Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And those who declare their wives forbidden (zihar) and then return from what they have said, then the expiation is the freeing of a slave before they touch each other. That is what you are admonished with, and Allah is All-Aware of what you do."

The Shaykh : Then what is the ruling after this? Allah the Exalted said: to the end of it. And Allah has clarified the falsehood of this statement by His saying: "They are not their mothers." How do we parse the word "ma" here?
It is parsed as a Hijazi negation, because the "ma" that means "not" (laysa), when it raises the subject and puts the predicate in the accusative, is called Hijazi because this is its function in the language of the people of Hijaz. Is this its function with the Banu Tamim? No, it does not function like "laysa" with them; rather, it raises both the subject and the predicate. The Banu Tamim would say, "Ma hadha rajulun" (This is not a man), while the Hijazis would say, "Ma hadha rajulan" (This is not a man). The poet said: "And you, with your broken joints, I said to you: State your lineage. He replied: 'Ma qatal al-muhibb haram' (It is not that the lover kills [forbidden])." From which tribe is this woman? From the Banu Tamim, because if she were from Hijaz, she would have said, "Ma qatal al-muhibb haraman." Therefore, the Hijazis raise the subject and put the predicate in the accusative with "ma." For this reason, when parsing, we say "ma" is a Hijazi negation, "hunna" (they) is its subject, and "ummahat" (mothers) is its predicate. This means that these women, whom they described as being like the backs of their mothers, are not their mothers from their mothers. The "in" here is a lightened form of the heavy "in." Correct, it is a conditional "in." Correct, I do not have people here who know grammar. "In" is a lightened form of the heavy "in." It is for emphasis, meaning it is a lightened form of the heavy "in." Good, it is conditional. Good. What do you think if it were placed outside the Qur'an? If "ma" were placed in its stead and it were said, "Ma ummahatuhunna illa allati waladnahunna" (Their mothers are not but those who bore them), would the speech be correct? Or would it not be correct? If it were correct if "ma" were placed in its stead, it would become a negation. For this reason, when "illa" comes after "in," then "in" is a negation. Meaning, "Ma hadha illa sihrun mubin" (This is not but clear magic). Meaning, "Ma hadha illa ikhtilaq" (This is not but a fabrication). He forgives them and pardons them if they return to Him.