Part of Tafsir al-Tabari (the series is complete) · Lesson 142 of 308

Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation | Episode (34-4) | Surah Sheba | Verses from (46) to (54)

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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-Shammari.
0:12 Surah Saba'.
0:17 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
0:22 "I only advise you of one thing."
0:28 “Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I exhort you unto one thing only: that ye awake, for Allah's sake, by twos and singly, and then reflect: There is no madness in your comrade. He is naught else than a warner unto you in face of a terrific doom.” (34:46)
0:35 “Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I exhort you unto one thing only: that ye awake, for Allah's sake, by twos and singly, and then reflect: There is no madness in your comrade. He is naught else than a warner unto you in face of a terrific doom.” (34:46)
0:40 “Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I exhort you unto one thing only: that ye awake, for Allah's sake, by twos and singly, and then reflect: There is no madness in your comrade. He is naught else than a warner unto you in face of a terrific doom.” (34:46)
0:50 Say, O Muhammad, to these polytheists of your people:
0:54 "I only advise you, O people, of one thing."
0:58 And that is obedience to Allah.
1:00 That one thing which I advise you with
1:03 Is that you stand for the sake of Allah with sincerity and abandon your desires.
1:07 Let one of you stand with another,
1:10 And let them engage in a sincere discussion:
1:13 "Have you perceived any madness in Muhammad?"
1:16 Then let each one of you reflect alone,
1:20 And consider whether he is truly afflicted with that.
1:23 Muhammad is nothing but a warner to you, warning you of the punishment for your disbelief in Allah,
1:29 Before the torment of Hell reaches you.
1:34 “Say: Whatever reward I might have asked of you is yours. My reward is the affair of Allah only. He is Witness over all things.” (34:47)
1:39 "My reward is only from Allah."
1:44 “Say: Whatever reward I might have asked of you is yours. My reward is the affair of Allah only. He is Witness over all things.” (34:47)
1:50 Say, O Muhammad, to your people:
1:52 "I do not ask of you any payment for warning you of the punishment of Allah,
1:57 Or for my sincere advice to you."
1:59 My reward for calling you to faith in Allah and to act in obedience to Him
2:04 Is only from Allah.
2:06 And Allah, regarding the truth of what I say to you,
2:09 Is a Witness who testifies for me,
2:11 And over all other things as well.
2:16 “Say: Lo! my Lord hurleth the truth. (He is) the Knower of Things Hidden.” (34:48)
2:24 Say, O Muhammad, to the polytheists of your people:
2:27 "My Lord sends down revelation from the heaven,
2:30 And casts it upon His Prophet, Muhammad, peace be upon him."
2:35 He knows what is hidden from sight.
2:38 “Say: The Truth hath come, and falsehood showeth not its face and will not return.” (34:49)
2:46 Say to them, O Muhammad: "The Qur'an and the revelation of Allah have come."
2:52 And falsehood cannot originate any creation,
2:55 For falsehood is Iblis,
2:57 Nor can it restore it to life after its destruction.
3:01 “Say: If I err, I err only to my own loss, and if I am rightly guided it is because of that which my Lord hath revealed unto me. Lo! He is Hearer, Nigh.” (34:50)
3:08 “Say: If I err, I err only to my own loss, and if I am rightly guided it is because of that which my Lord hath revealed unto me. Lo! He is Hearer, Nigh.” (34:50)
3:13 Indeed, He is All-Hearing, Ever-Near.
3:18 Say, O Muhammad, to your people:
3:20 "If I go astray from guidance,
3:22 Then my straying is only to the detriment of my own soul."
3:25 "And if I remain steadfast upon the truth,
3:27 It is by the revelation of Allah which He reveals to me."
3:31 Indeed, my Lord is All-Hearing of what I say to you and is its Guardian.
3:35 And He is the One who will reward me for my truthfulness in that.
3:39 And that is not far from Him.
3:42 It is not difficult for Him to hear what I say to you, what you say,
3:46 Or what others say.
3:49 Rather, He is near to every speaker, hearing everything that is uttered.
4:04 If you could but see, O Muhammad, these polytheists of your people,
4:09 When you witness them in their terror upon seeing the punishment of Allah,
4:14 There will be no way for them to escape by themselves,
4:18 Nor will they be able to elude Us by fleeing.
4:20 Allah will seize them with His punishment from a place that is near,
4:24 Because wherever they are, they are near to Allah and cannot be far from Him.
4:42 And they will say when they witness the punishment:
4:46 "We believe in Allah."
4:48 But how can they attain it?
4:51 Where is the opportunity for repentance and return, now that it has become distant from them?
4:55 They have become like one trying to reach something from a far-off place.
5:00 This is because they will say that on the Day of Resurrection,
5:03 Whereas accepted repentance was only possible in the worldly life.
5:07 The worldly life has passed, and it has become distant from the Hereafter.
5:19 They had previously disbelieved in what they are now asking their Lord for when the punishment descends upon them.
5:26 That is faith in Allah and in Muhammad.
5:30 Today, they cast stones at the unseen regarding Muhammad from a distant place,
5:35 Some saying he is a sorcerer,
5:38 Others saying he is a poet, and so on.
5:50 Just as was done with their predecessors.
5:55 “And a gulf is set between them and that which they desire, as was done for people of their kind of old. Lo! they were in hopeless doubt.” (34:54)
6:02 A barrier will be placed between these polytheists and what they desire at that time of faith.
6:10 We have done to these polytheists
6:13 Just as We did to their predecessors among the disbelieving nations before them, due to their disbelief in Allah.
6:19 They were, in the worldly life, in doubt regarding the descent of the punishment,
6:24 A doubt that causes the one who holds it to be in a state of confusion.