Al-Baqarah 111: Jews and Christians have said “paradise is for us”. These are their fabrications. Tell them “if you are really telling the truth, bring your proof”.

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 111: The Jews and the Christians said of themselves: paradise is ours. (?) How they decide in Allah's place! They have grown used to taking liberties with Allah. In the face of Allah Almighty's abundant mercy, their insolence made them transgressors. For this reason Allah Almighty cursed them. What does it say now? The Jews and the Christians said of themselves: paradise is ours. These are their wishful fancies, says Allah Almighty. Now, will we believe what our Lord says, or what people say? Of course we will believe what our Lord says. So if our Lord says so, if He says these are their fancies, then they are their fancies. And you say to them: if you are truly telling the truth, bring your proof, He says.

Bring a proof. Look, the Prophet (peace be upon him) brought the proof. What is it? The Holy Quran. The Holy Quran has such a great proof that: its first proof is that the books of the Christians and the Jews are within the Holy Quran, in their original form. Its second great proof: one last prophet was to come, and he came. The Seal of the Prophets, Muhammad (peace be upon him). The third, greatest proof: if the Holy Quran were a human fabrication, there would be in it many words that contradict one another. His verse. So the Prophet (peace be upon him) brought the proof. The proof.

The Jews: into paradise no one but a Jew can enter, they said. Even being a Jew, one does not enter. Because it is for this reason that they founded Freemasonry too. They made class divisions among people. Yet all created beings are servants of Allah. In the world, in this world, everyone receives equal treatment (?) from Allah. Equal treatment. The unbelievers, the idol worshipper, the (?) too: Allah does not withhold His mercy from them. The attribute "the Most Merciful", what does it say? In the universe Allah, with His attribute of justice, gives everyone their provision. In the hereafter only (?), then: are those who know and those who do not know ever alike?

Are those who worship and those who do not ever alike? So commands Allah Almighty. In this case, people, in Allah's religion, in the world, as long as they live, are equal. In one verse He even says this: We distributed the earth equally, He says. Equally. So that no one may find any injustice in Allah Almighty. Why does He say this? That unbeliever would say tomorrow, when the non-Muslim sees (?): if I had been in such a place in this world, my earnings now would have been better, it would have been better here, he would say, and against Allah Almighty he would take up a selfish defense. (?) look, in one place there are gold mines, in another chrome mines, in another there is oil.

He placed them all in different places, the underground treasures in different places, and so that they could equally make their living. He has provided for it. This is a great justice of our Lord. In this case, what do the Jews say now? No one but a Jew can enter paradise, they said. Just look at that. One has to be a Jew, apparently. And the Christians said: no one but a Christian can enter paradise. This verse is a very thought-provoking verse. We say. Here, those who are Jews or Christians know of Allah's existence. And they believe in Him; they do not say: I don't believe in the existence of paradise. Very thought-provoking.

What is it that is thought-provoking? They know of Allah's existence. Judging by their saying that paradise is theirs. They know, but with people's selfish feelings, not by Allah's command, but in the face of the grandeur of their own selves, deifying their own selves, they follow their own selves and worship it. Through the temptation Satan gives them, they are deceived by Satan's temptation and, finding his temptation pleasant, they serve Satan as lackeys, act as his guides, take him over themselves as a guide, a guide. And Satan, these are the ones who accept Satan over themselves as a guide.

These people are truly thought-provoking. He both knows of paradise and knows of Allah's existence. But he absolutely does not do what Allah Almighty says, and the grandeur of their selves drives them to go against Allah's commands. And without entering the religion of Islam, these, on the path their own selves command, deifying their selves, worshipping them,

through the temptation Satan gives them, finding his temptation pleasing, taking Satan over themselves as a guide,

besides their knowing Allah, how nicely they make themselves witnesses of their rebellion against Allah's commands. They make themselves witnesses of their rebellion against Allah's commands. Yes.

While this is so, they both rebel against Allah's command and judge in Allah's place, as if power and might were in their hands, deciding about themselves by themselves, they can send themselves into the paradise they wish.

Yes.

Now, people, if they are unaware of Allah's verses, if they drift away from Allah's verses, they will even sell the key to paradise, the Christians. And Muslims put on buses to paradise, organize bus trips. They buy places in paradise.

May Allah protect us.

One must take refuge in Allah from such things.

The more our people drift away from faith, choosing the ways of evil tricks, they make unjust gains. Within faith they (?) the same thing (?) and again, as if they would deceive Allah, and unjustly they will lay claim to the paradise their own selves deem rightful. What a senseless, foolish way of thinking. So even when eating, without chewing it, without making an effort, you cannot eat. In this case, you will not serve Allah; just as you swindle those people and make unjust gains, you will also swindle Allah and, granting your self its right, own paradise.

Does any person with reason, thinking even a little, see any side of this that is compatible with justice? Is there any side of it compatible with right and law?

So, if Allah Almighty is the possessor of justice, Allah Almighty, yes, would Allah Almighty ever commit injustice?

This is the state of those who judge by their own reason, who are unaware of the verses. If such a situation arises in Islam, and the unbelievers, of course, all the more so, the non-Muslims outside the religion of Islam will all the more say such things, of course. But Allah Almighty calls out to the servants He created. O people!

Use your reason. There is no god but Allah. Judging on that day, on that (?), at the resurrection, in the supreme court, judging belongs to Allah alone. We will separate those who obey from those who do not on that day, and without anyone among you being wronged We will (?) you to your places, He says. So if you get up and judge by yourself, what are you doing here? You would also be abolishing Allah's judgment on that day, according to this verse. On that day judgment belongs to Allah alone, doesn't it? So you have passed your judgment. Allah's judgment has no value left. Allah Almighty has no attribute left.

Did you, by your reason, see yourself as superior to Allah? You passed your judgment this way. What about every soul returning to its Lord? What about the supreme court being set up? What about every soul giving account there? If, while still in this world, you gave your own account, if you abolish such verses of our Lord, then don't wait at all, don't wait at all, next to the beauty of the hereafter, (?), don't wait at all. Set off for the hereafter at once. Go at once. So what does He say? Do you have a proof in your hand, He says? Bring your proof, He says, your proof. What is your proof? I said a moment ago that the Prophet has proof in his hand.

What proof? Their Torah, Psalms and Gospels are in the Holy Quran in their original form: the first proof. Second, they knew that one more prophet would come. He came. Third, if the Holy Quran had been anything other than the Word of Allah, there would be in it many words that contradict one another. Are these three proofs not enough for you? So if you do not fear Allah Almighty's verses and pull yourself together, where will you end up tomorrow? It will be the place He calls: what an evil place of return, what an evil bed. Where is that? Hell, the place of punishment. Won't you ever use your reason?

Won't you ever reflect? Going against Allah's commands, you pass judgment on yourself by yourself. Yes. As if power and might were in their hands, deciding about themselves by themselves, they can send themselves into the paradise they wish. People unaware of the very next moment and with no proof in their hands, on what basis, I wonder, can they say paradise is my right? On what can they rely? But they rely on this and decide in that way. First, in the barzakh, in Allah's (?), because they denied Allah, because of their arrogance, pride and conceit, because they turned their backs on Allah and awaited the lord of their imagination, and because the lord of their imagination did not address them, because they still await that lord of their imagination, in the belief that they are waiting, from living by their own selves they draw this strength. And they deceive themselves.

And Satan fully tempts them and veils their eyes against the truth. Their ears too are blocked against the truth, and their hearts are sealed against the truth. And beautifully, His verses follow one another anyway. Yes. People unaware of the very next moment and with no proof in their hands, on what, I wonder, do they base their saying that paradise is my right? Going against what Allah says, denying the book He sent, saying Jesus is the son of Allah, associating partners with Allah, denying the prophet sent as a mercy to the worlds, turning away from the verse "Allah does not command evil", committing every kind of wickedness, denying Allah's right of servanthood over them, not worshipping, saying "I recognize the book You sent me, and with it I worship You", although Allah gathered His judgment in the Quran, setting out to deny the Quran's verses, and then trying to lay claim to the paradise Allah created while pushing Allah aside.

Is this possible? Is this possible? Yes.

A great audacity; surely this is not a judgment a person who uses his reason would make. It is not a judgment people who use their reason would make. Yes.

Allah Almighty: if you are truly telling the truth, to whom? To these, to those who dare like this. Bring your proof, He commands. Your proof, yes.

Bring your proof.

They too know the evil they do. But what? The rebellion against Allah in their hearts makes the ways of evil look good to them.

The rebellion against Allah in their hearts. That is, (?), awaiting a lord according to their own reason and denying Allah Almighty, and in this case thinking themselves free, and since the lord of their imagination has not appeared, giving in to their selfish feelings as they please, acting by deifying their own selves. It makes the ways of evil look pleasant to them.

As captives of their selves, they drown the state of faith in the darkness of shirk. For this reason, choosing (?) unbelief, they then try to convince themselves with words they have made up. Would such people have proofs in their hands? Would such people have a proof in their hands? May Allah Almighty give those within this ideology good understanding and comprehension, we say. Yes.