1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:05,169 --> 00:00:08,050 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 3 00:00:08,599 --> 00:00:12,679 Abridged by Dr. Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammar. 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,500 Surah al-'Adiyat. 5 00:00:16,500 --> 00:00:22,420 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 6 00:00:22,420 --> 00:00:25,100 By the galloping horses, panting. 7 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:27,780 And the producers of sparks by striking. 8 00:00:27,780 --> 00:00:30,500 And the chargers at dawn. 9 00:00:30,500 --> 00:00:33,259 And stirring up dust thereby. 10 00:00:33,460 --> 00:00:36,219 And penetrating into the midst of the gathering thereby. 11 00:00:36,219 --> 00:00:42,460 Indeed, mankind is ungrateful to his Lord. 12 00:00:42,460 --> 00:00:48,060 “And lo! he is a witness unto that;” (100:7) 13 00:00:48,060 --> 00:00:54,020 “And lo! in the love of wealth he is violent.” (100:8) 14 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:59,119 Our Lord, the Exalted, swears by the galloping horses, panting. 15 00:00:59,119 --> 00:01:03,429 These are the horses that run while making a neighing sound. 16 00:01:03,469 --> 00:01:08,310 He swears by the producers of sparks, which strike fire. 17 00:01:08,310 --> 00:01:11,230 Horses produce fire with their hooves. 18 00:01:11,230 --> 00:01:13,989 People produce fire with flint and steel. 19 00:01:13,989 --> 00:01:17,189 The tongue, for instance, produces sparks through speech. 20 00:01:17,189 --> 00:01:20,390 Men, for instance, produce sparks through cunning. 21 00:01:20,390 --> 00:01:22,150 And likewise, horses. 22 00:01:22,150 --> 00:01:26,430 They stir up war among their riders when they meet in battle. 23 00:01:26,430 --> 00:01:32,189 Allah has not provided any indication that a specific instance is intended to the exclusion of others. 24 00:01:32,269 --> 00:01:35,030 Therefore, everything that produces fire by striking. 25 00:01:35,030 --> 00:01:37,829 Is included in what He has sworn by. 26 00:01:37,829 --> 00:01:40,659 Due to the generality of the literal meaning. 27 00:01:40,659 --> 00:01:43,340 And He swears by the chargers at dawn. 28 00:01:43,340 --> 00:01:47,340 He did not specify one charging group to the exclusion of another. 29 00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:49,340 So every group that charges at dawn. 30 00:01:49,340 --> 00:01:52,219 Is included in what He has sworn by. 31 00:01:52,219 --> 00:01:55,299 Regarding His saying, "And stirring up dust thereby." 32 00:01:55,299 --> 00:01:57,939 They raised dust in the valley. 33 00:01:57,939 --> 00:02:01,459 And they penetrated with their riders into the midst of the enemy gathering. 34 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:04,739 Indeed, man is ungrateful for the blessings of his Lord. 35 00:02:04,739 --> 00:02:08,819 Indeed, Allah is a witness to his Lord's ingratitude. 36 00:02:08,819 --> 00:02:13,870 And indeed, man is intense in his love for wealth. 37 00:02:13,870 --> 00:02:19,110 “Knoweth he not that, when the contents of the graves are poured forth” (100:9) 38 00:02:19,110 --> 00:02:23,030 And what is in the breasts is laid bare. 39 00:02:23,030 --> 00:02:32,659 “On that day will their Lord be perfectly informed concerning them.” (100:11) 40 00:02:32,659 --> 00:02:36,620 Does this man, who possesses these characteristics, not know? 41 00:02:36,620 --> 00:02:39,060 When that which is in the graves is scattered. 42 00:02:39,060 --> 00:02:42,659 And that which is in them of the dead is brought out and searched. 43 00:02:42,659 --> 00:02:44,620 And distinguished and made manifest. 44 00:02:44,620 --> 00:02:48,539 And what is in the hearts of people, of good and evil, is brought to light. 45 00:02:48,539 --> 00:02:50,580 Indeed, their Lord, regarding their deeds. 46 00:02:50,580 --> 00:02:54,419 And what they concealed in their hearts and kept hidden therein. 47 00:02:54,419 --> 00:02:57,500 And what they made manifest through their limbs of those deeds. 48 00:02:57,500 --> 00:03:00,819 Is All-Knowing; nothing of it is hidden from Him. 49 00:03:00,819 --> 00:03:05,919 And He will recompense them for all of that on that Day.