Al-Baqarah 97: Say; “Whoever is an enemy towards Gabriel, shall know that (by the permission of Allah) he (Gabriel) was the one bringing what was brought down to your heart as a guidance and as a glad tiding for the mu’min”.
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Explanation
The misinterpretation
Say; Whoever is an enemy of Gabriel, let him know that he has sent the Quran down to your heart, by Allah's leave, as a guide, confirming the previous books, and giving good news among the believers.
The right translation
Say; “Whoever is an enemy towards Gabriel, shall know that (by the permission of Allah) he (Gabriel) was the one bringing what was brought down to your heart as a guidance and as a glad tiding for the mu’min”.
What is said in the video
We begin with the Basmala. Verse 97. is where we left off.
Verse 97, what does it say? Say: whoever is an enemy to Gabriel, whoever is an enemy to Gabriel, let him know well that by Allah's permission the Quran, to your heart, as a guide of guidance, confirming the books that came fore-, the books that came before, and as a bearer of glad tidings among the believers, it is he who sent it down. Here a question like this comes to my mind.
Allah Almighty says this in one of His verses: With Us there is a Book that is preserved in the Lawh al-Mahfuz. Nothing is added to it later, nor is anything taken from it, He says.
According to this verse, here, when it says "let him know well that by Allah's permission the Quran, to your heart, as a guide of guidance, confirming the books that came fore-, came before, and as a bearer of glad tidings among the believers, it is he who sent it down", if Gabriel (peace be upon him), outside time and space, sent down the Quran, if he also revealed the Quran to the heart of the Prophet, then I wonder, is Gabriel by implication Allah Almighty, is he Allah? Doesn't that meaning come out of it? Those who interpret translations and without shame, without fear, without fearing Allah, write translations like this, either they are idolaters, they are idolaters.
Or they are people who don't fear Allah, who, like Darwin, don't accept Allah. Nothing else comes to my mind. Turning Islam into superstition.
Whereas Allah Almighty, in His verse, the Quran, when He would reveal it to the heart of the Prophet (peace be upon him), revelation, what is it? They don't really know what revelation is anyway, they mix it up. Allah Almighty, who is outside time and space, within time and space, by way of communication, speaking to the heart of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and sending down the verses, that is revelation. When we say time and space: the seven heavens and, surrounded by the Throne of Allah, this universe; and that universe's owner, the Throne of Allah, is in fact Allah. I mean, we had described this before.
A seven-storey building surrounded by its outer walls. Inside, seven storeys. Whose building is this?
Deniz Efendi's building. Or Ahmet Efendi's building. So the seven heavens are surrounded by the Throne of Allah, and within this Throne of Allah all the created beings that remain, the humans within time and space, or the created beings. It doesn't say humans. We are human too anyway. Created in the world within time and space. In the first heaven. Yes. In this case, did Gabriel go outside time and space, and the Quran too, since he revealed it, figuratively, with Allah Almighty concealing Himself, I wonder, does it mean here that Gabriel is Allah? Let's read it once more. Say: whoever is an enemy to Gabriel, let him know well that by Allah's permission the Quran, to your heart, as a guide of guidance, confirming the books that came before, and as glad tidings for the believers, it is he who sent it down.
Now this person, we'll say the people who wrote this, if we can imagine these people with good intention like this, with good intention, that is, if we try to imagine it thinking well of them: Allah Almighty, in this blessed month of Ramadan, as the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Seek the Night of Qadr on an odd night after the 20th of Ramadan", as he said, on an odd night after the twentieth, Allah Almighty sending down the Holy Quran at the Sidrat al-Muntaha, to the meeting place called Qadr.
When Allah Almighty, to the heart of the Prophet (peace be upon him), the verses revealed, whichever verse He revealed, Gabriel (peace be upon him), at the Sidrat al-Muntaha, those verses and those surahs he takes. And the Prophet (peace be upon him) would recite. In this case, what does the Prophet (peace be upon him) say? "I used to love Gabriel's recitation very much", he says. Why would Allah Almighty have it done this way? Revelation to the heart and Gabriel's recitation confirmed each other. For confirmation, so that the heart would be at rest. Yes. His trying to explain it this way, or understanding it this way and writing it this way, still creates a contradiction between them.
That they have no knowledge, I mean that these people have no knowledge; thinking this matter can be solved with Arabic, people who aren't aware that they are going into kufr this way.
This can't be solved with Arabic.
The correct version is this. Say: whoever is an enemy to Gabriel, as confirming what was sent down, sent down to your heart, as confirming. As confirming what was sent down to your heart. That is, Gabriel taking it from the Muntaha and reciting it to him. Now listen well. Say: whoever is an enemy to Gabriel, as confirming what was sent down to your heart, what is between his hands, as a guide for the believers and glad tidings, surely it is he who brought it, by Allah's permission. How beautiful. It says "what is between his hands". Here there is no "between his hands".
Just make things up and say them.