At-Tawbah 8: How could it be? If they were victorious over you, they would not respect any covenant or any agreement about you. They satisfy you with their tongues, but their hearts do not want (this). This is because most of them went astray.

A. Metin Saruhan · 22 September 2017 · At-Tawbah

Translation

How could it be? If they were victorious over you, they would not respect any covenant or any agreement about you. They satisfy you with their tongues, but their hearts do not want (this). This is because most of them went astray.

Tafsir

How can they have any value in the sight of Allah and His Messenger; those who (in Qalubala) knew that they were created by a Lord, but betrayed Allah and denied their Creator, will surely deny their Lord in the realm of property, which is the realm of the unseen, thinking that they are even freer. Will such people make promises to people and keep their promises? They are liars and do not honor their promises. Never; to expect such loyalty from them would be foolishness for people who know and believe in Allah, or it would mean that one would be inclined to them, which would be a sin. It goes even further, if one envies them and turns away from their religion, he becomes a disbeliever. When they are victorious over Muslims, they do not observe any covenant or treaty with Muslims. If we pay attention to what is happening in the world, when the kuffar are victorious over the Muslims, there is neither a covenant nor a treaty with the Muslims. However, in the face of the disappearance of one Muslim tribe and the rise to power of another Muslim tribe, when non-Muslim states feel themselves in danger, they reluctantly try to make treaties against Muslims that are conditional and to the detriment of Muslims. At the same time, they present themselves as defenders of human rights. If the Muslims are victorious in war, they immediately try to get the Muslims to sit down at the table and agree to treaties in their favor by justifying themselves with word games. They try to persuade the Muslims with their mouths. That is to say, with their sweet and soft tongues, they take advantage of the Muslims' compassion because of their faith to persuade them to make a treaty. But even this is a pretense, so they camouflage themselves by being full of hatred and hatred towards Muslims in their hearts, even though they look good to Muslims with their tongues.

Since Allah (swt) knows all the traits of human beings, He has revealed all their traits and feelings in the Holy Qur'an to those who know their Lord and take their place with Him, and also to those who deny their Lord. In the face of this situation, if people do not see these miracles of Allah, do not pay attention to the events unfolding before their eyes, and turn away from Allah and His Messenger, they will not be able to humble Allah and His Messenger. Those who, because of their arrogance and pride, because of their pride and pride, because of their egoic greatness, even though they know their Lord intellectually, do not follow their reason and follow their ego, are the ones who are preparing their own destruction.

(Because most of them have gone astray.) Except for those among them who secretly observe the prayer and pay the zakat and follow Allah and His Messenger and are faithful to the Qur'an. These are the people who do not reveal themselves among this people, but find the truth. Except for these, most of them are misguided people who do not know Allah and His Messenger.

What is said in the video

Perhaps during war — Surah At-Tawbah, the 8th (?): when the non-Muslims gain the upper hand they recognize no covenant or anything. How could it be? If they had prevailed over you, they would observe regarding you neither covenant nor treaty. They please you with their mouths. Whereas their hearts refuse it. Because they — most of them — have gone astray. Why doesn't it say all of them? Because among them there are those who will become Muslim, and Allah Almighty makes no deficiency in His word. So it says most of them. Yes. How could these have any value with Allah and His Messenger? (?) despite knowing Allah — that is, although Allah Almighty gave the souls the mind called maad, despite knowing they themselves were created by a Lord — since Allah Almighty, as a part of His essence, created people, adorned them with the attributes of the essence, and He Himself, in His true form, in human form, in the form of the essence, manifested Himself to people, those ingrates, those who turn their backs on Allah, waiting for the Lord of their imagination, out of the grandeur of the spirit could not submit to Allah.

This is the proof for the question our child Ender asked about the spirit. I always explain it, but gathering these, of course, bringing them together, is (?). That's why people, with various different questions, later turn to the same center. Yes, Ender, it is probably better understood now. In this case, these people, if, since they are liars at the root anyway — for Allah Almighty calls them lying unbelievers. People who, despite knowing they were created, do not recognize Allah as Creator but wait for the Lord of their own imagination are of course lying unbelievers. While these live their worldly states, all their temples, their gods, are matter.

Even if they say Jesus is the son of Allah and put their trust in him too — in fact trust is put in him too — all he relies on is again the world. Children too are (?). As if children, (?) world will save him. Whereas all of them are Allah's trusts. What does it say? The heavens and the earth, these two and what is between them will be left as inheritance to Allah. Every soul will taste death. The inheritance of the heavens and the earth and what is between them will remain to Allah, it says. Why will the inheritance remain to Allah? Because He is the Creator, He is the one who creates, He is the owner; His property will remain to Him.

Or do you own a single particle, it says. That is, do you (?) to create a particle from nothing? If that were so, it says, you would not be given anything, (?) of a seed. That is, if you could create something (?) of a seed, if you brought it from nothing into being, you would create your own needs yourself, and I (?) would not give you what I created. So every soul will taste death; the heavens and the earth, the inheritance of these two, to Allah will remain. Because He brings into being from nothing; He is also the owner of this property. So the non-Muslims, to take it from the hand of that property's owner, strive. As if it would be left to them as inheritance, neither Allah nor prophet nor book do they recognize. And for it he will even give his life, as long as he doesn't give his property.

Yes.

How could these have any value with Allah and His Messenger? (?) despite knowing Allah, those who betray Allah and deny their Creator — of course those who, in the world of mulk, which is the unseen world, deem themselves freer and freer and deny their Lord — will they value people's words, keep the promises they gave and value their agreements?

Those who turn their backs on Allah Almighty, who created them, in no way value the words of people. Which word will they value? The word that suits their interest. Yes.

In this case, to ever expect such faithfulness from them would be foolishness for people who know Allah and believe. Or it would mean inclining toward them, and a person falls into sin.

When they prevail over you, it says, they heed neither covenant nor word. But when they are losing, they force you to the table, it says. Again, out of Allah Almighty's mercy, He says this: Then, it says, tie your bond strongly, it says. Tie your bond strongly. Yes.

Going further, a person envies them, and if he leaves his religion he becomes an unbeliever. When they prevail against the Muslims, regarding the Muslims they observe neither covenant nor treaty. If one pays attention to the events that come and go in the world, in case the unbelievers prevail over the Muslims, regarding the Muslims neither a covenant nor a treaty is in question. But when one Muslim people leaves there and another people gains strength, states whose own position would fall into danger, toward the Muslims, willy- nilly, unwillingly, making conditional treaties that will (?) against the Muslims, present themselves as defenders of human rights.

Themselves as defenders of human rights. People unaware of themselves — these people unaware of themselves — can they have human rights?

If these knew human rights, they would know Allah. Allah says this to David: O David, how do you know Me? And David says: O Lord, I know Your essence as the Creator and my self as helpless, he says. Now (?) know Me, He says. People whose nafs is in pride and arrogance — fame, renown, pride, arrogance, ego, grandeur and love of the world — people worn out by these, can they have a state of human rights? With these feelings, what human rights will there be? There will be human rights the way it suits their interests. The way it suits their interests. Some of our people applied to the human rights court.

Even if they sliced me up, I would not go to those human rights and tell my troubles. While Allah's law stands, I will not go outside Allah's law and submit to people worn out in carnal feelings and the decisions they will give in carnal feelings. Yes.

Yes.

If the Muslims were to win the war, then this time they immediately sit the Muslims at the table and, with word games, try to prove themselves right.

You've hit the mark.

They are doing (?). The person who knows me. At the table they, in order to secure the right for themselves, try to get people to agree to treaties in their favor; they try to please the Muslims with their mouths. That is, with their sweet, soft tongues, because of the Muslims' faith, exploiting their mercy, they get them to agree to make a treaty. But since even this state of theirs is fake, however much with their tongues they appear good to the Muslims, with their hearts full of hatred and resentment toward the Muslims they camouflage themselves. Yes. Thus Allah, Azze ve Celle ve Tekaddes, since He knows all the traits of people — those who know their Lord and take their place beside Him, and at the same time those who deny their Lord — all their traits and feelings He has made known in the Holy Quran.

In the face of this, if people do not see these miracles of Allah, pay no heed to the events appearing before their eyes, and turn away from Allah and His Messenger, they will not make Allah and His Messenger helpless. Those who, out of their arrogance and pride, their self-grandeur, though rationally they know their Lord, do not follow their reason but run after their nafs are the ones who prepare their own destruction.

Because most of them have gone astray. Except the people among them who secretly pray, give the zakat, follow Allah and His Messenger, and are faithful to the Quran — those are excepted. These are people who did not reveal themselves amid this loss, and found the truth. Those are excepted. Apart from them, most have gone astray, people who do not recognize Allah and His Messenger. Yes.