Al-Hajj 49: Say; “Oh humankind! I am only a clear and obvious admonisher for you!”

A. Metin Saruhan · 25 September 2016 · Al-Hajj

Translation

Say; “Oh humankind! I am only a clear and obvious admonisher for you!”

Tafsir

Allah (swt) addressed the people through His Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), whom He sent as the Prophet of Hatemen; Say: O people! I am a human being like you and I have been sent to you as a Prophet by the mercy and compassion of Allah. I am but a clear warner for you, for you have left Allah and worship idols which you have made with your hands according to your minds. But these idols can neither benefit nor harm themselves, nor can they benefit you. They do not even hear what you say. So turn to Allah, the Creator of the universe, who has created these idols, and my duty is to introduce and inform you about Allah. O people! Do not wrong your souls, do not associate partners with Allah, and do not depart from truth and justice.

What is said in the video

We have come to verse 49 of Surah Al-Hajj. Say: O people! I am only a clear warner for you. How beautiful. We too say: O people! In the Qur'an, in their translations, they ascribed attributes to Allah when explaining it. We removed this ascribing of attributes to our Lord and wrote what is right, we say. And I, I say, to remove superstitions, to remove the errors that were written, am a person with a duty. (?) Look what it says: O people, I am only a clear warner for you. To whom? This is addressed to the Prophet. Plus, scholars are the heirs of the prophets. And I, as an heir, an heir — don't let such superstitious words come to your mind, that the man is declaring himself a prophet, God forbid.

Because prophethood has ended. With the Seal of the Prophets, Muhammad (peace be upon him), prophethood has ended. Now in this case, only our duty is to tell people correctly what we know, the verses wrongly interpreted in the Qur'an to show to people in their truth; this is our duty. If we knowingly keep silent, it means taking part in kufr, and we fall into sin. We fall into sin. In this case, by necessity, with the knowledge our Lord has given us, the writings of people who wrongly interpreted the Holy Qur'an and ascribed attributes to Allah — when we write them with their correct versions as the meaning of the verses in the Qur'an, we are obliged to announce this to people.

Every Muslim, as long as he knows this is right, is obliged to support it. If it isn't right, if I am saying something wrong, he is obliged to set me straight. If a Muslim is a Muslim's brother — if he is his brother — a brother may push his brother, but holds him back at the edge of the cliff, it says. If I am your brother, if I am a Muslim, if I say something wrong, if I am heading for the cliff, save me. If you see the truth and turn your back on the truth, you are obliged to return to the truth. Otherwise, at the Supreme Court, in the presence of Allah Almighty, in a world with no return, regret is of no use.

Yes.

O people! I am only a clear warner for you. Allah Almighty, in Muhammad (peace be upon him), whom He sent as the Seal of the Prophets, addressing people. Say: O people, I am a human being like you. Through Allah's mercy and compassion toward you, I have been sent to you as a prophet. I am only a clear warner for you. I have been sent to you as a prophet. Because you have left Allah and, by your own reasoning, what you made with your hands, the idols you made, you worship. Whereas these idols neither benefit nor harm themselves. Nor can they bring you any benefit. They don't even hear what you say.

So turn to Allah, who created these idols too and is the Owner of the universe. My duty is to make Allah known to you and to proclaim Him. O people, do not wrong your own selves. Do not associate partners with Allah. Do not depart from right and justice. Yes.