How to reconcile Ibn Taymiyyah's statement that "fi" (in) means "ala" (on) with his introduction to the tafsir, where he denies the interchangeability of prepositions?
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The questioner:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: How does Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) say that "fi" means "ala"?
The Shaykh:
What is it that he said? He said to the other person: This is in the language. He explains the Arabic language to you. He is saying this from his own opinion. Yes.
The questioner:
He says that in the introduction to his book of tafsir, he denies the interchangeability of prepositions, and that a verb implies the meaning of another verb, not that a preposition implies the meaning of another preposition.
The Shaykh:
If this is the case, then this issue is an exception, even though I have not looked at the statement she is referring to. But if this is an exception, it is not the case for all prepositions. Yes.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: How does Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) say that "fi" means "ala"?
The Shaykh:
What is it that he said? He said to the other person: This is in the language. He explains the Arabic language to you. He is saying this from his own opinion. Yes.
The questioner:
He says that in the introduction to his book of tafsir, he denies the interchangeability of prepositions, and that a verb implies the meaning of another verb, not that a preposition implies the meaning of another preposition.
The Shaykh:
If this is the case, then this issue is an exception, even though I have not looked at the statement she is referring to. But if this is an exception, it is not the case for all prepositions. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [922 -1024] كيف الجمع بين قول ابن تيمية أن "في" بمعنى "على" وفي مقدمة التفسير، ينفي تبادل حروف الجر؟ — youtube.com
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