Al-Baqarah 183: Oh you who believe! Fasting has been made obligatory upon you just as it was obligatory upon people before you so that you will abstain (from sins).
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Explanation
The misinterpretation
O you who believe! Fasting has been made obligatory on you as it was made obligatory on the nations that came before you. Hope you are protected.
The right translation
Oh you who believe! Fasting has been made obligatory upon you just as it was obligatory upon people before you so that you will abstain (from sins).
Explanation
The word "hopefully" is also used in this verse. Its meaning is explained in the 179th verse of this Surah. Our Lord does not know what the people who will come until the Day of Resurrection will do, but Allah (swt) says: "It is hoped that you will be protected". Indeed: So that they may beware.
By saying Ta Ta ki, he means that he knows what people will do in the sight of our Lord and who will worship and who will sin, so Ta ki they will abstain. In other words, he knows that there are those who fast properly, even if they are among those who fast, so he points to them with a demonstrative pronoun and tells them to beware.
What is said in the video
In verse 183. In the verse: "O you who believe! Fasting, just as it was prescribed for the nations that came before you, for you too has been prescribed. Perhaps, it says, you will be protected." Now here the phrase "perhaps" ascribes a flaw to Allah Almighty. Why does it ascribe a flaw to Allah Almighty? Because Allah Almighty is free of deficient attributes. Allah Almighty: there is not a single creature to come until the Day of Judgment of which We don't know what it will do. It contradicts that verse. So when He says "perhaps", Allah Almighty here, what people will do, does not know. If you fast, maybe you will attain salvation.
That's what it means. That is, Allah Almighty would value them according to the deeds people have done. God forbid. Allah says: there is not a single creature to come until the Day of Judgment of which We don't know what it will do. So instead of that "perhaps" here, the expression "so that" must be used. Where did they make this mistake? They always made it with the word lealle. Well, here too — look what it says here in the verse: La'allakum tattaqun. La'allakum. Now the word la'alla has many meanings. Here, so as not to ascribe a flaw to Allah Almighty, it will mean "so that". That is, Allah Almighty knows who among a people will be the ones who fast.
And: fast, so that you attain salvation. That is, those people attain salvation. So that they. This is a demonstrative pronoun. In this case, this word "perhaps" ascribes a flaw to Allah Almighty. And we put it: O you who believe, fasting, just as it was prescribed for the nations before you, has been prescribed for you too. So that — that is, those who will obey will guard themselves. Look: so that those who will obey will guard themselves. That is the meaning of the verse. Yes.