1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:07,599 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 3 00:00:07,599 --> 00:00:12,789 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari. 4 00:00:12,789 --> 00:00:15,910 Surah al-Buruj. 5 00:00:15,910 --> 00:00:22,660 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 6 00:00:22,660 --> 00:00:28,660 By the sky containing constellations. 7 00:00:28,660 --> 00:00:31,660 And by the promised day. 8 00:00:31,660 --> 00:00:35,659 And by a witness and what is witnessed. 9 00:00:35,659 --> 00:00:41,689 Allah, whose praise is exalted, swears by the sky, which contains the stations of the sun and the moon. 10 00:00:41,689 --> 00:00:43,689 And He, the Exalted, says: 11 00:00:43,689 --> 00:00:48,689 And He swears by the day He has promised His servants for the final judgment between them. 12 00:00:48,689 --> 00:00:51,689 That is the Day of Resurrection. 13 00:00:51,689 --> 00:00:54,719 And Allah swears by a witness and what is witnessed. 14 00:00:54,719 --> 00:00:56,719 Some have said: 15 00:00:56,719 --> 00:00:58,719 The witness is the day of Jumu'ah (Friday). 16 00:00:58,719 --> 00:01:01,719 And what is witnessed is the day of 'Arafah. 17 00:01:01,719 --> 00:01:03,719 Others have said: 18 00:01:03,719 --> 00:01:05,719 The witness is Muhammad, peace be upon him. 19 00:01:05,719 --> 00:01:07,719 And what is witnessed is the Day of Resurrection. 20 00:01:07,719 --> 00:01:09,719 Others have said: 21 00:01:09,719 --> 00:01:11,719 The witness is man. 22 00:01:11,719 --> 00:01:13,719 And what is witnessed is the Day of Resurrection. 23 00:01:13,719 --> 00:01:15,719 Others have said: 24 00:01:15,719 --> 00:01:17,719 The witness is Allah. 25 00:01:17,719 --> 00:01:19,719 And what is witnessed is the Day of Resurrection. 26 00:01:19,719 --> 00:01:21,719 Others have said: 27 00:01:21,719 --> 00:01:23,719 The witness is the day of al-Adha. 28 00:01:23,719 --> 00:01:25,719 And what is witnessed is the day of 'Arafah. 29 00:01:25,719 --> 00:01:27,750 Everything the scholars have mentioned 30 00:01:27,750 --> 00:01:29,750 is of that which deserves 31 00:01:29,750 --> 00:01:34,750 to be called a witness and what is witnessed. 32 00:01:34,750 --> 00:01:39,780 Cursed were the companions of the trench. 33 00:01:39,780 --> 00:01:43,780 The fire full of fuel. 34 00:01:43,780 --> 00:01:47,780 “When they sat by it,” (85:6) 35 00:01:47,780 --> 00:01:53,780 “And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.” (85:7) 36 00:01:53,780 --> 00:02:01,780 “They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,” (85:8) 37 00:02:01,780 --> 00:02:06,780 To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. 38 00:02:06,780 --> 00:02:13,669 And Allah is Witness over all things. 39 00:02:13,669 --> 00:02:15,669 Cursed were the companions of the trench. 40 00:02:15,669 --> 00:02:19,669 Those who cast the believing men and women into the trench. 41 00:02:19,669 --> 00:02:23,669 And the companions of the fire, full of fuel, were destroyed. 42 00:02:23,669 --> 00:02:26,669 For these disbelievers among the companions of the trench 43 00:02:26,669 --> 00:02:29,669 were sitting on the edge of the trench. 44 00:02:29,669 --> 00:02:33,669 And the disbelievers were witnesses to what they did to the believers. 45 00:02:33,669 --> 00:02:38,669 And they did not do to them what they did except because they believed in Allah. 46 00:02:38,669 --> 00:02:42,669 The Severe in retribution against those who take vengeance upon Him. 47 00:02:42,669 --> 00:02:45,669 The Praiseworthy for His benevolence toward His creation. 48 00:02:45,669 --> 00:02:50,669 To whom belongs the sovereignty of the seven heavens, the earths, and all that is within them. 49 00:02:50,669 --> 00:02:54,669 And Allah is a witness to the deeds of these disbelievers. 50 00:02:54,669 --> 00:03:03,469 “Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning.” (85:10) 51 00:03:03,469 --> 00:03:12,469 “Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning.” (85:10) 52 00:03:12,469 --> 00:03:19,020 Indeed, those who afflicted the believing men and women in Allah by torturing them with fire, 53 00:03:19,020 --> 00:03:22,020 then did not repent from their disbelief and their actions, 54 00:03:22,020 --> 00:03:25,020 for them is the punishment of Hell in the Hereafter. 55 00:03:25,020 --> 00:03:28,020 And for them is the punishment of the burning fire in this world. 56 00:03:28,020 --> 00:03:37,780 Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens. 57 00:03:37,780 --> 00:03:44,780 They will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. 58 00:03:44,780 --> 00:03:49,780 That is the great attainment. 59 00:03:49,780 --> 00:03:54,550 Indeed, those who affirmed the oneness of Allah and acted in obedience to Him 60 00:03:54,550 --> 00:03:58,550 will have in the Hereafter gardens beneath which rivers flow. 61 00:03:58,550 --> 00:04:01,550 And this is the great triumph. 62 00:04:01,550 --> 00:04:07,960 “Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.” (85:12) 63 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:12,960 “Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,” (85:13) 64 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,959 And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate. 65 00:04:16,959 --> 00:04:19,959 The Owner of the Glorious Throne. 66 00:04:19,959 --> 00:04:24,959 The Accomplisher of what He intends. 67 00:04:25,959 --> 00:04:31,629 Indeed, the grip of your Lord, O Muhammad, upon those of His creation whom He seizes 68 00:04:31,629 --> 00:04:35,629 —that is, His retribution against those who take vengeance upon Him—is severe. 69 00:04:35,629 --> 00:04:39,629 Indeed, Allah initiates the punishment for the people of disbelief in this world, 70 00:04:39,629 --> 00:04:42,629 and He will repeat it for them in the Hereafter. 71 00:04:42,629 --> 00:04:46,629 And He is the Possessor of forgiveness for those who repent, and the Possessor of love for them. 72 00:04:46,629 --> 00:04:49,629 The Owner of the Noble Throne. 73 00:04:49,629 --> 00:04:53,629 No obstacle can prevent Him from doing what He intends to do. 74 00:04:54,629 --> 00:04:59,459 “Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts” (85:17) 75 00:04:59,459 --> 00:05:03,459 Pharaoh and Thamud. 76 00:05:03,459 --> 00:05:07,459 Rather, those who disbelieved are in denial. 77 00:05:07,459 --> 00:05:14,459 “And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.” (85:20) 78 00:05:14,459 --> 00:05:19,459 But it is a glorious Qur'an. 79 00:05:19,459 --> 00:05:24,459 In a Preserved Tablet. 80 00:05:24,459 --> 00:05:28,810 Has there reached you, O Muhammad, the story of the hosts? 81 00:05:28,810 --> 00:05:33,810 Those who gathered against Allah and His Messenger with their harm and malice. 82 00:05:33,810 --> 00:05:36,810 They are Pharaoh, his people, and Thamud. 83 00:05:36,810 --> 00:05:39,810 The consequence for those who do not believe you 84 00:05:39,810 --> 00:05:43,810 is like the destruction and ruin that befell these hosts. 85 00:05:43,810 --> 00:05:47,870 What is the matter with these people who deny the promise of Allah? 86 00:05:47,870 --> 00:05:51,870 It is not that the news of those who came before them from the nations has not reached them. 87 00:05:51,870 --> 00:05:55,870 Rather, they are in denial of the revelation of Allah and His descent. 88 00:05:55,870 --> 00:06:00,870 And Allah is encompassing them from behind, recording their deeds. 89 00:06:00,870 --> 00:06:04,870 Then He, whose praise is exalted, refutes those who say of the Qur'an: 90 00:06:04,870 --> 00:06:06,870 "It is poetry and rhymed prose." 91 00:06:06,870 --> 00:06:08,870 It is not as they say. 92 00:06:08,870 --> 00:06:10,870 Rather, it is a noble Qur'an. 93 00:06:10,870 --> 00:06:18,870 Preserved in a Tablet, protected from any addition or subtraction from what Allah has established within it.