What is the grammatical status of the nun in the phrase of Allah the Exalted, “Are they the ones who will remove his harm?” (Surat al-Zumar 38)?
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The questioner:
He says, regarding the words of the Exalted:[Az-Zumar 39:38] He says: "They" is the feminine pronoun. He asks: Why did you not use the plural pronoun, or the masculine pronoun, even though the idols are a plural of males?
The Shaykh:
The idols are feminine: al-Lat, al-Uzza, and Manat are all feminine. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
[An-Nisa 4:117] The idols are all feminine, yes.
He says, regarding the words of the Exalted:
are they removers of His harm
هَلْ هُنَّ كَاشِفَاتُ ضُرِّهِThe Shaykh:
The idols are feminine: al-Lat, al-Uzza, and Manat are all feminine. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
They call upon instead of Him none but female [deities], and they [actually] call upon none but a rebellious Satan.
إِن يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ إِلَّا إِنَاثًا وَإِن يَدْعُونَ إِلَّا شَيْطَانًا مَّرِيدًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما محل إعراب النون في قوله تعالى ﴿هل هنّ كاشفات ضرّه﴾الزمر38؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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