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وَٱتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ ءَابَآءِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ
ۚ مَا كَانَ لَنَآ أَن نُّشْرِكَ بِٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍۢ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِن فَضْلِ
ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا
يَشْكُرُونَ ٣٨
WattabaAAtu millata aba’ee ibraheema waishaqa wayaAAqooba
ma kana lana an nushrika billahi min shay’in thalika min fadli Allahi AAalayna
waAAala annasi walakinna akthara annasi la yashkuroon
The Aya says:
And I
followed religion of my ancestors, Abraham and Isaaq and Jacob. It is not for us to worship any entity with
Allah. This is from the generosity of
Allah upon us and upon the people.
However, most of the people are not grateful.
My personal note:
Joseph here
continues discussing his belief system before explaining their dreams. He related his belief system to his father,
grandfather and great grandfather. He
also emphasized that monotheism is a blessing to his family and humanity and
the need for all people to act in gratefulness to Allah’s blessings on us.
Translation
of the transliterated words:
WattabaAAtu: and
I joined and followed
Note: WA here
for continuing of the subject.
ITTABaAATU is derived from the
root T-B-Ain and it means following footsteps or join and follow footsteps.
ITTABaAATU is an action that is completed. It means: the action of making
oneself follow footsteps or join and follow footsteps of the object (millata=religion
of) happened by the subject (first person).
Millata: religion
of/ way of
Note: the root is M-L-L and it means to
repeat something many times that you become bored with it. MILLA is a word that
is derived from this root. It means the way and used in religious terms as the
way of the religion. MILLATA is way of or religion of, since the religion is
the way.
aba’ee: my fathers / my ancestors
Note: ABA is derived from the root Hamza-B and it means father or parent. ABA means fathers
of. EE means mine
Ibraheema: Abraham
Waishaqa: And
Isaq
wayaAAqooba: and
Jacob
ma: not
kana: Happened to be/ was
Note: It is
derived from the root K-W-N
and it means being. KANA is an action
that is completed that is derived from the root. It means: the action of being
happened by the subject (third personal singular or plural).
Lana: for
us
Note: the
combination of the term ma kana lana takes the meaning: Not for us/ not be for
us/ not appropriate for us.
An: that/
to
Nushrika: give
partners/ worship partners
Note: the
root is SH-R-K and it means partner or
partnership and with this partnership is a measure of equality or being on
par. NUSHRIKA is an action that is
happening or will be happening. It means
the action of associating partners (in worship) is happening or will be
happening by the subject (first person plural)
Billahi: with Allah
Note: BI signifies an
attachment or close linkage between what is before and what is after it. In a Verbal sentence it can mean attachment
to the action or to the subject as it does the action. This attachment can then signify many things
according to the verb and to the sentence and so on. In
here it gives the action before it an object.
Allah is Allah.
Min: of/
from
shay’in: a
thing
Note: the root is SH-Y-Hamza and it means
entity for noun and to entity for the action. This means making a non entity
become an entity, which also means making what was impossible possible, or what
was non existent, existent or what was un-allowed allowed, and so forth. SHAY’IN means a thing or an entity.
Thalika: that
Min: of/
from
Fadli: blessing
of/ favor of/ generosity of
Note: FADLI is derived from the root
F-Dhad-L and it means overflowing of good or
being able to fulfill all your needs from an entity and then still have more of
it spared. It can also mean abundance due to the same reason. FADLI in
this context means generosity of/ favor of/ blessing of.
Allahi: Allah
AAalayna: upon
us
waAAala: and
upon
annasi: the
people/ the society/ the humanity
Note: ANNASSI
is derived from the root Hamza-N-S and it means socializing. ANNAS means the people or
humans or the society.
Walakinna: but/
however
Note: AKTHARA is derived from the root
K-TH-R and it means many or numerous in all the planes of thought. AKTHARA
means: the bigger number of and that means the majority of or most of.
Annaasi: the people/ the society
Note: ANNASSI
is derived from the root Hamza-N-S and it means socializing. ANNAS means the people or
humans or the society.
La: not
Yashkuroon: thank/
grateful
Note: the root is SH-K-R and it means
thanking. The thanking can be in words and certainly in deeds. YASHKUROON is an action that is being
completed or will be completed. It means: the action of thanking or being
grateful is happening or will be happening by the subject (third person plural)
Salaam all
Hussein