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The transcript discusses the Surah of the Bible, which is the 18th chapter of the Bible, and its importance in various books. The Surah is about the differences between the teachings of Islam and the teachings of modern time, and the speakers emphasize the importance of the Surah in the teachings of Islam, including the use of signs and the importance of resurrection. The story of Assyrian View is also discussed, and the importance of remembering and recounting actions and events in life is emphasized.AI Generated Transcript ©
So today is the 23rd day of the
reading and the commentary of this book of
more famously known as the tafsir of Asadi.
Who died in the year 1,376
of the Hijra.
And today, we begin with the first surah
of the 30th Jews of the Quran,
and it is the 78th
chapter, Surah 2 Nabah,
and is known by this name in a
number of the books of tafsirs and a
number of generations that you will find from
the generation of the Tabi'in onwards. But what
it was more famously known as in the
time of the companions and in those hadith
in which it is mentioned from the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam is Surah Amma
or Surah Amma
And
both are very similar names because sometimes
the first verse is mentioned in in in
its complete form, and sometimes part of the
first verse is mentioned. And, obviously, as we
mentioned before, this is more akin to a
description as opposed to a name. And the
companions often used to refer to surahs in
this way, by mentioning to you the opening
verse,
Surah Amma, Surah Noonwal Qalam, Surah. This is
how they would often refer to the surahs
of the Quran.
It is a mikki surah according to Ibn
Abbas
and then those scholars who followed him in
this and declared it by agreement such as
and others. And it consists of 40 verses.
In the name of Allah, the most gracious
and most merciful.
What are they asking one one another about?
About the great tidings.
Concerning which they differ.
They all come to
know.
Again,
they all come to know.
That is, what are those
what are those who disbelieve in the signs
of Allah asking one another about? Then Allah
explains what they are asking one another about.
As he says, about the great tiding concerning
which they differ. That is about the great
news concerning which they differed for a long
time and their attitude of rejecting it and
believing it to be very unlikely became more
known. Although it is tidings that are not
subject to doubt. But those who disbelieve in
the meeting with their lord will not believe
even if all the signs were to come
to them until they see the painful punishment.
Allah
says that they ask about ask one another
about the great news or the great tidings.
What are the great tidings that are being
referred to in this surah?
Some of the scholars of tafsir wrote the
position that what they differ over and what
they ask concerning
is the Quran.
That's what it's being referred to. They ask
about the Quran,
and they differ over it because some of
them or many of them rejected or they
all rejected it, but they differed as to
what it was,
the sayings of a madman. Some of them
couldn't understand how the eloquence of the Quran
was something which was unrivaled. So they had
different issues that they had with the book
of Allah
That's one position amongst the scholars of tafsir.
The other one and the one that the
author favors and before him, many of the
scholars of tafsir such as Al Imam Tabari,
and others, is that what they differ about
is resurrection.
That's what they differ about. Is there a
resurrection? Is there no resurrection?
And the reason why and others chose this
position
is because the rest of the Surah then
deals with Allah
signs in the earth and creation, and then
on the day of judgment, it will take
place. And so the context of the surah
and the verses that then follow in which
Allah
then answers this question about that which they
differ using his signs of the universe and
then speaking about the day of judgment, speaks
about
the issue of resurrection and qiyama.
And that is why those scholars said that
that seems to be the stronger of the
2 positions and Allah knows best. Hence, Allah
says, nay. They will come to know. Again,
nay, they will come to know. That is,
they will come to know when the punishment
and what they used to they used to
deny befalls them. When they are shoved forcibly
towards the fire of hell and it said
to them, this is the fire which you
used to deny.
Then Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala explains the blessings
and the proof that confirms the truthfulness of
what the messengers brought.
Have we not spread out the earth?
And made the mountains as pegs.
And created you in pairs.
And made you sleep for rest.
And made the night a covering.
And made the day for earning a living,
for earning a livelihood.
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And placed therein a blazing lamp.
And sent down from the rain clouds water
into torrents.
So that we may bring forth thereby grains
and vegetation.
And garden tents with folly foliage foliage.
That is, have we not bestowed upon you
immense blessings? For we have spread out the
earth and made it ready for you to
make use of it by cultivating it, building,
building dwellings on it, and taking
routes throughout through it, and made the mountains
as pegs to hold the earth firm, lest
it shake and shift, and create you in
pairs, that is male and female,
from one race, so that each may find
comfort in the other. And there will be
the love and compassion,
and they will produce offspring together. This includes
sexual pleasure. And may you sleep for rest,
That is so that you may seize your
work,
seize your work which if you if you
did not stop, would cause you physical harm.
So Allah has caused the night and sleep
to overtake people so that their harmful physical
act activities may cease and they may attain
some needed rest. And when Allah
mentions these signs, Allah
asks them as questions.
Did Allah not do this? Did Allah not
do that? Meaning, that it is a point
of reflection to imagine what would be the
case if the opposite was true. So if
the earth wasn't flat and it wasn't a
place where you could stand on, it was
something which if you put your foot on
the ground, it would sink in, wasn't something
firm enough for you to build upon, for
you to travel upon, for you to walk
upon, How different would life be if the
mountains weren't there to stabilize the earth and
the 8th the earth constantly shook, constantly was
moving, constant tremors, constant moving? How difficult would
it be if Allah hadn't given to you
partners that you could marry, that you could
spend time with, that you could procreate with?
How difficult would life be if Allah given
you different times of the day and night
for you to rest, for you to work
so that you could take benefit from both?
How difficult would life be? And anyone that
is deprived of any one of those blessings
that Allah azza wa jal bestows upon them
knows the preciousness and the value of what
Allah azza wa jal gave to them.
And and built above you 7 firmaments. That
is 7 heavens which are very strong, solid
and firm. Allah holds them by his might
and has made them a roof for the
earth and there are many benefits in them.
Hence, he mentions above hence, he mentions among
their benefits, the sun, as he says, and
placed therein a blazing lamp. It is referred
to as a lamp so as to highlight
the blessings of its light, which is something
necessary for people. And it is described as
blazing, which is indicative of its heat and
the benefits thereof. And all of these are
the creations of Allah and the servants of
Allah. Each one of them praises Allah and
glorifies Allah and does as Allah commands. The
sun, how vast it is. One of the
greatest and amazing creations that we can see.
Allah has
made it subservient to him
as the prophet said
that every night or every evening when the
sun
sets, it goes before the throne of its
lord and it prostrates in a manner that
only Allah
knows, and he seeks permission to continue upon
its course and Allah gives it the permission
to do so. As Allah mentions
The sun, it is not befitting that it
takes the place of the moon nor that
the night takes the place of the day.
Each one, Allah has given to it its
place and that is why the prophet told
us that
on the day of judgment when that sun
comes and prostrates before Allah, seeking permission to
continue, Allah will say, no. Go back from
where you came. So he will rise from
the west, and that is when the day
of judgment will be established. All of these
are subservient to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, they
submit to him. And sent down from the
rain cloud water in torrents
that is abundant and plentiful
so that we may bring forth thereby
grains such as wheat, barley, corn, rice, and
other things that humans eat and vegetation.
This includes all all vegetation that Allah has
made as fodder for their livestock. So rather
than vegetation, a better is fodder. Fodder is
a better translation. Allah mentions both benefits.
Benefits in terms of what you eat and
what you consume,
benefits in terms of what your animals and
your livestock eat and consume because you also
need your livestock. Allah didn't just give provision
to the humans, he gave provision to the
animals and to the insects because we benefit
from them. Just look at the ant and
look at the bee and look at all
of these insects that Allah
allows to go about in their functions, and
we directly when directly benefit from them.
And gardens dense with foliage,
that is gardens dense with trees in which
there are all kinds of delicious fruits. How
could you disbelieve in the one who has
bestowed these great in inestimable
and
innumerable blessings upon you and deny what he
has told you about the resurrection?
Or how could you use his blessings to
disobey him and deny him and and deny
them?
Verily, the day of judgement is a time
appointed.
The the day when the trumpet will be
blown and you will come forth in crowds.
And the heaven will be open and will
become gateways.
And the mountains will be made to vanish
as if they had been a mirage.
Verily hell is lying in wait.
For the transgressor's destination.
In which they will remain for countless
aeons.
During which they will not taste any coolness
nor any drink.
Accepts scolding water and pus.
Jaza and wiferqaw,
a fitting recompense.
Indeed, they did not fear a reckoning.
And we reject and and they rejected our
our revelations outright.
We have kept an account of all things
in a book.
So taste the punishment.
We shall not increase you in art but
but torment.
Here Allah
mentions what will happen on the day of
resurrection, about which the disbelievers ask one another,
in which the stubborn
in which the stubborn deny. It will be
a momentous day, which Allah has made a
a time appointed for all creatures. Now Allah
speaks about.
And as we said at the beginning, this
is the reason why a number of the
scholars of tafsir said that that is what
Allah refers to at the beginning of the
Surah, that which they differ and that which
they question. Because now Allah will mention your
in detail. So Allah answers
that which they differed over. They rejected and
they doubted resurrection. Allah
tells them what will take place on that
day.
The day when the trumpet will be blown
and you will come forth in crowds, and
there will occur such troubles and turmoil that
which turn children's hair gray and cause great
distress. The mountains will be moved from their
places until they become like scattered dust, and
the heavens will be rent asunder until they
become like gateways. Allah will judge between all
creatures
according to his rule, which is never unfair.
The fire of hell, which Allah has prepared
for the evildoers and has made it a
destination for them, will be lit, and they
will, remain therein for countless
eons eons.
According to many commentator commentators,
the word
Aqab. Aqab
translated here as
eons, eon. It refers to a period of
80 years.
Says that they will stay in the fire.
Is the plural of the word and
it is a long extraordinary long period of
time. And the scholars of tafsir differed as
to what it refers to exactly in terms
of years. And as you can see here,
the position of the author, what he took
from other scholars of tafsir
is that each one is 80 years, meaning
that they will spend a period of 80
after 80 after 80 after Allah's your messages
in this way.
In the plural form for as long as
Allah
determines.
And this was one of the verses that
some of the scholars of Tafsir used who
took the position that eventually the people of
the fire will be destroyed and they will
cease to exist
based on verses like this. Because Allah says
that they would have akham.
It is a number of periods, but eventually
that period will come to an end and
then they will cease to exist. But the
majority of the scholars disagreed
because they took this verse in context with
the many other verses in the Quran, which
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says that they will
be in the fire and they will not
die therein.
So Allah takes away from them death. And
the hadith of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
when the people of the Jannah going to
Jannah and the people of the fire in
the fire. Allah
will call both of those groups, and Allah
will present before them death in the form
of a ram, and it will be slaughtered.
And then it will be said, oh, people
of Jannah, for you is life and no
death. And, oh, people of the fire, for
you is life and there is no death.
So the majority took all of these ahadith
and verses together, and they said this is
just an expression of how long it is.
80th to 80th, meaning once one period finishes,
there's no respite. Another one begins. Another one
begins. Another one just never ends. Keeps going
circle after circle after circle for the rest
of eternity.
When they come to the fire, they will
not taste any coolness nor any drink. That
is, they will find nothing to cool their
skin
or to or to ward off their thirst
except scalding water. That is hot water that
will scald their faces and pierce their bowels.
And pus, this is the pus of the
people of hell, which has an extremely foul
stench and horrible taste.
They will deserve these frightening punishments as a
fitting recompense
for what they did of these and brought,
them to it.
Allah will not wrong them, rather they will
have wronged themselves. Therefore, Allah mentioned their deeds
for which they will deserve this punishment. As
he says, indeed they did not fear the
reckoning. They did not fear a wreck a
reckoning. That is,
they did not believe in the resurrection and
they did not believe that Allah would require
people for both good and evil, so they
failed to strive for the hereafter. So Allah
mentions at the beginning of
The reckoning of people has drawn close.
But most people are heedless of it. Some
of the scholars said the reckoning is qiyama.
Others said it is death, and both are
similar in meaning because once you die, your
is established.
And so Allah says this is the vast
majority of people, the heedless of it. So
now
Allah why does he punish these people? One
of the bay major reasons is because they
didn't believe in qiyama. They didn't prepare for
that day.
And they rejected our revelations
outright. That is, they rejected them clearly and
blatantly.
And when clear proofs came to them, they
stubbornly denied them.
We have kept an account of all things,
small and great, good and evil, in a
book that is we have recorded in.
So the evildoers
should not be concerned that we will punish
them for sins that they never did or
think that any of their deeds will go
to waste or that even an Adam's weight
of them will be forgotten, will be forgotten.
This is like the verse in which Allah,
subhanahu wa ta'ala, says,
and the record of these will be placed
in their hands, and you will see the
evildoers filled with dread at what it come
at at what it contains. They will say,
woe to us. What sort of record is
this? That leave no deed, small or great,
unaccounted for. They will find all they they
will find all they did recorded there, and
and your lord will not wrong anyone. This
is the, law and law, or the count
that Allah keeps of every single person's record
of deeds. Not a single thing, not even
the smallest word, the smallest deed, the smallest
action is missed therein. The prophet
that a person will say a word a
word
and by it they will attain Allah's pleasure
and his forgiveness.
And a person will say a word
and they will attain by Allah's wrath and
his punishment.
A word that you
say. And look at how the prophet
said, oh, Muhammad, shall Allah not tell you
what controls everything, meaning your destination? He said,
yes, oh, messenger of Allah. The prophet held
his tongue. He said
this, Mu'adh said, oh, messenger of Allah, are
we going to be held at to account
for our words? He said, may your mother
be bereaved of you, oh, Mu'adh. And what
else will take people by their faces to
be thrown into the fire? Except their words,
except their statements, except what they say. Allah
will have every single word accounted for, and
that is why the prophet said, salallahu alayhi
wasalam, whoever believes in Allah in the last
day, speak good or remain quiet. Every one
of those words has been written. You have
nothing good to say. Don't say anything better
for you in the sight of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala. And that's why when the disbelievers,
as Allah mentions this verse that the author
mentions Surat Al Kahf, and they see their
records of deeds, they will say, what type
of record is this? Not the smallest thing
nor the biggest thing except that it has
been accounted therein.
So taste, oh, disbelievers, this painful punishment and
eternal acquittal, which shall not increase you in
all but turn torment.
And at all times and every moment, their
punishment will will increase. This verse is the
sternest of those verses that describe the severity
of the punishment for the people of hell.
May Allah protect us from it.
Verily for the righteous there will be salvation.
Gardens and vineyards.
And youthful companions of equal age.
And a cup that is full.
And he said, a recompense from your lord,
a generous gift.
From the lord of the heavens and the
earth and all that is between them. The
most gracious
whom they will have no power to address.
Having described the situation of the evildoers,
Allah now describes the destination of the righteous.
As he says, verily the righteous
verily for the righteous, there will be salvation.
That is for those who fear the wrath
of their lord by consistently
obeying him and refraining from that which he
dislikes, there will be salvation, and they will
be kept far away from the fire. By
virtue of that salvation, they will have gardens
containing all kinds of trees, colorful
and bearing fruit
through which rivers run. Vineyards and grapevines are
seen without for mention because of their high
quality and abundance in those gardens. And they
will and there, they will have wives as
they would like, youthful companions of equal age.
That is all close in age. Usually, people
who are close in age get along and
are in harmony. The age in question is
33, which is the prime of youth. Now
Allah, ajdul, other prophet
mentioned this that the people of Jannah, when
they enter into Jannah, will be at the
age of their of the age of their
prime youth, and that is 33.
That's mentioned in the hadith of Mu'adhib bin
Jabal. Says 30 in one narration,
33 in the other narration.
And Allah says in the verse before, gardens
and vineyards. The author says, Allah often mentions
the anab, vineyards, and grape vines because the
Arabs used to love them. It was considered
to be one of the most precious fruits
and one of the most expensive fruits historically.
Now, alhamdulillah, everything is easy. You can go
to the local samagah and you get grapes
all times of the year. But in olden
days,
no. It was something which was very expensive.
Grapes were expensive.
And so only the elite, the no nobility,
the wealthy would take grapes even in their
wine and in their alcohol. And as Anas
says, that that in the time of the
prophet in the Arabs, their alcohol was not
made of grapes. They couldn't afford grapes. Where
did grapes come to Mecca, Medina, and those
areas from? They used to use barley and
wheat and dates to make the alcohol because
it was extremely expensive. So Allah often in
the Quran, when he speaks about his blessings
in terms of
the dunya and what Allah gave to certain
people in terms of wealth and
what the people will have in terms of
jannah, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala often mentions grapes
because it is a sign that Allah will
give to you the best, the most precious,
the most valuable of all of his blessings.
And a cup that is full, that is
full of nectar, that is delicious for those
who drink it. They will not hear there
in any vain talk. There is talk in
which there is no benefit or lies. That
is sin. This is like the verse in
which Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala,
says, they will not hear therein any vain
talk or sinful speech, but only the salutation,
peace, peace.
Rather, Allah will give them this great reward
by his grace and bounty as a recompense
from your lord to them, a generous gift
a generous gift that is because of the
good deeds that Allah enabled them to do
in which he made,
in which, in which he made the price
of admittance
to paradise and its delights.
The one who will bestow these gifts upon
them is their lord, the lord of the
heavens and the earth and all that is
between them. That is the one who created
them and controls them,
the most gracious, whose mercy encompasses all things.
So he took care of them, had mercy
on them, and showed kindness to them until
they attained what they attained.
On the day when the spirit
and the angels stand in rows, none will
speak except those to whom the most gracious
gives permission. And they will say only what
is right.
That day is sure to come. So let
him who will
let him who will seek a way back
to his Lord.
Verily we have warned you of a punishment
that is approaching. The day when a man
will see why his hands had wrought, and
the disbeliever will say, would that eye wear
mere dust?
Then Allah mentions his greatness
and mighty power on the day of resurrection
and tells us that on that day, all
creatures will be silent and will not speak.
None will speak except those to whom the
most gracious gives permission,
and they will say only what is right.
So no one will speak unless he meets
these two conditions. That Allah has given him
permission to speak and that what he says
is right. That includes intersession as we mentioned
before. That even with intersession, Allah has
to give permission to the one who's interceding,
the one on whose behalf the intercession is
being made, and the issue of intercession.
If any one of those things are not
pleasing to Allah, a. J, the intercession doesn't
take place. Solely those whom Allah allows can
intercede, and they can only intercede on behalf
of those upon whom Allah allows the intercession
to take place. And the point of intercession
also has to be approved by Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala.
That is because
that day is a is true and is
sure to come. It is a day on
which falsehood will never prosper and lying will
be of no benefit. On that day, the
spirit named Jibreel alaihis salam who is the
noblest of the angels, and the angels will
stand in rows submitting to Allah. They will
stand in rows. And Allah mentions this a
number of times in the Quran that the
angels when they stand before their lord, subhanahu
wa ta'ala, they stand in straight rows. And
that is why the prophet said, sallallahu alaihi
wasallam to the companions, we do not stand
for the prayer the way that the angels
stand before their lord. They said, oh, messenger
of Allah, how do the angels stand before
their Lord? He said that they make their
rows straight.
They make their rows straight. And that is
why the prophet said straighten your rows for
it is from the completeness of the prayer.
And so on the day of judgment, they
will come row upon row as Allah mentions
elsewhere.
They will come row upon row coming to
the command of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
None will speak any words except what Allah
gives permission to say after offering
encouragement to strive for for for paradise and
mentioning frightening news of hell, after giving glad
glad tidings and warnings, Allah says, so let
him who will seek a way back to
his lord. We let so let him who
will seek a way back to his lord.
I mean, let let him who wishes to
seek a way to Allah, let him do
so.
That is let him do righteous deeds so
that he may return with that on the
day of resurrection. Verily we have warned you
of a punishment that is approaching. The word
translated here as approaching literally means near. For
everything that is approaching is near. The day
when a man will come,
the day when a man will see why
his hands had wrought had rot, that is
this is what will concern him and alarm
him. So let him think about that in
this world. This is like the verse in
which Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says, all you
who believe, fear Allah and let every soul
consider what is has set forth for tomorrow.
And fear Allah
for verily Allah is well aware of all
that you do. And Arabs say what their
hands have wrought because that is usually how
actions are performed. It is your hands that
do the majority of your deeds. But all
of your limbs, as Allah mentions, that your
mouth the mouths of the people of the
fire will be sealed,
and there will be their limbs that will
testify upon them. Their hands, their feet, their
bodies, they will testify as to what they
did. Because Allah when he will say to
the people of the fire, which will you
who will you accept as a witness amongst
you or upon you? Because the angels will
testify, the prophets will testify, the believers will
testify, and those disbelievers will say, no. We
don't accept any of their testimonies. Who will
you accept? Allah will ask. They said we
will only accept
one that we trust. Allah says, what about
if you testify against yourself?
They will say, yes, oh, Allah that we
would accept.
So Allah seals their mouths because they lie
and Allah will make their limbs testify.
And Allah mentions this elsewhere in the Quran.
So when Allah allows them to speak again,
they will say to their limbs, what did
you testify against us for now? We will
all go into the fire. And their limbs
will say, the one who gives power gave
us power to speak. So we spoke as
he allowed us to speak, meaning they only
speak with the truth.
If he finds that his his deeds are
good, then let him praise Allah. But if
he finds otherwise, then, let let him blame
no one but himself. Hence, the disbelievers will
wish for death because of the intensity of
their regret and remorse. We ask Allah to
keep us safe from disbelief and our evil,
for he is most generous, most kind. This
is the end of the commentary of Surah
Al Nabi.
Our praise and thanks are for Allah, and
may the best and peace of Allah be
upon the prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alaihi sallam, his
family and his companions, abundantly until the day
of judgment. We now come to the 79th
chapter of the Quran, Surah Al Nasiat, and
it is known by this name in the
narrations of the sunnah and in the statements
of the companions and the early works of
tafsir,
Surah An Nasiat or 1 Nasiat.
And it is a Mikki Surah according to
the majority, if not all of the scholars
of Islam as mentioned about Urtubi ibn Aqih
and others. And it consists of 46 verses.
In the name of Allah, the most gracious,
the most merciful.
1,
by those who rest violently.
By those who draw out gently.
And by those who glide swiftly.
Those who press forward as in a race.
And who carry out the command of Allah.
On the day when the earth is shaken
violently by the first trumpet blast.
Followed by the second trumpet blast.
On that day, hearts will be pounding.
And eyes will be downcast.
They say,
will we really be restored to our former
state?
Even after we have turned into crumbling bones.
And they say, then if that is true,
we would need we would indeed be losers.
It will be but a single blast of
the trumpet.
But
either then immediately, they will, they will be
they will be back above ground.
These oaths are sworn by the noble angels
and their deeds, which are indicative of their
perfect submission to the command of Allah, and
they're hastening to carry out his commands. It
may be that what is attested to is
the requital and the resurrection
based on the fact that they are followed
by a description of the resurrection.
It may be that what is attested to
and what is sworn by is 1 and
the same. And that Allah swears by the
angels because belief in them is one of
the 6 pillars of faith. What he means
by this, the author
in terms of what the subject is or
what is being attested to is that in
Arabic language, when you take an oath, there
has to be a subject matter for which
the oath is taken. You say by Allah,
and then what? Because it's not a complete
sentence just to say by Allah. By Allah,
I will fast. By Allah, I will do
this. By Allah, I won't do that. So
when Allah a zu will takes these oaths
in the Quran by the angels, for what
reason is he taking those oaths? Some of
the scholars said to show to you the
creation of the angels themselves, from the greatest
of Allah's creations and the greatest of Allah's
signs is the creation of the angels, how
vast they are, how many they are, how
they obey Allah
and submit to him. And as they said,
Allah takes the oaths by the angels
to speak about the true reality of Yomul
Qiyamah and the resurrection because the verses that
followed them speak about Yomul Qiyamah.
Moreover, mention of their deeds here refers to
the required
of which the angels are in charge at
the time of death and before and after
that moment. And to Allah says, by those
who rest violently,
this refers to the angels who pull out
souls forcefully
and keep on pulling until the soul has
been completely brought forth from the from the
body.
Then it will be required for its deeds
and by those who draw out gently. This
refers to angels who pulls who pull souls
out gently. This indicates that gentle pulling out
is for the souls of the believers
and violent resting is for the souls of
its disbelievers. Look at how Allah, subhanahu wa
ta'ala, has given this ability to the angels
by his command, and that is the extraction
of the soul from the body. And this
is mentioned in more detail in the hadith
of al Baraib al Azzib, and
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam when he described
the believers soul leaving the body. He described
it like a drop that comes out of
a vessel. If you turn over a vessel,
how easily does the drop of water leave
it? That is how smooth the
the soul of the believer will leave the
body because it's going towards good. And within
a blink of an eye, it is shrouded
in the best of shrouds and it is
perfumed with the best of perfumes and it
is called by the best of names. And
then when the prophet mentioned the disbeliever,
he said it was like dragging
a iron hook through a ball of of
wool that has been congealed together. It is
extremely difficult to pull it through. And so
it is dragged and dragged and dragged, and
it doesn't want to leave because that soul
knows that once he leaves the body, it
will be subject to the punishment that Allah
will give to it. So it hangs on
and it is violently and painfully dragged out,
and then shrouded in the worst of shrouds
and given the worst of stentures and odors
and called by the worst of names.
And by those who glide swiftly, those who
move through the air ascending and descending, those
who press forward as in a race, hastening
to fulfill the command of Allah and to
outrun the devils when they come when when
conveying revelation to the messengers of Allah so
that the the latter will not eavesdrop on
it
and who carry out the command of Allah.
This refers to the angels whom Allah appoints
to control many of the matters of the
universe in both the upper and lower realms,
such as rain, vegetation, trees,
winds, seas,
fetuses,
animals,
paradise, hell, and so on. So
Allah has given to all of these angels
different jobs,
different
roles, different responsibilities. Some of the angels of
Allah, they've only been created for his worship.
That's all that they do.
They only worship Allah subhanahu ta'ala as the
prophet said, sallallahu alaihi wasallam, that the heavens
creak and they have the right to creak
for there's not a hand span or space
on it, except that there is an angel
standing in worship, bowing in worship, postreting worship
to the lord subhanahu wa ta'ala. And then
there are angels that are specific tasks,
those that are coming to the souls, those
to extract them, those that are the guardians
of hellfire and the guardians of paradise, those
that come to protect the believers, those that
are in charge of the rain, those are
the that are going to blow the trumpet.
Allah gives to each one of them roles
that he has given to them, subhanahu wa
ta'ala, each one by his permission.
On the day when the earth is shaken
violently by the first trumpet blast, which will
signal
the onset of the hour followed by the
second trumpet blast. On that day, hearts will
be pounding. That is, they will be deeply
troubled by the intensity of what they see
and hear. And eyes will be downcast.
That is humbled and brought low for fear
will have seized their hearts.
And they will be stunned by panic and
overwhelmed
with regret and sorrow.
They, namely, disbelievers in this world, say, by
way of denial, will we really be restored
to our former state even after we have
turned into crumbling bones?
That is bones that are worn
out and disintegrated.
They say, then if that is true, we
would indeed be losers.
That is, they think it unlikely that Allah
will resurrect them and recreate them after they
have turned into crumbling bones.
Our ignorance of Allah's might and showing audacity
and disrespect disrespect towards him. Allah says explaining
how easy this is for him. It will
be but a single blast for of the
trumpet, whereupon all creatures will be back
will be back above ground that is on
the surface of the earth standing and looking
around. Allah will gather them and judge them
and judge between them on the basis of
his just rule and he will requite them.
Has there come to you the story of
Musa?
When his lord called to him in the
sacred valley of Puah
Saying, go to pharaoh for he has indeed
transgressed all bounds.
And say, are you willing to be purified?
And for me to guide you to your
Lord so that you may come to fear
him.
Then Musa showed him the great sign.
But pharaoh denied it and disobeyed.
Then he turned away and began scheming.
He gathered his people and made a proclamation.
Saying, I am your Lord most high.
So Allah sees him for an exemplary
for an exemplary punishment in the hereafter and
in this life.
Verily, in this, there is a lesson for
those who fear Allah. Here Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala says to his prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam, has there come to you the story
of Musa? This is a question about a
matter of great significance that definitely happened.
That is, has news come to you of
him when his lord came to him in
the sacred valley of Dua'ul to him? When
his Lord called to him in the sacred
valley of Tawah. Tawah is the place where
Allah spoke to him, bestowed the the message
upon him, and chose him for his revelation
and to bring him close to him. Tawah
is the valley, the mountain is
Ator.
So Ator is the valley in which the
mountain is contained. Allah
mentions both because both of them Allah blessed.
And as we mentioned before that that is
the place where the believers when Yajuj and
Yajuj emerge at the end of time, that
Allah will command the prophet
to take the believers and go to Thun
and to seek refuge there until
Allah destroys the people of Ijuj
and Ma'joj. And the story of Musa, this
is the final mention of it in the
Quran.
Story of Musa is the most repeated and
extensively mentioned Surah of a prophet of Allah
in the book of Allah begins from Surah
Al Baqarah.
And he continues throughout the Quran, mention of
it over and over again. This is the
final mention of it as a story. The
name of Musa will come again, but as
a story, this is the final mention. So
from the beginning of the Quran towards the
end of the Quran, the story of Musa
is repeated.
He said to him, go to pharaoh for
he has indeed he has indeed transgressed all
bounds. That is term to stop transgression,
polytheism, and disobedience, speaking to him gently.
So that perhaps he may
or fear Allah and say to him, are
you willing to be purified? That is, are
you willing to attain some praiseworthy and good
characteristics
which people of understanding
compete to attain? Which means purifying yourself from
the filth of belief and transgression and attaining
faith and doing righteous deeds.
And for me to guide you to your
lord, that is show you the way to
him and and explain to you how you
may attain his pleasure and avoid his wrath
so that you may come to fear him.
When you come to know the straight path,
but pharaoh rejected that to which Musa called
him. Then Musa showed him the great sign.
This does not refer to one sign in
particular because there are there were many signs.
So Musa threw down his staff and suddenly
it was a serpent praying for all to
see and he drew forth his hand and
appeared shining white to all the to all
beholders. Allah says that Musa showed him the
great sign,
and the author says it refers to all
of the signs of Musa. Because in the
Arabic language, sometimes the singular is used to
refer to a plural, and the plural can
be used to refer to a singular. So
all of Allah
signs, they come from him. They're like a
single sign because all of them are from
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And pharaoh denied and
rejected all of them.
But pharaoh denied it, that is the truth,
and disobeyed the command.
Then he turned away and began scheming, that
is striving to oppose the,
and to oppose and fight the truth. He
gathered his people and made a proclamation saying
to them, I am your Lord most high.
So they submitted to him and affirmed his
false
his falsehood when he made fools of them.
So Allah seized him for an exemplary punishment
in the hereafter and in this life. The
aze, his punishment became a sign and a
deterrent, a reminder of punishment in this world
and the hereafter. He was given the worst
of punishments in this world, and he will
have the worst of punishments in the hereafter.
And that is because of this claim that
he made that I am your god and
lord. Many different prophets went to many different
nations, but rarely did the people of those
nations claim divinity for themselves. They were people
of shirk. They used to worship their idols
and their gods besides Allah, but they wouldn't
claim to be god themselves. Pharaoh,
he claimed to be god himself. He said,
I am your god. I don't know of
any god for you besides me. And so
Allah gave him the worst of punishments because
his evil was greater and his transgression was
worse than those others who also disbelieved in
Allah.
Verily, in this, there is a lesson for
those who fear Allah.
For the one who fears Allah is the
one who will benefit from signs and lessons.
When he sees the punishment of pharaoh, he
will realize that whoever is arrogant and disobeys
and opposes the sovereign most high, he will
punish him in the in this world and
the hereafter. As for the one whose heart
is devoid of fear of Allah, no matter
what signs what sign comes to him, he
will not believe in it.
Are you more difficult to create or the
heaven? He built it.
Raised its height and perfected it.
He darkened its night and brought forth its
daylight.
And after that he spread out the earth.
Brought forth its water and its vegetation.
And set the mountains firmly.
As provision for you and your livestock.
Here Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says, giving a
clear sign to those who disbelieve in the
hereafter and think it unlikely that Allah Those
who disbelieve.
Those who disbelieve in their resurrection and think
it unlikely that Allah will recreate
their bodies, are you, or humans, more difficult
to create or they haven't? With its immense
size, strong structure, and great height, Allah built
it, raised its height, that is its size
and shape, and perfected it with dazzling astounding
precision.
He darkened its night so that its darkness,
envelops all parts of the heaven and the
face of the earth.
He's overshadowed
is overshadowed with darkness and brought forth its
daylight. That is, he made a great light
to prevail in it when he brings the
sun during the day so that people may
go about their business, both religious and worldly.
And how many of our Ibadat are based
on the sun and the moon,
the day and the night, when it comes
to your fasting, when it comes to your
Hajj, when it comes to many of those
acts of worship, you require the moon. But
when it comes to your salah, you require
the sun. It is the raising, rising, and
the setting of the sun that determines every
single day when you pray and how you
offer your salah. So Allah makes them signs,
but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala also makes them
things that we use in terms of his
worship, subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And after that he spread out the earth,
that is after creating the heaven, he spread
it out and deposited it deposited
in
in in it that which is beneficial for
man. This is explained in the following 2
verses.
Brought forth from it its water and its
vegetation and set the mountains
firmly.
That is, he fixed them in the earth.
And the spreading of the spreading out of
the earth came after the creation of the
heavens as is stated in this passage. The
one who created the mighty heavens
and all that they contain of lights and
heavenly bodies and the solid earth and all
that it contains of necessities,
and that which benefits people will inevitably
resurrect those who are accountable. Then he will
requite them for their deeds. Whoever did good
will have the best reward, and whoever did
evil, let him blame no one but himself.
Hence, after mentioning the resurrection, Allah mentions the
required one and says,
So when the greatest calamity comes,
on that day, man will remember all that
he did.
And the blazing fire will be exposed for
all to see.
Then as for the one who transgressed all
bounds,
and prefer and prefer the life of this
world.
Verily, the blazing fire will be his abode.
But as for the one who feared standing
before his lord and restrained himself from base
desires,
will be his abode. That is when the
resurrection comes with great hardship that will make
all other hardships pale in into insignificance.
At that time, a father will show no
care for his son, nor a husband for
his wife, nor any love for his beloved.
On that day, man will remember all that
he did in this world, both good and
bad, and will he will wish for an
Adam's weight more of good deeds, and he
will feel regret and sorrow for the addition
of even an Adam's weight to his bad
deeds. And this is from the verses that
shows something which some of the scholars mentioned,
and that is that
Allah
will give to people perfect recall. They will
remember everything that they did. So when they
look at their deeds and look at them
all,
despite their vast number, if someone lives for
70, 8 years, how many actions will they
perform? How many deeds will they perform? But
when they see them in their record of
deeds, they will recognize them and acknowledge them.
And that is mentioned, that meaning is mentioned
in a number of a hadith, like the
hadith of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
when
Allah will present someone with their deeds. They
will recognize some, they won't recognize others. So
they will say, oh, Allah, these belong to
me, but those do not belong to me.
So Allah will say that those are the
actions of your children and you get a
share of that reward. A hadith like that
which shows that therefore people have good recall.
They will remember because in the dunya you
forget What did you do yesterday? What did
you do last week? Most of us don't
remember what it is that we did, especially
the small stuff, the mundane stuff, the everyday
stuff in terms of deeds and actions and
sins. But on yawmul qiyama, the people will
acknowledge what they did. Because on that day,
there's no need for people to be weak
or forget or to ignore. Rather, they will
know that which they did and they will
acknowledge that before Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
At that time, he will realize what will
make him win or lose was efforts was
his efforts in this world, and all connections
and relationships he had in this world will
be severed. Nothing will be able to benefit
him except righteous deeds, and the blazing fire
will be exposed for all to see. That
is, it will be brought into few and
made visible to everyone. It will be made
visible for his people for it has been
prepared to ens ensnare
them and is waiting for the command of
its lord. It is something which all of
the people will see.
All of the people, even the believers will
see the fire. And the prophet said
in the hadith that there is not a
person of Jannah who goes into Jannah, except
that he will be shown his seat in
the fire where you have to be entered
into the fire. Allah will show it to
them. Had you been in the fire, this
would have been your place. But Allah saved
you from it so that they will understand
the great mercy of Allah and blessing upon
them when they see the punishment that otherwise
would have befallen them, and that is greater
in terms of appreciating
mercy. Someone who sees the opposite of that
which they have understands its value. Someone becomes
sick, they appreciate health. Someone becomes poor, they
appreciate your wealth. So likewise with the people
of Jannah, this would have been your place.
And in some wordings of the hadith, the
same is done for the people of the
fire. This would have been your place in
paradise had you been from the believers and
the righteous. So they will have greater remorse
and regret when they see what the people
of Jannah have that they have been denied.
Then as for the one who transgressed all
bounds, that is he overstepped the mark by
daring to commit major sins, and he did
not adhere to the limits set by Allah
and preferred the life of this world
to the hereafter. So his efforts were for
the sake of this world, and his time
was spent in trying to accumulate worldly gains
and pursue worldly desires. He forgot the hereafter
and failed to strive for it. Fairly, the
blazing fire will be his abode. That is,
it will be the final fate. It will
be the fate and final abode of the
one who is like this. But as for
the one who feared standing before his lord,
that is he feared being presented before him
and being requited on the basis of justice
and that fear had an impact on his
heart. So he forbade
to himself worldly desires that could cause him
to drift away from obedience to Allah, and
his inclinations fell in line with that which
the messenger
brought, striving against whims and,
physical
desires that divert one from good. Look at
how when Allah describes the disbelievers, how does
he describe them as people who follow their
desires.
And then when Allah describes the people of
Iman and Taqwa, he describes them as being
those who fear the standing before their lord,
and those 2 are therefore connected.
So if you want to be someone who
stays away from desires and the temptations of
the dunya, then you should remember the akhirah
often and death often as the prophet said,
remember the destroyer of all pleasures death. And
so this is one of the greatest ways
to remember and to refocus.
That you always constantly remember the akhirah, constantly
remember death, speak about the accounting of the
day of judgment. That's why as we said
before,
surahs like this were often recited by the
prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam in salas. Surah that
speak about judgment and paradise and hellfire because
it is something which helps a person keep
their desires in check.
Verily paradise with all that it contains of
goodness, joy, and bliss will be his abode.
That is, is the abode of anyone who
is like this.
They ask you about the hour. When when
will it arrive?
How could you possibly know that?
His knowledge rests with your Lord alone.
You are but a wonder for those who
fear it.
On the day they see it, it will
be as if they had remained in this
world no more than an afternoon of a
day or the morning thereof.
That is,
those who stubbornly deny the resurrection ask you
about the hour. When will it happen? And
when will it arrive? So Allah answered them
by saying, how could you possibly know that?
For there is no benefit for you or
for them in knowing that and knowing when
it will come. Because there's no religious or
worldly benefit for people in knowing when the
hour will come. Rather, the benefit is in
its being hidden
from them. Knowledge of that has been withheld
from all of creation,
and Allah has kept that knowledge to himself.
Because if people knew when death would come,
when the akhirah would come, when the would
come, then they would know when to prepare
for it and how to prepare for it.
They would wait until that moment, and then
they would turn to Allah or the day
before, a week before, or a month, or
a year before. But Allah has kept this
hidden kept this hidden from the people to
see the sincerity of those who truly wish
to attain the pleasure of Allah and the
falseness of those who just make the claim,
but they don't really work for the akhirah.
So Allah has kept this hidden to see
who who will be truthful and who will
be from other than the truthful.
Therefore, he says, its knowledge rests with your
lord alone. That is, its knowledge is with
him alone. As he says elsewhere, they ask
you about the hour. When will it come
to pass?
Say the knowledge thereof is with my lord
alone. None but he can, can disclose when
his time will come. It will weigh heavily
on the heavens and the earth. It will
not come upon you, but suddenly they ask
you as if you were well informed of
it. Say, the knowledge thereof is with Allah
alone, but most people do not realize. You
are but a warner for those who fear
it. That is the benefit of your warning
is only for those who fear the coming
of the hour
and who fear the standing before Allah. They
are the ones who do not care about
anything except preparing for it and striving for
it. As for the one who does not
believe in it, no attention should be paid
to him or to his stubbornness
because his stubbornness is based
on obstinacy
and disbelief. If he has reached, such a
state, answering his questions is pointless, and the
wise person should rise above that. It's the
end of the commentary of Surah Al Naziat.
All praise and thanks are for Allah, and
may the blessings and peace of Allah be
upon prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, his family,
and his companions abundantly until the day of
judgment. And with that, we come to the
end of the at the end of today's
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