بارك الله لك في دينك ودنياك واخرتك

[iyavor]

Hi,
I'd like to understand the figurative (not literal) meaning of this phrase:

بارك الله لك في دينك ودنياك واخرتك

I understand that it's a greeting or blessing of some kind...

Thank you,

 

[analeeh]

It means something like: 'may God bless you in your religion, in your worldly affairs and in the affairs of the world to come'. I'm not sure it has a separate figurative meaning, really.

 

[Mahaodeh]

If by figurative you mean similar to when we say يعطيك العافية we mean hello, and when we say الله يخليك we mean either please or thank you, then I’m really not aware of any dialect that uses it to express a certain sentiment.

If you mean any hidden meanings in the phrase itself, then there are none, it’s quite literal.

 

[גולם]

It means something like: 'may God bless you in your religion, in your worldly affairs and in the affairs of the world to come'. I'm not sure it has a separate figurative meaning, really.

But the verb is past tense. It's not yubariku.

 

[analeeh]

Correct. The past is very commonly used for wishes, prayers, invocations etc. Think of the famous صلى الله عليه وسلم 'may God praise and preserve him' or رضي الله عنهم 'may God be satisfied with them' or حياك الله 'may God give you long life' or عاش الملك 'long live the king'.

The muDaari3 on its own, I think, could only mean 'God blesses you', not 'may God bless you'.

 

[גולם]

No. Haven't you heard the dua "yarhamuk Allahu"?

 

[analeeh]

Of course I have. I'm not sure this use was entirely correct in classical Arabic, though - it strikes me as a dialect influence (where prayers like يعطيك العافية or الله يرحمو are very common). I'm happy to be corrected on this, but even if I am, the fact remains that it's very, very common in fuS7a to use the ماضي to express wishes and prayers.

 

[גולם]

Huh? يرحمك الله is from the Prophet's dua!

 

[analeeh]

Well, as I said, I'm happy to be corrected on it being a possibility in classical Arabic. But that's not really relevant to your question, which has been answered: the ماضي form is very commonly used in invocations and wishes, and that's what's going on here. I could equally ask you 'have you never heard someone saying صلى الله عليه وسلم'.