Al-Ma'idah 70: Vow to that; We have made a covenant with the sons of Israel too, and We have sent Prophets to them. Whenever a Prophet has brought to them what their evil desires did not want (divine laws), they denied some of them and killed some of them.

A. Metin Saruhan · 16 February 2022 · Misinterpreted Verses

The misinterpretation

By all means! We took the firm word of the Children of Israel and sent Prophets to them. Whenever a Prophet brought to them what their nafs did not desire (divine judgments), they denied some of them and killed some of them.

The right translation

Vow to that; We have made a covenant with the sons of Israel too, and We have sent Prophets to them. Whenever a Prophet has brought to them what their evil desires did not want (divine laws), they denied some of them and killed some of them.

Explanation

This is where this verse goes wrong: The Children of Israel said: "We have received the solemn promise. The truth is: We also made a covenant with the Children of Israel. Our Lord, Who gives to everyone what he desires perfectly, is exempt from all imperfect attributes. No one can go beyond the covenant he has made with our Lord. The meaning of the wrong opening is as follows: Our Lord made a promise to the people, but He could not give them the exact characters of their desires and aspirations, so He did not write the destiny of the Children of Israel, and the Children of Israel exceeded the destiny that Our Lord had written on the people, and in this case they are attributing shortcomings to our Lord.

Our Lord says in His verse: They prepare a trap and We prepare a trap, but We are the best of those who prepare a trap. This means that while people are preparing traps, slander and slander that will overcome their destiny, to light a fire of sedition and mischief that will cover the earth in blood, our Lord will bring them into their own destiny. This is the best of traps. In this case, each person proves what kind of a person he or she is.

In the 30th verse of Surah Al-Anfal: Remember! The disbelievers were plotting against you that they might bind you or kill you or drive you out (of your land). While they were plotting (against you), Allah was plotting (against them). For Allah is the best of plotters.

What is said in the video

Yes. They do not accept Allah's guidance. Verse 70 has been translated wrongly. Yes. Surely We took the firm pledge of the Children of Israel. Look, these parts are all wrong. He took a pledge. Allah Almighty took a firm one from them, at that. So look: We took a firm pledge. Then what does it say? And We sent them prophets. We took a firm pledge. We sent prophets. Whenever a prophet brought them what their selves did not desire, divine rulings, some of them they denied and some of them they killed. Now what do you understand here? Let me explain this to you.

Surely We took the firm pledge of the Children of Israel. That is, in the covenant they say to Allah Almighty: whatever You send us, we will apply it. We will not go beyond Your word. Because He takes a firm pledge. He takes a firm pledge. We will not go beyond Your word, they say, and Allah Almighty, our Lord who is free from deficient attributes, gives them characters such that they cannot fulfil this covenant, and they, outside these characters, that is, outside the word they gave Allah Almighty, because Allah Almighty, sir, in return for their word, could not fully place characters in them, they go towards killing the prophets. They go beyond Allah's word.

Can a verse have such a meaning? Can a verse be translated like this? Yes. I am reading it again, look. Surely We took a firm pledge from the Children of Israel. Yes. Surely We took the firm pledge of the Children of Israel. And We sent them prophets. He takes a firm pledge. He sends prophets. That is, they too say: yes, we will follow Your prophets. There. Where? The covenant. To the covenant. In the covenant. He took a promise. Since it is not seen in the world, there, when they were spirits, at 'Am I not your Lord?' Elestü bi-Rabbiküm, so He took their covenant firmly. But Allah Almighty could not place the characters in him in return for his covenant, and they killed their prophets in the world.

Is there such a thing? Can there be such a translation? Sir, whenever a prophet brought them what their selves did not desire, divine rulings, some of them they deny, and some of them they killed. Yes. So, Allah, they gave You a firm pledge. And You could not fully place this firm pledge in them, so they acted this way. Now we come to the right one, look. No one can ascribe attributes to Allah Almighty. By oath, We made a covenant with the Children of Israel too. We made a covenant, saying We took a firm pledge. Allah Almighty made a covenant with everyone. He made a covenant with all people. What do we say? By oath, We made a covenant with the Children of Israel too.

And We sent them prophets. We sent prophets. Whenever a prophet brought them divine rulings their selves did not desire, some of them they denied and some of them they killed. Now what does this mean? By oath, We made a covenant with the Children of Israel too. That is, just as We made a covenant with all people, We made a covenant with them too. We gave them their destinies, their wishes, as destiny. But they asked this of Me, and I worked them into him. That is, everyone is free in his own will. In fact, with these wrong translations of theirs, they say this. I even have it in writing, the Diyanet says it.

The Diyanet tells me: when Allah Almighty takes away the will from man, it says, it does not come to mean denial, it says. Well, if He took my will away from me and, as a murderer, made me kill a man, made me a murderer, did I come to mean denial? Or did Allah take on attributes towards His servants and, whatever He wanted, the way He wanted, that is, whomever He wills to Hell, whomever He wills to Hell, like that? Did He steer that person that way? Astonishing. Astonishing. Yes. Had they known these things like this, they would not translate these verses like this.

Yes.