Al-An'am 84: And We have blessed him (Abraham) with Isaac and (with Isaac’s son) Jacob; each of them was among those who have attained guidance. And before, Noah and David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses and Aaron from his offspring were also among those who have attained guidance. This is how We reward the muhsineen (those who commit the best of acts).

A. Metin Saruhan · 20 February 2022 · Misinterpreted Verses

The misinterpretation

We also gave him Isaac and Jacob (son of Isaac); We have guided them all to the right path. Previously, We guided Noah and his descendants David, Solomon, Ayyub, Yusuf, Moses and Aaron to the Straight Path. This is how We reward the good-doers.

The right translation

And We have blessed him (Abraham) with Isaac and (with Isaac’s son) Jacob; each of them was among those who have attained guidance. And before, Noah and David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses and Aaron from his offspring were also among those who have attained guidance. This is how We reward the muhsineen (those who commit the best of acts).

Explanation

This is the wrong place in this verse: We guided them all, verily: Each one of them was one of the guided. The wrong way to open the verse is to accuse our Lord of injustice by discriminating against people. Our Lord applies His infallible justice to His creation without discrimination. Prophets are created from the spirit of the Prophet (PBUH). Our Lord says in His verse. Verse 81 of Surah Al-Imran: (When Allah comes to you of the Prophets a Prophet who confirms what is before you after I have given you the Book and wisdom, you will surely help him. Have you affirmed this? Have you accepted this covenant? When I asked them, they replied that they accepted. Then Allah said, "Then bear witness, and I am one of those who bear witness with you.")

Again, our Lord says in His Verse: Surah Isra, Verse 55 says: Your Lord knows best all that is in the heavens and the earth. Indeed, among the Prophets, some are superior to others. And We gave David the Psalms.

In this case, those who are close to Allah in faith are superior to each other. If even among the Prophets, our Lord has applied His justice fully and completely and made those who are close to Him superior to each other, then our Lord judges with His justice and grades them according to the degree of their faith in proportion to the covenant they have made with our Lord, even if they are Prophets, without discriminating among His creatures. In this case, if we pay attention, at the end of the verse (This is how We reward those who do good), it means that Our Lord raises people in degrees or rewards them in return for their actual deeds.

What is said in the video

If he just reads it and moves on, he won't understand anything, of course.

Verse 84 has been rendered wrongly.

When I say rendered wrongly, I'm repeating what I said a moment ago. Not all of the verses are wrong. If one thing in it is wrong, we correct that, anyway. We take the rest as it is. Yes. Verse 84. We gave him Isaac and Isaac's son Jacob as a gift. Correct. We guided them all to the right path. Well. Here it makes a mistake now. Allah Almighty did not lead anyone to anything. He only made a covenant with the prophets.

However many prophets He created: We will send you to your peoples as a great father. Do you accept this? He said. Look, again He leaves it to their own will. Yes, we accept, they said. And Allah Almighty said: I too am among the witnesses with you. Look, here again He left people to their own will. Here, He led that one, He did this like so, He raised this one. No. Always within a person's own will, within his own knowledge, we'll say this, within his faith; Allah Almighty ranked people according to their longing and love for Allah. What does it say now? We gave him Isaac and Isaac's son Jacob as a gift, We guided them all to the right path, and before that We had guided Noah and from his descendants David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses and Aaron to the right path.

This is how We reward those who do good, it says. Now, do the words match each other? I'm asking you. Pay attention. There is a contradiction here.

What does it say?

We gave Jacob as a gift too. We guided them all to the right path. Well, if He guided them, Allah Almighty guided them all to the right path. If He guided them, can He say: This is how We reward those who do good? If He guided them to the right path, they're all rewarded well. You rewarded him anyway. When He says 'this is how We reward', a person, through his own goodness, within his own understanding, will attain rank through goodness, and look what it will say then: This is how We reward those who do good. Look, now it's right. Now we say it here. We read the verse again, the wrong version: We gave him Isaac and Isaac's son Jacob as a gift, We guided them all to the right path, and before that, and from his descendants We had guided David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses and Aaron to the right path.

Now here the words contradict each other. Now: This is how We reward those who do good, it says. And from the beginning only one thing is wrong; it's correct. Up to where is it correct? We gave him Isaac and Isaac's son Jacob as a gift. Up to here it's correct. After that it's all wrong. Look what it says now. We bestowed on Abraham his son Isaac and Isaac's son Jacob, We granted them. And each of them, each of them was among those who attained guidance. Look. Each of them was among those who attained guidance. And before that, Noah and from his lineage David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses and Aaron were also among those who had attained guidance.

This is how We reward those who do good, it says. And look how nice: the sentence is right, what comes before is right, what follows is right. How do you render this like that? Yes.