Part of Tafsir al-Tabari (the series is complete)
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Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation | Episode (102) | Surat At-Takhab
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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The summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.
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Abridged by Dr. Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari.
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Surah al-Takathur.
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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﴾The mutual rivalry for piling up [of worldly things] diverts you﴿.
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﴾Until you visit the graves﴿.
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﴾Nay! You shall come to know!﴿
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﴾Again, nay! You shall come to know!﴿
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﴾Nay! If you knew with a sure knowledge﴿.
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"Diverts you," O people, means the boasting of wealth and numbers.
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From the obedience of your Lord.
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And from that which would save you from His wrath upon you.
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Until you reach the graves and are buried within them.
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In this is evidence for the validity of the belief in the punishment of the grave.
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"Nay," meaning: it is not fitting for you to let the rivalry for piling up divert you.
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"You shall come to know," when you visit the graves, O people who were diverted by the rivalry for piling up.
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The consequence of your actions and your preoccupation in this world with piling up, away from the obedience of your Lord.
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Then, "Nay," it is not fitting for you to let the rivalry for piling up in wealth and numbers divert you.
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"You shall come to know," when you visit the graves, what you will encounter once you have visited them.
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Of the unpleasantness of your preoccupation with piling up, away from the obedience of your Lord.
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He repeated His saying, "Nay! You shall come to know!" twice.
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Because when the Arabs intended to emphasize a warning or a threat,
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They would repeat the word twice.
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It is not fitting for you to let the rivalry for piling up divert you, O people.
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If you knew, O people, with a sure knowledge,
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That Allah will resurrect you on the Day of Resurrection after your death from your graves,
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The rivalry for piling up would not have diverted you from the obedience of Allah, your Lord.
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You would have hastened to His worship and to fulfilling His commands and prohibitions.
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And you would have renounced the world out of fear for your own souls from His punishment.
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﴾You shall certainly see Hell-fire!﴿
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“Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.” (102:7)
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﴾Then you shall be questioned that Day about the delights!﴿
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You shall certainly see, O polytheists, Hell-fire on the Day of Resurrection.
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Then you shall see it with your own eyes, never to be absent from it.
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Then you shall be questioned that Day about the delights.
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The exegetes differed regarding what those "delights" are.
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Some said it is security and health.
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Others said it is what has been granted to them of hearing, sight, and bodily health.
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Others said it is well-being.
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Others said it refers to some of what a person eats or drinks.
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Others said it is everything a person enjoyed in this world.
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The correct view is that Allah informed us that He will question these people about the delights.
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He did not specify in His report that He would question them about one type of delight to the exclusion of another.
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Rather, the report is general regarding all of them.
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He will question them, as He said, about all delights, not just some to the exclusion of others.
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The summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.