The Meaning of the Letter Ba in His Saying: (And Wipe Your Heads)
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[The Meaning of the Letter Ba in His Saying: (And Wipe Your Heads)]
The argument for the generality of the head based on what is connected to the letter ba, and that it is a linguistic issue concerning the letter ba, whether it is for partiality or not?And the argument with His saying, the Exalted: [Al-Insan: 6] [Al-Mutaffifin: 28], and I also heard a verse of Arabic poetry, but I do not recall it now?
Perhaps it is:
They drank with the water of the sea, then they rose to green pools for which there is a lowing sound
There is no doubt that among the letters of meaning, some differ in meaning according to what they are connected to. We find that (min) is sometimes for partiality, and sometimes for causality. We find that (fi) is sometimes for temporality, and sometimes for causality. Likewise, (ba) may be for partiality, and may be for causality, among other things. This is a known matter. However, the issue is not whether (ba) is for partiality or not in the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Ma'idah: 6]. Rather, the issue is the word "head," for the head includes the entire head, and (ba) here is for attachment; because it was counted for wiping,And wiping with such-and-such means: He made this a tool for wiping, the wiped thing is attached to it, and the argument remains not with the ba and whether it is for generality or partiality or the like, but rather the argument is with the word "heads."
The questioner: But denying that it is for partiality is not correct, because it is in Al-Mughni?The Shaykh: But some scholars denied it, saying: It has not been found in the language of the Arabs for partiality,And as for His saying (the Exalted): [Al-Insan: 6] The correct view is that (drinks) includes the meaning: becomes satiated,Meaning: The servants of Allah become satiated with it, or that (ba) means (min), meaning: The servants of Allah drink from it,And likewise:
They drank with the water of the sea, then they rose to green pools for which there is a lowing sound
Meaning: They drank from the water of the sea, or they became satiated with the water of the sea,And the author of Al-Mughni said in the verse: The apparent meaning is that the ba in it is for attachment.
The argument for the generality of the head based on what is connected to the letter ba, and that it is a linguistic issue concerning the letter ba, whether it is for partiality or not?And the argument with His saying, the Exalted:
A spring of which the [righteous] servants of Allah will drink
عَيْناً يَشْرَبُ بِهَا عِبَادُ اللَّهِA spring from which those near [to Allah] drink.
عَيْناً يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَPerhaps it is:
They drank with the water of the sea, then they rose to green pools for which there is a lowing sound
There is no doubt that among the letters of meaning, some differ in meaning according to what they are connected to. We find that (min) is sometimes for partiality, and sometimes for causality. We find that (fi) is sometimes for temporality, and sometimes for causality. Likewise, (ba) may be for partiality, and may be for causality, among other things. This is a known matter. However, the issue is not whether (ba) is for partiality or not in the saying of Allah the Exalted:
and wipe your heads
وَامْسَحُوا بِرُؤُوسِكُمْThe questioner: But denying that it is for partiality is not correct, because it is in Al-Mughni?The Shaykh: But some scholars denied it, saying: It has not been found in the language of the Arabs for partiality,And as for His saying (the Exalted):
of which the [righteous] servants of Allah will drink
يَشْرَبُ بِهَا عِبَادُ اللَّهِThey drank with the water of the sea, then they rose to green pools for which there is a lowing sound
Meaning: They drank from the water of the sea, or they became satiated with the water of the sea,And the author of Al-Mughni said in the verse: The apparent meaning is that the ba in it is for attachment.