2:157

Salaam all,

This is 2:157
أُولَـئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَاتٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ وَأُولَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُهْتَدُونَ
Olaika AAalayhim salawatun min rabbihim warahmatun waolaika humu almuhtadoon

The Aya says:
Those, on them, help from GOD in their run towards GOD (help in their prayers from GOD) and mercy, and those are the ones gifted with guidance.

My personal note:
One will have to always be careful whenever the ALA comes related to other words. ALAYHEM SALAWAT really talks about the running towards GOD being on them and that really means that GOD provided them with what it takes to run towards him.

Translation of the transliterated words:
Olaika: Those
AAalayhim: On them
Salawatun: Prayers/running towards GOD/help with prayers
Note: the root is S-L-W and it means lower back of an animal or of a human that is bending forward. SALAT relates to the movement of the horses in the race where the heads of some of them are approaching the lower back of the horses ahead. This same picture occurs when muslims are praying in congregation during their bending forward in RUKOO. This makes SALAT a form of a run towards GOD. SALAWAT is the plural of SALAT. When the term AAaLAYHIM comes before SALAWAT, it means that the run towards GOD was brought on them and that means it became easier for them to perform the task and they were aided in it.
Min: From
Rabbihim: Their nurturer
Note: The root is R-B-B and it means nurturing and growing. The concrete word that is related to it is jam and the product of processing fruits and vegetables. So the RABB is the one that helps us being process and therefore our nurturer. RABBIHIM is their nurturer
Warahmatun: And mercy
Note: WA means And. RAHMATUN is derived from the root R-Ha-M and it means womb for the concrete and every positive thing that the womb does for the abstract. RAHMATUN is the womb like mercy
Waolaika: And those
Humu: they/them
Almuhtadoon: The ones gifted with guidance
Note: The root is H-D-Y and it means gift for the concrete and guidance for the abstract because guidance is a gift. ALMUHTADOON are the ones that are gifted with guidance.

Salaam all and have a great day


Hussein