لمّا...

a few days ago, someone cancelled their class with ustaz mahmoud or came late...i dunno which
which i end up having ustaz mahmoud as my teacher (am studying with ustazah jihad now)...
and of course, his classes always triggers something in my cerebral cortex...
that day, a fair few significant stuff caught my eyes...but today i wanna share about "لمّا"

لمّا... is one of the أدوات الجزم
أدوات الجزم are "characters" or words when put in front of a present tense or an ordering verb will cause that verb to either have  this sign "a ْ " (the one above letter 'a') on it's last letter or loose حرف العلة if it ends with either ا-و-ي or loose ن if the verbs are one of the افعال الخمسة

that was briefly...for further info
أدوات الجزم : http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/فعل_مضارع#.D8.A7.D9.84.D8.AC.D8.B2.D9.85
افعال الخمسة : http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/أفعال_خمسة

what caught my eyes was...the meaning of  لمّا
ustaz mahmoud recapitulated to me the meanings of لمّا one by one:
1. it تجزم the present tense verb
2. when it is added, it negates the verb
3. it changes the meaning of that present tense verb and make the verb means past
4. and also means that the negative verb is still happening till present (to the time frame of the speaker)
5. plus, the verb has a potential to be done in the future...

ustaz mahmoud said that...we use "لمّا" when we wanna express that it is weird that this verb has not occurred and still not being done...
for example:

كبر الغلام ولمّا يتعلم

the child grew but still not learning

it's weird for a person to grow up but not learn a thing...and of course, in the future this child might be learning something...

and so...in surah  'Abasa verse 23...

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أمَرَهُ 

which means:

23. Nay, but (man) has not done what He commanded him.

literally, we can understand the translation: human haven't done what Allah has told him
but deeply, when we apprehend the words by how it is used and expressed...the meanings becomes deeper...

now from this verse...after i understood what لمّا means...i see it like this
don't be like this!...humans haven't done and are still not doing what Allah has told them to do! and this shouldn't be happening...but, there is a potential that they will do what Allah has told them to do...

and by understanding this verse as i wrote above, the next verse' meaning seems continuous.

how beautiful it is to get it...and لمّا is simply just a character...not even considered a word in arabic...

now i see why Allah merit each letter in the Quran when we pronounce it...

i still have much to learn...and sadly am progressing too slow for the time i have left...
so do correct me if am wrong...

let's read the Quran as much as we can during this wholly month as -

الفرض فيه بسبعين فرض و السنّة بفرض

each obligatory practice is rewarded 70 times and each sunnah practice will be rewarded as obligatory ones

(ustazah jihad told me this)

selamat beramal di bulan Ramadhan...:D
*reminding myself mostly and anyone who's reading...