WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.169 --> 00:00:08.050 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:12.679 Abridged by Dr. Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammar. 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:16.500 Surah al-'Adiyat. 00:00:16.500 --> 00:00:22.420 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:22.420 --> 00:00:25.100 By the galloping horses, panting. 00:00:25.100 --> 00:00:27.780 And the producers of sparks by striking. 00:00:27.780 --> 00:00:30.500 And the chargers at dawn. 00:00:30.500 --> 00:00:33.259 And stirring up dust thereby. 00:00:33.460 --> 00:00:36.219 And penetrating into the midst of the gathering thereby. 00:00:36.219 --> 00:00:42.460 Indeed, mankind is ungrateful to his Lord. 00:00:42.460 --> 00:00:48.060 “And lo! he is a witness unto that;” (100:7) 00:00:48.060 --> 00:00:54.020 “And lo! in the love of wealth he is violent.” (100:8) 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:59.119 Our Lord, the Exalted, swears by the galloping horses, panting. 00:00:59.119 --> 00:01:03.429 These are the horses that run while making a neighing sound. 00:01:03.469 --> 00:01:08.310 He swears by the producers of sparks, which strike fire. 00:01:08.310 --> 00:01:11.230 Horses produce fire with their hooves. 00:01:11.230 --> 00:01:13.989 People produce fire with flint and steel. 00:01:13.989 --> 00:01:17.189 The tongue, for instance, produces sparks through speech. 00:01:17.189 --> 00:01:20.390 Men, for instance, produce sparks through cunning. 00:01:20.390 --> 00:01:22.150 And likewise, horses. 00:01:22.150 --> 00:01:26.430 They stir up war among their riders when they meet in battle. 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. 00:01:32.269 --> 00:01:35.030 Therefore, everything that produces fire by striking. 00:01:35.030 --> 00:01:37.829 Is included in what He has sworn by. 00:01:37.829 --> 00:01:40.659 Due to the generality of the literal meaning. 00:01:40.659 --> 00:01:43.340 And He swears by the chargers at dawn. 00:01:43.340 --> 00:01:47.340 He did not specify one charging group to the exclusion of another. 00:01:47.340 --> 00:01:49.340 So every group that charges at dawn. 00:01:49.340 --> 00:01:52.219 Is included in what He has sworn by. 00:01:52.219 --> 00:01:55.299 Regarding His saying, "And stirring up dust thereby." 00:01:55.299 --> 00:01:57.939 They raised dust in the valley. 00:01:57.939 --> 00:02:01.459 And they penetrated with their riders into the midst of the enemy gathering. 00:02:01.500 --> 00:02:04.739 Indeed, man is ungrateful for the blessings of his Lord. 00:02:04.739 --> 00:02:08.819 Indeed, Allah is a witness to his Lord's ingratitude. 00:02:08.819 --> 00:02:13.870 And indeed, man is intense in his love for wealth. 00:02:13.870 --> 00:02:19.110 “Knoweth he not that, when the contents of the graves are poured forth” (100:9) 00:02:19.110 --> 00:02:23.030 And what is in the breasts is laid bare. 00:02:23.030 --> 00:02:32.659 “On that day will their Lord be perfectly informed concerning them.” (100:11) 00:02:32.659 --> 00:02:36.620 Does this man, who possesses these characteristics, not know? 00:02:36.620 --> 00:02:39.060 When that which is in the graves is scattered. 00:02:39.060 --> 00:02:42.659 And that which is in them of the dead is brought out and searched. 00:02:42.659 --> 00:02:44.620 And distinguished and made manifest. 00:02:44.620 --> 00:02:48.539 And what is in the hearts of people, of good and evil, is brought to light. 00:02:48.539 --> 00:02:50.580 Indeed, their Lord, regarding their deeds. 00:02:50.580 --> 00:02:54.419 And what they concealed in their hearts and kept hidden therein. 00:02:54.419 --> 00:02:57.500 And what they made manifest through their limbs of those deeds. 00:02:57.500 --> 00:03:00.819 Is All-Knowing; nothing of it is hidden from Him. 00:03:00.819 --> 00:03:05.919 And He will recompense them for all of that on that Day.