Al-Hajj 18: Don’t you see that the things in the heavens and in the earth and the sun and the moon and the stars and the mountains and the trees and the animals and most people prostrate to Allah? And punishment has become true for most of them. If someone desires despicableness from Allah, there is no one who can make that person valuable. Verily, Allah does what Allah desires.
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Explanation
The misinterpretation
Do you not see that what is in the heavens and what is on the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the animals and many of the people, are prostrating to Allah; Punishment has been deserved over many of them. Whoever Allah despises, there is no one to make him worthy. Undoubtedly, Allah does what He wills.
The right translation
Don’t you see that the things in the heavens and in the earth and the sun and the moon and the stars and the mountains and the trees and the animals and most people prostrate to Allah? And punishment has become true for most of them. If someone desires despicableness from Allah, there is no one who can make that person valuable. Verily, Allah does what Allah desires.
Explanation
This is where this verse goes wrong: Whoever Allah makes despicable, there is no one who can make him worthy. Surely Allah does what He wills. Verily: Whoever Allah has made despicable, there is no one who can make him worthy. Surely Allah does what He wills.
When our Lord made a covenant with people at Kalu Bela, He wrote their desires and wishes as their destiny. These destinies will never change again. In this case, the will is two. The universal will and the limited will. The universal will is our Lord. He creates what He wants. In this case, Our Lord neither punishes nor rewards anyone as He wills. When our Lord holds people to account for what they have done, He will judge them for what they have done with complete justice.
What is said in the video
hands. Verse 18 is here.
This prostration verse was translated wrongly. Let us both read it and prostrate. God willing, after it's finished. Do you not see that those in the heavens and those on earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the animals and many of mankind prostrate to Allah?
Here the meaning is very deep; I won't open it up. I'll only say this much. By Allah Almighty's knowledge and power, in the mountains, the stones, the trees, in the heavens, the stars, the moons, the suns, they remember Allah. Because of the substances Allah Almighty created, well, all the neutrons and protons of the substances, that is, inside those substances the positive and negative, well, electrons make a sound while spinning around their own axis. Each one remembers Allah with its own separate sound. That is why Allah Almighty says in His verse: the heavens and the earth have known the remembrance of their Lord.
They have known the remembrance of their Lord. Here, like a factory that produces a product and takes out its patent, well: this product belongs to such-and-such factory. Nobody can imitate it anymore. As it says, Allah Almighty too, by making all that He created, seen, seen and unseen, tangible and intangible, all substances, remember Him, that Allah Almighty is the absolute owner of the heavens and the earth, this universe, He proves to us. Yes. What does it say here? Do you not see that those in the heavens and those on earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the animals and many of mankind prostrate to Allah?
And upon many of them the punishment has become due. Whomever Allah humiliates and abases, there is no one who can honour him anymore. Allah humiliates and abases no one. Here they twist the matter, you see. That is, whoever asks Allah for humiliation and abasement, that is, if he goes outside Allah's command, if he does not recognise Him, then of course, well, they, none, not one of them has any value in Allah's hand. Surely Allah does what He wills. Of course Allah does what He wills. But He does it with justice. Now here, let's read the correct version like this. Do you not see that those in the heavens and those on earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the animals and many of mankind prostrate to Allah?
And upon many of them the punishment has become due. Whoever has asked Allah for humiliation and abasement, there is no one who can honour him anymore. Why? Because he had his destiny written that way. In that way, over his eyes he had the veil drawn; that is why they say: We drew a veil over their eyes. Fine, You drew a veil, but You willingly... Allah Almighty did not willingly draw a veil over his eyes; the person had it drawn himself, the person by his own will, and he had plugs put in his ears and had his heart sealed. This is the correct reading of the verse. Yes. Whoever has asked for humiliation and abasement, there is no one who can honour him anymore.
Why? Because whatever a person asked of Allah Almighty, He gave him his destiny that way. Surely Allah does what He wills. The end is correct anyway.