Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation | Episode (71)

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

0:03 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.

0:07 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammar.

0:12 Surah Nuh.

0:15 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

0:22 “Lo! We sent Noah unto his people (saying): Warn thy people ere the painful doom come unto them.” (71:1)

0:40 “He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you” (71:2)

0:48 “(Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,” (71:3)

0:53 He will forgive you some of your sins and grant you respite until an appointed term.

1:03 “That He may forgive you somewhat of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Lo! the term of Allah, when it cometh, cannot be delayed, if ye but knew.” (71:4)

1:17 Indeed, We sent Nuh to his people, saying: "Warn your people before a painful punishment comes to them."

1:26 This refers to the flood with which Allah drowned them.

1:30 Nuh said to his people:

1:32 "O my people, I am a clear warner to you; I warn you of the punishment of Allah, so beware of Him."

1:37 And I make clear to you the warning I bring.

1:40 I command you to worship Allah.

1:43 Fear His punishment by believing in Him and acting in obedience to Him.

1:47 Comply with what I command you and accept my counsel.

1:52 He will overlook your sins and pardon them.

1:55 He will grant you respite in your lifespans and will not destroy you with punishment.

1:59 Neither by drowning nor by any other means.

2:01 Until the time He has decreed for you to remain.

2:05 If you obey Him and worship Him.

2:08 For the term of Allah, which He has written for His creation in the Preserved Tablet,

2:13 When it arrives, it cannot be delayed beyond its appointed time.

2:17 If you knew that this were the case,

2:20 You would hasten to the obedience of your Lord.

2:23 “He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day” (71:5)

2:32 “But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;” (71:6)

2:39 “And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in pride.” (71:7)

2:44 “And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in pride.” (71:7)

2:52 And they wrapped themselves in their garments.

2:55 And they persisted and were arrogant with great arrogance.

3:01 Nuh said, when he had conveyed the message of his Lord to his people:

3:06 “He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day” (71:5)

3:10 To Your Oneness and Your worship.

3:12 And I warned them of Your might and Your power.

3:15 Yet my calling them only increased them in flight, escape, and turning away from it.

3:21 And indeed, every time I called them to acknowledge Your Oneness and act in obedience to You,

3:27 And to disavow the worship of everything besides You,

3:30 So that You might forgive them if they did so,

3:33 “And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in pride.” (71:7)

3:36 So that they would not hear my call to them.

3:40 They wrapped themselves in their garments and covered themselves with them,

3:43 So that they would not hear my call.

3:46 They remained steadfast in their disbelief and persisted in it.

3:50 They grew arrogant and became too haughty to submit to the truth,

3:54 Or to accept the counsel I invited them to.

3:59 “And lo! I have called unto them aloud,” (71:8)

4:03 “And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private.” (71:9)

4:12 Then I invited them to what You commanded me to invite them to,

4:18 Publicly and openly, not in secret.

4:21 Then I spoke plainly to them and proclaimed the warning You commanded me to deliver.

4:27 And I spoke to them about it privately and in secret.

4:31 “And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.” (71:10)

4:39 He will send rain from the sky upon you in abundance.

4:46 “And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.” (71:12)

5:03 “What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity” (71:13)

5:08 While He has created you in stages.

5:11 So I said to them: "Ask your Lord for the forgiveness of your sins."

5:16 Repent to Him for your disbelief and the worship of gods other than Him, and declare His Oneness.

5:22 Devote your worship sincerely to Him, and He will forgive you.

5:25 Indeed, He is ever Forgiving to the sins of those who turn and repent to Him.

5:30 Your Lord will send down the rain upon you in succession.

5:34 And along with that, your Lord will grant you wealth and children.

5:38 He will increase them for you and multiply what you have of them.

5:43 And He will provide you with gardens.

5:45 And He will provide you with rivers so that you may irrigate your gardens and farms.

5:51 Why do you not fear the greatness of Allah?

5:54 When He has created you stage after stage.

5:57 At one time a drop of fluid, then a clinging clot, then a lump of flesh.

6:02 “See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,” (71:15)

6:11 “And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?” (71:16)

6:19 “And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,” (71:17)

6:25 “And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing.” (71:18)

6:32 “And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you” (71:19)

6:37 “That ye may thread the valley-ways thereof.” (71:20)

6:43 Do you not see, O people—so that you may take heed—how Allah created seven heavens?

6:49 One heaven above another in layers.

6:52 And He made the moon a light within the seven heavens.

6:56 And He made the sun a lamp within them.

6:59 And Allah caused you to grow from the earth like a plant.

7:02 He created you from it if He wills.

7:05 Then He will return you into the earth as you were—dust.

7:09 He will make you as you were before He created you.

7:13 And He will bring you out from it when He wills, alive, in a final bringing forth.

7:18 “And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you” (71:19)

7:21 You settle upon it and spread it out.

7:24 So that you may traverse its wide paths.

7:28 “Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;” (71:21)

7:34 “Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;” (71:21)

7:40 And they plotted a mighty plot.

7:45 Nuh said: "My Lord, my people have disobeyed me and opposed my command."

7:50 They rejected the guidance and righteousness to which I invited them.

7:55 And in their disobedience to me, they followed those who called them to it,

7:59 From among those whose wealth and children were abundant.

8:02 Yet the abundance of their wealth and children only increased them in loss.

8:06 Distance from Allah and straying from the path of truth.

8:10 And they plotted a great plot.

8:13 “And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.” (71:23)

8:18 “And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.” (71:23)

8:23 “And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.” (71:23)

8:29 And they have led many astray.

8:32 And do not increase the wrongdoers except in error.

8:37 These were idols that were worshipped in the time of Nuh.

8:43 They were righteous people from the children of Adam.

8:46 They had followers who took them as examples.

8:50 When they died,

8:52 Their companions who used to follow them said:

8:56 "If we make images of them, it will make us more eager for worship when we remember them."

9:01 So they made images of them.

9:03 When they died,

9:05 And others came after them,

9:07 Iblis approached them and said:

9:09 "They only used to worship them,"

9:12 "And through them, they were granted rain."

9:14 So they worshipped them.

9:16 And many people were led astray by the worship of these idols, which were fashioned in the likeness of those men.

9:22 Many of the people.

9:24 And do not increase the wrongdoers—who wrong themselves by their disbelief in Our signs—except in error.

9:30 Except for a seal upon their hearts,

9:32 So that they are not guided to the truth.

9:37 Because of their sins, they were drowned.

9:43 They were drowned and then admitted into a Fire.

9:46 “Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.” (71:25)

9:52 Because of their sins, they were drowned.

9:56 And admitted into Hell.

9:58 “Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.” (71:25)

10:01 He will exact retribution for them for what was done to them.

10:04 And do not intervene between them and what was done to them.

10:08 “And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land.” (71:26)

10:16 “If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.” (71:27)

10:25 “If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.” (71:27)

10:30 And Nuh said: "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth any inhabitant among the disbelievers,"

10:38 Who walks about on the earth,

10:40 Going and coming upon it.

10:45 "For indeed, my Lord, if You leave the disbelievers alive on the earth,"

10:48 "And do not destroy them with a punishment from You,"

10:51 "They will lead astray Your servants who have believed in You,"

10:54 "And they will divert them from Your path."

11:00 “My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and him who entereth my house believing, and believing men and believing women, and increase not the wrong-doers in aught save ruin.” (71:28)

11:13 "And they will beget none but wicked ones in Your religion, ungrateful for Your favor."

11:17 “My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and him who entereth my house believing, and believing men and believing women, and increase not the wrong-doers in aught save ruin.” (71:28)

11:24 "My Lord, forgive me,"

11:26 "And cover my sins, and those of my parents,"

11:29 "And whoever enters my house of worship and my place of prayer as a worshipper,"

11:33 "Believing in the duty You have imposed upon him."

11:36 "And for the believing men and the believing women."

11:40 "And do not increase the wrongdoers—who wrong themselves by their disbelief—except in loss."

11:47 A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.

Conclusion from Al-Tabari’s interpretation | Episode (71) | Surah Nuh

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