Al-Ma'idah 52: You will see the ones with a sickness in their hearts run among them and say “we fear that a calamity will come upon us”. This is for them to have regret for what they hide inside them when Allah brings a conquest or an order from Allah’s presence.

A. Metin Saruhan · 16 February 2022 · Misinterpreted Verses

The misinterpretation

Those who have a disease in their hearts; You see them rushing among them, saying, "We are afraid of a disaster that will happen to us." It is hoped that; Allah will bring a conquest or a command from Himself, and they will regret what they concealed within themselves.

The right translation

You will see the ones with a sickness in their hearts run among them and say “we fear that a calamity will come upon us”. This is for them to have regret for what they hide inside them when Allah brings a conquest or an order from Allah’s presence.

Explanation

This is the wrong place in this verse: It is hoped that Allah will bring a conquest or a decree from Himself, and they will regret what they concealed in their hearts. It is true: Until when Allah brings a conquest or a decree from Himself, they will regret what they concealed in their hearts.

It is wrong to attribute to Allah the Exalted the word 'hopefully'. We have explained the word 'hopefully' because it was mentioned in the previous verses. It would be useful to replicate the theology that we have opened here as a repetition.

This is where this verse goes wrong. They have used the word "hopefully". However, Allah (swt) does not leave anything in limbo, He says everything with certainty and clarity. Here the word 'hopefully' is absent. The truth is: Until Allah brings a conquest or a decree from Himself, and they will regret what they concealed in their hearts. In the continuation of the verse, our Lord says that they will regret what they concealed in their hearts. Here it supports the verse that we have opened correctly. Where it is opened incorrectly, it is as if our Lord is taking sides. This means that when our Lord made a covenant with the people, our Lord, who knows the secrets of their hearts, engraved the desires and wishes of the people as characters for them. Here, if the meanings of many verses are known, it becomes clear that the word "hopefully" is not to be used about our Lord.

For example, our Lord says in His verse: Their hearts are disorganized and restless. Surah Al-Imran, Verse 11: If they try to fight, they turn their backs on you and flee. In Surat al-Fatih, Verse 22: If those who disbelieve were to fight you, they would turn their backs and flee, then they would find neither a friend nor a helper.

Our Lord, who in many verses informs us that non-Muslims turn their backs and run away, informs us what the character of non-Muslims is like when He makes a covenant with them. Otherwise our Lord does not interfere in the affairs of people in this world. In this case, the word 'hopefully' is not used about our Lord.

What is said in the video

Verse 52. Those in whose hearts there is a sickness, saying, "We fear that a calamity will befall us," you see them hurrying among them, hurrying among them. Among whom? Among the non-Muslims. As if to say: if we become Muslims, we fear some misfortune will befall us. He is not afraid of the non-Muslim, but he is afraid of the Muslim.

It is hoped that Allah will bring a victory or a command from Himself, and they will regret what they hid within themselves. Now, here everything is right, one word is wrong. This word ascribes attributes to Allah Almighty. In this case a person, sir, seeing Allah Almighty within his own ahir capacity, with Him, that is, with his own feelings, makes Allah Almighty feel, and by attributing his own mistake to Allah, ascribes attributes to Him. Where is it? Where? "It is hoped that." Now, Allah Almighty never uses the words "it is hoped that". Why does He not use them? The words "it is hoped that" ascribe attributes to Allah.

According to what do they ascribe attributes, Hodja? What have we always said? There is not a single living being until the Day of Judgement whose deeds Allah Almighty does not know. Is there another verse besides this one, Hodja? There is. What is it? When Allah Almighty made the covenant with us, He wrote our minds, our wishes as a script for ourselves, and that script He worked into us as destiny, and sent us into the world as characters. Sir, in this case, since Allah Almighty is free from deficient attributes, the words "it is hoped that" are never used. Is there another verse, Hodja? Look. Surah Ta-Ha, verse 134. What does it say?

"Had We destroyed them with a destruction, with a punishment, they would have said," it says. So what does this mean? That is, had We destroyed them with a punishment before the Quran. So what does this mean? Before sending you into the world, when We first made the covenant with you, We know what you are. But had We separated you as Muslim and obedient and disobedient, had We created you as people of Hell, that is, had We thrown you into Hell, you would have said this. Now I am saying this part by explaining it. I am saying the verse by explaining it. "Because I saw You as like myself, I could not believe in You." Now, with that feeling, I move on to the verse.

In this case, I will send you to a world where My Essence is not seen; I will send you prophets and books. Sir, and in this case Allah Almighty, His being free from deficient attributes, sending man into a world where His Essence is not seen, into this world, sir, by way of coming from a mother and a father, on condition of sending, our covenant, closing the earlier covenant, leaving us alone with this world within our own destiny, and once we have proven here what kind of person we are, then not a single word that we could say against Allah Almighty remains. In this case there are no words "it is hoped that".

So what then? Ha, there we will put the words "so that". So what is "so that"? For those within that people who become Muslims, sir, we, the giving of the opportunity of a span of time. This is a demonstrative pronoun. "So that." Because Allah Almighty knows what the servants He created are. He knows whether they are of Islam or unbelievers. There, among them, so that these people will find the truth in time and return. Allah Almighty uses "so that". Yes, what do we say here? Those in whose hearts there is a sickness, saying, "We fear that a calamity will befall you," you see them running among them.

So that when Allah brings a victory or a command from Himself, they will regret what they hid within themselves. Who are these? Those of "so that". That is, those who will not believe. There it points to them. Yes.