Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation | Episode (20-3) | Surah Taha

0:00 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

0:05 The summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.

0:08 Dr. Aqil Ibn Salim al-Shammari abridged it.

0:12 Surah Taha

0:18 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

0:25 “And (it was said): What hath made thee hasten from thy folk, O Moses?” (20:83)

0:30 “He said: They are close upon my track. I hastened unto Thee, my Lord, that Thou mightest be well pleased.” (20:84)

0:39 And what has hastened you away from your people, O Musa?

0:43 You preceded them, leaving them behind you, and you were not among them.

0:48 Musa (Moses), peace be upon him, said:

0:49 My people will follow in my footsteps and eventually join me.

0:52 And I hastened to You, my Lord, that You might be pleased with me.

0:58 “He said: Lo! We have tried thy folk in thine absence, and As-Samiri hath misled them.” (20:85)

1:07 “Then Moses went back unto his folk, angry and sad. He said: O my people! Hath not your Lord promised you a fair promise? Did the time appointed then appear too long for you, or did ye wish that wrath from your Lord should come upon you, that ye broke tryst with me?” (20:86)

1:13 “Then Moses went back unto his folk, angry and sad. He said: O my people! Hath not your Lord promised you a fair promise? Did the time appointed then appear too long for you, or did ye wish that wrath from your Lord should come upon you, that ye broke tryst with me?” (20:86)

1:18 “Then Moses went back unto his folk, angry and sad. He said: O my people! Hath not your Lord promised you a fair promise? Did the time appointed then appear too long for you, or did ye wish that wrath from your Lord should come upon you, that ye broke tryst with me?” (20:86)

1:31 Allah said to Musa.

1:33 O Musa, We have indeed tested your people after your departure from them by [causing them to fall into] the worship of the calf.

1:40 And the Samiri led them astray by calling them to worship the calf.

1:46 Then Moses returned to his people among the Children of Israel.

1:50 After the forty nights had passed, while he was angry with his people.

1:55 He was saddened by the disbelief in Allah that they introduced after him.

1:59 Musa said

2:01 O my people, did your Lord not promise you that He is All-Forgiving to whoever repents, believes, does righteous deeds, and then remains rightly guided?

2:09 And He promised you the side of the Mount on the right, and He sent down upon you manna and quails.

2:15 Has the time since I was among you grown long, and have you forgotten the beautiful favors of Allah upon you?

2:20 Or do you intend to bring upon yourselves the wrath of your Lord, thereby becoming deserving of it through your worship of the calf?

2:27 Then you failed to keep your promise to me.

2:29 Their breaking of the promise was due to their devotion to the calf.

2:34 And they abandoned following in the footsteps of Moses toward the appointed time that Allah had promised them.

2:41 “They said: We broke not tryst with thee of our own will, but we were laden with burdens of ornaments of the folk, then cast them (in the fire), for thus As-Samiri proposed.” (20:87)

3:03 The people of Musa said to Musa

3:05 We did not break our promise to you.

3:08 And they acknowledged their own error.

3:11 And they said, "We were unable to compel ourselves to follow what is correct."

3:15 We were unable to control our affairs until we fell into the discord that befell us.

3:21 Yet we were burdened with heavy loads of the people’s ornaments, referring to the jewelry of the family of Pharaoh.

3:29 This is because when Musa, peace be upon him, intended to lead the Children of Israel out of Egypt by night.

3:35 By the command of Allah to him regarding that.

3:37 He commanded them to borrow the belongings and jewelry of the people of Pharaoh.

3:42 He said that Allah is your spoils of war.

3:46 They did so, and they borrowed ornaments and belongings from their womenfolk.

3:51 He says, "So we cast those burdens of the people’s ornaments into the pit."

3:57 Just as we have cast off those burdens

4:00 In the same way, the Samiri cast what he had with him of the dust from the hoofprint of the horse of Jibril.

4:08 “Then he produced for them a calf, of saffron hue, which gave forth a lowing sound. And they cried: This is your god and the god of Moses, but he hath forgotten.” (20:88)

4:19 Then the Samiri brought forth for them—from what they had cast and what he himself had thrown in—a calf, a physical body that emitted a sound, specifically the lowing of a cow.

4:29 Then the people of Musa said, "This is your god and the god of Musa, whom he has forgotten and abandoned."

4:37 “See they not, then, that it returneth no saying unto them and possesseth for them neither hurt nor use?” (20:89)

4:47 “And Aaron indeed had told them beforehand: O my people! Ye are but being seduced therewith, for lo! your Lord is the Beneficent, so follow me and obey my order.” (20:90)

5:00 “And Aaron indeed had told them beforehand: O my people! Ye are but being seduced therewith, for lo! your Lord is the Beneficent, so follow me and obey my order.” (20:90)

5:07 “They said: We shall by no means cease to be its votaries till Moses return unto us.” (20:91)

5:15 Do they not see that the calf, which they claimed to be their god and the god of Musa (peace be upon him), does not speak to them?

5:22 And he possesses no power to cause harm or bring benefit.

5:26 How, then, could that which possessed such qualities be my God?

5:30 Indeed, Harun had spoken to the worshippers of the calf from among the Children of Israel before the return of Musa, peace be upon him.

5:37 Allah has only tested your faith and your steadfastness in your religion through this calf, in which the Khawarij introduced innovation.

5:45 So that through it, the sound faith among you may be distinguished from the faith of those whose hearts are diseased and who harbor doubts regarding their religion.

5:52 And your Lord is the Most Merciful, whose blessings encompass all of creation.

5:57 So follow me in what I have commanded you regarding the worship of Allah and the abandonment of the worship of the calf.

6:03 And obey my command regarding what I have enjoined upon you of obedience to Allah and the sincere devotion of worship to Him.

6:10 The worshippers of the calf among the people of Musa said:

6:13 We shall continue to remain devoted to the calf, worshipping it until Musa returns to us.

6:20 He said, "O Harun, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray, from following me? Did you then disobey my command?"

6:31 “He said: O son of my mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I feared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division among the Children of Israel, and hast not waited for my word.” (20:94)

6:38 “He said: O son of my mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I feared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division among the Children of Israel, and hast not waited for my word.” (20:94)

6:48 “And when We did appoint for Moses thirty nights (of solitude), and added to them ten, and he completed the whole time appointed by his Lord of forty nights; and Moses said unto his brother, Aaron: Take my place among the people. Do right, and follow not the way of mischief-makers.” (7:142)

6:51 O Harun, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray from their religion, from following me?

6:58 Then Musa (peace be upon him) took hold of his brother Harun’s beard and head, pulling him toward himself.

7:04 Harun said, "O son of my mother, do not seize me by my beard or by my head."

7:10 I feared you might say that I caused a rift among them, so I left some of them behind and brought others with me, without considering my words or preserving them.

7:22 “(Moses) said: And what hast thou to say, O Samiri?” (20:95)

7:26 “He said: I perceived what they perceive not, so I seized a handful from the footsteps of the messenger, and then threw it in. Thus my soul commended to me.” (20:96)

7:40 Musa said to the Samiri, "What is your case, O Samiri, and what is it that prompted you to do what you did?"

7:48 The Samiri said, "I perceived what they did not perceive, so I took a handful of dust from the track of the messenger Gabriel’s horse and cast it into the mold; thus did my soul entice me to do."

8:04 “(Moses) said: Then go! and lo! in this life it is for thee to say: Touch me not! and lo! there is for thee a tryst thou canst not break. Now look upon thy god of which thou hast remained a votary. Verily we will burn it and will scatter its dust over the sea.” (20:97)

8:23 “(Moses) said: Then go! and lo! in this life it is for thee to say: Touch me not! and lo! there is for thee a tryst thou canst not break. Now look upon thy god of which thou hast remained a votary. Verily we will burn it and will scatter its dust over the sea.” (20:97)

8:32 “Your Allah is only Allah, than Whom there is no other Allah. He embraceth all things in His knowledge.” (20:98)

8:44 Musa said to the Samiri, "Go, for it shall be your lot in this life to say, 'Do not touch me,' and you shall have a promise that will not be broken."

8:54 He mentioned that Musa (peace be upon him) commanded the Children of Israel neither to eat with him, nor to associate with him, nor to engage in trade with him.

9:02 And you have an appointed time for your punishment and retribution for what you have done, which Allah will not fail to bring upon you.

9:08 Now look at your god whom you have remained devoted to, worshipping him; we will certainly burn him in the fire, piece by piece, and then we will scatter his ashes into the sea, scattering them completely.

9:21 O people, you have no deity worthy of worship except the One to whom the worship of all creation belongs.

9:26 Worship is not valid for anyone other than Him, nor should it be directed to any but Him, for He has encompassed all things in His knowledge.

9:36 “Thus relate We unto thee (Muhammad) some tidings of that which happened of old, and We have given thee from Our presence a reminder.” (20:99)

9:48 “Whoso turneth away from it, he verily will bear a burden on the Day of Resurrection,” (20:100)

9:54 “Abiding under it - an evil burden for them on the Day of Resurrection,” (20:101)

10:02 Just as We related to you, O Muhammad, the account of Moses and Pharaoh.

10:06 Thus do We relate to you the accounts of things that have passed before you, which you did not witness.

10:13 We have indeed brought you, O Muhammad, a reminder from Us, through which those endowed with intellect and understanding may take heed.

10:20 He neither turned toward the truth nor accepted it, but instead turned his back and refused to believe.

10:25 For he shall come before his Lord on the Day of Resurrection bearing a heavy burden.

10:30 That is the grave sin.

10:32 They will abide eternally in the Fire, bearing the burden of their sins; how wretched a load and heavy a weight that will be on the Day of Resurrection.

10:40 “The day when the Trumpet is blown. On that day we assemble the guilty white-eyed (with terror),” (20:102)

10:48 They whisper among themselves, saying, "You have stayed but ten days."

10:54 On the day when the Trumpet is blown, We shall drive those who disbelieved in Allah on that day toward the gathering place of the Resurrection.

11:01 Their eyes will be blue from the intensity of the thirst that will afflict them at the place of gathering.

11:07 It has been said that they will be gathered in a state of blindness.

11:11 They whisper among themselves, and some confide in others.

11:15 You have not tarried in this world but for ten days.

11:20 “We are Best Aware of what they utter when their best in conduct say: Ye have tarried but a day.” (20:104)

11:30 We are more aware of what they say when they whisper and speak to one another in secret.

11:34 Nothing of what they whisper among themselves is hidden from us.

11:39 When he says, "The most intelligent and knowledgeable among them," it is as if they had only stayed in this world for a single day.

11:47 “They will ask thee of the mountains (on that day). Say: My Lord will break them into scattered dust.” (20:105)

11:54 He will leave it as a level plain, wherein you will see neither crookedness nor ruggedness.

12:06 And your people, O Muhammad, ask you concerning the mountains.

12:09 So say to them: "My Lord will scatter it as dust."

12:13 He uproots it, eradicating it entirely from its very foundations.

12:18 He will then leave those places as smooth, barren land, with no vegetation, no mounds, and no elevations.

12:25 You will see in it no deviation from perfect balance, nor any rise or fall.

12:32 On that Day, they will follow the caller, from whom there is no deviation.

12:37 “On that day they follow the summoner who deceiveth not, and voices are hushed for the Beneficent, and thou hearest but a faint murmur.” (20:108)

12:45 On that day, people will follow the voice of the caller of Allah, who summons them to the place of Resurrection, and He will gather them unto Him.

12:53 They shall have no deviation from it nor any turning away, but rather they shall be gathered toward it in haste.

13:00 The voices of all creation will be hushed before the Most Merciful, and you will hear nothing from any of them but a faint whisper.

13:07 Except for those to whom the Most Merciful has granted permission, and it has been said that this refers to the treading of feet toward the place of gathering.

13:16 “On that day no intercession availeth save (that of) him unto whom the Beneficent hath given leave and whose word He accepteth.” (20:109)

13:25 “He knoweth (all) that is before them and (all) that is behind them, while they cannot compass it in knowledge.” (20:110)

13:34 On that Day, no intercession shall be of any avail, except for those whom the Most Merciful has permitted to intercede and whose word He has approved.

13:42 Your Lord, O Muhammad, knows what lies ahead for those who follow the caller regarding the affairs of the Day of Resurrection.

13:50 He knows the state of what they have left behind of worldly affairs, yet His creation cannot encompass Him in knowledge.

Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation | Episode (20-3) | Surah Taha | Verses from (83) to (110)

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