Ar-Rum 5: With Allah’s help, Allah helps those who desire (from Allah). And Allah is Azeez (Exalted) and Raheem (the One who very generously accepts repentance).

A. Metin Saruhan · 22 February 2022 · Misinterpreted Verses

The misinterpretation

Allah helps whomever He wills, He has absolute power and is very merciful.

The right translation

With Allah’s help, Allah helps those who desire (from Allah). And Allah is Azeez (Exalted) and Raheem (the One who very generously accepts repentance).

Explanation

This is where this verse goes wrong: Allah helps whom He wills. The truth is: Allah helps whoever He wills with His power.

It is because the meaning of Verse 172 of Sûra A'râf has not been comprehended that the verses have been misinterpreted in this way. People who make a distinction between His servants by saying that our Lord will help whomever He wills, spare whomever He wills, and give abundant sustenance to whomever He wills, are casting a shadow on the justice of our Lord. They also attribute incomplete shortcomings to our Lord.

If our Lord, who has made a covenant with us, has written everyone's will as his destiny, then our Lord has sent His servants to this realm in order to keep them as witnesses. In this case, since people's destiny will not change, why does our Lord help people outside of their destiny by helping whomever He wants and giving abundant sustenance to whomever He wants? Is this acceptable to our Lord? The correct opening of the verse is as follows. Allah helps whoever He wills with His power. That is to say, He helps those who wish with the name of Nusrat (superior success, which is unique to our Lord).

What is said in the video

We've come to Surah Ar-Rum. In verse 5 of Surah Ar-Rum there is a mistake. Allah helps whom He wills. He is the possessor of absolute power, very protective. Always 'whom He wills' — 'who wills'. Allah, with His help, helps the one who wills. Now what does it say here? Allah helps whom He wills. Whereas what

does it say? Allah, with His help, that is, with His mercy, because He treats all people with His mercy, helps the one who wills, and He is the Mighty, the Merciful. Whereas Allah helps whom He wills, it says. He is the absolute power. He is very merciful. There is no 'protecting' here at all. And He is the Almighty, the Merciful. True, it comes to those meanings, but now it doesn't write the correct one.

Yes.