WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.169 --> 00:00:08.169 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:12.759 Abridged by Dr. Aqil Ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:16.320 Surah Muhammad. 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:22.579 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:23.589 --> 00:00:32.390 “O ye who believe! Obey Allah and obey the messenger, and render not your actions vain.” (47:33) 00:00:33.659 --> 00:00:37.259 O you who have believed in Allah and His Messenger. 00:00:37.460 --> 00:00:41.659 Obey Allah and obey the Messenger in all that He has commanded and forbidden. 00:00:41.859 --> 00:00:46.259 Do not invalidate the reward of your deeds by disobeying Him or His Messenger. 00:00:46.460 --> 00:00:50.859 For disbelief in Allah nullifies any previous righteous deeds. 00:00:52.210 --> 00:01:02.009 “Lo! those who disbelieve and turn from the way of Allah and then die disbelievers, Allah surely will not pardon them.” (47:34) 00:01:02.009 --> 00:01:10.810 “Lo! those who disbelieve and turn from the way of Allah and then die disbelievers, Allah surely will not pardon them.” (47:34) 00:01:11.909 --> 00:01:17.909 Indeed, those who denied the oneness of Allah and hindered those who sought to believe in Allah and His Messenger. 00:01:18.109 --> 00:01:20.909 Then died while persisting in that state of disbelief. 00:01:21.109 --> 00:01:24.310 Allah will never forgive them for what they have committed. 00:01:24.510 --> 00:01:29.709 Rather, He will punish them for it and expose them before all witnesses. 00:01:29.909 --> 00:01:36.049 “So do not falter and cry out for peace when ye (will be) the uppermost, and Allah is with you, and He will not grudge (the reward of) your actions.” (47:35) 00:01:36.250 --> 00:01:44.049 “So do not falter and cry out for peace when ye (will be) the uppermost, and Allah is with you, and He will not grudge (the reward of) your actions.” (47:35) 00:01:44.250 --> 00:01:49.689 So do not falter, O believers in Allah, in your struggle against the polytheists. 00:01:49.890 --> 00:01:52.489 And do not call for peace and reconciliation. 00:01:52.689 --> 00:01:56.090 While you are the ones who have overcome them and are superior to them. 00:01:56.290 --> 00:01:59.090 Allah is with you, granting you victory over them. 00:01:59.290 --> 00:02:04.090 And He will never deprive you of the rewards for your deeds, nor will He diminish their merit. 00:02:05.930 --> 00:02:12.090 The life of this world is but play and amusement. 00:02:12.289 --> 00:02:17.490 “The life of the world is but a sport and a pastime. And if ye believe and ward off (evil). He will give you your wages, and will not ask of you your wordly wealth.” (47:36) 00:02:17.689 --> 00:02:20.490 And He does not ask you for your wealth. 00:02:20.689 --> 00:02:28.289 “If He should ask it of you and importune you, ye would hoard it, and He would bring to light your (secret) hates.” (47:37) 00:02:29.659 --> 00:02:32.460 The life of this world is but play and amusement. 00:02:32.659 --> 00:02:36.460 Except for that which is done for the sake of Allah in His cause. 00:02:36.659 --> 00:02:42.490 As for anything else, it is merely play and amusement that will vanish and fade away. 00:02:42.689 --> 00:02:45.689 Or it is a sin that leaves a lasting burden of shame upon its doer. 00:02:45.889 --> 00:02:51.689 And if you believe in Allah and fear Him by performing His obligatory duties and avoiding His prohibitions. 00:02:51.889 --> 00:02:54.289 Your Lord will grant you your rewards. 00:02:54.490 --> 00:02:57.490 And He will compensate you with that which is better for you than what you spent. 00:02:57.689 --> 00:03:00.490 Your Lord does not ask you for your wealth. 00:03:00.689 --> 00:03:03.689 Rather, He charges you with His oneness. 00:03:03.889 --> 00:03:06.520 If your Lord were to ask you for your wealth. 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:11.520 And press you with the request, insisting upon it from you. 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:15.719 You would be stingy with it and withhold it, out of attachment to it. 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:20.120 But He knew that of you and the narrowness of your souls. 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:22.120 So He did not ask it of you. 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:24.780 And if He were to ask you for your wealth. 00:03:24.979 --> 00:03:28.979 He would bring out your hidden grudges through that request. 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:44.020 “Lo! ye are those who are called to spend in the way of Allah, yet among you there are some who hoard. And as for him who hoardeth, he hoardeth only from his soul. And Allah is the Rich, and ye are the poor. And if ye turn away He will exchange you for some other folk, and they will not be the likes of you.” (47:38) 00:03:44.219 --> 00:03:48.419 Yet among you are those who are stingy. 00:03:48.620 --> 00:03:55.020 “Lo! ye are those who are called to spend in the way of Allah, yet among you there are some who hoard. And as for him who hoardeth, he hoardeth only from his soul. And Allah is the Rich, and ye are the poor. And if ye turn away He will exchange you for some other folk, and they will not be the likes of you.” (47:38) 00:03:55.219 --> 00:04:01.020 “Lo! ye are those who are called to spend in the way of Allah, yet among you there are some who hoard. And as for him who hoardeth, he hoardeth only from his soul. And Allah is the Rich, and ye are the poor. And if ye turn away He will exchange you for some other folk, and they will not be the likes of you.” (47:38) 00:04:01.020 --> 00:04:06.020 “Lo! ye are those who are called to spend in the way of Allah, yet among you there are some who hoard. And as for him who hoardeth, he hoardeth only from his soul. And Allah is the Rich, and ye are the poor. And if ye turn away He will exchange you for some other folk, and they will not be the likes of you.” (47:38) 00:04:06.219 --> 00:04:11.020 “Lo! ye are those who are called to spend in the way of Allah, yet among you there are some who hoard. And as for him who hoardeth, he hoardeth only from his soul. And Allah is the Rich, and ye are the poor. And if ye turn away He will exchange you for some other folk, and they will not be the likes of you.” (47:38) 00:04:11.219 --> 00:04:16.180 Here you are, O people, being called to spend. 00:04:16.379 --> 00:04:19.579 In the struggle against the enemies of Allah and for the support of His religion. 00:04:19.779 --> 00:04:22.779 Yet among you are those who are stingy in spending for it. 00:04:22.980 --> 00:04:25.779 And whoever is stingy in spending in the cause of Allah. 00:04:25.980 --> 00:04:28.379 He is only being stingy to the detriment of his own soul. 00:04:28.579 --> 00:04:31.180 For if his soul were generous. 00:04:31.180 --> 00:04:34.379 It would not be stingy in spending in the cause of Allah. 00:04:34.579 --> 00:04:38.379 And Allah has no need, O people, for your wealth. 00:04:38.579 --> 00:04:40.779 For He is the Self-Sufficient, independent of His creation. 00:04:40.980 --> 00:04:43.379 While the creation is in need of Him. 00:04:43.579 --> 00:04:46.779 And if you turn away, O people, from this religion. 00:04:46.980 --> 00:04:50.779 He will destroy you and replace you with another people. 00:04:50.980 --> 00:04:53.579 In your stead, who will believe in it. 00:04:53.779 --> 00:04:55.779 And they will not be stingy with what they are commanded. 00:04:55.980 --> 00:05:00.470 Regarding spending in the cause of Allah. 00:05:00.470 --> 00:05:03.670 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.