Az-Zumar 22: Don’t they receive an enlightment (divine light) from their Lord; who open their hearts to Allah and Islam (they do receive). And woe upon those whose hearts are hardened against remembering Allah. Those are in clear deviance.

A. Metin Saruhan · 22 February 2022 · Misinterpreted Verses

The misinterpretation

Whoever Allah has opened his heart to Islam, is he not in a light from his Lord? Woe to those whose hearts are hardened in the remembrance of Allah! These are in manifest error.

The right translation

Don’t they receive an enlightment (divine light) from their Lord; who open their hearts to Allah and Islam (they do receive). And woe upon those whose hearts are hardened against remembering Allah. Those are in clear deviance.

Explanation

This is where this verse goes wrong: Whose heart Allah has opened to Islam. The truth is: Whoever has opened his heart to Allah and Islam. People who are ignorant of the meanings of the verses, who open the verses according to their own minds, as we always say, have done away with the justice of our Lord. They have accused our Lord of discrimination among His servants. They have committed the same mistake in this verse. Our Lord made a covenant with people in the past. Each man's covenant became his destiny. In this case, Our Lord does not interfere with what people do in this worldly life. When people are called to account for their deeds in the Hereafter, they will be given what they have earned in full and will be sent to their rightful places.

What is said in the video

With reward and sin.

They also rendered verse 22 wrongly. Whoever's heart Allah has opened to Islam — upon a light from his Lord is he not? (?) 'Whoever's heart Allah has opened to Islam,' it says. Just look at that. Allah discriminates among His servants. According to the verse in which He says, We have divided even the world equally among you, Allah wills no injustice to the worlds. According to the verse, You wrong your own selves. Does this fit here at all now? Does this statement fit here? What does it say? 'Whoever's heart Allah has opened to Islam, is he not upon a light from his Lord?' Whereas whoever has opened his heart to Allah and Islam — whoever has opened his heart to Allah and Islam, he has known his Lord as Lord — what does Lord mean? Creator — has known his Lord as Creator, has known that in the universe there is no creator other than Him, and the absolute ruler of the universe and absolute Creator, Almighty over everything, besides whom there is no god — has known Allah. So, having opened his heart to this, to Islam, is he not upon a light?

That is, upon a light, I mean, upon a bright path, is he not?

Or as he says: whoever's heart Allah has opened Islam to, he says. Repentance, I seek Allah's forgiveness. Then let's see what it says.

Woe to those whose hearts have hardened against the remembrance of Allah. Well now, this man's words contradict each other here. On the one hand, of man — Allah Islam, some people's hearts opened to Islam, upon someone. And here: Woe to those whose hearts have hardened against the remembrance of Allah. If He had opened Islam to them too — a person would say this, wouldn't he. Whereas no one will be found (?) before Allah Almighty. Because for every question of man, Allah Almighty will have made the answer manifest in this world, and the person will be left with no questions. This is Allah's attribute of being Allah.

Yes. Those are in clear error. Correct. Now we're reading the correct one here. Whoever has opened his heart to Allah and Islam, is he not upon a light from his Lord? Woe to those whose hearts have hardened against the remembrance of Allah. Those are in clear error. Yes.