Al-Hajj 24: And they have turned themselves towards to the most beautiful of the words and entered the praiseworthy path of Allah.

A. Metin Saruhan · 22 February 2022 · Misinterpreted Verses

The misinterpretation

And they were directed to the best of speech, guided to the path of Allah, worthy of praise.

The right translation

And they have turned themselves towards to the most beautiful of the words and entered the praiseworthy path of Allah.

Explanation

This verse is completely misunderstood. Our Lord does not guide anyone to the best of words and He does not guide anyone to the way of Allah, who is worthy. As we keep saying, the translators did not know the meaning of Verse 172 of Surah A'râf, so they opened the verse incorrectly and blamed our Lord. The correct opening of the verse: And they have turned to the best of the word, and they have followed the way of Allah, the praiseworthy. Since all responsibilities and actions are committed by human beings, they will be held accountable for their own actions.

What is said in the video

The end is correct anyway. Verse 24 of Surah Al-Hajj was translated wrongly. What does it say? And they have been directed to the best of words, and led to the path of Allah, the Praiseworthy, it says. No one can lead anyone to anything; neither can you take me from Hell to Paradise, nor can I take you from Paradise to Hell. Neither can I take you out of the religion of Islam, nor can you, well, force me to leave the religion of Islam. Or make me a disbeliever. Now here, this word blocks this place. And they have turned to the best of words. They turned. The right one: to the best of words, la ilahe illallah. To the path of Allah, the Praiseworthy, they have been led.

That is: you are taking me, or I am taking you. Whereas no one can change anyone's destiny. There is only enjoining what is right. If you (?) have good character, you turn to Islam. You cannot say: I turned him. He turned himself. You only showed him the path of truth by enjoining what is right. Within his own will he found that truth. Well, if you said the same words, maybe more, to a non-Muslim, the non-Muslim, like a wall, would send your words right back to you. Or because you could not turn him. Will you say: I could not turn this one? I turned the other one. I could not turn this one. You only did enjoining what is right, Allah's command.

You spoke the word of truth. If there is a character in him, it flourished according to its character. It came to life. If there is baseness in its seed, that is, rottenness, it too got lost and was gone. Yes. What does it say? And they have turned to the best of words. They have been led to the path of Allah, the Praiseworthy. Here: and they have turned to the best of words. They have entered the path of Allah, the Praiseworthy. Not "led", but "entered".