An-Nur 53: They (the hypocrites) have given their strongest oath on Allah that when you truly order them, they will certainly embark (for war). Say, “Do not take an oath, your obedience is obvious! Know that; Allah is aware of all that you do.”

We have come to verse 53 of Surah An-Nur.

The hypocrites, that if you truly commanded them they would certainly go out to battle, swore by Allah with their most solemn oaths, it says. When the Prophet went to war, the hypocrites too said: we will come too, swearing by Allah like this, swearing like that, and so on. Allah Almighty, because He knows them, sends down the verse. What does it say? Say: do not swear. Your obedience is known anyway. Your obedience is known. That is, you will not go to war. You are hypocrites. Even if you went to war, you would run away as soon as you saw hardship. Know that Allah is aware of what you do. That is, our Lord knows what passes through your hearts.

When the Prophet (peace be upon him), at a time of battle, called the hypocrites to fight and asked: will you come?, these people would swear that they would go out to battle with the Prophet (peace be upon him), swearing in Allah's name. Yet these people were not going to go to war. For them an oath is nothing but a pastime. Therefore Allah Almighty, addressing the Prophet (peace be upon him), says: My beloved, say to them: do not swear. Your obedience is known. That is, what passes through your heart is known. That is, you are not going to go out to battle with us. Because Allah knows what passes through your hearts and what you will do.

So do not swear. Because your obedience is known. Know that Allah is aware of what you do. The heavens and the earth, what is between the two, all created things, were created by Allah Almighty. Of their states and of the movements of the atoms, of what the people who will come until the Day of Judgment will do, Allah is aware. Because the worlds are programmed. People's destinies were written according to each one's wishes and desires, and accordingly characters were given to them; all living beings created in the universe were programmed. In this case Allah Almighty tells us so beautifully that no one can go outside this program.

What does He say? If We do not will, you cannot will. What is this? Let's start with people. That is, whatever your destiny is, whatever you desired, at the covenant of Alastu bi Rabbikum, when you made the covenant with Allah Almighty, whatever the aim of your wishes and desires was, that aim of your wishes and desires We worked into you as characters, and your destiny We wrote. You cannot go outside this destiny. But if We will it, you go outside it. That is: if We do not will, you cannot will. And a word has gone forth from Us, it says. What is this?

The Quran. It is preserved in the Preserved Tablet, it says. Nothing is later added to it, nor taken away from it. So, in this case, Paradise and Hell.

When Allah Almighty made the covenant with people, in proportion to their wishes and desires, their aims, since He knew what they would do, Paradise and Hell He created.

In this case, in return for people's wishes and desires, when the time comes, Allah Almighty, in all this universe, creates means according to people's wishes and desires. And people, through the deeds they actually do, earn reward and sin. So no one can go outside their destiny. Now, there is a verse.

They set a trap, and We set a trap, it says. But We are the best of those who set traps, it says. What do you understand from this? That the worlds are in the program. That the worlds are in the program. That all the worlds are in the program. Let them prepare them as much as they like. We already said this. It is programmed. There is one more meaning here.

There is a meaning here. What is this meaning? Tell me. Hodja, to draw even the unbelievers into His mercy, to take them into His mercy, for them too He opens the doors of mercy. To take people, even unbelievers, into His mercy if they enter, He opens that way for them too. Here, first, there is a point. A subtle point. Let me remind you of it. I told you, but you have probably forgotten.

They set a trap. A trap of what? They set a trap outside their destiny. They set a trap outside the program. But We are the best of those who set traps. That is, since those traps of theirs are outside destiny, We remove them, and turn them into traps that will play out within their destiny. That is, into traps within their own characters, which will prove what kind of people they are, We turn them. So We are the best of those who set traps. That is, We wrong no one. It is the proof of the verse: every soul wrongs itself. The verses always confirm one another. Yes. What beautiful meanings.

Know that Allah is aware of what you do. The heavens and the earth, what is between the two, all created things, were created by Allah Almighty. Of their states, of the movements of the atoms, and of what the people who will come until the Day of Judgment will do, Allah Almighty is aware. So you cannot hide anything from Allah. Allah (?) knows the hidden and also what is open. Allah knows both what is hidden and what is open, it says.