WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:08.039 Summary of Tafsir al-Tabari. 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:12.740 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:14.140 --> 00:00:16.300 Surah al-An'am. 00:00:18.149 --> 00:00:23.570 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:23.570 --> 00:00:28.850 “For them is the abode of peace with their Lord. He will be their Protecting Friend because of what they used to do.” (6:127) 00:00:28.850 --> 00:00:37.859 “For them is the abode of peace with their Lord. He will be their Protecting Friend because of what they used to do.” (6:127) 00:00:37.859 --> 00:00:42.539 For the people who remember the signs of Allah and take admonition from them. 00:00:42.539 --> 00:00:44.100 The Abode of Peace, 00:00:44.100 --> 00:00:45.659 which is His Paradise. 00:00:45.659 --> 00:00:48.700 Allah is the Helper and Protector of these people, 00:00:48.700 --> 00:00:54.460 as a reward for the obedience to Allah they used to perform and their following of His pleasure. 00:00:55.640 --> 00:01:00.719 “In the day when He will gather them together (He will say): O ye assembly of the jinn! Many of humankind did ye seduce. And their adherents among humankind will say: Our Lord! We enjoyed one another, but now we have arrived at the appointed term which Thou appointedst for us. He will say: Fire is your home. Abide therein for ever, save him whom Allah willeth (to deliver). Lo! thy Lord is Wise, Aware.” (6:128) 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:05.120 "You have taken so many from among mankind!" 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:10.920 “In the day when He will gather them together (He will say): O ye assembly of the jinn! Many of humankind did ye seduce. And their adherents among humankind will say: Our Lord! We enjoyed one another, but now we have arrived at the appointed term which Thou appointedst for us. He will say: Fire is your home. Abide therein for ever, save him whom Allah willeth (to deliver). Lo! thy Lord is Wise, Aware.” (6:128) 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:14.799 “In the day when He will gather them together (He will say): O ye assembly of the jinn! Many of humankind did ye seduce. And their adherents among humankind will say: Our Lord! We enjoyed one another, but now we have arrived at the appointed term which Thou appointedst for us. He will say: Fire is your home. Abide therein for ever, save him whom Allah willeth (to deliver). Lo! thy Lord is Wise, Aware.” (6:128) 00:01:14.799 --> 00:01:21.120 “In the day when He will gather them together (He will say): O ye assembly of the jinn! Many of humankind did ye seduce. And their adherents among humankind will say: Our Lord! We enjoyed one another, but now we have arrived at the appointed term which Thou appointedst for us. He will say: Fire is your home. Abide therein for ever, save him whom Allah willeth (to deliver). Lo! thy Lord is Wise, Aware.” (6:128) 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:30.040 “In the day when He will gather them together (He will say): O ye assembly of the jinn! Many of humankind did ye seduce. And their adherents among humankind will say: Our Lord! We enjoyed one another, but now we have arrived at the appointed term which Thou appointedst for us. He will say: Fire is your home. Abide therein for ever, save him whom Allah willeth (to deliver). Lo! thy Lord is Wise, Aware.” (6:128) 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:35.120 Indeed, your Lord is All-Wise, All-Knowing. 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:43.579 And on the Day He gathers these polytheists together with all their allies from among the devils at the station of Resurrection, 00:01:43.579 --> 00:01:45.379 He will say to the jinn: 00:01:45.379 --> 00:01:47.180 "O assembly of jinn, 00:01:47.180 --> 00:01:51.159 you have indeed misled and seduced a great many of them!" 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:54.120 “In the day when He will gather them together (He will say): O ye assembly of the jinn! Many of humankind did ye seduce. And their adherents among humankind will say: Our Lord! We enjoyed one another, but now we have arrived at the appointed term which Thou appointedst for us. He will say: Fire is your home. Abide therein for ever, save him whom Allah willeth (to deliver). Lo! thy Lord is Wise, Aware.” (6:128) 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:58.079 "Our Lord, we enjoyed each other's company in the worldly life." 00:01:58.079 --> 00:02:02.840 Mankind's enjoyment of the jinn was their saying during the Era of Ignorance: 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:05.920 "We seek refuge in the chief of this valley." 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:08.400 And the jinn's enjoyment of mankind 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:13.240 was the veneration and refuge they received from them. 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:17.360 "And we have reached our appointed term which You decreed for our death." 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:18.759 Allah will say: 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:23.039 "The Fire of Hell is your home, wherein you shall abide eternally," 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:24.840 remaining in it forever, 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:33.439 "except as Allah wills" regarding the period between their resurrection from their graves and their final destination in Hell. 00:02:33.439 --> 00:02:37.280 Indeed, your Lord is All-Wise in His management of His creation, 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:39.879 All-Knowing of the consequences of His management 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:45.060 and of the good or evil outcome to which their affairs will lead. 00:02:45.099 --> 00:02:54.259 “Thus We let some of the wrong-doers have power over others because of what they are wont to earn.” (6:129) 00:02:54.259 --> 00:02:59.860 And just as We made some of the polytheists from among mankind and jinn allies of one another, 00:02:59.860 --> 00:03:04.539 so too do We appoint some of them as allies over others in all matters, 00:03:04.539 --> 00:03:09.689 because of the sins against Allah that they used to earn and commit. 00:03:09.689 --> 00:03:14.169 "O assembly of jinn and mankind, 00:03:14.169 --> 00:03:27.849 “O ye assembly of the jinn and humankind! Came there not unto you messengers of your own who recounted unto you My tokens and warned you of the meeting of this your Day? They will say: We testify against ourselves. And the life of the world beguiled them. And they testify against themselves that they were disbelievers.” (6:130) 00:03:27.849 --> 00:03:34.090 and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" 00:03:34.090 --> 00:03:38.969 “O ye assembly of the jinn and humankind! Came there not unto you messengers of your own who recounted unto you My tokens and warned you of the meeting of this your Day? They will say: We testify against ourselves. And the life of the world beguiled them. And they testify against themselves that they were disbelievers.” (6:130) 00:03:38.969 --> 00:03:42.090 and worldly life deluded them, 00:03:42.090 --> 00:03:50.090 and they will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers. 00:03:50.090 --> 00:03:52.569 O assembly of jinn and mankind, 00:03:52.569 --> 00:03:57.289 “O ye assembly of the jinn and humankind! Came there not unto you messengers of your own who recounted unto you My tokens and warned you of the meeting of this your Day? They will say: We testify against ourselves. And the life of the world beguiled them. And they testify against themselves that they were disbelievers.” (6:130) 00:03:57.289 --> 00:04:04.370 informing you of what was revealed to them regarding My proofs and evidence for My Oneness, 00:04:04.370 --> 00:04:09.129 and warning you of encountering My punishment on this Day of yours. 00:04:09.129 --> 00:04:14.250 They will say, "Your messengers have indeed come to us with Your signs." 00:04:14.250 --> 00:04:18.889 The adornment of the worldly life deluded these polytheists, 00:04:18.889 --> 00:04:26.420 and they bore witness against themselves that in the world they were disbelievers in Him and His messengers. 00:04:26.420 --> 00:04:36.310 “This is because thy Lord destroyeth not the townships arbitrarily while their people are unconscious (of the wrong they do).” (6:131) 00:04:36.350 --> 00:04:41.949 Our sending of messengers was because your Lord would never destroy them for their polytheism 00:04:41.949 --> 00:04:48.569 without first sending messengers to them and establishing clear proof between Him and them. 00:04:48.569 --> 00:04:55.089 For each there are degrees according to what they have done, 00:04:55.089 --> 00:05:02.860 and your Lord is never unaware of what they do. 00:05:02.860 --> 00:05:06.779 For every worker, whether in obedience to Allah or in disobedience to Him, 00:05:06.779 --> 00:05:13.819 there are stations and ranks for their deeds, which Allah will cause them to reach and reward them for— 00:05:13.819 --> 00:05:18.139 if good, then good, and if evil, then evil. 00:05:18.139 --> 00:05:21.899 All of that, O Muhammad, is with full knowledge from your Lord, 00:05:21.899 --> 00:05:27.720 Who reckons them to recompense them upon their return to Him. 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:31.160 “Thy Lord is the Absolute, the Lord of Mercy. If He will, He can remove you and can cause what He will to follow after you, even as He raised you from the seed of other folk.” (6:133) 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:46.240 “Thy Lord is the Absolute, the Lord of Mercy. If He will, He can remove you and can cause what He will to follow after you, even as He raised you from the seed of other folk.” (6:133) 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:55.680 Just as He brought you forth from the offspring of another people. 00:05:56.810 --> 00:06:03.490 And your Lord, O Muhammad, is Self-Sufficient, needing neither His servants nor their deeds and worship, 00:06:03.490 --> 00:06:09.610 while they are in absolute need of Him, for in His Hand is their life and their death; 00:06:09.610 --> 00:06:14.449 He is the Possessor of Kindness and Mercy, bestowing His mercy upon them 00:06:14.449 --> 00:06:18.490 and rewarding them for their good deeds if they do good. 00:06:18.490 --> 00:06:22.089 If He wills, O Muhammad, your Lord can destroy His creation 00:06:22.129 --> 00:06:27.810 and bring forth after your destruction another creation to succeed you on the earth, 00:06:27.810 --> 00:06:34.829 just as He originated and created you after the creation of others who were before you. 00:06:46.439 --> 00:06:52.199 Indeed, that punishment of your Lord which you are promised for your persistence in disbelief 00:06:52.199 --> 00:06:54.079 will surely befall you, 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:57.879 and you can never escape your Lord by fleeing from Him on the earth, 00:06:57.879 --> 00:07:02.720 for you are within His grasp, and He is fully Capable of punishing you. 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:09.089 So beware of Him and turn in repentance to His obedience before the affliction descends upon you. 00:07:22.810 --> 00:07:29.610 Indeed, the wrongdoers will never succeed. 00:07:29.610 --> 00:07:32.019 Say, O Muhammad: 00:07:32.019 --> 00:07:35.620 "Act according to your position and way," 00:07:35.620 --> 00:07:39.220 which is a divine warning and threat to them, 00:07:39.220 --> 00:07:42.620 not an absolute permission for them to do whatever they wish. 00:07:42.620 --> 00:07:48.019 "for I am working in the manner my Lord has commanded me. 00:07:48.220 --> 00:07:54.220 Soon you will know, O disbelievers in Allah, when Allah's retribution descends upon you, 00:07:54.220 --> 00:07:58.620 who will have an outcome after this worldly life that is better for him, 00:07:58.620 --> 00:08:00.620 or worse for him, 00:08:00.620 --> 00:08:03.420 and which of us was upon the truth in his deeds— 00:08:03.420 --> 00:08:05.620 I or you." 00:08:05.620 --> 00:08:09.019 Indeed, no person will attain his goal with Allah 00:08:09.019 --> 00:08:12.949 if he acts contrary to what Allah has commanded him. 00:08:13.149 --> 00:08:20.750 “They assign unto Allah, of the crops and cattle which He created, a portion, and they say: "This is Allah's" - in their make-believe - "and this is for (His) partners in regard to us." Thus that which (they assign) unto His partners in them reacheth not Allah and that which (they assign) unto Allah goeth to their (so-called) partners. Evil is their ordinance.” (6:136) 00:08:20.750 --> 00:08:25.750 “They assign unto Allah, of the crops and cattle which He created, a portion, and they say: "This is Allah's" - in their make-believe - "and this is for (His) partners in regard to us." Thus that which (they assign) unto His partners in them reacheth not Allah and that which (they assign) unto Allah goeth to their (so-called) partners. Evil is their ordinance.” (6:136) 00:08:25.750 --> 00:08:29.750 "And this is for our associate-gods." 00:08:29.750 --> 00:08:33.350 So what was for their associate-gods 00:08:33.350 --> 00:08:36.950 “They assign unto Allah, of the crops and cattle which He created, a portion, and they say: "This is Allah's" - in their make-believe - "and this is for (His) partners in regard to us." Thus that which (they assign) unto His partners in them reacheth not Allah and that which (they assign) unto Allah goeth to their (so-called) partners. Evil is their ordinance.” (6:136) 00:08:36.950 --> 00:08:44.149 “They assign unto Allah, of the crops and cattle which He created, a portion, and they say: "This is Allah's" - in their make-believe - "and this is for (His) partners in regard to us." Thus that which (they assign) unto His partners in them reacheth not Allah and that which (they assign) unto Allah goeth to their (so-called) partners. Evil is their ordinance.” (6:136) 00:08:44.149 --> 00:08:49.759 Evil is what they judge! 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:53.159 These polytheists assigned to Allah 00:08:53.159 --> 00:08:57.559 a share and portion of the crops and livestock He created, 00:08:57.559 --> 00:08:59.759 saying, "This is for Allah," 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:02.960 and assigning a similar share to their associate-gods. 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:07.360 Yet the portion of their associate-gods would never reach Allah's portion, 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:11.960 while what was assigned to Allah would reach the portion of their associate-gods. 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:14.360 How evil was their judgment! 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:17.559 For they would take from My share for their associate-gods, 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:21.159 but would not give Me anything from the share of their associate-gods. 00:09:21.159 --> 00:09:25.559 By this account, He merely intended to describe their ignorance and straying, 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:28.389 and their departure from the path of truth, 00:09:28.389 --> 00:09:32.990 in that they were not content to equate Him with those who created and nourished them, 00:09:32.990 --> 00:09:36.590 and bestowed upon them innumerable favors— 00:09:36.590 --> 00:09:39.590 entities that can neither harm nor benefit them— 00:09:39.590 --> 00:09:41.990 until they even favored them in their allocations, 00:09:41.990 --> 00:09:45.929 according to their own subjective divisions. 00:09:45.929 --> 00:09:50.929 “Thus have their (so-called) partners (of Allah) made the killing of their children to seem fair unto many of the idolaters, that they may ruin them and make their faith obscure for them. Had Allah willed (it otherwise), they had not done so. So leave them alone with their devices.” (6:137) 00:09:50.929 --> 00:09:54.529 Their associate-gods made the killing of their children fair-seeming to them, 00:09:54.529 --> 00:09:57.529 to bring about their ruin 00:09:57.529 --> 00:10:01.129 and to obscure their religion for them. 00:10:01.129 --> 00:10:06.929 “Thus have their (so-called) partners (of Allah) made the killing of their children to seem fair unto many of the idolaters, that they may ruin them and make their faith obscure for them. Had Allah willed (it otherwise), they had not done so. So leave them alone with their devices.” (6:137) 00:10:06.929 --> 00:10:12.059 So leave them and what they fabricate. 00:10:12.059 --> 00:10:16.460 “Thus have their (so-called) partners (of Allah) made the killing of their children to seem fair unto many of the idolaters, that they may ruin them and make their faith obscure for them. Had Allah willed (it otherwise), they had not done so. So leave them alone with their devices.” (6:137) 00:10:16.460 --> 00:10:19.259 Their associate-gods were the devils, 00:10:19.259 --> 00:10:23.059 who made the burying alive of daughters seem appealing to them to destroy them, 00:10:23.059 --> 00:10:26.659 and to confuse their religion for them so that it becomes obscure, 00:10:26.659 --> 00:10:28.860 causing them to stray and perish. 00:10:28.860 --> 00:10:33.860 Had Allah willed that they should not commit such killings, 00:10:33.860 --> 00:10:35.259 they would not have done so, 00:10:35.259 --> 00:10:37.860 in that He would have guided them to the truth 00:10:37.860 --> 00:10:40.590 and granted them success toward correctness. 00:10:40.590 --> 00:10:45.789 So leave them, O Muhammad, and the lies and falsehoods they forge against Me, 00:10:45.789 --> 00:10:49.659 for I am ever watchful over them. 00:10:49.659 --> 00:10:57.860 And they said, "These livestock and crops are forbidden; none may eat of them 00:10:57.860 --> 00:11:02.259 except whom we wish," according to their claims, 00:11:02.259 --> 00:11:06.059 "and these are livestock whose backs are forbidden to ride." 00:11:06.059 --> 00:11:11.259 “And they say: Such cattle and crops are forbidden. No-one is to eat of them save whom we will - in their make-believe - cattle whose backs are forbidden, cattle over which they mention not the name of Allah. (All that is) a lie against Him. He will repay them for that which they invent.” (6:138) 00:11:11.259 --> 00:11:15.259 “And they say: Such cattle and crops are forbidden. No-one is to eat of them save whom we will - in their make-believe - cattle whose backs are forbidden, cattle over which they mention not the name of Allah. (All that is) a lie against Him. He will repay them for that which they invent.” (6:138) 00:11:15.259 --> 00:11:19.259 a fabrication against Him. 00:11:19.259 --> 00:11:26.259 “And they say: Such cattle and crops are forbidden. No-one is to eat of them save whom we will - in their make-believe - cattle whose backs are forbidden, cattle over which they mention not the name of Allah. (All that is) a lie against Him. He will repay them for that which they invent.” (6:138) 00:11:26.259 --> 00:11:29.259 And they said, "These livestock and crops 00:11:29.259 --> 00:11:33.830 are forbidden; none may eat of them except whom we wish." 00:11:34.029 --> 00:11:39.029 This is because they used to prohibit and permit matters on their own authority. 00:11:39.029 --> 00:11:41.029 They also said, 00:11:41.029 --> 00:11:44.029 "And these are livestock whose backs are forbidden," 00:11:44.029 --> 00:11:46.029 so they would not ride upon their backs, 00:11:46.029 --> 00:11:52.029 though they benefited from all other aspects of them apart from riding. 00:11:52.029 --> 00:11:55.029 These were yet another category of livestock. 00:11:55.029 --> 00:11:58.029 “And they say: Such cattle and crops are forbidden. No-one is to eat of them save whom we will - in their make-believe - cattle whose backs are forbidden, cattle over which they mention not the name of Allah. (All that is) a lie against Him. He will repay them for that which they invent.” (6:138) 00:11:58.029 --> 00:12:00.029 They would never ride them under any circumstances, 00:12:00.029 --> 00:12:02.029 doing so in that precise manner 00:12:02.230 --> 00:12:05.029 out of falsehood against Allah 00:12:05.029 --> 00:12:08.029 and inventiveness of untruth against Him. 00:12:08.029 --> 00:12:13.029 Their Lord will recompense them for the lies they used to fabricate against Allah. 00:12:13.029 --> 00:12:17.830 “And they say: That which is in the bellies of such cattle is reserved for our males and is forbidden to our wives; but if it be born dead, then they (all) may be partakers thereof. He will reward them for their attribution (of such ordinances unto Him). Lo, He is Wise, Aware.” (6:139) 00:12:17.830 --> 00:12:23.830 “And they say: That which is in the bellies of such cattle is reserved for our males and is forbidden to our wives; but if it be born dead, then they (all) may be partakers thereof. He will reward them for their attribution (of such ordinances unto Him). Lo, He is Wise, Aware.” (6:139) 00:12:23.830 --> 00:12:31.830 “And they say: That which is in the bellies of such cattle is reserved for our males and is forbidden to our wives; but if it be born dead, then they (all) may be partakers thereof. He will reward them for their attribution (of such ordinances unto Him). Lo, He is Wise, Aware.” (6:139) 00:12:31.830 --> 00:12:39.860 “And they say: That which is in the bellies of such cattle is reserved for our males and is forbidden to our wives; but if it be born dead, then they (all) may be partakers thereof. He will reward them for their attribution (of such ordinances unto Him). Lo, He is Wise, Aware.” (6:139) 00:12:39.860 --> 00:12:45.570 And they said, "Whatever is in the bellies of these livestock—of milk and embryos— 00:12:45.570 --> 00:12:48.570 is exclusively lawful for our males 00:12:48.570 --> 00:12:51.570 and forbidden to our females," 00:12:51.570 --> 00:12:55.570 unless the embryos in their bellies were born dead, 00:12:55.570 --> 00:13:00.570 in which case men and women would share in eating them. 00:13:00.570 --> 00:13:05.570 Allah will recompense these fabricators for their false attribution of lie to Allah. 00:13:05.570 --> 00:13:10.570 Indeed, Allah is All-Wise in all His management of His creation, 00:13:10.570 --> 00:13:15.889 All-Knowing of what rectifies them and of all their other affairs. 00:13:15.889 --> 00:13:22.889 “They are losers who besottedly have slain their children without knowledge, and have forbidden that which Allah bestowed upon them, inventing a lie against Allah. They indeed have gone astray and are not guided.” (6:140) 00:13:22.889 --> 00:13:32.889 “They are losers who besottedly have slain their children without knowledge, and have forbidden that which Allah bestowed upon them, inventing a lie against Allah. They indeed have gone astray and are not guided.” (6:140) 00:13:32.889 --> 00:13:37.889 “They are losers who besottedly have slain their children without knowledge, and have forbidden that which Allah bestowed upon them, inventing a lie against Allah. They indeed have gone astray and are not guided.” (6:140) 00:13:37.889 --> 00:13:41.559 Indeed, these fabricators have perished— 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:46.559 those who killed their children out of ignorance and lack of intellect, 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:48.559 and feebleness of mind, 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:52.559 lying against Allah and inventing falsehood against Him. 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:55.559 They abandoned the clear path of truth in their conduct 00:13:55.559 --> 00:14:00.559 and were neither guided nor upright in their deeds.