WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:08.050 Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation 00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:12.640 It was summarized by Dr. Aqeel bin Salem Al-Shammari 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:15.939 Surah An-Nahl 00:00:18.500 --> 00:00:22.500 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:23.660 --> 00:00:31.420 God gave the example of a possessed slave who was unable to do anything 00:00:31.579 --> 00:00:48.460 He is not able to do anything, and whoever We have provided him with a good provision, he will spend from it secretly and openly. Are they equal? 00:00:48.780 --> 00:00:55.979 Praise be to God, but most of them do not know 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:03.759 He has drawn a similarity to you, O people, to the unbeliever among his servants and the believer among them 00:01:04.180 --> 00:01:10.420 As for the example of an infidel, he does not act in obedience to God and does not do good 00:01:10.739 --> 00:01:15.379 Like an owned slave who cannot afford anything and spends it 00:01:15.730 --> 00:01:22.609 As for the believer in God, he works in obedience to God and spends his money in His cause 00:01:22.849 --> 00:01:28.769 Like a free man to whom God has given money, he spends it secretly and openly 00:01:29.250 --> 00:01:33.650 Is the servant who has nothing and is not able to do it equal? 00:01:33.890 --> 00:01:40.209 This free man whom God has provided a good provision for, he spends as described 00:01:40.689 --> 00:01:47.250 Likewise, the infidel who acts in disobedience to God and the believer who acts in obedience to Him are not equal 00:01:48.030 --> 00:01:54.989 Praise be to God, sincerely, without the idols that you people call upon other than Him 00:01:55.469 --> 00:01:59.390 It is not what you do or what you say 00:01:59.870 --> 00:02:03.629 Their idols have no power to praise 00:02:04.109 --> 00:02:09.310 But most of these infidels do not know that this is so 00:02:09.870 --> 00:02:15.389 Through their ignorance, they make them partners in worship and praise to God 00:02:18.750 --> 00:02:24.909 Like two men, one of whom is mute and unable to do anything 00:02:25.389 --> 00:02:35.150 He is not capable of anything, and he is dependent on his master. Wherever he directs him, he will not bring any good 00:02:35.710 --> 00:02:39.069 Wherever he directs it, it brings no good 00:02:39.469 --> 00:02:43.710 Is he and those who command justice equal? 00:02:44.189 --> 00:02:53.069 Is he equal to the one who commands justice while he is on a straight path? 00:02:54.590 --> 00:03:00.270 This is a parable that God set for himself and for the gods that are worshiped besides him 00:03:00.830 --> 00:03:06.430 So God gave the example of two men, one of whom was mute and unable to do anything 00:03:06.990 --> 00:03:11.870 This means that the idol does not hear anything or speak 00:03:12.590 --> 00:03:17.069 He is dependent on his cousin, his allies, and the people of his state 00:03:17.710 --> 00:03:21.150 Likewise, the idol is the burden of all who worship it 00:03:21.629 --> 00:03:24.669 He needs to be carried, placed and served 00:03:25.389 --> 00:03:30.030 Like a mute who does not bring any good wherever his guardian directs him 00:03:30.750 --> 00:03:34.110 Likewise, the idol does not understand what is said to it 00:03:34.669 --> 00:03:36.990 He does not speak to command or prohibit 00:03:37.710 --> 00:03:41.629 Is this mute equal to someone who is articulate and articulate? 00:03:42.110 --> 00:03:44.430 He commands the truth and calls for it 00:03:44.830 --> 00:03:48.909 With his command of justice, he is on a straight path 00:03:49.469 --> 00:03:52.509 He does not deviate from the truth and does not deviate from it 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:57.759 To God belongs the unseen of the heavens and the earth 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:04.080 The matter of the Hour is only as flashing as an eye, or it is even closer 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:11.439 God is powerful over everything 00:04:12.610 --> 00:04:18.209 O people, God has dominion over what has escaped your sight in the heavens and the earth 00:04:19.019 --> 00:04:23.180 The command of the Resurrection is only like a glimpse of the eye 00:04:23.660 --> 00:04:25.899 Or it's closer than the blink of an eye 00:04:26.540 --> 00:04:31.180 Because that is to say to him, “Be,” and he is 00:04:31.980 --> 00:04:36.939 God is able to establish the Hour in the nearest blink of an eye 00:04:37.500 --> 00:04:40.379 And whatever he wants of all things 00:04:40.779 --> 00:04:43.740 Nothing he wants is withheld from him 00:04:45.410 --> 00:04:54.529 By God, He brought you out of your mothers’ wombs without knowing anything 00:04:55.009 --> 00:05:05.089 You know nothing. He has given you reputation, eyes, and hearts, so that you may be grateful 00:05:06.740 --> 00:05:09.939 And God knows what you did not know 00:05:10.420 --> 00:05:16.660 After He brought you out of your mothers’ wombs, you will not understand anything nor know anything 00:05:17.379 --> 00:05:20.980 So He gave you the reputation by which you can hear voices 00:05:21.540 --> 00:05:26.019 So some of you will understand from each other what you are discussing among yourselves 00:05:26.660 --> 00:05:32.180 And He gave you visions by which you can see people and by them you can come to know each other 00:05:32.740 --> 00:05:35.620 And the hearts with which you know things 00:05:36.100 --> 00:05:39.860 So you memorize it and think and understand it 00:05:40.769 --> 00:05:42.370 We did that to you 00:05:42.930 --> 00:05:49.170 So thank God for what He has bestowed upon you, rather than gods and equals 00:05:51.069 --> 00:06:05.470 Have they not seen the birds subjected to the atmosphere of the sky, and no one holds them except God? 00:06:05.870 --> 00:06:13.259 Indeed, in that are signs for people who believe 00:06:14.779 --> 00:06:17.180 Have you not seen, O polytheists of God? 00:06:17.660 --> 00:06:22.459 To the birds, harnessed in the air of the sky between them and the earth 00:06:23.220 --> 00:06:26.180 Its flight in the air is only due to God 00:06:26.899 --> 00:06:29.779 Even if he took away what he gave her of flying 00:06:30.259 --> 00:06:32.660 She couldn't get up higher 00:06:33.459 --> 00:06:35.459 In God's subjugation is the bird 00:06:35.939 --> 00:06:38.819 And it enables her to fly in the sky 00:06:39.540 --> 00:06:45.379 For signs and indications that there is no god but God alone, with no partners 00:06:46.019 --> 00:06:52.259 For people who acknowledge the existence of what their eyes see and their senses sense 00:06:54.300 --> 00:07:11.180 And God has made for you a residence in your homes and made for you homes in which you hide yourself 00:07:11.579 --> 00:07:30.139 You will hide it on the day of your affliction and on the day of your residence, and from its wool, fur, and hair, as furniture and belongings for a while. 00:07:31.709 --> 00:07:35.550 And God has made for you, O people, a place to live in your homes 00:07:36.110 --> 00:07:39.149 You will live in your country during the days of your residence 00:07:39.790 --> 00:07:44.750 And He made for you houses of hair, wool, and hair from the skins of cattle 00:07:45.470 --> 00:07:52.750 You underestimate carrying and transporting it on the day you leave your country and the day you reside in your country 00:07:53.709 --> 00:07:59.310 From its wool, fur, and hair you make household furniture and belongings 00:08:00.269 --> 00:08:07.470 God made this a message for you that you can reach and be content with until your time of death 00:08:09.389 --> 00:08:34.990 And God made for you shades from among what He created, and made shelters for you from the mountains, and made for you robes to protect you from heat, and robes to protect you from heat. 00:08:35.470 --> 00:08:43.070 Thus He will complete His blessing upon you so that you may submit 00:08:44.700 --> 00:08:54.779 It is God’s blessing upon you, O people, that He made for you shades from the trees and other things He created for you to seek shade from the intense heat 00:08:55.659 --> 00:09:05.100 He made the mountains places for you to dwell in, and He made cotton, linen, and wool clothing and their shirts to protect you from the heat 00:09:05.820 --> 00:09:13.580 And He made for you shields to protect you from weapons that reach you, just as your Lord gave you these things 00:09:14.139 --> 00:09:22.620 Thus He will complete His blessing upon you so that you may submit to God in obedience and devote worship to Him sincerely 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:33.679 But if they turn away, then it is your duty to deliver the clear message 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:50.909 O Muhammad, if these polytheists turn away from the truth with which I sent you to them, then you are not to blame. All you have to do is convey to them the message that is made clear to whoever hears it so that they understand it. 00:09:52.240 --> 00:10:01.200 They know the blessing of God and then deny it, and most of them are disbelievers 00:10:02.580 --> 00:10:09.940 These polytheists know God's blessing upon them by sending Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:10:10.500 --> 00:10:19.379 Then they deny you and deny your prophecy, and most of your people who deny your prophecy are those who acknowledge it 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:39.919 And on the Day when We will raise from every nation a witness, then no permission will be given to those who disbelieve, nor will they be asked to blame 00:10:41.059 --> 00:11:06.740 They recognize the blessing of God, then they deny it, and they will denounce the Day when We will raise from every nation a witness, and he is their Messenger who was sent to them. Then those who disbelieve will not be given permission to apologize, so they will make excuses for what they were in God and His Messenger. They disbelieve, but they will not be asked to reproach, so they will abandon returning to this world, so they will repent and repent. 00:11:08.370 --> 00:11:18.350 And when those who wronged see the torment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be respite 00:11:18.350 --> 00:11:36.029 And when those who lied to you, O Muhammad, see the torment of God, nothing will save them from the torment of God, because they are not given permission, so they apologize, and the torment is lightened for them with the excuse they claim, and they do not hope for punishment. 00:11:49.179 --> 00:12:18.320 And when the polytheists see on the Day of Resurrection the gods, idols, and other things that they used to worship besides God, they will say, “Our Lord, these are our partners in disbelief in You.” 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:32.000 And the partners whom we used to call gods besides you. Their partners said, “You are certainly liars, O polytheists. We did not call you to worship us.” 00:12:33.870 --> 00:12:44.590 And they were brought to God on the Day of Permission of Peace, and what they had invented will go away from them 00:12:46.500 --> 00:13:05.299 And the polytheists submitted to God on the day of permission of peace, and they surrendered and were humbled by His rule over them, and their gods, their people, and their clans did not avail them, and their gods missed what they had hoped for from intercession with God for salvation. 00:13:06.929 --> 00:13:22.370 Those who disbelieve and turn away from the path of God, We have increased for them a torment beyond the torment because they were corrupting 00:13:23.710 --> 00:13:36.750 Those who, O Muhammad, denied your prophethood and turned away from belief in God and His Messenger, We will increase their torment on the Day of Resurrection in Hell above the torment in which they are in. 00:13:37.230 --> 00:13:52.830 It was said that this increase was scorpions and snakes with fangs like tall palm trees, because in this world they disobeyed God and commanded His servants to disobey Him, so that was their corruption. 00:13:52.830 --> 00:14:23.970 And on the Day when We will raise up in every nation a witness against them from among themselves, and We bring you as a witness against these, and We have sent down to you the Writing as an explanation of everything, and as guidance and mercy and good tidings for the Muslims. 00:14:25.570 --> 00:14:43.169 And on the day when We ask their Prophet whom We sent to them from themselves, what did they respond to you and what did they respond to you? And We bring you, O Muhammad, as a witness to your nation regarding what they responded to you and what they did with what I sent you to them with. 00:14:43.169 --> 00:15:11.169 And We have sent down to you, O Muhammad, this Qur’an as an explanation of everything that people need, such as knowledge of what is permissible and what is forbidden, reward and punishment, a guidance from misguidance, a mercy for whoever believes in it and acts according to what is in it, and good news for whoever obeys God and submits to Him with monotheism, giving him good tidings of his great reward in the Hereafter and his great dignity. 00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:17.019 Tafsir al-Tabari