Is the (min) in His saying: “And those who say, ‘Our Lord, grant us from our spouses and offspring comfort to our eyes'” partitive?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He:[Al-Furqan 25:74] Is the min here partitive? And if it is partitive, why did they not supplicate for all of the offspring and spouses?
Answer:
My brother, when min comes for partitivity and when it comes for specification, here the min is for specification, not partitivity.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He:
And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes
وَالَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍAnswer:
My brother, when min comes for partitivity and when it comes for specification, here the min is for specification, not partitivity.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3435- 4717] هل (من) في قوله: (والذين يقولون ربنا هب لنا من أزواجنا وذرياتنا قرة أعين﴾ تبعيضية؟ — youtube.com
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