Al-Isra 83: When We give blessings to people (most of them) turn away and ignore (Us). But when a calamity hits them, (most of them) become hopeless and depressed.

A. Metin Saruhan · 21 February 2022 · Misinterpreted Verses

The misinterpretation

When we give blessings to man, he turns away and turns away. If any harm were to come to him, he would fall into pessimism.

The right translation

When We give blessings to people (most of them) turn away and ignore (Us). But when a calamity hits them, (most of them) become hopeless and depressed.

Explanation

This Verse has been opened incorrectly from the beginning. The correct one is the one marked in green. The 67th Verse of Surah Isra has been opened with the same understanding. We copy it here.

Our Lord created human beings as the equal of creation. That is, He created them as the most honorable of all creation. He also said: "Lekad haleknal insane fi ahseni calendar, that is, I have created man in the most beautiful form". Nevertheless, when We bestow a blessing on man, he turns away and turns aside, as it is said in the wrong verse. If any harm were to befall him, he would become very pessimistic, and if it is said, did He create all the people He created in such an honorable and beautiful form to be ungrateful? It means that He could never create man in a righteous morality, which, if such verses of the Qur'an are opened, would characterize our Lord.

Our Lord is free from all deficient attributes. Our Lord has given a part of His soul to human beings. He has left human beings free in their will. In this case, He made a covenant with people at Kalu Bela. Everyone has dictated his own destiny according to what he has asked from our Lord. People are divided into three classes. The rightists, the leftists and the mukarrebun. In this case, since people are responsible for what they do of their own will, there are good and bad among them. You cannot put all these people in the bad category. No one can blame our Lord and say that mankind turns away when We bestow favors on man. The correct opening of this verse is: When We bestow a blessing on man, (many of them) turn away (from Us). And if any harm were to befall him, (again) many of them would fall into despondency. Among mankind are prophets, saints, scholars and martyrs. When people are given a blessing by our Lord, not all of them turn their backs and go away, and not all of them become pessimistic and surrender to our Lord.

What is said in the video

They increase their own unbelief by not believing in the Quran. In verse 83 there is a mistake too. "When We bestow a blessing on man, they turn away and shy off. And if harm and loss touch him, he falls into deep despair," it says. Now what does it say here? Again we are reading the wrong one. "When We bestow a blessing on man, they turn away and shy off." This covered all of them. Whereas what do we say here? "When We bestow a blessing on man, many of them turn away from Us and shy off." That 'many of them' meaning: since Turkish has no exact equivalent of the Arabic, since there is no exact equivalent in Turkish, I mean, since in Turkish there's no exact equivalent of the Arabic, this time one is obliged to spell it out, I mean.

That's the meaning. What does it say? "When We bestow a blessing on man, many of them turn away from Us and shy off. And if harm and loss touch him, again many of them fall into deep despair." I mean, here, in the wrongly translated verse above, in general it means all people. Whereas here Allah Almighty makes a distinction among people.