Ta-Ha 131: Do not gaze at the ornaments of the worldly life, like those who gaze at it (with passion) and manifest their characters (to themselves). Your Lord’s provisions are better and more enduring.

A. Metin Saruhan · 18 May 2017 · Ta-Ha

Translation

Do not gaze at the ornaments of the worldly life, like those who gaze at it (with passion) and manifest their characters (to themselves). Your Lord’s provisions are better and more enduring.

Tafsir

In this verse, Allah (swt) seems to be addressing the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), but in fact He is addressing all human beings. Since our Prophet (PBUH) came as a mercy to the worlds, he would not turn his face away from Allah. But when people are deceived by the blessings of the world, Allah (swt) makes them witnesses to Himself, each person proves what kind of a person he is with the wealth He has given them. They do not see that their wealth is given to them by Allah as a test or a blessing. They are more attached to the blessings of this world than to Allah.

In the face of such seemingly wealthy non-Islamic people, some people envy the wealth and lives of such non-Islamic people and make concessions or renounce their religion.

Allah (swt) warns such people and says, "Do not covet the worldly goods that are given to people so that you may not deviate from the path of Allah, so that people may find out what kind of a person they are. The blessings of this world, which are obtained by living the religion of Islam and observing halal and haram, are both more lasting and better. This is because Allah says (We do not take back what We have given you unless you change). In addition, in the Hereafter there is a permanent and lasting blessing and a paradise for those who love Allah.

What is said in the video

Verse 131 of Surah Ta-Ha, yes, here this verse has been interpreted wrongly; let's see why, what is wrong with this error, why it has been interpreted this way, sir, Surah Ta-Ha, let's look in our thing, Let's look on our computer.

Let's open this.

Which verse of Surah Ta-Ha are we at? 131. Yes, let's look at verse 131 now.

129 131. The verse says this: Do not, to test them, fix your eyes on what We let a group of them enjoy: the allure of the worldly life. Allah, Allah.

Look what it says now. Do not, to test them — Allah doesn't know, so now He is testing them. And they, being too attached to worldly life, a group of them whom We let enjoy — on the allure of the worldly life do not fix your eyes. The blessing of your Lord is both better and more lasting, it says. This is the wrongly interpreted verse.

How they describe him, how they lower the Prophet's dignity! Now let's read the correct one. Do not — so that they prove what kind of people they are — as a group of them fix their eyes on the allure of the worldly life and benefit from it, fix your eyes on them like that. The blessing of your Lord is both better and more lasting. Yes, those people, look what it says: as a group fix their eyes on the allure of the worldly life and benefit from it. Whereas what does it say here?

Do not fix your eyes on the allure of the worldly life. That is, do not fix your eyes on the allure of the worldly life We let a group enjoy, it says. As in, on the state of being made to enjoy it along with them. And, sir, it also says "test" here. Whereas we remove that "test" from here. So that they prove what kind of people they are, as a group of them, on the allure of worldly life, fix their eyes.

As We let them benefit, do not fix your eyes on them. The blessing of your Lord is both better and more lasting.

In this verse Allah Almighty — the Beloved of the Almighty, (?) the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) — besides seeming to address him, in fact addresses all people.

Since the Prophet (peace be upon him) came as a mercy to the worlds, he would not turn his face to anyone other than Allah. But people, deceived by worldly blessings — Allah Almighty, in making people witnesses to themselves — with the wealth He has given them, every person proves what kind of person he is. They do not see that the wealth in their hands was given to them by Allah as a test or as a favor. They become attached to the worldly blessings Allah gives more than to Allah.

So, toward such people who appear wealthy and live outside Islam, some people, envying the wealth and lifestyles of such people living outside Islam, make concessions in the religion of Islam and leave their religion.

Allah Almighty, warning such people: do not — so that you do not stray from Allah's path, and in terms of people bringing to light what kind of people they are — fix your eyes on the worldly wealth given to people, He commands. The worldly blessings gained by living the religion of Islam and heeding halal and haram are both more lasting and better. Because Allah says: as long as you do not change, what We have given you We do not take back — so He decrees in His verse. That is, the blessing We have given you, this wealth, as long as you do not change, We do not take from your hands, it says. It does not befit Our glory, it says.

Yes.

Moreover, in the Hereafter, a constant and lasting blessing, and also Paradise is for those who love Allah.