Maryam 75: Say; “(Within their given life span) Rahman (Allah the Merciful) gives time to whoever has gone astray. When they finally see the punishment, the Hour (the Day of Judgment) that was promised to them, they will know whose place (and status) is worse and whose army is weaker.”

A. Metin Saruhan · 21 February 2022 · Misinterpreted Verses

The misinterpretation

Say; Whoever is in error, may Allah, the Most Merciful, give him respite. Finally, when they see what was promised to them, either the torment (defeat against the believers) or the Doomsday, they will learn who is worse in rank and weaker in military.

The right translation

Say; “(Within their given life span) Rahman (Allah the Merciful) gives time to whoever has gone astray. When they finally see the punishment, the Hour (the Day of Judgment) that was promised to them, they will know whose place (and status) is worse and whose army is weaker.”

Explanation

This is where it has gone wrong: Say: Whoever is in error, may Allah, the Most Merciful, give him respite. Verily: And whoever is in error, Allah, the Most Merciful, gives him respite (within his lifetime).

Allah (swt) made a covenant with each and every human being at Kalu Bela, and their desires and wishes were written as their destiny. When people come into the world, in order for them to prove what kind of a person they are, our Lord has given them a certain number of lifetimes, knowing how many breaths it will take to complete their destiny, which He has written according to their desires and wishes. This lifespan does not go forward for an hour, nor does it go backward for an hour. In this case, when they say that Allah, the Most Merciful, should give him a respite, this is contrary to the verse which they have misquoted, so Our Lord does not prolong the life of those who commit disbelief so that they may increase their disbelief: "Allah, the Most Merciful, gives him respite (in his lifetime)." Those who open the verse in this way, with verses like this one, give people an extension of their lives to increase their sins. In this understanding, they opened the verses of the Qur'an and attributed shortcomings to our Lord.

Our Lord has assigned a lifespan to every human being according to the desires and wishes of every human being. Our Lord did not create human beings free from mistakes. In His Verse: (If you had not committed mistakes, I would have destroyed you and created servants who committed mistakes), He does not give people an extra lifetime to increase their sins. When people regret their mistakes and repent, when they return to our Lord, when they say Allah once, they are in accordance with the purpose of our Lord's creation.

What is said in the video

Your Lord is not forgetful, it says.

In verse 75 too there is a mistake, in Surah Maryam. What does it say? Say: whoever is in error, may Allah, the Most Merciful, grant him respite. Until, when they see what they were promised, either the punishment, defeat at the hands of the believers, or the Hour, who is worse in position and rank and weaker in forces, they will learn, it says. Now we read it once more. Say: whoever is in error, may Allah, the Most Merciful, grant him respite. Whereas: say, whoever is in error, Allah, the Most Merciful, to him, to people, gives respite within their lifetime. Gives respite within their lifetime.

Now here: may Allah, the Most Merciful, grant him respite. When He grants respite, maybe He grants it beyond his lifetime too. If He gave me respite too, I'd turn back as well. Whereas here, since the exact equivalent of the Arabic text doesn't exist in Turkish, what do we say here now? Whoever is in error, Allah, the Most Merciful, to him, people, to people gives respite within their lifetime. Within their lifetime. That is, this one went astray. Let Me destroy him at once? No. Someone who will prove himself within his lifetime. Until, when they see what they were promised, the punishment or the Hour, they will learn who is worse in position and rank and weaker in forces.

The rest is correct. They make a mistake there.