seizure of an Exalted. 198 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,820 All-Powerful One. 199 00:11:03,820 --> 00:11:06,820 And the followers of Pharaoh and his people came. 200 00:11:06,820 --> 00:11:09,860 Our warning of punishment. 201 00:11:09,860 --> 00:11:12,860 The family of Pharaoh denied Our proofs. 202 00:11:12,860 --> 00:11:15,860 And Our arguments that came to them from Us. 203 00:11:15,860 --> 00:11:18,860 Is your disbelief in Allah a severe punishment that cannot be overcome? 204 00:11:18,860 --> 00:11:21,860 He is All-Powerful over what He wills. 205 00:11:21,860 --> 00:11:25,620 Neither incapable nor weak. 206 00:11:36,230 --> 00:11:39,230 Are you, O people of Quraysh, better. 207 00:11:39,230 --> 00:11:42,230 Than those upon whom I brought My vengeance? 208 00:11:42,230 --> 00:11:45,230 From the people of Noah, 'Ad, and Thamud. 209 00:11:45,230 --> 00:11:48,230 And the people of Lut and the family of Pharaoh. 210 00:11:48,230 --> 00:11:51,230 You are just like them in your disbelief in Allah, 211 00:11:51,230 --> 00:11:54,230 and in your rejection of His Messenger, just like some of these nations. 212 00:11:54,230 --> 00:11:57,230 Or do you have an immunity against the punishment of Allah? 213 00:11:57,230 --> 00:12:00,230 O assembly of Quraysh, the revelation has come to you regarding this, 214 00:12:00,230 --> 00:12:03,710 from Allah in the scriptures. 215 00:12:03,710 --> 00:12:06,710 “Or say they: We are a host victorious?” (54:44) 216 00:12:06,710 --> 00:12:09,710 The multitude will be defeated, 217 00:12:09,710 --> 00:12:13,379 and they will turn their backs in flight. 218 00:12:13,379 --> 00:12:16,379 That is, these disbelievers from Quraysh say, 219 00:12:16,379 --> 00:12:19,379 "We are a multitude that will be victorious" 220 00:12:19,379 --> 00:12:22,379 against anyone who intends us harm or evil. 221 00:12:22,379 --> 00:12:25,379 The multitude of the disbelievers of Quraysh will be defeated, 222 00:12:25,379 --> 00:12:28,379 and they will turn their backs to the believers in Allah. 223 00:12:28,379 --> 00:12:31,379 Then Allah fulfilled His promise to the believers, 224 00:12:31,379 --> 00:12:34,379 and He defeated the polytheists of Quraysh on the day of Badr. 225 00:12:42,700 --> 00:12:45,700 The matter is not as these polytheists claim, 226 00:12:45,700 --> 00:12:48,700 that they will not be resurrected after their death. 227 00:12:48,700 --> 00:12:51,700 Rather, the Hour is their appointed time for resurrection and punishment. 228 00:12:51,700 --> 00:12:54,700 And the Hour is more grievous and more bitter for them 229 00:12:54,700 --> 00:12:57,700 than the defeat they suffer 230 00:12:57,700 --> 00:13:00,700 when they encounter the believers at Badr. 231 00:13:03,460 --> 00:13:06,460 “Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.” (54:47) 232 00:13:06,460 --> 00:13:09,460 “On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.” (54:48) 233 00:13:09,460 --> 00:13:12,460 upon their faces; "Taste the touch of Saqar." 234 00:13:12,460 --> 00:13:16,169 Indeed, the criminals are in error, 235 00:13:16,169 --> 00:13:19,169 away from the truth, and in a state of burning, 236 00:13:19,169 --> 00:13:22,169 from the intensity of the hardship and toil in falsehood. 237 00:13:22,169 --> 00:13:25,169 The day these criminals are dragged 238 00:13:25,169 --> 00:13:28,169 “On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.” (54:48) 239 00:13:28,169 --> 00:13:31,779 and it is said to them, "Taste the touch of Saqar." 240 00:13:31,779 --> 00:13:34,779 “Lo! We have created every thing by measure.” (54:49) 241 00:13:34,779 --> 00:13:37,779 “And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.” (54:50) 242 00:13:37,779 --> 00:13:40,779 like the twinkling of an eye. 243 00:13:40,779 --> 00:13:44,379 Indeed, We have created all things 244 00:13:44,379 --> 00:13:47,379 according to a measure We have ordained and decreed. 245 00:13:47,379 --> 00:13:50,379 And Our command for a thing, 246 00:13:50,379 --> 00:13:53,379 when We decree it and intend 247 00:13:53,379 --> 00:13:56,379 for it to be, is but a single word: 248 00:13:56,379 --> 00:13:59,379 "Be," and it is. 249 00:13:59,379 --> 00:14:02,379 It is neither delayed nor repeated. 250 00:14:02,379 --> 00:14:05,379 So what We command comes into existence as quickly as a glance 251 00:14:05,379 --> 00:14:09,019 of the eye; it does not slow down nor is it delayed. 252 00:14:09,019 --> 00:14:12,019 And We have already destroyed those like you, 253 00:14:12,019 --> 00:14:15,019 so is there any who will take heed? 254 00:14:15,019 --> 00:14:18,019 And everything they did 255 00:14:18,019 --> 00:14:21,019 is in the records. 256 00:14:21,019 --> 00:14:24,019 And every small and great thing 257 00:14:24,019 --> 00:14:27,539 is written down. 258 00:14:27,539 --> 00:14:30,539 O assembly of Quraysh, [there were] nations of the past 259 00:14:30,539 --> 00:14:33,539 who were like what you are upon 260 00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:36,539 of disbelief in Allah and rejection of His messengers. 261 00:14:36,539 --> 00:14:39,539 So is there any who will take a lesson from that, 262 00:14:39,539 --> 00:14:42,539 or be deterred by it? 263 00:14:42,539 --> 00:14:45,539 And everything that those like you did, 264 00:14:45,539 --> 00:14:48,539 who passed away before you, 265 00:14:48,539 --> 00:14:51,539 is indeed in the books that have been written 266 00:14:51,539 --> 00:14:54,539 by the recording angels against you. 267 00:14:54,539 --> 00:14:57,539 Every small and great thing 268 00:14:57,539 --> 00:15:00,919 is recorded in the book, written down. 269 00:15:15,559 --> 00:15:18,559 Indeed, those who feared the punishment of Allah 270 00:15:18,559 --> 00:15:21,559 by obeying Him and performing His obligatory duties, 271 00:15:21,559 --> 00:15:24,559 and avoiding His disobedience, 272 00:15:24,559 --> 00:15:27,559 [will be] in gardens and a seat of truth, 273 00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:30,559 where there is no vain talk or sin, 274 00:15:30,559 --> 00:15:33,559 in the presence of a Sovereign, All-Powerful over whatever He wills. 275 00:15:33,559 --> 00:15:38,350 The summary from the Tafsir of al-Tabari.