Saif Morad – Simple Tafsir, Episode 2 Sura Naba 78130 What’s in Your Book

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alaikum, everyone. What's going on? Hope you guys

are doing well.

Welcome to another episode of Simple Tafsir.

In this episode, we'll be looking at verses

1 to 30 from Surah to Nava, the

chapter titled the great news. So let's get

right to

The people of Makkah,

while they acknowledge the fact that Allah is

their Lord, that He's the one who created

them, that He runs all the affairs,

Still they used to associate partners with Him,

and He rejected the concept of resurrection.

They said there's no such thing as the

day of judgment.

And in this surah Allah clarifies to us

that if everything around us is from Him,

the creation of the universe, the heavens and

the earth is far greater than the creation

of the human being.

And if Allah possesses the ultimate power,

then it is easy for him to resurrect

us and take us into account.

What are these idol worshipers asking one another

about

after Allah has sent his Messenger to them?

They are asking each other about the great

news.

It is this Quran that has been revealed

to their messenger

which contains the news of the resurrection.

This Quran which they differ in how they

should describe it.

Sometimes they say it is sorcery,

poetry,

fortune telling,

or tales of the old.

The matter is not as they claim. These

rejecters of the Qur'an will soon know the

evil outcome of their rejection.

Then

that will be reemphasized

for them.

Alamnajaalilawwubamihadah

Did we not make the earth spread out

evenly for them so that it is fit

for them to live on?

Waljibalaawuta

And did We not put mountains on it

like pegs to stop it from shaking?

Wakhalaqunnaqumazwaja

And O people, We created you of different

types.

Some of you are males while others are

females.

And We made your sleep the endpoint of

your activeness

so that you may get rest.

Wajaa'alaileenanibasa

And We made the night a cover for

you with its darkness,

like a garment that you cover yourselves with.

Wajaa

annanahu

ramaasha

And We made the day a time and

place for earning and finding provision.

And We made above you 7 solid skies,

perfect in their creation.

Wajaana

sirajahu

wahaaja

And we made the sun an extremely

bright and hot land.

Wa'anzannaminalmurasiratima

And we send some clouds for which the

time has come to pour down with abundant

rain.

So that through it we can extract different

types of grains and crops.

And

extract gardens that in twine with one another

due to the closeness of the branches of

their trees.

After Allah mentions these blessings that prove his

power,

he follows it up by mentioning the resurrection

and the day of judgment.

Because the one who is capable of creating

these blessings

is also capable of resurrecting the dead and

taking them into account.

He says,

indeed the day of separation between the creation

was appointed and fixed on a time that

will not change.

On that day, the angel will blow into

the horn for a second time

upon which, oh people, you shall come in

groups.

And the sky will open up. It will

have gaps like open doors.

And the mountains will be made to move

until they become like disperse

dust particles,

becoming like a mirage.

Indeed, * is watchful,

lying in wait.

For the oppressors as a point of return,

they will be made to return to.

Wherein they shall stay for endless ages years.

They will not experience

cold breezes in it that will cool them

from the heat of the blaze,

nor will they taste any drink that they

will enjoy.

They will only taste extremely hot water and

the flowing pus of the people of *.

As a reward in as a reward in

accordance to the disbelief and deviance they were

on.

Innalhumkhanunja

yawwujuna

isaaba

Indeed in this world, they did not fear

that Allah was gonna take them into account

because they didn't believe in the resurrection.

And had they feared the resurrection, they would

have believed in Allah and done the good

deeds.

Wakaddlaqum

bi ayaatinakillaba

And they openly rejected our verses

that which we reveal to the Messenger.

We recorded and counted each of their deeds,

They are all written in their books of

deeds.

Oh transgressors,

endure this everlasting punishment

because we will not increase you in anything

except more punishment.

One of the major themes that we find

in the Quran

is the day of judgment.

We as Muslims, we believe in the Day

of Judgment that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will

bring us back to life. He will resurrect

us

and then take us into account and then

He will reward us based on the deeds

that we did.

And believing in the hereafter

holds us accountable.

It helps us strive to do good deeds,

to earn Allah's pleasure and get the ultimate

reward which is

paradise and to see Allah.

And it keeps us away from sins so

that we avoid the terrible punishments.

And at the same time, things that pass

us in this world.

We don't really stress over it too much

because we know that there is a hereafter

and that is what we're striving for.

There is where ultimate enjoyment will be.

So let's look at the verse Waqul Lasein

Ahusaynaahu

Kitabah

that Allah says that everything I have recorded

in a book.

And he's talking about the preserved tablet, the

lower al mahfood but at the same time

he's also talking about our book of deeds.

The angels record everything that we do in

our book. Allah tells us in Surat Al

Isra

That every single person

we have tied their destiny to their necks,

meaning that everything that we do from good

and bad is recorded

for us or against us.

And then Allah says,

That on the day of judgment We will

bring forth for each person

a book that they will find open

and they will be told, Ikharaqih taba, read

your book.

Kafaba bi nafsika lyoamaalaykha

hasiba.

Because it is sufficient for you to be

the one that takes yourself into account by

reading what's in the book.

So let us imagine for a second

that our book of deeds is waiting in

front of us open,

and we start moving towards it,

and we see what's in it.

We see our sins,

and we see our good deeds.

We see the quality of our good deeds.

How do you feel?

Do you feel good about what you see?

If you feel good, then I salute you.

Ask Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta A'la to keep

you firm and steadfast,

keep going.

And if you're worried like me, then it's

time to turn back to Allah,

to ask for forgiveness

and to make a commitment to start doing

a lot of good.

And if you're terrified,

then don't despair because Allah forgives all sins.

All we have to do is turn back

to him

and he will erase everything and give us

a new start.

Because in the end of this Surah Allah

mentions,

that

the day of resurrection is the truth, everything

that has been described is the truth, there's

no doubt in it.

Lamansha attakhadaleelahrubihi

sabealah

So whoever wishes then let him take a

path to his Lord.

The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam told us in

hadith towards the end

that every person goes out in the morning,

They go out and they exchange and they

deal with one another,

and they sell themselves.

So either a person frees himself

by selling himself to Allah by doing the

righteous deeds, by doing the good deeds, or

they destroy themselves by selling themselves to Shaytan

and sins.

Now is the time to take ourselves into

account.

And we're alive, we can change, we can

start doing good

because in this world there is action and

there's no accountability.

But when we leave this world,

then there's accountability

and there's no more action.

So let us do the actions that are

pleasing to Allah.

So that when we stand in front of

Him and are given our book of deeds,

we'll find that which will be pleasing, that

will earn the mercy of Allah and his

forgiveness.

Until next

time.