WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:05.169 --> 00:00:08.070 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari. 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:12.740 Abridged by Dr. Aqil Ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:16.199 Surah al-Qiyamah. 00:00:18.690 --> 00:00:22.370 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:22.370 --> 00:00:25.730 “Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;” (75:1) 00:00:25.730 --> 00:00:30.489 “Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).” (75:2) 00:00:30.489 --> 00:00:37.350 Does man think that We will not assemble his bones? 00:00:37.350 --> 00:00:43.429 Yes, We are able to reconstruct his very fingertips. 00:00:43.429 --> 00:00:49.350 Rather, man wishes to continue in his wickedness. 00:00:49.350 --> 00:00:52.920 Allah swears by the Day of Resurrection, 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:55.020 And by the self-reproaching soul, 00:00:55.020 --> 00:00:58.479 Which blames its owner for both good and evil, 00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:00.780 And feels regret for what has passed. 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? 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:10.599 Yes, We are capable of even more than that; 00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:12.840 We are able to reconstruct his fingertips, 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:15.640 Meaning the fingers of his hands and feet. 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:20.760 Had We made them a single mass, like the hoof of a camel or a donkey, 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:26.159 He would not be able to take his food except with his mouth, like other beasts. 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:30.379 But He separated the fingers of his hands so he may take with them, 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:33.920 And grasp, hold, and release as he wishes. 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:35.920 Thus, He perfected his creation. 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, 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:46.319 But he wishes to continue forward in his disobedience to Allah, 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:48.319 With nothing to deter him from it, 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:52.680 Never repenting, but constantly delaying his repentance. 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:57.700 “He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?” (75:6) 00:01:57.700 --> 00:02:00.500 So when the sight is dazzled, 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:02.640 And the moon is eclipsed, 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:06.000 And the sun and the moon are joined, 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:12.240 “On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!” (75:10) 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:14.800 No! There is no refuge. 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:19.240 “Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.” (75:12) 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) 00:02:28.430 --> 00:02:33.310 The son of Adam, who persists in his disobedience to Allah, asks, 00:02:33.310 --> 00:02:35.310 "When is the Day of Resurrection?" 00:02:35.310 --> 00:02:38.340 Seeking to delay his repentance. 00:02:38.340 --> 00:02:40.340 But when he is terrified by death, 00:02:40.340 --> 00:02:42.340 And the light of the moon vanishes, 00:02:42.340 --> 00:02:46.340 And the sun and moon are joined in the loss of their light, 00:02:46.340 --> 00:02:49.039 So that neither of them has any light left, 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:53.539 Man will say when he witnesses the horrors of the Day of Resurrection, 00:02:53.539 --> 00:02:57.539 "Where is the escape from the terror that has descended?" 00:02:57.539 --> 00:03:01.610 No! There is no escape here that will benefit its seeker, 00:03:01.610 --> 00:03:04.610 For his flight will not save him, 00:03:04.610 --> 00:03:09.610 Nor is there any fortress, mountain, or stronghold to which he can turn, 00:03:09.610 --> 00:03:12.669 From the decree of Allah that has arrived. 00:03:12.669 --> 00:03:17.169 To your Lord, O man, on that day is the final destination. 00:03:17.169 --> 00:03:21.169 He is the One who settles all His creation in their final abode. 00:03:21.169 --> 00:03:26.169 Man will be informed, on the day the sun and moon are joined and folded up, 00:03:26.169 --> 00:03:32.169 Of everything he sent forth of good or evil during his life, 00:03:32.169 --> 00:03:36.169 And what he left behind of a good or bad Sunnah. 00:03:36.169 --> 00:03:42.969 “Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,” (75:14) 00:03:42.969 --> 00:03:45.969 Even if he presents his excuses. 00:03:45.969 --> 00:03:53.000 Rather, man has observers within himself who watch his deeds, 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:56.000 And bear witness against him, even if he offers excuses. 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:01.919 “Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.” (75:16) 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:06.919 Indeed, upon Us is its collection and its recitation. 00:04:06.919 --> 00:04:10.919 So when We have recited it, follow its recitation. 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:17.949 “Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.” (75:19) 00:04:17.949 --> 00:04:20.949 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:04:20.949 --> 00:04:24.949 Used to move his lips when the Qur'an was revealed to him. 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. 00:04:30.949 --> 00:04:35.949 Indeed, upon Us is the collection of this Qur'an in your heart, O Muhammad, 00:04:35.949 --> 00:04:37.949 So that We may fix it therein. 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. 00:04:42.949 --> 00:04:45.949 So when it is recited to you, act upon it, 00:04:45.949 --> 00:04:47.949 Regarding its commands and prohibitions, 00:04:47.949 --> 00:04:50.560 And follow what you have been commanded." 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:54.560 “Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now” (75:20) 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:58.230 And you neglect the Hereafter. 00:04:58.230 --> 00:05:01.230 The matter is not as you say, O people, 00:05:01.230 --> 00:05:04.230 That you will not be resurrected after your death, 00:05:04.230 --> 00:05:07.230 And will not be recompensed for your deeds. 00:05:07.230 --> 00:05:10.230 Rather, what prompted you to say that 00:05:10.230 --> 00:05:13.230 Is your love for the fleeting worldly life, 00:05:13.230 --> 00:05:18.230 And your preference for its desires over the eternal Hereafter and its bliss. 00:05:18.230 --> 00:05:23.230 So you believe in the immediate and deny the ultimate. 00:05:23.230 --> 00:05:29.000 Some faces, that Day, will be radiant, 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:32.000 Looking at their Lord. 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:38.000 And some faces, that Day, will be contorted. 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:44.000 “Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.” (75:25) 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:49.639 Faces on the Day of Resurrection will be beautiful and bright from the bliss, 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:51.639 And they will look at their Lord. 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:57.639 And other faces will be changed in color, blackened, and grim, 00:05:57.639 --> 00:06:00.639 Knowing that a calamity is about to befall them. 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:05.399 “Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat” (75:26) 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:09.399 And it is said, "Is there any enchanter?" 00:06:09.399 --> 00:06:15.399 And he realizes that it is the separation, 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:19.399 And the leg is wound about the leg. 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:25.399 “Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.” (75:30) 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:29.850 The matter is not as these polytheists think, 00:06:29.850 --> 00:06:34.850 That they will not be punished for their shirk and their disobedience to their Lord. 00:06:34.850 --> 00:06:37.850 Rather, when the soul of one of them reaches the collarbones, 00:06:37.850 --> 00:06:40.850 At the time of his death, as he struggles to breathe, 00:06:40.850 --> 00:06:42.850 His family says, 00:06:42.850 --> 00:06:46.850 "Is there an enchanter who can heal him and cure him of what has befallen him?" 00:06:46.850 --> 00:06:49.850 They seek doctors and healers for him, 00:06:49.850 --> 00:06:54.850 But they cannot avail him anything against the decree of Allah that has arrived. 00:06:54.850 --> 00:06:57.850 And the one who is dying becomes certain 00:06:57.850 --> 00:07:01.850 That it is the separation from the world, family, wealth, and children. 00:07:01.850 --> 00:07:05.850 And the leg of the world is joined with the leg of the Hereafter. 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. 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. 00:07:15.850 --> 00:07:19.910 “For he neither trusted, nor prayed.” (75:31) 00:07:19.910 --> 00:07:24.910 But he denied and turned away. 00:07:24.910 --> 00:07:29.910 “Then went he to his folk with glee.” (75:33) 00:07:29.910 --> 00:07:32.910 Woe to you, and woe! 00:07:32.910 --> 00:07:37.230 “Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).” (75:35) 00:07:37.230 --> 00:07:40.899 He did not believe in the Book of Allah, 00:07:40.899 --> 00:07:42.899 Nor did he perform prayer for Him. 00:07:42.899 --> 00:07:45.899 But he denied the Book of Allah, 00:07:45.899 --> 00:07:48.899 And turned away, abandoning obedience to Allah. 00:07:48.899 --> 00:07:54.899 Then he went to his family, walking with a swagger. 00:07:54.899 --> 00:07:57.930 A warning from Allah upon a warning. 00:07:57.930 --> 00:08:05.860 Does man think that he will be left neglected? 00:08:05.860 --> 00:08:12.860 Had he not been a drop of emitted semen? 00:08:12.860 --> 00:08:18.959 Then he was a clinging clot, and He created and fashioned him. 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:24.959 “And made of him a pair, the male and female.” (75:39) 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:32.960 “Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?” (75:40) 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:39.169 Does this human who denies Allah think he will be left aimlessly, 00:08:39.169 --> 00:08:44.169 Meaning, neither commanded, nor forbidden, nor held accountable for his worship? 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? 00:08:52.169 --> 00:08:56.169 Then he was a clot, and Allah created him as a human. 00:08:56.169 --> 00:08:59.169 Then He fashioned him into a balanced human being. 00:08:59.169 --> 00:09:04.169 So He made from this human, after He fashioned him into a balanced creation, 00:09:04.169 --> 00:09:09.169 Is not the One who did that capable of bringing the dead to life? 00:09:09.169 --> 00:09:13.169 So He brings them into existence just as they were before their death. 00:09:13.169 --> 00:09:20.000 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.