They hitched their camels to their Lord***and His Messenger, O woe to the lazy one (Grammatical analysis of "O woe")
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The Shaykh :"They hitched their camels to their Lord***and His Messenger..."
To their Lord with sincerity, and to His Messenger with following. "O woe to the lazy one" "O woe to the lazy one" How did he call out to it? Is "woe" something that has understanding so that it can be called out to?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : The intention is not for a call, meaning yes, that is good. The problem is: if we say it is for attention, what put it in the accusative case?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Ah.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : The one being called is omitted. What is the implied meaning?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : "O his woe." If you say "O his woe," the problem arises again: is "woe" the one being called?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : What...
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : "O my people." Well, "O my people" is fine, it does not contradict. But what put "woe" in the accusative case? "Woe."
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes. It is in the position of the rational. That is, "O woe to the lazy one" means: come, for the lazy one has nothing but woe and regret—may Allah make us and you among the people of action, not among the people of laziness.
To their Lord with sincerity, and to His Messenger with following. "O woe to the lazy one" "O woe to the lazy one" How did he call out to it? Is "woe" something that has understanding so that it can be called out to?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : The intention is not for a call, meaning yes, that is good. The problem is: if we say it is for attention, what put it in the accusative case?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Ah.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : The one being called is omitted. What is the implied meaning?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : "O his woe." If you say "O his woe," the problem arises again: is "woe" the one being called?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : What...
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : "O my people." Well, "O my people" is fine, it does not contradict. But what put "woe" in the accusative case? "Woe."
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes. It is in the position of the rational. That is, "O woe to the lazy one" means: come, for the lazy one has nothing but woe and regret—may Allah make us and you among the people of action, not among the people of laziness.