Al-Baqarah 104: Oh, you who believe! Do not say Raena, say Undhurna and listen (to what is said). For infidels, there is a severe punishment.

Look what Allah Almighty, in verse 104, decrees. Yâ eyyühe'llezîne âmenû. O you who believe! Do not say râinâ, say unzurna. Allah Almighty says: when entering through the gate, say râinâ here. And they change the word, they say unzurna. Against Allah, this Allah who created the universe — these people's audacity, look at it, is this even possible? Never mind my Lord saying it; look, I speak for myself. Never mind my Lord's command to me; even if my Lord assigned an ant and that ant conveyed my Lord's command to me, I, my head bowed, my forehead rubbed on the ground, would say (?).

Because if He assigned it, there is a skill in it.

Those saying — that is, say unzurna — listen to those saying; for the disbelievers. Painful — listen — for the disbelievers there is a painful torment, it says. Say unzurna. Listen, it says, listen. That is: O you who believe, do not say raina, say unzurna. Listen, it says. For the disbelievers there is a painful torment. Yes. For the disbelievers there is a painful torment. O you who believe, do not say raina. When the Prophet was teaching the Muslims something, the Muslims would say raina, meaning 'wait for us a little, we are not ready.' Raina. In the Jews' language, among themselves, raina meant to curse.

To curse. The Jews saw that the Muslims were saying raina to their Prophet. So the Jews too began saying raina to the Prophet with ill intent. Raina. Thereupon Allah Almighty: do not say raina. Say unzurna, which again means 'wait for us', He decrees. That is why this glorious verse was revealed. For the Companions. For the Companions, their intentions were good, though. Why? The Companions say raina in Arabic: Wait for me a little. That is, I am not ready. I am embarrassed to come to what you will say, or into your presence, like this. In that sense. Let me collect myself. and come into your presence, in that sense.

That is the real meaning of raina. But among the Jews it means cursing. It is a swear word, and so they speak this way.

Now,

I say this to warn the Muslims, according to (?).

The name of the Prophet (peace be upon him) is Ahmad. Ahmad. They put Ahmad in place of (?) and swear, saying, 'Ahmad's house (?)', and in fact he is swearing at the Prophet, (?), or he takes it as a joke, the Muslim, this in this way us with such bad words these people are swearing at us. Muslims should wake up a little. Let them be alert. Yes.

When your Prophet tells you something, listen to him. Obey. Allah has prepared a painful torment for the disbelievers who do not listen and turn away.

So, the scholars are the heirs of the Prophet. Which scholars? As I said a moment ago, those described as like the prophets of the Children of Israel, at whose death it is as if darkness comes, as if the sun goes — with their passing. Such people. When they speak, listen to them too. Listen to them. What is meant by a painful torment is a very severe torment. The torment surrounding the person from every side, and the person crying out 'destruction, where are you?' and crying to Allah Almighty 'O Lord, kill me' — such a torment. But a deathless, everlasting life has no further death.

Now Allah Almighty says there is a painful torment. He says there is a humiliating torment. So what do these mean? A painful torment. Consider it like this. Your tooth aches. Isn't that a torment?

Your eye throbs as if it would pop out.

Your stomach — you have eaten zaqqum — it is rumbling. On the other hand, they have brought you close to the fire; the torment of the fire has surrounded you. Every part of you, (?) in torment. This is a painful torment.

A humiliating torment, it says. Those disbelievers mocking the Muslims when they saw them, and seeing themselves as far above them — in the hereafter, that person above whom he saw himself — if that person has attained Allah's mercy — very high ranks, when he sees he has reached them, in return he will be humbled; this will be a torment for him. Such a torment that that ego, (?) good people, more than the fire, will bring him to a state of greater torment.

Is there a counterpart to this? That is, is there an example of what you say, that it will give such a torment? The conversation between the Prophet (peace be upon him) and Satan. 'I have come to you on duty,' he says. 'Allah Himself sent me to you. You will ask and I will tell,' he says. 'All right,' he says. 'What if you give me a wrong answer?' 'Allah Almighty said: if you give a wrong answer to what My Beloved asks, I will destroy you before your enemies and scatter your ashes to the wind.' Look at the ego in Satan. He will destroy him before the enemy, scatter his ashes to the wind. 'So ask, and I will tell the truth,' he says.

And the ego in those people, looking down on a person — that person they looked down on, on that Day of Judgement having attained Allah's mercy and reached high ranks — before that person, he will so humble himself, will be so humbled that this torment of his will be worse than that (?) torment too. Yes.

May Allah Almighty make all of us among those who believe in Allah and His Messenger and obey well, and protect us from the severity of Hell's torment and from the fear and terror that the Day of Reckoning will give people, from the torment of such a day — so it says. Yes. Before moving on, may we ask a question about 104? Do not say raina, say unzurna. What is meant by unzurna? As a word, what is Allah Almighty telling us with it? Unzurna. That too means 'wait for me a little'. Oh, wait for me. That too. Be ready. Be ready. That too has the same meaning. But not in their language. In Arabic this time. Yes.

What are we saying?

In the Jews' language, among themselves, raina came to mean cursing. The Jews saw that the Muslims were saying raina to their Prophet. The Jews began saying raina to the Prophet with ill intent. Thereupon Allah Almighty: do not say raina. Say unzurna, which again means 'wait for us'. Yes. Wait for us. Same meaning, but the word changes. For example, they asked me in Arabia, whether I had children. How many children do you have? I said three children. Two girls, one boy, I said. When I said 'kız', 'Abdülmatin, that's a swear word,' he says. There it means private parts. It means a woman's private parts.

When you say 'kız'. So it's a swear word. So we told some people then that in Turkish this means baby, that is, child, a girl. But in Arabic it's a swear word. Yes. Like this. That's the case with raina too, yes. There it's a swear word. Here it means 'wait', but then, of ten people, two, when compared — drop that, say it this way, it says. Hodja, at entertainment venues they all use the name Ryan. At entertainment venues, in discos, they use the name Ryan. In Turkey, in Germany, in France, they always use the name Ryan. What's the reason? Wait. So they're mocking quite heavily. They're mocking, Hodja. They're mocking, I mean.

They're mocking the Muslims. You mean towards the Muslims. Yes. They do use it.