Al-Baqarah 56: Then, After dealing you a death, We resurrected you for those among you who would be grateful (to Allah).

A. Metin Saruhan · 6 February 2022 · Misinterpreted Verses

The misinterpretation

Then We raised you up after your death so that you may be thankful.

The right translation

Then, After dealing you a death, We resurrected you for those among you who would be grateful (to Allah).

Explanation

This is where this verse goes wrong: We raised you up so that you may give thanks. Indeed: For those of you who give thanks.

In a people there are people who deny Allah in His covenant. When these people say that we will not believe until we see Allah in the flesh, our Lord, having created this world as a world where His Essence is not visible, kills them with a lightning strike and resurrects them in the spirit in the Hereafter, showing His Essence as we have covenanted with our Lord. In that case, Our Lord knows who among this people will be Muslims and who will be disbelievers.

In this case, when He says, "We raised you up after your death so that you may give thanks," it carries the meaning that He does not know who among them is rebellious and who is pious, which is an attribute of Allah (swt). Here, by using the words, "We have raised you up after your death so that those of you will be grateful", our Lord has resurrected the people, even though He knows who is obedient and who is rebellious, so that these people can witness to themselves what kind of people they are by their actions. Our Lord created these worlds. He sent us to this world. In this case, all the people who will come to this world will complete their lives in a unit of time and after proving what kind of a human being they are, they will return to the Hereafter.

What is said in the video

Verse 56, a verse that has been translated wrongly; let us see here too where they have led it astray. Then from your death, after your death, We revived you so that you may be grateful, it says. Then We revived you after your death so that, among you, for those who will be grateful. Now, the mistake, where is it, let us find together where the mistake is. Then after your death He revived you so that you may be grateful. So Allah Almighty does not know; He killed them, killed them, then revived them so that perhaps, you know, all of them would be grateful, sir. Whereas: then after your death He revived you for those among you who will be grateful. What is this?

Then let me tell you.

The Children of Israel say: we will not believe without seeing Allah.

And Allah Almighty kills them. Then He revives them. Now why does He kill them and then revive them? Allah Almighty sent us into the world, into the unseen realm. That is, a realm that cannot be seen. Allah Almighty too: in this realm we cannot see Allah Almighty with the eye and perceive Him. And when we do perceive, we cannot see our Lord. Was it Him? In this case we are in an unseen realm. In an unseen realm. Now since Allah Almighty has sent us into the unseen, here, when the Children of Israel said, I will not believe in my Lord until I see Him, even if Allah Almighty went outside His word and, God forbid, said, O people, look, I am your Lord, still they would not believe, because. Why?

Because in the address 'Am I not your Lord?' He also divided those people into three groups. When He said "I am your Lord", manifesting to people in human form, with the Messenger of Allah at His side, saying, O people, this is our Lord, this is the One who created us, confirm it, the Prophet (peace be upon him), pressing people like this, even though he made them confirm it there, even though he said confirm it, those who denied, the ones on the left, when they come into the world, these deniers who made a covenant with Allah Almighty in that way, will they then in the world step outside their covenant? This is why Allah Almighty, just to show them a miracle, kills them. After death, in spirit, they see Allah Almighty again exactly as in the address 'Am I not your Lord?'.

Then He revives them again. So why, it says? You will still not believe. But We will show you Our miracle. After killing you and showing you My visit again, I will revive you. Except, however, those among you who believe. They still will not believe, it says. This is the meaning of the verse. The meaning of the verse. If you had understood this verse, would you have translated it like this? What does it say? Then after your death He revived you so that you may be grateful. Well, they were not grateful; Allah Almighty killed and revived them for nothing. Whereas: then after your death He revived you for those among you who will be grateful.

You will go your own way again, We know this, it says. Yes. I think the matter is clear here.