Al-Hijr 39: (Iblees) Satan said; “Oh My Lord! In return for my transgression, I will make (sins) appear attractive and I will surely make all of them transgress.”

A. Metin Saruhan · 21 February 2022 · Misinterpreted Verses

The misinterpretation

(Demon) He said; My God! In return for teasing me, I will embellish them (sins) on earth and I will surely make them all astray.

The right translation

(Iblees) Satan said; “Oh My Lord! In return for my transgression, I will make (sins) appear attractive and I will surely make all of them transgress.”

Explanation

This is where it goes wrong: Lord! for your temptation. The correct one is: O my Lord! And I for my rebellion.

In the opening verse of the Qur'an, it is said that our Lord has tempted Satan. All Muslims know that Allah did not tempt Satan. Satan disobeyed Allah's command and did not prostrate to Prophet Adam. In this case, without even reading the Verses or comprehending the meaning of the Verses, they have written a translation, giving meaning to the Verses at random. It is not from the glory of our Lord that He should cause anyone to be rebellious, or that He should cause injustice among people and raise the unjust above the righteous.

Our Lord does not tempt anyone. If our Lord was going to tempt Shaytan, why did He elevate Shaytan to the rank of teacher of the angels? Allah is the owner of justice. Shaytan has said that there is not an inch of earth on the earth that I do not prostrate to my Lord. In this case he was given the title of Abu Murra. Aba Murrah means a miser of worship. Our Lord knew that Satan would rebel, but in His justice He elevated Satan to the rank of teacher of the angels.

This is the justice of our Lord. Then when Satan did not prostrate to Adam, our Lord cursed him for rebelling against His command. But there was a wisdom in this curse too. People needed someone to guide and enlighten them. These are the Prophets and scholars whom our Lord sent with His Verses and His command. There was also a need for someone to guide those who rebel against Allah according to the desires and wishes of the people. That is the devil. He shows people the paths that will lead them to disaster by wandering in the channels of blood because of their rebellion against our Lord. Why did our Lord give the devil a lifetime until doomsday? The answer is that whatever the creatures of our Lord ask of our Lord, our Lord grants them in full without refusing their requests. Our Lord also says in the 21st verse of Surah Saba 21- (But Satan has no power over them (i.e. over mankind). (Satan was given the opportunity he desired) so that he might separate those who believe in the Hereafter from those who remain in doubt; and indeed your Lord is All-Knowing.

What is said in the video

Sir, in its verse 39 it has been explained wrongly. Iblis said: My Lord, in return for Your leading me astray, on earth I will make sins attractive to them, and I will surely lead them all astray, it says. Look, sir, Allah led Satan astray: 'in return for Your leading me astray', it says. But Allah Almighty didn't lead him astray. I created a human. When I breathe My spirit into him, you will prostrate to him, He said. He went against Allah's command and denied our Lord. That is, he didn't do what He said, and He said: what is it that kept you from prostrating, He said. Now He asks Satan. Doesn't Allah know?

He knows. Him, he says, You created from clay; me You created from fire. Clay doesn't clean fire. But fire cleans clay. I won't prostrate to him, he says. Look, if this Creator, Allah, told you: prostrate to this, then do it. If He told me: prostrate to an ant, by Allah, I would prostrate. If He told me to prostrate to an ant. It's an ant. It's under my foot. What power does it have over me, I wouldn't say. I wouldn't think twice about it. There must surely be a wisdom in it. What could that ant be, I wonder?

Yes. So what does it say now? Iblis said: My Lord, in return for Your leading me astray. See. Whereas Iblis said: My Lord, in return for my going astray, that is, my rebellion, on earth I will make sins attractive to them and I will surely lead them all astray, it says. Yes, Allah Almighty also says this in a verse of His: The accursed one was not mistaken in his guess, He says. See, he was not wrong in his guess. It doesn't say he spoke the truth. Because Allah knows the unseen. If He had said 'he told the truth', Satan would have had knowledge of the unseen, he says. Here, since he doesn't know the unseen, what does it say?

Satan turned out right in his guess, it says. Where? I think it says it in Surah Saba. Let's see. Where is our Quran with the translation? Yes. Give it to me, let me look.

Satan turned out right in his guess, it says. It's either in Saba or in As-Sajdah. Let's see now.

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