Al-An'am 88: This is Allah’s path of guidance; Allah blesses with it those servants who desire. If they had associated partners to Allah, all of their deeds would surely have gone in vain.

A. Metin Saruhan · 20 February 2022 · Misinterpreted Verses

The misinterpretation

This is the guidance of Allah. He conveys to him whatever He wishes of His servants. If they had set up partners with Allah, their deeds would certainly have been in vain.

The right translation

This is Allah’s path of guidance; Allah blesses with it those servants who desire. If they had associated partners to Allah, all of their deeds would surely have gone in vain.

Explanation

The wrong opening in this Verse is a repetition of the wrong opening in the above Verses. If we pay attention to the opening of the Verse that was opened incorrectly, it says: This is the guidance of Allah. He guides whom He wills of His servants to it. And under the same Verse it says: If they had associated partners with Allah, their deeds would have been in vain.

Now here even these two words contradict each other. In one place Allah (swt) says that He guides by discriminating between His servants. Then He says that if they had associated partners with Allah, their deeds would surely have been in vain, and He reveals that people are guided by their own voluntary actions and the strength of their faith in the face of the justice of our Lord. It turns out that the first opening was a false opening.

In this case, it is understood that Allah (swt) gives to each person the full reward for what he has done. Otherwise, our Lord does not elevate those He wills, guide them to the right path, or put them in Paradise or Hell. What people earn through their actual deeds, our Lord gives them in full.

What is said in the video

He shows it to them too. There is no discrimination.

Verse 88. This is Allah's guidance. Correct. To those who are close to Allah, Allah too will surely offer His mercy.

He guides to it whomever He wills of His servants. Explain what's behind his ear. If they too had associated partners with Allah, the deeds they did would surely have gone to waste. Correct. Correct. But now look how nice the correct one is. That path is Allah's path of guidance, which He grants to those of His servants who will it. To the one who wills. If they too had associated partners with Allah, if they had not willed Allah and had turned their backs on Allah, all the deeds they did would surely have come to nothing and been finished, it says. Yes. Here there are words that are even more of a dead end.

For example, what does it say in these wrong ones? This is Allah's guidance. He guides to it whomever He wills of His servants. If they too had associated partners with Allah. Here, this time, it brings out Allah Almighty's helplessness. His helplessness. If I have raised a person in this way, I send him over you as a commander. When you say 'obey him', then saying 'if he too had gone astray, I'd have done this to him' would be superfluous, superfluous. Superfluous. There are very deep meanings, but people here lack the science of words; they can't solve them. They can't understand.

These lead a person into unbelief.