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The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                            007:040

وَقَالَتۡ اُوۡلٰٮهُمۡ لِاُخۡرٰٮهُمۡ فَمَا كَانَ لَـكُمۡ عَلَيۡنَا مِنۡ فَضۡلٍ فَذُوۡقُوا الۡعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنۡتُمۡ تَكۡسِبُوۡنَ

Wa  qaa-laut  oo-laa  hoom                                                                                                            Lay  ookh-ra  hoom                                                                                                                              Fa  maa  kaa-na  la  koom  aa-lai  naa  min  fauz-lin                                                                  Fa  zoo-qo  ol-aa-zaa-ba  bay-maa  koon-toom  tauk-say-boo-n

And the group of them who came earlier said                                                                  To the group of them who came later,                                                                                “So none has been for you over us from any betterment. (**)                                    So you suffer the punishment with what you used to earn.”

• وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., It links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet. A/t/a,  ‘thereupon’)
• قَالَتۡ — Qaa-laut  — She said (= v., past, s., f., 3^rd person. Announced; broadcast;   called; conveyed; declared; informed; elaborated; explained; specified; told. See 002:031 A/t/a, ‘will say’ with the future tense, and ‘saith’ with the present tense, are no translation of the text of the Holy Qor-aan in the past tense. See Note 003:118)
• اُوۡلٰ — Oo-laa — Who came earlier (= adj., First; seniors; those who come earlier or ahead. A/t/a, ‘The first,’ ‘the first … (- their leaders)’ and ‘the preceding one’)
• هُمۡ‌ — Hoom — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3^rd person. Those men; they; theirs)
• لِ — Lay — For / To (= For the object, person, purpose or reason; intended for;  concerning; regarding; relative to. A/t/a, ‘unto’)
• اُخۡرٰى — Ookh-ra — Who came later (= n., s., f/g. Another group, person, self or soul. Group not mentioned before. Juniors. Last. Later. Lower in lines. Others. Secondary batch. Who came behind, in the back or rear, or subsequently. A/t/a, ‘the last,’ ‘the last … (- the followers)’ and ‘the succeeding one’)
• هُمۡ‌ — Hoom — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3^rd person. Those men; they; theirs)

(**) A simplified equivalent of the next nine (9) words is “You have no superiority on us”

• فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; so; thereafter; therefore; then; thus;  yet)
• مَاۤ — Maa — None (= Never; no; not at all. A/t/a, ‘no’ and ‘no wit’)
• كَانَ — Kaa-na — Has been (= v., past., s., m., 3^rd person., Continued doing; used to; went on; were doing. Words has or had always been indicate endless continuity from the past to the present and leading into the future. A/t/a, ‘were’)
• لَ — La — For (= Because of; concerning; due to; for the object, purpose or reason of; intended for; on account of; regarding; relative to. A/t/a, ‘have’)
• كُمۡ — Koom — You (= pro., pl., 2^nd person. You men.. A/t/a, ‘(If we are to blame), you (too)’
• عَلَيۡ — Alai — On (= Above; against; before; during; for; on; on top of;  over; upon)
• نَآ  — Naa — Us (= pro., pl., 1^st person. Ours; Us. A/t/a, ‘we’)
• مِنۡ — Min — From (= Among, from or out of the class or category of several articles, counts or things. A/t/a, ‘than’)
• فَضۡلٍ — Faudz-lin — Betterment (= n,, Abundance; advantage; benevolence; bestowing; betterment; blessing; bounty; generosity; gift; goodness; grace; grant; greatness; kindness; liberality; overage; plenteousness; preference; superiority. A/t/a, ‘being  ‘better,’ ‘preference,’ ‘superiority’ and ’advantage’)
• فَ — Fa — Then (= See  فَ  above. A/t/a, ‘therefore’)
• ذُوۡقُوا — Zoo-qoo … (l) — You Taste (= v., pres., pl., 2^nd person. Come into contact; eat; enjoy; experience; feel; live through; partake; undergo. Also, bear, experience, put up with or suffer consequences of your evil deeds. A/t/a, ‘taste ye,’ ‘suffer’ and ‘taste’)
• الۡعَذَابَ — Aa-zaa-ba — Punishment (= n., Appropriate, due and fair agony, chastisement, doom, hard task, penalty, punishment, recompense; torment, torture or scourge)
• بِمَا — Bay-maa — With what (= Combination of two words.  بِ   means ‘with / in’ and   مَاۤ  means ‘all that, whatever, whatsoever or whenever. Jointly the words mean because of, due to, with what reason. See 002:092. A/t/a, ‘for,’ ‘for what,’ ‘for all that’ and ‘of’)
• كُنۡـتُمۡ — Koon-toom — You used to (= pro., pl., m., 2^nd person. Combination of two words. The first  كُنۡ  means used to, have or had been since the past. The second  تُمۡ  means you all men and that is how the Holy Qor-aan has addressed men and women jointly. A/t/a, ‘you,’ ‘you used,’ ‘ye,’ ‘ye used’ and ‘your’)
• تَكۡسِبُوۡنَ — Tauk-say-boon — You earn (= v., pres., pl., 2^nd person. Gain; get; perform’ pocket; Profit. Receive returns. Secure. A/t/a, ‘earn.’ But ‘did’ and ‘earned’ in the past tense, or nouns in your (evil) deeds’ and ‘misdeed,’ have not translated the text of the  Holy Qor-aan in the present tense)