Ash-Shu'ara 77: “Know that I am their enemy. Only the Lord of the worlds (is my Friend).”

A. Metin Saruhan · 22 February 2022 · Misinterpreted Verses

The misinterpretation

Know well that they are my enemies. But the Lord of the worlds (my friend).

The right translation

“Know that I am their enemy. Only the Lord of the worlds (is my Friend).”

Explanation

This is where this verse goes wrong: Know well that they are my enemies. Correctly: Know well that I am their enemy.

They have misinterpreted the verses and turned them into superstitions. Here, the idols are shown as enemies of Hazrat Ibrahim (peace be upon him). However, there is neither life nor life in idols. Since when have inanimate forms made by the hands of men become enemies of men? However, Hazrat Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said, "They are my enemies. In other words, people who worship their idols, which they have shaped by imagining a Lord who is not in their imagination, are my enemies. He says I do not worship idols. Hazrat Abraham (peace be upon him) is a hanif. He never worshipped anyone other than our Lord, who is the only One.

What is said in the video

You tell me too, listen well. Know well that they are my enemies, but the Lord of the worlds is my friend. Let me read from the beginning, let me start a bit further up, you can't grasp this all at once. Well, Abraham's speech to his father Allah Almighty tells us here; he had said to his father and his people: what are you worshipping?

They answered: we worship idols and we will keep worshipping them.

Abraham said: well, when you call on them, do they hear you? Or can they benefit or harm you?

They answered like this. No, but we found our fathers doing so. He said: now, have you thought about what you have been worshipping?

I'm reading it wrong now. Know well that they are my enemies. But the Lord of the worlds is my friend. Enemies, sir? Somehow it should be that I am their enemy, sir. It should be, shouldn't it? Yes, sir. Yes. Idols have no life. Idols have no life, so how could they speak? They are my enemies. When he says they are my enemies, they must have life. They must have reason and understanding, so that when they become Abraham's enemies, Abraham could say: they are my enemies. Whereas I am their enemy. That is, of the idols. What does it say? Know well that I am their enemy. But the Lord of the worlds is my friend.

Yes.