The Holy Qor-aan 004:073
وَاِنَّ مِنۡكُمۡ لَمَنۡ لَّيُبَطِّئَنَّ ۚ فَاِنۡ اَصَابَتۡكُمۡ مُّصِيۡبَةٌ قَالَ قَدۡ اَنۡعَمَ اللّٰهُ عَلَىَّ اِذۡ لَمۡ اَكُنۡ مَّعَهُمۡ شَهِيۡدًا
Wa-inna-min-koom-la-mun La-yo-but-tay-un-na Fa-in-asaa-but-koom-mo-se-ba-toon-qaa-la Qud-un-aa-mul-laa-ho-aa-luy-ya Iz-lum-a-koon-ma-aa-hoom-sha-he-daa
And most certainly among you is He who definitely stays behind. Then if a misfortune struck you, he said, “Certainly Allah conferred blessings on me When I was not present with them.”
- وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
- اِنَّ — In-na — Certainly (= Absolutely; assuredly; definitely; doubtlessly; indeed; positively; really surely; truly; verily. A/t/a, ‘Lo’ and ‘Of a surety’)
- مِنۡ –Min — Among (= Among, from or out of the class or category of several articles, choices, items, people and things)
- كُمۡ — Koom — You (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person. You all men. Generally this way the Holy Qor-aan addresses both men and women)
- لَ — La — Certainly (=Absolutely; definitely; doubtlessly; indeed; positively; really surely; truly; verily. See Commentary titled as “2 Words of Emphasis used together Multiply Effect”)
- مَنۡ — Mun — Who (= Anyone; whoever; whom; whomever; whoso)
- لَّ — La — Definitely (= Absolutely; categorically; certainly. See لَ above)
- يُبَطِّئَنَّ — Yo-but-tay-un-na — Stays behind (= v., pres., s., 3rd person., Acts halfheartedly; delays compliance; dilly-dallies; disobeys as long as possible; drags his feet; fails to move fast; lingers; moves lazily; procrastinates. A/t/a, ‘loitereth,’ ‘tarries behind,’ ‘tarries behind (and does not leave to fight in the cause of Allah)’ and such translation confirms — as is shown by the other verb قَا لَ and the pronoun اَكُنۡ used in the verse — that the correct one is in the singular, i.e., man. Thus A Yusuf Ali’s translation ‘men who would tarry behind’ and others as ‘tarry behind,’ ‘lag behind,’ ‘linger behind from fighting in Allah’s cause)’ and ‘hang back’ in the plural is not correct)
- فَ — Fa — Then (= After all this, at the end, consequently, finally, hence, so, thereafter, therefore or thus. A/t/a, ‘so that’)
- اِنۡ — In — If (= In case; when; when situation arises; whenever)
- اَصَابَتۡ — Asaa-but — Struck (= v., past., f., 3rd person., Affected; afflicted; arrived; befell; came to; got hold of; landed upon; overtook; reached; smote; smut; struck. A/t/a, ‘befall’and ‘befalls’ in the present tense but that is contrary to as stated in the past tense in the Holy Qor-aan)
- كُمۡ — Koom — You (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person. You (all men). See كُمۡ above)
- مُّصِيۡبَةٌ — Mo-see-ba-toon — Misfortune (= n., s., Adversity; affliction; bad luck; calamity; catastrophe; difficult situation; disaster’; hardship; loss; inconvenience; misfortune; severe problem; tribulation; trouble)
- قَا لَ — Qaa-la — He said (= v., past., f., 3rd person. Announce; assert; claim; insist; maintain. A Yusuf Ali’s translation ‘they say’ in plural is incorrect. Translations by other authors include ‘he says’ and ‘one says’ in the present tense but that is contrary to as stated in the past tense in the Holy Qor-aan)
- قَدۡ — Qud — Surely (= Certainly; definitely; indeed; verily. See لَ above)
- اَنۡعَمَ — Un-aa-ma(ul) — He cast blessings (= v., past., s., 3rd person. Bestowed bounties; blessed; conferred favors specially; guided; led to act rightly. A/t/a, ‘bestowed a favour,’ ‘did favour’ and ‘favoured’. But the translation ‘has been gracious’ as a noun is not what the Holy Qor-aan has stated as a verb in the past tense)
- اللّٰهُ — Laa-ho — Allah (= The One and the Only One Almighty God)
- عَلَيۡ — Aa-luy…(ya) — On (= Above; against; for; on; on top of; over; to; upon)
- ىَ — Ya — Me (= pro., s., 1st person., I; me; my. A/t/a ‘us’ which is a translation by N J Dawood in the plural of what the Holy Qor-aan has stated in the singular)
- اِذۡ — Iz — When (= At the event, occasion, opportunity or time. A/t/a, ‘as,’ ‘since’ and ‘in that’)
- لَمۡ — Lum — Not (= Absolutely never; no, not at all)
- اَكُنۡ — Aa-koon — I was (= v., past., s., 1st person. I; me. A/t/a ‘we were’ which is a translation by N J Dawood in the plural of what the Holy Qor-aan has stated in the singular)
- مَعَ — Ma-aa — With (= Along with; among; following or in the company)
- هُمۡ — Hoom — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3 rd person. Refers to aforesaid people)
- شَهِيۡدًا — Sha-he-daa — Present (= adj, At hand; in attendance; nearby; over there; present. Also, the word as a noun means attester; bearer of testimony, giver of evidence; martyr; testifier; witness)
