002:097

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                            002:097

وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمۡ اَحۡرَصَ النَّاسِ عَلٰى حَيٰوةٍ  ۛۚ وَ مِنَ الَّذِيۡنَ اَشۡرَكُوۡا‌‌ يَوَدُّ اَحَدُهُمۡ لَوۡ يُعَمَّرُ اَ لۡفَ سَنَةٍ ۚ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحۡزِحِهٖ مِنَ الۡعَذَابِ اَنۡ يُّعَمَّرَ‌ؕ وَاللّٰهُ بَصِيۡرٌۢ بِمَا يَعۡمَلُوۡنَ

Wa-la-ta-jay-dun-na-hoom-ah-ra-sun-naa-say-alaa-ha-yaa-tin
Wa-may-nul-la-zee-na-ush-ra-koo-ya-wud-do-aa-ha-do-hoom
Lao-yo-um-ma-ro-ul-fa-sa-na-tin
Wa-maa-ho-wa-bay-mo-zuh-zay-he-may-nul-azaa-bay-un-yo-um-ma-ra
Wul-laa-ho-ba-see-roon-bay-maa-yau-la-moo-n.

And certainly you find them the greediest of people on life
And among those who are idolaters everyone of them loves
That he be given life of a thousand years.
And he won’t escape from the punishment because his life was extended.
And Allah sees real well what they do.

• وَ  —  Wa —  And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ above)
• لَ — La — Certainly (= Absolutely; definitely; doubtlessly; earnestly; indeed; positively; really; seriously; surely; truly; verily)
• تَجِدَ نَّ — Ta-jay-dun-na — You find (= Discover; learn; notice; realize)
• ھُمۡ‌ — Hoom — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3rd person.  ‘Those not aspiring for death’)
• اَحۡرَصَ — Ah-ra-s..(un) — Greediest (= Craving; wanting more; most covetous, eager or greedy
• النَّاسِ — Un-naa-say — The people (= Factions; folks; groups; human beings; mankind; men; nations; tribes) *
• عَلٰى — Alaa — On (= Above; against; before; for; on top of; over; upon)
• حَيٰوةٍ — Ha-yaa-tin — Life (= The quality shown by functions among others of growth and response to stimulation and reproduction by which living organisms are distinguished from the dead organisms and inanimate matter)
• وَ — Wa — And ** (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ above)
• مِنَ — May-na…(ul) — Among (= From the class, category, count, kind, persons or out of)
• ٱلَّذِينَ — La-zee-na — Those who (= pl., m, 3rd person. All those articles, things or persons)
• اَشۡرَكُوۡۤا — Ush-ra-koo — Idolaters ** (= Polytheists. Who ascribe associates and partners to God and worship deities besides Him. Who set up other gods with ‘the Almighty God Allah’ as equals. Pagans)
• يَوَدُّ — Ya-wud-do — Loves (= Cherishes; craves; desires; likes; longs for; seeks enthusiastically; wants; wishes; willingly goes after)
• اَحَدُ — Aa-ha-do — Everyone (= All; Each one; individual; single)
• ھُمۡ‌ — Hoom — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3rd person. ‘Those not aspiring for death’)
• لَوۡ — Lao — If / Wish that (= If the situation arises; in case; under the circumstances; would it be that)
• يُعَمَّرُ — Yo-umma-ro — Be given life (= Allowed, extended, granted or spared for a long life span
• اَ لۡفَ — Ulfa — Thousand (= Ten hundred)
• سَنَةٍ — Sa-na-tin — Years (= Each period of 365 days, each day being the period from sunrise to the sunrise of the next day)
• وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ above))
• مَاۤ — Maa — Not at all (= 1. Absolutely not; by no means; no; never)
• هُو — Ho-wa — He (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to ‘everyone of the seekers of long life’)
• بِ — Bay — With (= This word in Arabic literally means with)
• مُزَحۡزِحِ — Mo-zuh-zay — Escape (=Avoid; get reprieve; push away; remove away further and farther; repel; rescue; save; side-step)
• هٖ — Hee — That (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the punishment)
• مِنَ — May-na…(ul) — From (= From the class, category, count, kind, persons or out of)
• الۡعَذَابِ — Azaa-bay — Punishment (= Agony, chastisement, doom, hard task, penalty, torment, torture or scourge which is appropriate, due and fair)
• اَنۡ — Un — Because (= For the purpose; since; so that; that)
• يُّعَمَّرَ — Yo-um-ma-ra — Was given life (= Allowed, extended, granted or spared for a long life span
• وَ — Wa…(ul) — And (=وَ vaao is tantamount to taking oath; solemn declaration)

{The following four words with some changes are repeats
in 049:019, 002:111, 048:025, 060:004 and 064:003}

• اللّٰهُ — Laa-ho — Allah *** (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
• بَصِيۡرٌ — Ba-see-roon — Seer (= superlative form indicates the greatest, the highest, the most. and highlights that none sees more than Him.  All-seeing. Looks after. Lookout. Mindful. Observer. Overseer. One who takes cognizance very well. Sees well. Top-seer. Watch. Watchful)
• بِمَا — Bay-maa — Whatever (= Combination of two words. بِ means ‘with / in’ and مَاۤ means ‘all that, whatever, whatsoever or whenever.’ The combination بِمَا (bay-maa) means ‘with all that, whatever, whatsoever or whenever’)
• يَعۡمَلُون — Yau-ma-loo-n — They do (= Act, commit, do, omit or perform deeds and misdeeds

* Note 002:097a.   Some translators narrowed down the scope of this verse by translating the word النَّاسِ (the people) as only those of the “Mankind … who do not believe in Resurrection – Majus, pagans and idolaters.”   Others by translating it as ‘all of the mankind’ left the original text’s indicated intent intact with a much larger and broader scope.

** Note 002:097b.   Different translations of وَ مِنَ الَّذِيۡنَ اَشۡرَكُوۡا‌ (= and among the idolaters) have joined this clause differently – to the statement that came immediately before it, OR to the statement that came immediately after it as the punctuation in the original text suggests, OR to both the statements that have come before it as well as after it.