Al-Hadid 29: And as such, the People of the Book shall know that they will not be able to gain anything from Allah’s blessing (in their current status). All blessings are in Allah’s hand. Allah bestows it upon whoever wants (from Allah). Because, Allah is the Owner of the limitless Grace and great bounty.

A. Metin Saruhan · 23 February 2022 · Misinterpreted Verses

The misinterpretation

Thus, the people of the Book may know that they cannot gain anything from Allah's bounty. Grace is entirely in God's hands. He bestows whatever you wish. Allah is the owner of great bounty.

The right translation

And as such, the People of the Book shall know that they will not be able to gain anything from Allah’s blessing (in their current status). All blessings are in Allah’s hand. Allah bestows it upon whoever wants (from Allah). Because, Allah is the Owner of the limitless Grace and great bounty.

Explanation

At the wrong opening in this Verse, our Lord says: Let the people of the Book know that they will not attain anything from the bounty of Allah.

In this case, our Lord sent the heavenly books with His Prophets to enlighten people's paths and teach them what they do not know. Among the People of the Book, there are four books. The Torah, the Psalms, the Gospel and the Holy Quran. If the People of the Book will not receive anything from the grace of Allah, it means that they will not receive the grace of our Lord, including Muslims. But then they open with the following. He bestows it to whom He wills. We have written in our footnotes under many misopened verses that our Lord has no wish over people, and here again in the misopened verse our Lord says that He bestows His grace on whom He wills. In the previous sentence He does not give His grace to anyone, in the next sentence He gives His grace to whom He wishes. The correct opening of this Verse is as follows. So that the People of the Book may know that (apart from the Qur'an) they will not receive anything from the bounty of Allah. The bounty is entirely in the hand of Allah. He bestows it on whomsoever He wills (among you). Allah is the Owner of great grace.

What is said in the video

Yes, in verse 29 of Surah Al-Hadid there is a mistake. "So that the People of the Book may know that they cannot obtain anything of Allah's grace." Now, here there is a mistake. We need to correct this a little.

What does it say? "So that the People of the Book may know that they cannot obtain anything of Allah's grace. Grace is entirely in Allah's hand." Amenna. "He bestows it on whom He wills," it says. This too is wrong here. "Allah is the Owner of great grace," it says. Now here, when it says People of the Book, the People of the Book are the books Allah Almighty has written, the books He has sent. The Torah, the Psalms, the Gospel, the Quran. The Quran is included in this too. People of the Book. Yes. The People of the Book. Here it must be said like this: "so that they may know that, in that state of theirs, they cannot obtain anything of Allah's grace." Those People of the Book, that is, those who are People of the Book outside the Quran, because Allah Almighty sent that book too.

But Allah Almighty sent that book in it, but in that book He sent it limited so that the people of that time could understand it. Then Allah Almighty made that book, that book of the People, known to us in the Quran exactly as it was. This time whoever believes in it, in that book, is obliged to believe in the Quran. No, I will not believe in the Quran, You sent me this. When you say, and I will never believe in anything other than this, then, because of your act against the command of Allah Almighty, you will have fallen into deviant paths. Yes. So we say: "People of the Book". You see, "outside the Quran" must be added here.

People of the Book who are outside the Quran. Yes.

Let us correct this here.

Those outside the Quran who are People of the Book.

Yes. "So that those outside the Quran who are People of the Book" — that is, here the Torah, the Psalms and the Gospel — "may know that, in that state of theirs, they cannot obtain anything of Allah's grace.

Grace is entirely in Allah's hand. He bestows it on whoever among you wills it. Our Lord Allah is the Owner of great grace." Yes. So we have corrected this part too in this way. So those outside the Quran who are People of the Book — in the Torah the book is the book sent by Allah Almighty. People of the Book. That is, the most beautiful of books, its owner, the One who is its owner, is Allah. He writes it without deficiency. But when I say "without deficiency" here, together with the verses within the Quran the Quran is completed. The books He sent before the Quran, in a way people could understand, in a way that would address the minds of that time, again without deficiency, well, He sends them the book.

Then the same verses, the same verses, in a clearer form, in the Noble Quran, the Torah, the Psalms and the Gospel being completed, as a mercy to the worlds are sent. People who turn their backs on this book, who turn their backs on the Quran, leave themselves in darkness.