What is the grammatical analysis of the letter kaf in the verse {There is nothing like Him}?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks about the word of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He)[Ash-Shuraa 42:11] What is the grammatical parsing of the letter kaf in His saying, "There is nothing like Him"?
Answer:
They say the kaf is a suffix for emphasis, and the original phrase is "There is nothing like Him," so this was added for emphasis. The kaf is for emphasis. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks about the word of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He)
There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُAnswer:
They say the kaf is a suffix for emphasis, and the original phrase is "There is nothing like Him," so this was added for emphasis. The kaf is for emphasis. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2625] ما إعراب الكاف في آية {لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ}؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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