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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is every (in) in the Qur'an equivalent to (ma) as in His saying: ?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is every instance of the word in in the Qur'an in the meaning of ma, as in His saying, the Exalted:
no one could hold them [in place] after Himإِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّن بَعْدِهِ
[Fatir 35:41]
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Answer:
No, it is not always in the meaning of ma. It can be conditional, it can be a connective, it can be in the meaning of negation, in the meaning of the negative ma. It has specific positions. Do you have the book Mughni Dhawi al-Afham? The book Mughni al-Labib, Mughni al-Labib fi Bayan Ma'ani al-Huruf. What are its derivatives? Yes, Mughni al-Labib 'an Kutub al-A'arib by Ibn Hisham the grammarian, yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3432- 4717] هل (إن) في القرآن كلها بمعنى (ما) كما في قوله:﴿إن أمسكهُما من أحدٍ من بعده﴾؟ — youtube.com

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