Al-Hadid 21: Race to forgiveness from your Lord, and a Garden of the Paradises, the breadth whereof is as the breadth of heaven and earth, made ready for those who believe in Allah and Allah’s Prophet. That is the bounty of Allah; Allah gives it unto whoever wishes (from Allah); and Allah has limitless blessings.
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Explanation
The misinterpretation
a forgiveness from your Lord; Rush to Paradise, whose width is as wide as the sky and the earth, prepared for those who believe in Allah and His Messengers. This is the grace of Allah that He gives it to whom He wills. Allah is the owner of great bounty.
The right translation
Race to forgiveness from your Lord, and a Garden of the Paradises, the breadth whereof is as the breadth of heaven and earth, made ready for those who believe in Allah and Allah’s Prophet. That is the bounty of Allah; Allah gives it unto whoever wishes (from Allah); and Allah has limitless blessings.
Explanation
This is where this verse goes wrong. It is Allah's bounty that He gives it to whom He wills. The truth is: It is Allah's grace that He gives it to whoever wishes.
We have written in many verses that our Lord has no will over mankind, and since the Qur'an refers to will as repetition, we are putting our footnote about will as repetition.
In this verse we have written that our Lord has no will over people, that every soul has made a covenant with our Lord, and that people's desires and wishes are written to them as destiny, and that this will never change, and that in this case our Lord has no will over people. It is explained in detail in verse 172 of Surah A'raf. There you can find out why we were created, where we were created, why He made a covenant with mankind and why He sent us into the world even though He knew what we were. You can get information there.
What is said in the video
Well, he has nicely taken a note here and let us know.
Let us look at the mistake in verse 21, where they made a mistake, where they rendered it wrongly.
"Toward a forgiveness from your Lord, prepared for those who believe in Allah and His messengers, and toward a Paradise whose width is as the width of the sky and the earth, hasten," it says. Yes, "this is the grace of Allah, which He gives to whom He wills. Allah is the Owner of great grace." Now, pay attention to the poor choice of words here. How many words contradicting each other there are here. Now what does it say? Look, "toward a forgiveness from your Lord, prepared for those who believe in Allah and His messengers, toward a Paradise whose width is as the width of the sky and the earth, hasten." Fine, Allah Almighty sets aside for His servants in Paradise a place as wide as what lies between the sky and the earth.
Isn't that so? That is what it says. Look, "prepared for those who believe in Allah and His messengers, whose width is as the sky and the width of the earth, hasten toward Paradise," it says. Hasten. Fine, let us hasten. "This is the grace of Allah, which He gives to whom He wills." You both prepare it and give it to whom You will. "Whom He wills" does not fit here. He both prepares it — Allah Almighty — and also: come as much as you like, I will give it to whom I will. Whereas He gives it to whoever wills it. Whoever wills it. What does He do? Hasten, He says. Look, I have prepared such a place.
Who wants it? I will give it to whoever wants it, He says. Well, look how nice. Here it became "whoever wills it". When it is "whom He wills", then (?). I will not give it to you. I will give it to him. Well, would this distribution among servants be just? They have always turned the verses into superstitions like this. Yes.
How absurd, isn't it? If a person thinks about it. People whose Turkish speech is just a little proper — having knowledge is not a requirement. Moreover, someone who speaks Turkish in a good language like this brings out the superstition here into the open.