1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:05,169 --> 00:00:08,070 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 3 00:00:08,580 --> 00:00:12,740 Abridged by Dr. Aqil Ibn Salim al-Shammari. 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,199 Surah al-Qiyamah. 5 00:00:18,690 --> 00:00:22,370 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 6 00:00:22,370 --> 00:00:25,730 “Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;” (75:1) 7 00:00:25,730 --> 00:00:30,489 “Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).” (75:2) 8 00:00:30,489 --> 00:00:37,350 Does man think that We will not assemble his bones? 9 00:00:37,350 --> 00:00:43,429 Yes, We are able to reconstruct his very fingertips. 10 00:00:43,429 --> 00:00:49,350 Rather, man wishes to continue in his wickedness. 11 00:00:49,350 --> 00:00:52,920 Allah swears by the Day of Resurrection, 12 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,020 And by the self-reproaching soul, 13 00:00:55,020 --> 00:00:58,479 Which blames its owner for both good and evil, 14 00:00:58,479 --> 00:01:00,780 And feels regret for what has passed. 15 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:06,879 Does the son of Adam think that We are unable to gather his bones after they have scattered? 16 00:01:06,879 --> 00:01:10,599 Yes, We are capable of even more than that; 17 00:01:10,599 --> 00:01:12,840 We are able to reconstruct his fingertips, 18 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,640 Meaning the fingers of his hands and feet. 19 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:20,760 Had We made them a single mass, like the hoof of a camel or a donkey, 20 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:26,159 He would not be able to take his food except with his mouth, like other beasts. 21 00:01:26,159 --> 00:01:30,379 But He separated the fingers of his hands so he may take with them, 22 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,920 And grasp, hold, and release as he wishes. 23 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:35,920 Thus, He perfected his creation. 24 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:41,280 It is not that the son of Adam is ignorant that his Lord is able to gather his bones, 25 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:46,319 But he wishes to continue forward in his disobedience to Allah, 26 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:48,319 With nothing to deter him from it, 27 00:01:48,319 --> 00:01:52,680 Never repenting, but constantly delaying his repentance. 28 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:57,700 “He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?” (75:6) 29 00:01:57,700 --> 00:02:00,500 So when the sight is dazzled, 30 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,640 And the moon is eclipsed, 31 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:06,000 And the sun and the moon are joined, 32 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:12,240 “On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!” (75:10) 33 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,800 No! There is no refuge. 34 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:19,240 “Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.” (75:12) 35 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:27,080 “On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.” (75:13) 36 00:02:28,430 --> 00:02:33,310 The son of Adam, who persists in his disobedience to Allah, asks, 37 00:02:33,310 --> 00:02:35,310 "When is the Day of Resurrection?" 38 00:02:35,310 --> 00:02:38,340 Seeking to delay his repentance. 39 00:02:38,340 --> 00:02:40,340 But when he is terrified by death, 40 00:02:40,340 --> 00:02:42,340 And the light of the moon vanishes, 41 00:02:42,340 --> 00:02:46,340 And the sun and moon are joined in the loss of their light, 42 00:02:46,340 --> 00:02:49,039 So that neither of them has any light left, 43 00:02:49,039 --> 00:02:53,539 Man will say when he witnesses the horrors of the Day of Resurrection, 44 00:02:53,539 --> 00:02:57,539 "Where is the escape from the terror that has descended?" 45 00:02:57,539 --> 00:03:01,610 No! There is no escape here that will benefit its seeker, 46 00:03:01,610 --> 00:03:04,610 For his flight will not save him, 47 00:03:04,610 --> 00:03:09,610 Nor is there any fortress, mountain, or stronghold to which he can turn, 48 00:03:09,610 --> 00:03:12,669 From the decree of Allah that has arrived. 49 00:03:12,669 --> 00:03:17,169 To your Lord, O man, on that day is the final destination. 50 00:03:17,169 --> 00:03:21,169 He is the One who settles all His creation in their final abode. 51 00:03:21,169 --> 00:03:26,169 Man will be informed, on the day the sun and moon are joined and folded up, 52 00:03:26,169 --> 00:03:32,169 Of everything he sent forth of good or evil during his life, 53 00:03:32,169 --> 00:03:36,169 And what he left behind of a good or bad Sunnah. 54 00:03:36,169 --> 00:03:42,969 “Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,” (75:14) 55 00:03:42,969 --> 00:03:45,969 Even if he presents his excuses. 56 00:03:45,969 --> 00:03:53,000 Rather, man has observers within himself who watch his deeds, 57 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,000 And bear witness against him, even if he offers excuses. 58 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:01,919 “Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.” (75:16) 59 00:04:01,919 --> 00:04:06,919 Indeed, upon Us is its collection and its recitation. 60 00:04:06,919 --> 00:04:10,919 So when We have recited it, follow its recitation. 61 00:04:10,919 --> 00:04:17,949 “Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.” (75:19) 62 00:04:17,949 --> 00:04:20,949 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 63 00:04:20,949 --> 00:04:24,949 Used to move his lips when the Qur'an was revealed to him. 64 00:04:24,949 --> 00:04:30,949 So Allah said, "Do not move your tongue with the Qur'an, O Muhammad, to hasten it. 65 00:04:30,949 --> 00:04:35,949 Indeed, upon Us is the collection of this Qur'an in your heart, O Muhammad, 66 00:04:35,949 --> 00:04:37,949 So that We may fix it therein. 67 00:04:37,949 --> 00:04:42,949 And its recitation, so that you may recite it after We have collected it in your heart. 68 00:04:42,949 --> 00:04:45,949 So when it is recited to you, act upon it, 69 00:04:45,949 --> 00:04:47,949 Regarding its commands and prohibitions, 70 00:04:47,949 --> 00:04:50,560 And follow what you have been commanded." 71 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:54,560 “Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now” (75:20) 72 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,230 And you neglect the Hereafter. 73 00:04:58,230 --> 00:05:01,230 The matter is not as you say, O people, 74 00:05:01,230 --> 00:05:04,230 That you will not be resurrected after your death, 75 00:05:04,230 --> 00:05:07,230 And will not be recompensed for your deeds. 76 00:05:07,230 --> 00:05:10,230 Rather, what prompted you to say that 77 00:05:10,230 --> 00:05:13,230 Is your love for the fleeting worldly life, 78 00:05:13,230 --> 00:05:18,230 And your preference for its desires over the eternal Hereafter and its bliss. 79 00:05:18,230 --> 00:05:23,230 So you believe in the immediate and deny the ultimate. 80 00:05:23,230 --> 00:05:29,000 Some faces, that Day, will be radiant, 81 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Looking at their Lord. 82 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:38,000 And some faces, that Day, will be contorted. 83 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:44,000 “Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.” (75:25) 84 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:49,639 Faces on the Day of Resurrection will be beautiful and bright from the bliss, 85 00:05:49,639 --> 00:05:51,639 And they will look at their Lord. 86 00:05:51,639 --> 00:05:57,639 And other faces will be changed in color, blackened, and grim, 87 00:05:57,639 --> 00:06:00,639 Knowing that a calamity is about to befall them. 88 00:06:00,639 --> 00:06:05,399 “Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat” (75:26) 89 00:06:05,399 --> 00:06:09,399 And it is said, "Is there any enchanter?" 90 00:06:09,399 --> 00:06:15,399 And he realizes that it is the separation, 91 00:06:15,399 --> 00:06:19,399 And the leg is wound about the leg. 92 00:06:19,399 --> 00:06:25,399 “Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.” (75:30) 93 00:06:25,399 --> 00:06:29,850 The matter is not as these polytheists think, 94 00:06:29,850 --> 00:06:34,850 That they will not be punished for their shirk and their disobedience to their Lord. 95 00:06:34,850 --> 00:06:37,850 Rather, when the soul of one of them reaches the collarbones, 96 00:06:37,850 --> 00:06:40,850 At the time of his death, as he struggles to breathe, 97 00:06:40,850 --> 00:06:42,850 His family says, 98 00:06:42,850 --> 00:06:46,850 "Is there an enchanter who can heal him and cure him of what has befallen him?" 99 00:06:46,850 --> 00:06:49,850 They seek doctors and healers for him, 100 00:06:49,850 --> 00:06:54,850 But they cannot avail him anything against the decree of Allah that has arrived. 101 00:06:54,850 --> 00:06:57,850 And the one who is dying becomes certain 102 00:06:57,850 --> 00:07:01,850 That it is the separation from the world, family, wealth, and children. 103 00:07:01,850 --> 00:07:05,850 And the leg of the world is joined with the leg of the Hereafter. 104 00:07:05,850 --> 00:07:10,850 This is the intensity of the agony of death and the severity of the terror of what is to come. 105 00:07:10,850 --> 00:07:15,850 To your Lord, O Muhammad, on the day the leg is joined with the leg, is the driving. 106 00:07:15,850 --> 00:07:19,910 “For he neither trusted, nor prayed.” (75:31) 107 00:07:19,910 --> 00:07:24,910 But he denied and turned away. 108 00:07:24,910 --> 00:07:29,910 “Then went he to his folk with glee.” (75:33) 109 00:07:29,910 --> 00:07:32,910 Woe to you, and woe! 110 00:07:32,910 --> 00:07:37,230 “Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).” (75:35) 111 00:07:37,230 --> 00:07:40,899 He did not believe in the Book of Allah, 112 00:07:40,899 --> 00:07:42,899 Nor did he perform prayer for Him. 113 00:07:42,899 --> 00:07:45,899 But he denied the Book of Allah, 114 00:07:45,899 --> 00:07:48,899 And turned away, abandoning obedience to Allah. 115 00:07:48,899 --> 00:07:54,899 Then he went to his family, walking with a swagger. 116 00:07:54,899 --> 00:07:57,930 A warning from Allah upon a warning. 117 00:07:57,930 --> 00:08:05,860 Does man think that he will be left neglected? 118 00:08:05,860 --> 00:08:12,860 Had he not been a drop of emitted semen? 119 00:08:12,860 --> 00:08:18,959 Then he was a clinging clot, and He created and fashioned him. 120 00:08:18,959 --> 00:08:24,959 “And made of him a pair, the male and female.” (75:39) 121 00:08:24,959 --> 00:08:32,960 “Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?” (75:40) 122 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:39,169 Does this human who denies Allah think he will be left aimlessly, 123 00:08:39,169 --> 00:08:44,169 Meaning, neither commanded, nor forbidden, nor held accountable for his worship? 124 00:08:44,169 --> 00:08:52,169 Was this denier not a small drop of fluid in the man's loins, from emitted semen? 125 00:08:52,169 --> 00:08:56,169 Then he was a clot, and Allah created him as a human. 126 00:08:56,169 --> 00:08:59,169 Then He fashioned him into a balanced human being. 127 00:08:59,169 --> 00:09:04,169 So He made from this human, after He fashioned him into a balanced creation, 128 00:09:04,169 --> 00:09:09,169 Is not the One who did that capable of bringing the dead to life? 129 00:09:09,169 --> 00:09:13,169 So He brings them into existence just as they were before their death. 130 00:09:13,169 --> 00:09:20,000 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.