Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation | Episode (89)

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

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

0:08 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammar.

0:12 Surah al-Fajr.

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

0:23 By the dawn.

0:24 By the ten nights.

0:26 By the even and the odd.

0:28 By the night when it departs.

0:31 “There surely is an oath for thinking man.” (89:5)

0:36 Our Lord, may His praise be exalted, swears by the dawn.

0:39 This is the dawn of the morning.

0:41 He swears by the ten nights of Dhu al-Hijjah.

0:44 He swears by the even and the odd.

0:47 The exegetes differed regarding what is meant by the "even" (al-shaf').

0:51 In His saying, "And the even."

0:53 And what is meant by the "odd" (al-watr).

0:56 In His saying, "And the odd."

0:58 Some said:

1:00 The even is the Day of Sacrifice (Yawm al-Nahr).

1:02 And the odd is the Day of 'Arafah.

1:04 Others said:

1:06 The even is the two days following the Day of Sacrifice.

1:09 And the odd is the third day.

1:12 Others said:

1:14 The even is all of creation.

1:16 And the odd is Allah.

1:18 Others said:

1:20 It refers to the prescribed prayers.

1:22 Some of which are even.

1:24 Such as the Fajr and Dhuhr prayers.

1:26 And some of which are odd.

1:28 Such as the Maghrib prayer.

1:30 He did not specify one type of even.

1:32 Nor one type of odd over another.

1:34 Every even number is a fact by report and reason.

1:36 And every even and odd.

1:38 Is part of what He has sworn by.

1:40 And His saying, "And the night."

1:42 "When it departs."

1:44 Meaning, the night when it moves on and passes away.

1:46 Is there in what I have sworn by.

1:48 Of these matters, a convincing argument.

1:50 For one who possesses intellect?

1:53 Have you not seen how your Lord dealt.

1:55 With 'Ad?

1:57 Iram, who had lofty pillars.

1:59 Which.

2:01 Had no equal.

2:03 Created in the lands.

2:05 And Thamud.

2:07 Who carved the rocks.

2:09 In the valley.

2:11 And Pharaoh.

2:13 The owner of the stakes.

2:15 Those who transgressed.

2:17 In the lands.

2:19 And increased.

2:21 Corruption therein.

2:23 So your Lord poured.

2:25 Upon them a scourge.

2:27 Of punishment.

2:29 Indeed, your Lord.

2:31 Is ever watchful.

2:36 Have you not looked, O Muhammad.

2:38 With the eye of your heart.

2:40 To see how your Lord dealt.

2:42 With the tribe of 'Ad.

2:44 The people of the lofty pillars.

2:46 He meant by that they were.

2:48 Nomadic people with tents.

2:50 “The like of which was not created in the lands;” (89:8)

2:52 In greatness, strength, and power.

2:54 And Thamud, who.

2:56 Pierced the rocks and entered them.

2:58 Taking them as houses.

3:00 Have you not seen how your Lord dealt.

3:02 Also with Pharaoh, the owner of the stakes.

3:04 Which.

3:06 Were driven into the ground, whether of wood or iron.

3:08 Because either.

3:10 He used them to torture people.

3:12 Or.

3:14 He used them for his own amusement.

3:16 And His saying, "Those who transgressed."

3:18 In the lands, meaning 'Ad.

3:20 And Thamud, and Pharaoh, and the hosts.

3:22 Those who exceeded.

3:24 What their Lord permitted for them.

3:26 And were arrogant toward their Lord.

3:28 By persisting in disbelief in Him.

3:30 In the lands where they were.

3:32 Located.

3:34 They increased corruption in the lands.

3:36 And committed what Allah forbade them.

3:38 So your Lord sent down upon them, O Muhammad.

3:40 His punishment.

3:42 And brought upon them His vengeance.

3:44 Because they spread corruption in the lands.

3:46 And transgressed against Allah therein.

3:48 Indeed, your Lord, O Muhammad.

3:50 Regarding those whose stories I have recounted.

3:52 To you.

3:54 And their likes among those who disbelieve in Him.

3:56 Is ever watchful.

3:58 He observes them by their deeds.

4:00 In this world and in the Hereafter.

4:02 Upon the bridges of Hell.

4:04 To cast them into it.

4:06 When they arrive there on the Day of Resurrection.

4:08 As for.

4:11 Man.

4:13 When his Lord tests him.

4:15 By honoring him and bestowing favors upon him.

4:17 By honoring him.

4:19 And favoring him.

4:21 He says, "My Lord has honored me."

4:23 But as for.

4:25 When He tests him.

4:27 And restricts his provision.

4:29 He says.

4:31 He says, "My Lord.

4:33 Has humiliated me."

4:35 As for man, when.

4:37 His Lord tries him with blessings and wealth.

4:39 Honoring him with money.

4:41 And bestowing upon him.

4:43 And favoring him by expanding.

4:45 From His bounty.

4:47 He rejoices in that and is pleased.

4:49 And says.

4:51 "My Lord has honored me with this honor."

4:53 But when He tries him.

4:55 His Lord with poverty.

4:57 And restricts his provision.

4:59 And limits it.

5:01 So his wealth does not increase, nor is it expanded for him.

5:03 He says.

5:05 "My Lord has humiliated me with poverty."

5:07 And he does not thank Allah for.

5:09 What He has gifted him of sound.

5:11 Limbs and provision.

5:13 Of well-being in his body.

5:15 No.

5:18 But you do not honor.

5:20 The orphan.

5:22 And you do not encourage.

5:24 The feeding.

5:27 Of the poor.

5:29 And you consume the inheritance.

5:31 Devouring it greedily.

5:33 And you love.

5:35 Wealth with a love.

5:37 Excessive.

5:39 And His saying.

5:42 “Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan” (89:17)

5:44 The orphan.

5:46 Meaning: No.

5:48 I do not honor the one I honored.

5:50 With an abundance of worldly goods.

5:52 Nor do I humiliate the one I humiliated with a lack thereof.

5:54 But.

5:56 I only honor the one I honored through obedience to Me.

5:58 And I humiliate the one I humiliated.

6:00 Through disobedience to Me.

6:02 Rather, I only humiliated the one I humiliated.

6:04 Because he does not honor.

6:06 The orphan.

6:08 Nor do you encourage one another.

6:10 To feed the poor.

6:12 And you consume, O people.

6:14 The inheritance with intense consumption.

6:16 Leaving nothing of it.

6:18 And you love the accumulation.

6:20 O people, and the hoarding of it.

6:22 With a great and intense love.

6:24 No, when.

6:27 The earth is leveled.

6:29 Crushed.

6:31 Crushed.

6:33 And your Lord comes.

6:35 And the angels, rank.

6:37 Upon rank.

6:39 And is brought.

6:41 That day.

6:43 Hell.

6:45 That day.

6:47 Will remember.

6:49 Man.

6:51 But what will remembrance avail him?

6:53 No.

6:56 It is not fitting.

6:58 For the matter to be thus.

7:00 Then He, may His praise be exalted, informs about.

7:02 Their remorse for their deeds.

7:04 The evil ones in this world.

7:06 And their regret for what has passed.

7:08 From them, when regret will not benefit them.

7:10 So He said.

7:12 When the earth is shaken.

7:14 And trembled, tremor after.

7:16 It will shake and move.

7:18 After it has been moved.

7:20 And when your Lord comes, O Muhammad.

7:22 And the angels, rank upon rank.

7:24 Row after row.

7:26 And Allah will come on that Day.

7:28 With Hell.

7:30 On that Day, man will remember.

7:32 His negligence in the world regarding the obedience of Allah.

7:34 And regarding that which draws him closer.

7:36 To Him through righteous deeds.

7:38 And from what path will he have.

7:40 Remembrance?

7:42 He will say, "Oh, I wish I had.

7:44 Sent ahead for my life."

7:46 For on that Day.

7:48 None will punish with His punishment.

7:50 Anyone.

7:52 And none will bind with His binding.

7:54 Anyone.

7:57 The Exalted says, in His remembrance.

7:59 Informing us of the anguish of the son of Adam.

8:01 And his sorrow on the Day of Resurrection.

8:03 And his regret for his negligence.

8:05 Regarding righteous deeds.

8:07 In the world, which would have earned him.

8:09 Eternal existence in bliss.

8:11 That never ends.

8:13 "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead in the world.

8:15 Righteous deeds for this life of mine."

8:17 Which has no death.

8:19 After it.

8:21 That which would save me from the wrath of Allah.

8:23 And secure for me His pleasure.

8:25 For on that Day, none will punish.

8:27 With the punishment of Allah, anyone.

8:29 In the world.

8:31 And none will bind like the binding of Allah.

8:33 Anyone in the world.

8:36 "O tranquil soul.

8:38 At peace.

8:40 Return.

8:42 To your Lord.

8:44 Well-pleased.

8:46 And well-pleasing.

8:48 So enter among My servants.

8:50 And enter.

8:52 My Paradise."

8:54 O soul that is.

8:57 Tranquil with the promise of Allah.

8:59 Which He promised.

9:01 The people of faith in Him in the world.

9:03 Of honor in the Hereafter.

9:05 And you believed in that.

9:07 Return to your Lord.

9:09 This is a message.

9:11 From Allah, may His majesty be exalted.

9:13 Through the angels to the soul of the believer.

9:15 At the time of resurrection.

9:17 Commanding it to return to the body.

9:19 Of its owner.

9:21 "So enter among My righteous servants.

9:23 And enter My Paradise."

9:27 This is the summary from the Tafsir of al-Tabari.

Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation | Episode (89) | Surat Al-Fajr

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