3:22

Salaam all,

This is 3:22
أُولَـئِكَ الَّذِينَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّاصِرِينَ
Olaika allatheena habitat aAAmaluhum fee alddunya waalakhirati wama lahum min nasireena

The Aya says:
Those whose actions backfired in this life and the next, and there is not any helpers to them, at a time of need.

My personal note:
This continues the previous Aya and it’s message. It continues that the actions of rejecting the message of God and killing his messengers and the righteous people will backfire on the perpetrators. It continues that they will not have anyone to help them at the time of need, which is the time when they stand in front of God.

Translation of the transliterated words:
Olaika: Those
Allatheena: who
Habitat: they backfired
Note: the root is Ha-B-TTa and it means in concrete when an animal eats a lot of a certain food that causes swelling in the stomach and possible death. It is then used whenever an action backfires with negative consequences. HABITAT is an action that is completed and that is derived from the root. It means: the action of backfiring happened by the subject (third person plural feminine and points to AAaMALUHUM= their works that is coming next)
aAAmaluhum: their works
Note: the root is Ain-M-L and it means work. aAAMALU means works of. HUM means them.
Olaika allatheena habitat aAAmaluhum: this ends up meaning: Those whose works backfired (on them)
Fee: in
Alddunya: this life
Note: the root is D-N-W and it means nearness or nearing. ALDUNYA means the near. In this case, it points to this life that we are living in as the near.
Waalakhirati: and the remaining/ and the next/ the later
Note: WA means and. ALAKHIRATI is derived from the root Hamza-KH-R and it means remaining. ALAKHIRATI means the remaining or the later. This, in turn means the later life or the life after death.
Wama: and not
Lahum: to them
Min: of/ from/ any
Nasireena: helpers at the time of need.
Note: the root N-Sad-R and it means aid or help at a time of need. NASIREENA means: supporters or helpers at the time of need.

Take care all and have a great day

Hussein