Al-Anbya 111: “I do not know, perhaps it (that your time has been prolonged and the punishment delayed) is a calamity or it is a benefit until some time.”

A. Metin Saruhan · 22 February 2022 · Misinterpreted Verses

The misinterpretation

I don't know, maybe it (postponing the punishment) is to try you and benefit you (opportunities) until a time.

The right translation

“I do not know, perhaps it (that your time has been prolonged and the punishment delayed) is a calamity or it is a benefit until some time.”

Explanation

This is where this verse goes wrong: That (postponement of the punishment) is to try you and to make you enjoy (the means) until a time.

Indeed: "Perhaps this punishment for you is a calamity or a benefit for a time." Allah does not need to test anyone. Especially a Prophet would never use this word. Our Lord made a covenant with people in Kalu Bela. He has written the desires and wishes of people as their destiny. In this case, it is not possible for the Prophet (PBUH) to say to the people that it (the postponement of the punishment) is to test you and to benefit you (from the opportunities) for a time. Because the Prophet (PBUH) knew the verses very well. He was trained by our Lord Himself. In this respect, the Prophet (PBUH) knew very well that our Lord does not need to test anyone. Our Lord has programmed these worlds until the Day of Resurrection, and there is no creature that will come until the Day of Resurrection that our Lord does not know what it will do. The truth of the verse is as follows: Perhaps for you this punishment is a calamity or a benefit for a time.

What is said in the video

Verse 111 of Surah Al-Anbiya was translated wrongly. What does it say? I do not know; perhaps that postponement of the punishment is to test you and to let you enjoy the means for a while, it says. Now here, Allah Almighty does not know what people will do; if, against the evils you have done, it says, perhaps, it says, I will test you, it says, well, it is to let you enjoy the means for a while, it says. He will test. Whereas where every person will go: in Hell seven levels, in Paradise seven levels. There are seven levels of Paradise. For everything, there are seven states of the nafs. The eighth Paradise is Maqam Mahmud.

It is the Paradise Allah Almighty gave to the Prophet. Well, you cannot even imagine it, it says. Now in this case, a person has nefs-i emmare, nefs-i levvame, nefs-i mülhime, nefs-i mutmainne, nefs-i raziye, nefs-i marziye, nefs-i safiye. Accordingly, everyone will go to his Paradise according to the state of his nafs and his degree of faith, together with the deeds he did. Seven levels in Hell. And at the very bottom, the hypocrites. Now in this case: perhaps that postponement of the punishment, it says. As if: I will kill you, but what does it say? It is to test you and to let you enjoy the means for a while, it says.

I don't know you, nor what kind of people you are. I will test you, it says. That's why in the end, it says, I will give you, it says, my grade, it says. Whereas here: I do not know; the extension of your term, the postponement of the punishment, may be a penalty, a calamity for you, or an enjoyment for a while, it says.

Now here, in the distinctions, all of them will be subject to the same outcome.