WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.209 --> 00:00:08.009 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:12.679 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:14.150 --> 00:00:16.149 Surah al-Naba'. 00:00:18.539 --> 00:00:22.420 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:22.660 --> 00:00:28.219 About what are they asking one another? 00:00:28.379 --> 00:00:32.490 About the Great News. 00:00:32.770 --> 00:00:36.850 “Concerning which they are in disagreement.” (78:3) 00:00:37.170 --> 00:00:39.810 No! They will soon come to know. 00:00:40.250 --> 00:00:45.170 Then no! They will soon come to know. 00:00:46.820 --> 00:00:53.380 O Muhammad, about what are these polytheists from Quraysh asking one another regarding Allah and His Messenger? 00:00:53.979 --> 00:00:56.539 They are asking about the Great News, 00:00:57.020 --> 00:01:00.380 concerning which they have become divided into two factions: 00:01:00.820 --> 00:01:02.700 a faction that believes in it, 00:01:03.020 --> 00:01:05.140 and a faction that denies it. 00:01:05.909 --> 00:01:10.109 No, the matter is not as these polytheists claim. 00:01:10.709 --> 00:01:15.510 These disbelievers will soon know what Allah will do to them on the Day of Resurrection. 00:01:16.069 --> 00:01:18.230 Again, the matter is not as they claim, 00:01:18.549 --> 00:01:21.829 in their assertion that Allah will not resurrect them after their death. 00:01:22.430 --> 00:01:26.390 They will know that the truth is other than what they said when they meet Allah, 00:01:26.829 --> 00:01:30.390 and are brought to account for the evil deeds they committed. 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:35.040 “Have We not made the earth an expanse,” (78:6) 00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:37.920 And the mountains as stakes. 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:41.400 And We created you in pairs. 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:45.120 And We made your sleep a rest. 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:48.439 And We made the night a covering. 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:53.120 And We made the day for livelihood. 00:01:54.849 --> 00:01:58.370 Have We not made the earth a resting place for you to spread out? 00:01:58.810 --> 00:02:02.530 And the mountains as stakes for the earth, so that it does not shake beneath you? 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:05.840 And We created you as males and females, 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:07.879 tall and short, 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:10.680 or of varying degrees of beauty and ugliness. 00:02:11.349 --> 00:02:13.870 And We made your sleep a comfort for you. 00:02:14.469 --> 00:02:18.469 And We made the night a veil, its darkness covering you, 00:02:18.830 --> 00:02:21.030 just as a garment covers the one who wears it. 00:02:21.729 --> 00:02:24.250 And We made the day a light for you, 00:02:24.490 --> 00:02:26.930 so that you may spread out in it for your livelihood, 00:02:27.370 --> 00:02:30.449 and conduct the affairs of your worldly life, 00:02:30.849 --> 00:02:33.009 and seek the bounty of Allah therein. 00:02:34.770 --> 00:02:39.650 “And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),” (78:12) 00:02:40.090 --> 00:02:44.610 And We made a burning lamp. 00:02:45.050 --> 00:02:52.409 “And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,” (78:14) 00:02:52.849 --> 00:02:57.370 “Thereby to produce grain and plant,” (78:15) 00:02:57.689 --> 00:03:01.409 And gardens of thick foliage. 00:03:03.020 --> 00:03:05.300 And We built above you a structure, 00:03:05.699 --> 00:03:08.060 which are the seven firm heavens, 00:03:08.340 --> 00:03:09.699 perfect in creation, 00:03:10.139 --> 00:03:12.580 with no cracks or fissures in them, 00:03:12.939 --> 00:03:16.300 and which the passing of nights and days does not wear out. 00:03:17.030 --> 00:03:20.349 And We made a radiant, luminous lamp. 00:03:21.129 --> 00:03:22.969 And We sent down from the rain-clouds, 00:03:23.370 --> 00:03:26.770 which are those clouds heavy and saturated with water, 00:03:27.210 --> 00:03:30.530 water pouring forth, following one another. 00:03:31.169 --> 00:03:32.810 To bring forth with it grain, 00:03:33.409 --> 00:03:37.530 and 'grain' refers to everything contained within the husks of crops that are harvested, 00:03:38.169 --> 00:03:42.889 and vegetation, which is the fodder, grasses, and crops that are grazed. 00:03:43.610 --> 00:03:48.129 And to bring forth with that rain gardens dense and intertwined. 00:03:59.259 --> 00:04:04.419 And the heaven is opened, so it becomes gateways. 00:04:04.819 --> 00:04:08.740 “And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.” (78:20) 00:04:09.939 --> 00:04:13.169 Indeed, the Day when Allah judges between His creation, 00:04:13.569 --> 00:04:15.930 taking retribution for some from others, 00:04:16.329 --> 00:04:21.850 was a set time for those who denied the Resurrection. 00:04:22.370 --> 00:04:24.089 The Day the Trumpet is blown, 00:04:24.410 --> 00:04:26.490 and the Trumpet is a horn into which one blows. 00:04:26.490 --> 00:04:42.990 The Trumpet is a horn into which one blows, and they will come forth in groups and throngs; the sky will be split asunder and cracked, becoming pathways, whereas before it was firm with no cracks or fissures. 00:04:42.990 --> 00:04:59.509 The mountains will be removed, uprooted from their foundations, becoming scattered dust to the eye of the beholder, like a mirage that one sees from afar and thinks is water, while in reality, it is nothing but dust. 00:04:59.509 --> 00:05:12.170 Indeed, Hell is a place of ambush, a destination for the transgressors, in which they will remain for ages. 00:05:12.170 --> 00:05:27.389 They will not taste therein any coolness or drink, except for scalding water and foul pus, a fitting recompense. 00:05:27.389 --> 00:05:40.310 Indeed, Hell is a place of waiting, watching for those who pass by it, lying in wait for the transgressors who transgressed in the world and exceeded the limits of Allah. 00:05:40.310 --> 00:05:47.310 It is a dwelling and a place of return to which they go back, and a final destination where they will reside. 00:05:47.310 --> 00:05:55.240 Indeed, these transgressors in the world will remain in Hell, dwelling therein for ages. 00:05:55.240 --> 00:06:03.399 They will not taste therein any coolness to soothe the heat of the blaze for them, except for the fluid from the freezing cold of Hell, 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:12.699 which is combined with its intense cold, nor any drink to quench the intense thirst they suffer, except for the scalding water. 00:06:12.699 --> 00:06:27.500 This punishment, with which these disbelievers are punished in the Hereafter, is what their Lord has inflicted upon them as a recompense for the evil deeds and words they committed in the world. 00:06:29.250 --> 00:06:43.610 Indeed, they did not expect a reckoning, and they denied Our signs with a persistent denial, and everything We have recorded in a book. 00:06:43.610 --> 00:06:49.610 “So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.” (78:30) 00:06:49.610 --> 00:06:59.810 Indeed, these disbelievers in the world did not fear that Allah would hold them accountable in the Hereafter for His blessings upon them, 00:06:59.810 --> 00:07:04.810 and His kindness toward them, and their poor gratitude to Him for that. 00:07:04.810 --> 00:07:10.810 And these disbelievers denied Our proofs and evidence with a persistent denial. 00:07:10.810 --> 00:07:19.899 And everything We have enumerated, recording its number, extent, and measure, so that the knowledge of nothing escapes Us. 00:07:19.899 --> 00:07:25.899 It will be said to these disbelievers in Hell when they drink the scalding water and foul pus: 00:07:25.899 --> 00:07:31.899 "Taste, O people, the punishment of Allah which you used to deny in the world." 00:07:31.899 --> 00:07:36.899 "We will not increase you in anything but punishment upon the punishment you are already in." 00:07:53.180 --> 00:08:00.180 “There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -” (78:35) 00:08:00.180 --> 00:08:07.939 “Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -” (78:36) 00:08:07.939 --> 00:08:14.649 Indeed, for the righteous is a place of safety from the Fire to Paradise, and a triumph in what they sought. 00:08:14.649 --> 00:08:22.649 Gardens of date palms, grapevines, and trees enclosed by walls surrounding them. 00:08:22.649 --> 00:08:25.649 And companions of equal age. 00:08:25.649 --> 00:08:31.649 And a cup filled to the brim, served continuously to those who drink from it due to its abundance and fullness. 00:08:31.649 --> 00:08:38.779 They will not hear in Paradise any vain speech, nor will they accuse one another of lying. 00:08:38.779 --> 00:08:42.779 This is a grace from Allah upon them as a reward, 00:08:42.779 --> 00:08:46.779 and a reckoning for their deeds for the sake of Allah in the world. 00:08:54.669 --> 00:08:57.669 “Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.” (78:37) 00:08:57.669 --> 00:09:04.669 “On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.” (78:38) 00:09:04.669 --> 00:09:11.669 “On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.” (78:38) 00:09:11.669 --> 00:09:21.669 “That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.” (78:39) 00:09:22.669 --> 00:09:30.340 A reward from your Lord, the Lord of the seven heavens and the earth and all the creation between them, 00:09:30.340 --> 00:09:36.340 the Most Gracious, whom none of His creation will be able to address on the Day of Resurrection, 00:09:36.340 --> 00:09:40.379 except for those whom He permits, and who speaks what is correct. 00:09:40.379 --> 00:09:44.379 “On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.” (78:38) 00:09:44.379 --> 00:09:47.379 And the Spirit is a creation from among the creations of Allah. 00:09:47.379 --> 00:09:53.409 They will not speak except for those whom the Most Gracious permits to speak, and who speaks what is correct. 00:09:53.409 --> 00:09:56.409 That Day is the Day of Resurrection, 00:09:56.409 --> 00:09:59.409 and it is a reality that will come to pass, about which there is no doubt. 00:09:59.409 --> 00:10:07.409 So whoever among His servants wills, let him take a path of return to his Lord by believing in this true Day and preparing for it. 00:10:07.409 --> 00:10:30.850 “Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust!"” (78:40) 00:10:30.850 --> 00:10:37.549 Indeed, We have warned you, O people, of a punishment that is near to you and approaching. 00:10:37.549 --> 00:10:43.549 That is the Day when a person, the believer, will see what his hands have put forth of good that he earned in the world, 00:10:43.549 --> 00:10:46.549 or the evil that preceded from him. 00:10:46.549 --> 00:10:52.549 He will hope for the reward of Allah for his righteous deeds and fear His punishment for his evil ones. 00:10:52.549 --> 00:11:01.549 And the disbeliever will say on that day, wishing for what he encounters of the punishment of Allah which He prepared for those who disbelieved in Him: 00:11:01.549 --> 00:11:09.120 "Oh, I wish I were dust," like the animals that were turned into dust. 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:13.120 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.