The Meaning of the Saying of the Exalted: "Indeed, man is in loss."

The Shaykh : Then He, Mighty and Majestic, said: Is "the human being" one single person, or every human being? Every human being. The evidence that the meaning is "every human being" is that the word "al-insan" has a kasrah on the lam. I say: here the kasrah is on the lam, the lam is moved, the lam is moved. Yes, I said that it is a kasrah on the lam, so the lam is moved.
The student: ... .

The Shaykh : How?
The student: ... .

The Shaykh : Rest. Who knows, my brothers? Move the lam. You who are absent, it is not upon you. Who knows? Good. Here it stands in place of kull. If we make it silent, it is valid for it to be a command verb. It is valid for it to be a command verb: "Manab kull." And if we move it and say "manab," standing in place of "kull," does it still carry the meaning of a command? It does not carry it. That is why I asked you to move the lam, but no one stepped forward in any case. Here it stands in place of delete it. Make "kull" its substitute. Is that valid? It is valid. The estimation is: "Indeed, every man is in loss." "Every man is in loss." This sentence here, my brothers, is affirmed by three affirmers. Affirmed by three affirmers. Do you know them? Please.
The student: The oath.

The Shaykh : The oath. That is complete.
The student: In.

The Shaykh : The second is In.
The student: The lam.

The Shaykh : The lam in His saying: That is complete. May Allah reward you. Here, this sentence, which is a truthful statement, was affirmed by Allah, Mighty and Majestic, with three affirmers: that every man is a loser. And reflect on His saying: He did not say "for a loser." Which is more eloquent: "Indeed, man is a loser" or "Indeed, man is in loss"? "Indeed, man is in loss" is more eloquent because He made the loss a circumstance for him. And the circumstance surrounds the thing it describes, so it is as if He said: "Indeed, man is immersed in loss, except for those who are excluded." But if He had said "Indeed, man is a loser," it would not have the same eloquence as saying "Indeed, man - go -" in loss. "In loss" is more eloquent, as if He made the loss a vessel and the man immersed in it, making it more eloquent. So what is the loss?
Loss is the opposite of profit. And you know, may Allah reward you, that when a man conducts a transaction, either he profits, that is one, or he loses, that is two, or he neither profits nor loses.
So if he buys goods for one hundred and sells them for one hundred and twenty, what do we call him? A winner.
And if he buys goods for one hundred and sells them for eighty, we say he is a loser.
And if he buys for one hundred and sells for one hundred, what do we say? He is neither a loser nor a winner. We say he is neither a loser nor a winner.
Good. Man is a loser; he is not a winner, nor is he neither a winner nor a loser.