002:266

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                          002:266

وَمَثَلُ الَّذِيۡنَ يُنۡفِقُوۡنَ اَمۡوَالَهُمُ ابۡتِغَآءَ مَرۡضَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَ تَثۡبِيۡتًا مِّنۡ اَنۡفُسِهِمۡ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةٍۢ بِرَبۡوَةٍ اَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌ فَاٰتَتۡ اُكُلَهَا ضِعۡفَيۡنِ‌ۚ فَاِنۡ لَّمۡ يُصِبۡهَا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّ‌ؕ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ بَصِيۡرٌ○‏

Wa-ma-tha-lool-la-zee-na-yoon-fay-qoo-na                                                                                Um-waa-la-ho-moob-tay-ghaa-aa-mur-dzaa-til-laa-hay                                                          Wa-tuth-be-ton-min-un-fo-say-him                                                                                                Ka-ma-tha-lay-jun-na-tin-bay-rub-wa-tin.                                                                               Asaa-ba-haa-waa-bay-loon-fa-aa-tut-dzay-fai-nay                                                                    Fa-in-lum-yo-sib-haa-waa-bay-loon-fa-tul-loon.                                                                          Wul-laa-ho-bay-maa-tau-ma-loo-na-ba-see-r.

The example of those who spend                                                                                         Their assets to seek pleasure of Allah                                                                                  And to strengthen their own hearts                                                                                Have the likeness of (=are like) a garden with a height.                                              Heavy rain struck it. So its harvest came twice as much.                                              But if no heavy rain reaches it, then light rain suffices.                                              And by God Allah is the Seer with all you do.

• وَ — Wa — And (= Additionally; in addition to; also)
• مَثَلُ — Ma-tha-lool — Example (= Alike; duplicate; identical; illustration. Comparable in case, kind, likeness, looks, quality, recital, similarity; similitude. Of comparable, kind, quality shape or type)
• ٱلَّذِينَ — La-zee-na — Those who (= Refers to ‘all those men, masculine gender’)
• يُنفِقُونَ — Yoon-fay-qoo-na — They spend (= v., pres., pl., 3^rd person. Contribute, donate, expend, give, invest, lay out, put or use. The Holy Qor-aan has used this word for any or all above acts done for any charity, good cause, noble purpose or poor person)
• اَمۡوَالَ — Um-waa-la — Assets (= n., pl of: Money; property; resource; valuable; wealth.  See the Note 002:262)
• هُمُ — Ho-mo — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3^rd person. Refers to aforesaid spenders)
• ابۡتِغَآءَ — (O)b-tay-ghaa-aa — Seeking (= Aspiring; desiring; going after; looking for; pursuing; searching; trying for; wanting and wishing to get)
• مَرۡضَاتِ — Mur-dzaa-t(il) — Pleasure (= Appreciation; approval; satisfaction)
• اللّٰهِ — Laa-hay — Allah (= The Almighty God; the One Only worthy of worship)
• وَ  — Wa — And (= Additionally; in addition to; also)
• تَثۡبِيۡتًا — Tuth-be-ton — Strengthen (= Cement, consolidate, make strong, reassure, reinforce or support themselves or their inner selves)
• مِّنۡ — Min — From (= From the class, category or count of; out of)
• اَنۡفُسِ — Un-fo-say — Hearts (= n., pl., Their own inner selves. The core or deep down the inside of one’s heart; souls; spirits)
• هِمۡ — Him — Their (= pro., pl., m., 3^rd person. Refers to aforesaid spenders)
• كَ — Ka — Like (= Identical to; resembling; similar to)
• مَثَلِ — Ma-tha-lay — Example (= Alike; duplicate; identical; illustration. Comparable in case, kind, likeness, looks, quality, recital, similarity; similitude. Of comparable, kind, quality shape or type)
• جَنَّةٍۢ — Jun-na-tin — Garden (= Orchard.  See the Commentary tiled as “The Paradise“)
• بِ — Bay — With (= The Arabic word  بِ  literally means ‘with’ in English. But translating it with an ‘in’ or ‘on’ is also acceptable)
• رَبۡوَةٍ — Rub-wa-tin — A height    *      (= Fertile ground on an elevated ground or plateau; high on higher land or on a high hill, on hill-side or plateau)
• اَصَابَ — Asaa-ba — Struck (= v., past., m., 3^rd person. Affected; arrived; befallen; befell; came to; fell on; hit; landed on; overcame; overtook; reached; smut; struck; suffered by; touched; was delivered. A/t/a, ‘falls’ which as a verb in the present tense is an inaccurate translation of what the Holy Qor-aan has stated as a verb in the past tense)
• هَا — Haa — It (= pro., s., f., 3^rd person., Refers to the aforesaid garden)
• وَابِلٌ — Waa-bay-loon — Heavy rain (= Heavy shower; rain-storm; torrential rain)
• فَ — Fa — So (= Consequently; as a result; then; thereafter; therefore)
• اٰتَتۡ‌ — Aa-tut —  She/it Came (= v., Brought forth; came out with; delivered; grew; produced; sprouted)
• اُكُلَ — O-ko-la — Harvest (= Crop; fruit; output; produce; yield)
• هَا — Haa — Its  (= pro., s., f., 3^rd person., Refers to the aforesaid garden)
• ضِعۡفَيۡنِ‌ — Dzay-fai-nay — Twice as much (= Double or two-fold increases in its normal harvest; manifold)
• فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; as a result; so; thereafter; therefore)
• اِنۡ — In — If (= Even if; in case)
•  لَمۡ — Lum — No (= Never; no, not at all)
• يُصِبۡ — Yo-sib — Reaches (= v., [Modzaaray = Present participle that covers both the present and future tense] Arrives; comes; falls on; hits; lands on; overtakes; strikes; smites)
• هَا — Haa —  It (= pro., s., f., 3^rd person., Refers to the aforesaid garden)
• وَابِلٌ — Waa-bay-loon — Heavy rain (= Heavy shower; rain-storm; torrential rain)
• فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; as a result; then; thereafter; therefore)
• طَلٌّ‌ — Tul-loon — Light rain (= Little moisture, small drizzle or water from the dew suffices it)
• وَ — Wa…(ul) — And (=وَ vaao is tantamount to taking oath; solemn declaration)
• اللّٰهُ — Laa-ho — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
• 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’)
• تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ — Tau-ma-loona — You do (= Act; perform)
• بَصِيۡرٌ — Ba-see-r — Seer (= superlative form indicates the greatest, the highest, the most. and highlights that none sees more than Him. All-seeing; look out; looks after; mindful; observer; overseer; one who takes cognizance very well; sees well as the top-seer; watch; watchful)

* 002:266.  Some translations of this verse reflect how apparently trivial differences can magnify into huge issues. The translation of the original text is ‘garden on or with a height.’

A translation ‘Garden situated on a highly fertile land’ obviously missed the word  بِ  between the garden and height.  The repercussions of using the phrase of a highly fertile land precipitated some one-half of a century later.

Ahmadis Moslems in 1947 migrated from India to Pakistan.  They bought a barren tract of water-less salinity-rich land and settled on it. They named it  رَبۡوَةٍ   (Rabwah] and that in about 50 years grew into a sizeable city. Pakistani Legislators did not like Ahmadies using the name of Rabwah [رَبۡوَةٍ with the alleged and assumed meanings of a highly fertile land] for the city Ahmadies had built from a scratch. So the Legislator used legislative power to legislatively change the name of the city from  رَبۡوَةٍ to Chenab Nagar.

It is not known how many of the Pakistani Legislators actually knew the Arabic enough to even know the difference between  رَبۡوَةٍ جَنَّةٍۢ  and جَنَّةٍۢ بِرَبۡوَةٍ.  But they could not have felt so aggressively offended if their Mullah community had not infuriated them by mistranslating the original text with — instead of without — the word  بِ  between the garden and the height.