1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,299 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,299 --> 00:00:08,199 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 3 00:00:08,199 --> 00:00:14,269 Abridged by Dr. Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammar. 4 00:00:14,269 --> 00:00:16,670 Surah al-Muzzammil. 5 00:00:16,670 --> 00:00:22,730 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 6 00:00:22,730 --> 00:00:26,530 O you who are wrapped in garments. 7 00:00:26,530 --> 00:00:30,129 “Keep vigil the night long, save a little -” (73:2) 8 00:00:30,129 --> 00:00:34,929 “A half thereof, or abate a little thereof” (73:3) 9 00:00:34,929 --> 00:00:41,659 Or add to it, and recite the Qur'an with measured recitation. 10 00:00:41,659 --> 00:00:45,259 O you who are wrapped in your garments. 11 00:00:45,259 --> 00:00:49,060 Who is the Prophet of Allah, peace be upon him. 12 00:00:49,060 --> 00:00:53,700 Stand in prayer at night, O Muhammad, for most of it, except for a little. 13 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:55,500 Stand for half of the night. 14 00:00:55,500 --> 00:00:58,100 Or reduce from that half a little. 15 00:00:58,100 --> 00:00:59,700 Or add to it. 16 00:00:59,700 --> 00:01:05,700 And recite the Qur'an clearly and distinctly, with measured pacing. 17 00:01:05,700 --> 00:01:13,420 Indeed, We shall cast upon you a heavy word. 18 00:01:13,420 --> 00:01:21,620 “Lo! the vigil of the night is (a time) when impression is more keen and speech more certain.” (73:6) 19 00:01:21,620 --> 00:01:28,620 “Lo! thou hast by day a chain of business.” (73:7) 20 00:01:28,620 --> 00:01:33,260 Indeed, We shall cast upon you a word that is heavy to bear. 21 00:01:33,260 --> 00:01:37,319 Heavy in the implementation of its limits and obligations. 22 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:43,480 Indeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concentration than the day, and more steadfast for the heart. 23 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:51,500 Indeed, you have, O Muhammad, during the day, prolonged occupation in which you move about and attend to your affairs. 24 00:01:51,500 --> 00:01:56,500 “So remember the name of thy Lord and devote thyself with a complete devotion -” (73:8) 25 00:01:56,500 --> 00:02:04,500 “Lord of the East and the West; there is no Allah save Him; so choose thou Him alone for thy defender -” (73:9) 26 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:11,500 And be patient over what they say, and avoid them with a gracious avoidance. 27 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:16,180 And mention, O Muhammad, the name of your Lord, and call upon Him by it. 28 00:02:16,180 --> 00:02:23,180 And devote yourself to Him completely for your needs and worship, to the exclusion of all other things. 29 00:02:23,180 --> 00:02:28,180 The Lord of the East and the West, and all the worlds between them. 30 00:02:28,180 --> 00:02:31,180 It is not fitting that any god should be worshipped other than Allah. 31 00:02:31,180 --> 00:02:37,180 So take Him as a Disposer of affairs in what He commands you, and entrust your matters to Him. 32 00:02:37,180 --> 00:02:43,300 And be patient, O Muhammad, over what the polytheists of your people say to you and over their harm. 33 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:47,979 And avoid them for the sake of Allah with a gracious avoidance. 34 00:02:47,979 --> 00:02:54,979 And leave Me with the deniers, those who possess the comforts of life, and allow them a little respite. 35 00:02:54,979 --> 00:03:00,979 “Lo! with Us are heavy fetters and a raging fire,” (73:12) 36 00:03:00,979 --> 00:03:08,979 And food that chokes, and a painful punishment. 37 00:03:08,979 --> 00:03:15,550 So leave Me, O Muhammad, and those who deny My signs, those who live in luxury in this world. 38 00:03:15,550 --> 00:03:22,550 And delay them with the punishment that I have prepared for them for a little while, until the decree reaches its appointed time. 39 00:03:22,550 --> 00:03:28,580 Indeed, with Us for these deniers of Our signs are shackles and a blazing fire. 40 00:03:28,580 --> 00:03:31,580 And food that chokes its consumer. 41 00:03:31,580 --> 00:03:36,580 It will neither go down his throat nor come out of it. 42 00:03:36,580 --> 00:03:39,580 And a painful, agonizing punishment. 43 00:03:39,580 --> 00:03:48,289 “On the day when the earth and the hills rock, and the hills become a heap of running sand.” (73:14) 44 00:03:48,289 --> 00:03:54,800 Indeed, We have for these polytheists of Quraysh who harm you, O Muhammad. 45 00:03:54,800 --> 00:04:00,800 The punishments described for the Day when the earth and the mountains will shake. 46 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:05,800 And the mountains will become like shifting, scattered sand. 47 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:20,339 “Lo! We have sent unto you a messenger as witness against you, even as We sent unto Pharaoh a messenger.” (73:15) 48 00:04:20,339 --> 00:04:27,339 “But Pharaoh rebelled against the messenger, whereupon We seized him with no gentle grip.” (73:16) 49 00:04:28,949 --> 00:04:33,949 Indeed, We have sent to you, O people, a Messenger as a witness over you. 50 00:04:33,949 --> 00:04:40,949 Regarding the response of those among you who accepted my call, and the refusal of those who rejected it. 51 00:04:40,949 --> 00:04:43,949 On the day you meet Me in the Resurrection. 52 00:04:43,949 --> 00:04:50,019 Just as We sent before you to Pharaoh of Egypt a Messenger, calling him to the truth. 53 00:04:50,019 --> 00:04:54,019 But Pharaoh disobeyed the Messenger whom We sent to him. 54 00:04:54,019 --> 00:05:00,620 So We seized him with a severe seizure and destroyed him and all those with him. 55 00:05:00,620 --> 00:05:09,620 “Then how, if ye disbelieve, will ye protect yourselves upon the day which will turn children grey,” (73:17) 56 00:05:09,620 --> 00:05:19,620 “The very heaven being then rent asunder. His promise is to be fulfilled.” (73:18) 57 00:05:19,620 --> 00:05:28,360 So how will you fear, O people, a Day that will make children grey-headed, if you disbelieve in Allah and do not believe in Him? 58 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:34,360 The heaven will be burdened by that Day, splitting and cracking. 59 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:41,360 What Allah has promised to do will surely come to pass, for He does not break His promise. 60 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:53,670 Indeed, this is a reminder, so whoever wills, let him take a path to his Lord. 61 00:05:53,670 --> 00:06:00,470 Indeed, these verses in which the matter of the Resurrection and its terrors are mentioned. 62 00:06:00,470 --> 00:06:07,470 And what He will do therein to the people of disbelief, are a lesson and an admonition for whoever takes heed and is warned. 63 00:06:07,470 --> 00:06:13,470 So whoever wills, let him take a path to his Lord through belief in Him and obedience to Him. 64 00:06:13,470 --> 00:06:33,370 “Lo! thy Lord knoweth how thou keepest vigil sometimes nearly two-thirds of the night, or (sometimes) half or a third thereof, as do a party of those with thee. Allah measureth the night and the day. He knoweth that ye count it not, and turneth unto you in mercy. Recite, then, of the Qur'an that which is easy for you. He knoweth that there are sick folk among you, while others travel in the land in search of Allah's bounty, and others (still) are fighting for the cause of Allah. So recite of it that which is easy (for you), and establish worship and pay the poor-due, and (so) lend unto Allah a goodly loan. Whatsoever good ye send before you for your souls, ye will find it with Allah, better and greater in the recompense. And seek forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (73:20) 65 00:06:33,370 --> 00:06:38,370 “Lo! thy Lord knoweth how thou keepest vigil sometimes nearly two-thirds of the night, or (sometimes) half or a third thereof, as do a party of those with thee. Allah measureth the night and the day. He knoweth that ye count it not, and turneth unto you in mercy. Recite, then, of the Qur'an that which is easy for you. He knoweth that there are sick folk among you, while others travel in the land in search of Allah's bounty, and others (still) are fighting for the cause of Allah. So recite of it that which is easy (for you), and establish worship and pay the poor-due, and (so) lend unto Allah a goodly loan. Whatsoever good ye send before you for your souls, ye will find it with Allah, better and greater in the recompense. And seek forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (73:20) 66 00:06:38,370 --> 00:06:49,370 He knew that you would not be able to count it, so He turned to you in forgiveness; so recite what is easy of the Qur'an. 67 00:06:49,370 --> 00:07:08,370 “Lo! thy Lord knoweth how thou keepest vigil sometimes nearly two-thirds of the night, or (sometimes) half or a third thereof, as do a party of those with thee. Allah measureth the night and the day. He knoweth that ye count it not, and turneth unto you in mercy. Recite, then, of the Qur'an that which is easy for you. He knoweth that there are sick folk among you, while others travel in the land in search of Allah's bounty, and others (still) are fighting for the cause of Allah. So recite of it that which is easy (for you), and establish worship and pay the poor-due, and (so) lend unto Allah a goodly loan. Whatsoever good ye send before you for your souls, ye will find it with Allah, better and greater in the recompense. And seek forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (73:20) 68 00:07:08,370 --> 00:07:19,370 “Lo! thy Lord knoweth how thou keepest vigil sometimes nearly two-thirds of the night, or (sometimes) half or a third thereof, as do a party of those with thee. Allah measureth the night and the day. He knoweth that ye count it not, and turneth unto you in mercy. Recite, then, of the Qur'an that which is easy for you. He knoweth that there are sick folk among you, while others travel in the land in search of Allah's bounty, and others (still) are fighting for the cause of Allah. So recite of it that which is easy (for you), and establish worship and pay the poor-due, and (so) lend unto Allah a goodly loan. Whatsoever good ye send before you for your souls, ye will find it with Allah, better and greater in the recompense. And seek forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (73:20) 69 00:07:19,370 --> 00:07:36,370 “Lo! thy Lord knoweth how thou keepest vigil sometimes nearly two-thirds of the night, or (sometimes) half or a third thereof, as do a party of those with thee. Allah measureth the night and the day. He knoweth that ye count it not, and turneth unto you in mercy. Recite, then, of the Qur'an that which is easy for you. He knoweth that there are sick folk among you, while others travel in the land in search of Allah's bounty, and others (still) are fighting for the cause of Allah. So recite of it that which is easy (for you), and establish worship and pay the poor-due, and (so) lend unto Allah a goodly loan. Whatsoever good ye send before you for your souls, ye will find it with Allah, better and greater in the recompense. And seek forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (73:20) 70 00:07:36,370 --> 00:07:45,389 And seek the forgiveness of Allah; indeed, Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. 71 00:07:45,389 --> 00:08:00,350 Indeed, your Lord, O Muhammad, knows that you stand in prayer for nearly two-thirds of the night, or half of it, or a third of it, along with a group of the companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 72 00:08:00,350 --> 00:08:10,379 Those who were believers in Allah when the night prayer was made obligatory upon them, and Allah measures the night and the day by hours and times. 73 00:08:10,379 --> 00:08:21,379 Your Lord knew that you would not be able to sustain it, so He turned to you in forgiveness when you were unable and weak, and He returned to you with leniency. 74 00:08:21,379 --> 00:08:26,379 So recite from the night what is easy for you of the Qur'an in your prayer. 75 00:08:26,379 --> 00:08:35,450 Your Lord knew, O believers, that there would be among you those who are ill, whom sickness has weakened from standing in prayer at night. 76 00:08:35,450 --> 00:08:41,450 And others traveling through the land, seeking the bounty of Allah through trade. 77 00:08:41,450 --> 00:08:47,450 They have traveled to seek their livelihood, which has exhausted and weakened them from the night prayer. 78 00:08:47,450 --> 00:08:54,450 And others among you fighting in the way of Allah, battling the enemy to support the religion of Allah. 79 00:08:54,450 --> 00:09:01,450 So Allah had mercy on you and lightened your burden, and removed the obligation of the night prayer. 80 00:09:01,450 --> 00:09:08,450 So recite now, since it has been lightened for you, what is easy of the Qur'an in your prayer. 81 00:09:08,450 --> 00:09:13,450 And establish the obligatory prayers, which are the five prayers during the day and night. 82 00:09:13,450 --> 00:09:17,450 And give the obligatory zakat from your wealth to those entitled to it. 83 00:09:17,450 --> 00:09:21,450 And spend in the way of Allah from your wealth. 84 00:09:21,450 --> 00:09:26,450 And whatever you send forth, O believers, for yourselves in this worldly life. 85 00:09:26,450 --> 00:09:31,450 Of charity or expenditure that you spend in the way of Allah. 86 00:09:31,450 --> 00:09:35,450 Or other than that of expenditure in the avenues of good. 87 00:09:35,450 --> 00:09:39,450 Or acts of obedience to Allah, such as prayer, fasting, or Hajj. 88 00:09:39,450 --> 00:09:44,450 Or other such good deeds in seeking what is with Allah. 89 00:09:44,450 --> 00:09:48,450 You will find it with Allah on the Day of Resurrection in your place of return. 90 00:09:48,450 --> 00:09:54,450 It is better for you than what you sent forth in the world, and greater in reward. 91 00:09:54,450 --> 00:09:59,450 And ask Allah for the forgiveness of your sins through His pardon for you. 92 00:09:59,450 --> 00:10:04,450 Indeed, Allah is Possessor of forgiveness for the sins of those among His servants who repent. 93 00:10:04,450 --> 00:10:10,450 And He is Merciful, not punishing them for their sins after they have repented from them.