WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.160 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:39.240 Concise Commentary, 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:42.240 by Dr. Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Umar Nassif, 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:45.270 may Allah preserve him. 00:00:45.270 --> 00:00:46.270 Surah al-Muzzammil. 00:00:46.270 --> 00:00:49.270 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:49.270 --> 00:00:52.270 Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. 00:00:52.270 --> 00:00:55.270 *Concise Commentary on the Overview Cards*. 00:00:55.270 --> 00:00:58.560 We have reached Surah al-Muzzammil, 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:00.560 and I wish to pause over three observations regarding it. 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:03.560 The first concerns the order of the Surah's revelation. 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:07.909 He stated that it is considered the third, revealed after al-Qalam and before al-Muddaththir, 00:01:07.909 --> 00:01:09.939 as you know, 00:01:09.939 --> 00:01:15.099 since the book relies on citing this well-known narration. 00:01:15.099 --> 00:01:19.099 Thus, according to the famous narration, it is counted as the third, 00:01:19.099 --> 00:01:21.099 coming after al-Qalam and before al-Muddaththir. 00:01:21.099 --> 00:01:24.099 That is to say, after al-'Alaq, al-Qalam was revealed, 00:01:24.099 --> 00:01:26.099 then al-Muzzammil, and then al-Muddaththir— 00:01:26.099 --> 00:01:28.140 such is the well-known narration. 00:01:28.140 --> 00:01:31.489 However, there are qualifications regarding this, 00:01:31.489 --> 00:01:37.670 as authentic narrations refute the idea that al-Qalam preceded it, 00:01:37.670 --> 00:01:41.670 just as the explicit texts in the *Sahih* indicate that al-Muddaththir directly followed al-'Alaq, 00:01:41.670 --> 00:01:45.219 as will be discussed regarding the revelation of al-Muddaththir. 00:01:45.219 --> 00:01:48.219 So the authentic view is the well-known, correct timeline 00:01:48.219 --> 00:01:51.599 which you will find in the discussion on these surahs. 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:53.599 For al-'Alaq, naturally, is the first, 00:01:53.599 --> 00:02:01.730 then al-Muddaththir, then al-Muzzammil, and then al-Qalam might be the fourth. 00:02:01.730 --> 00:02:05.079 Of course, when we say it is the first, second, or third, 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:07.079 we do not mean that they were revealed entirely all at once. 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:12.080 Surah al-'Alaq is the first only in terms of its initial portion, 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:18.080 but it was not completed until a period during which several other surahs had been revealed. 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:25.240 Meaning, Surah al-'Alaq is not temporally continuous from its beginning to its end, 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:27.240 and it certainly was not revealed all at once. 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:30.430 Rather, other surahs intervened between its parts. 00:02:30.430 --> 00:02:36.430 So if it is said that a certain surah is the third or fourth in revelation, it refers to its initial portion; 00:02:36.430 --> 00:02:39.430 it does not require that the entire surah was revealed all at once, 00:02:39.430 --> 00:02:45.430 nor does it mean it was revealed piecemeal until completion before another surah began. 00:02:46.430 --> 00:02:49.430 The second observation is that he mentioned only a single cause of revelation for it, 00:02:49.430 --> 00:02:51.430 which might draw one's attention, 00:02:51.430 --> 00:02:54.909 as a person might assume that its opening was revealed for a specific cause. 00:02:54.909 --> 00:02:58.909 In truth, this is a matter subject to scholarly disagreement. 00:02:58.909 --> 00:03:01.909 Some scholars hold that its opening was revealed for a specific cause— 00:03:01.909 --> 00:03:04.199 referring to Surah al-Muzzammil— 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:09.199 unlike al-Muddaththir, where the initial verse was undeniably revealed for a clear cause reported in the *Sahih*. 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:13.199 But as for whether the beginning of Surah al-Muzzammil was revealed 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:17.199 for a specific cause or not, that is the question here, 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:19.199 or rather, that is the point of discussion here. 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:24.229 Many books on the causes of revelation do not mention a cause for the beginning of the Surah; 00:03:24.229 --> 00:03:27.229 instead, they mention a cause for the revelation of its ending, 00:03:27.229 --> 00:03:31.360 and that is what the author confined himself to mentioning. 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:35.460 However, the possibility that its beginning was revealed for a specific cause remains plausible, 00:03:35.460 --> 00:03:40.460 and you will also find this discussed in *Tafsir al-Tahrir*. 00:03:41.580 --> 00:03:45.710 As for the third observation, it pertains to the primary theme of the Surah. 00:03:45.710 --> 00:03:52.939 Contemplating its passages reveals that it serves as spiritual preparation for callers to Allah, 00:03:52.939 --> 00:03:57.939 prior to the public call and warning that comes in Surah al-Muddaththir. 00:03:57.939 --> 00:04:03.939 Surah al-Muzzammil was equipping the callers, led by their Master, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:04:03.939 --> 00:04:05.939 with spiritual preparation 00:04:05.939 --> 00:04:10.419 through the night prayer, remembrance, and devotion to Allah. 00:04:10.419 --> 00:04:20.019 This is a matter that educators should pay attention to when preparing those who will advocate for the Truth, 00:04:20.019 --> 00:04:23.439 just as they must cultivate it within themselves. 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:27.439 Glad tidings to whoever is blessed with such guidance from his early beginnings— 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:32.439 at the start of his commitment, his pursuit of knowledge, 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:37.439 and his desire to do good and rescue humanity from its plight. 00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:44.019 Blessed is the one who is granted a mentor at that stage to guide him toward spiritual preparation 00:04:44.019 --> 00:04:49.019 and toward these sublime meanings found in Surah al-Muzzammil. 00:04:49.019 --> 00:04:54.019 Callers to Allah and educators ought to devote themselves to these verses, 00:04:54.019 --> 00:05:02.019 pondering them and extracting from them a methodology to nurture the youth of the Ummah—the callers of the future. 00:05:02.019 --> 00:05:06.019 And may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. 00:05:06.019 --> 00:05:08.019 And all praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds.