Al-Furqan 16: For them, there is everything they desire and (they will be there in) eternity. This is a promise that your Lord has taken upon Own-Self, and that decrees the fulfillment.

Surah Al-Furqan, verse 16: For them there, abiding forever, is everything they wish. This is a promise your Lord has taken upon Himself and wants to fulfil. Allah Almighty says: Who is more true to his word than Allah? So if Allah promises us these things, they are true, and we must try to be worthy of it. The God-fearing and those who win Paradise will, in the high Paradise, have all their wishes fulfilled.

Allah Almighty will give until they are satisfied. A person will ask according to his mental capacity anyway. Now there is a situation like this. A person says: let me win Paradise, however it may be. When he enters Paradise, he sees that he had no house in the world. He has been given a house. He is content with it. But when, because of his conduct and deeds, he sees that house as a palace, a mansion, a pavilion, then he no longer has it in him to want anything else. But Allah Almighty, with ghilman around him, him with thrones furnished, with ghilman around him offering him drink, offering wine, but not intoxicating like in the world — when maidens go around him, their amazement will be even greater. People in an endless life, in a life without ageing, the men always about 33 years old, the women about 18 — we will experience an eternal, endless life, God willing.

What are we saying? The God-fearing and those who win Paradise will, in the high Paradise, have all their wishes fulfilled. Allah Almighty, to those who in the world worship Him in obedience and fear Allah, has promised this blessing. Some exegetes, because the verse was interpreted wrongly, have also given this verse a wrong meaning. That is, the way other exegetes interpret the verse: "This is a promise your Lord has taken upon Himself and whose fulfilment is requested." They explain it like this: The people of Paradise ask that Allah Almighty fulfil His promise, it says.

Who? Allah Almighty (?) will ask for something there. Still — look at the human nafs. Even in the world his nafs is not satisfied and he keeps asking; still he will ask, that is, there too. Interpreting it this way (?). "In the Hereafter I will not be satisfied with what my Lord gives me, and I will say to Him: give me this too." Anyway, Allah Almighty, who knows the secrets of our hearts, will give to us until we are pleased anyway.

The people of Paradise ask that Allah Almighty fulfil His promise. Yet Allah is the absolute power in His judgment. No one can demand anything from Allah. Only Allah promises, and He gives people what He promised. Because in the verse He says: Who is more true to His promise than Allah?

So does Allah fall short with people, and, God forbid, do we remind Allah of His promise and demand our right from Him? The way this verse is rendered in translation is as we explained above. This is a promise your Lord has taken upon Himself and wants to fulfil. This is the correct meaning of the verse. Allah declares His promise to people as truth. He also states in verses that He is true to His word. He is Allah. He speaks as He wills. Because Allah does not intend injustice to the worlds. He always gives generously in people's favor. Yes, we explained it here, but let's also look in the Quran at how they explained it.

Well, let's have a look there.

Whether it really is explained as we said, or whether another verse is explained this way, let's look at that.

Three hundred fifty fifty-five Yes.

Surah Al-Furqan Yes.

The sixteenth verse.

As I said, the exegetes explained it that way. But in the, uh, the verses are explained correctly. The verses are explained correctly.

This verse — let's take it along with us too. Let's open it from here.

354 Yes, in Surah Al-Furqan the verse is explained correctly. So the exegetes made this up according to their own minds. The verses are correct. What does the verse say? For them there, abiding forever, is everything they wish. This is a promise your Lord has taken upon Himself and wants to fulfil. By our Lord. And you cannot explain it like this: Well, "This is a promise your Lord has taken upon Himself and whose fulfilment is requested." They explain this verse like this, it says. The people of Paradise ask that Allah Almighty fulfil His promise, it says. Yes, they ask. As if Allah does not fulfil His promise and people will remind Him. That is, either these people deliberately write texts and muddle people's minds, or else really "write something," sir, so that people say "write" — (?) their writing texts in this way, tomorrow (?), in the divine presence of Allah Almighty, the account he will give — not taking that account into account and speaking like this.

May Allah protect us.

Yes, what are we saying? So does Allah fall short with people, and, God forbid, do we remind Allah of His promise and demand our right from Him? The way this verse is rendered in translation is as we explained above. This is a promise your Lord has taken upon Himself and wants to fulfil. This is the correct meaning of the verse. Allah declares His promise to people as truth. He also states in verses that He is true to His word. He is Allah, He speaks as He wills. Because Allah does not intend injustice to the worlds, and He gives generously in people's favor.

Allah Almighty has taken upon Himself what He promised the God-fearing and those who win Paradise, and by giving these people what they deserve and extra besides, He will show people that His promise is true and that He fulfils the word He took upon Himself. Now something like this comes to my mind. We work in a factory. The holiday comes. We are given our wages before the holiday, so that we have spending money. And what does the factory owner do as well? He gives the workers there holiday money, even though they did not expect it. People are so happy. Likewise, in return for the worship we did, Allah Almighty, although He gives us our place, our recompense in full, will additionally give a gift from Himself as well. What will He say? O My servant, because in the world, without seeing Me, you believed in Me unseen and had faith, because you worshipped Me, today this is a gift from Me to you, He will say.

He will give more. So how can you say that you will remind Allah and say "fulfil what You (?)"? Allah protect us. (?) That is, describing Allah with deficient attributes. It does not amount to shirk, but it is describing Him with a deficient attribute.

If we believe in Allah and the Hereafter, whatever we have earned in the world, Allah, concerning us, will pay what we earned (?) and will also bestow more. What Allah intends for us in return for our good deeds and which Paradise He gives, we cannot know. Its decree belongs to Allah. If, according to the wrongly interpreted verse, we remind Allah of His promise that we want fulfilled and ask it of Him, God forbid, we would describe Allah with a deficient attribute and accuse Him of forgetfulness. Also, that Allah wronged us and that we demand our right from Him — that is what we would be doing. In that case, Allah and deficiency (?) would come about, so that again we would be describing Allah Almighty in that way.

Yet Allah has the attribute of being God. No one can call Him to account. Because Allah Almighty will have made manifest everything people would ask. Also, since Allah gives people abundantly, all people, being content with what Allah gives, will be pleased with Allah. Yes.