Al-Anbya 29: Who among them say; “Allah is not God, but it’s me”, We will punish them with (putting into) the hell. This is how We punish the oppressors.

Whoever among them says, "It is not He who is God, it is me," We punish him with Hell. "This is how We punish the wrongdoers," it says.

Like Pharaoh, like Nimrod, so to speak, many people said, "I am Allah." If you are Allah, what have you created?

One day he comes to the door of the accursed Pharaoh. He knocks on the door. Pharaoh calls from inside. Who is it? Who are you?

Satan calls from outside. "What kind of Allah are you?" he says. "You couldn't recognize who came to your door," he says.

"Come on in, then," he says. Who are you? "A fake Allah like you," he says, "gets a devil like me as a companion," he says.

Now, if we pay attention to this, Allah Almighty is constantly speaking with people. Since when? We know this since the creation of humanity. Where does the creation of humanity begin? With Adam. From before he came to the world — with the devils, the angels prostrating to him, his entering Paradise, his leaving Paradise — Allah Almighty tells us all of it. And He will keep telling it until the Day of Judgment. We speak with them. The verses speak with us. Yes. Where are those impostors who claimed to be Allah? They all died and are gone. But Allah Almighty is deathless. He: hüve'l-evvelü ve'l-âhiru ve'z-zâhiru ve'l-bâtın.

He is the First, the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden. That is, He is also the Owner of the world of the hereafter. "Lord of the two easts and the two wests," it says. Now, those with doctorates, you know, who did doctorates in Arabic, those who interpret the verses, you know — now they interpret this. "The sun," they say, "rises in summer at such a place and sets at such a place. In winter," they say, "it rises at such a place and sets at such a place." It shifts position a bit, you know, because of the time thing. Two easts, two wests. My dear man! What does Allah Almighty say in His verse? Ve'l-evvelü ve'l-âhiru: I am the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden.

That is, I am the Owner of the world of the hereafter. Then, after this world has ceased, in the world of the hereafter we again — since, sir, Paradise and Hell are everlasting, has that place no east and west? Isn't this world the likeness and shadow of the hereafter? Well, if that place has no (?) night and day, how will this place be its likeness? If that place has no east and west, how can it be compared with the east and west here? "I am the Lord of the two easts and the two wests," He says. "I am the Lord both of the manifest world and of the hidden world," He says.

They try to interpret this with that tiny Arabic of theirs. With their own heads. Yes.

The prophets make known to people the oneness, the unity of Allah. They explain that there is no other god besides Allah, and then someone among the people comes forth and, though he has power over nothing, says, "He is not god, I am." If he betrays Allah Almighty and declares himself God, then the end and fate of such people is terrible. For example, what does He say to Pharaoh? I think Surah Yunus, verse 92, that verse, I think. Which one? 92. Yes. "This lifeless body of yours," He says, "We will save today as a lesson to the worlds," He says. To the worlds. Yes. There is a picture of it here.

It has been photographed; let me show it to you. In a prostrating position.

Yes.

The son of an infidel, infidel — let's do it like this, it looks better. This son-of-an-infidel knows the Quran very well. He searches the Red Sea and finds this. And in England (?), it is known. Look, (?) they have laid it on its side. They lay it on its side. (?) "I believed in the Lord of (?)," he says. "Now," He says, "you believe?" "Now," He says, "you believe." Yes. "Now you believe?" He says. How nicely it shows that here. Yes.

Just as Pharaoh pursued his claim to divinity and perished in the Red Sea, had he only perished in the Red Sea and been spared, that would have been a mercy for him. Had he been spared. Pharaoh, it says, is in torment. And in the verse it says the most severe torment is in the hereafter. What does this mean? Pharaoh is in torment. That is, he is suffering the torment of the grave. And the most severe torment, it says, is in the hereafter. Then, after being called to account, he will taste the real torment there. And Allah Almighty always says it; in the verses He informs us of what is good. Yes.

Had he only perished in the Red Sea and been spared, that would have been a mercy for him. In the world of the hereafter, eternal fire and torment: that is Hell. This is how Allah punishes the wrongdoers. Deprived of the abode of eternal bliss, they take Hell, the abode of eternal torment, as their abode. For a few hours of pleasure and enjoyment in this worldly life, they abandon the hereafter's eternal abode of bliss and buy the torment of Hell in exchange for worldly life. May Allah protect us. Lillahi Teâlâ, Al-Fatiha.