Parsing the statement: "I was given five things that no prophet before me was given."
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The Shaykh : The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 438, here he spoke about the difficulty of its parsing.
First, what put "five" in the accusative case? How did it come in the accusative, when "I was given" is a past tense verb in the passive voice, and it is known that the object in a passive verb is in the nominative case, not the accusative?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : ...
The student: The first one is actually the doer... the substitute for the doer.
The Shaykh : You heard his answer. He says "I was given" takes two objects, and the first object is the substitute for the doer, which is the pronoun "I was given," and the second object is "five." So "five" is in the accusative case in any case because it is the second object. Now, does "to give" take two objects whose original state is subject and predicate, or is their original state not subject and predicate? Now, what is the original state?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Does "to give" take two objects whose original state is subject and predicate, or is their original state not subject and predicate?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : What does he say?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Is their original state subject and predicate? "To give," if I said "I gave Zayd a dirham," Zayd becomes a dirham.
The student: No, no, their original state is not subject and predicate.
The Shaykh : Their original state is not subject and predicate. Now, rest, may Allah bless you. Their original state is not subject and predicate, and "to think" takes two objects, here.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Their original state is subject and predicate. You say "I thought the student was intelligent." Remove "I thought" and you say "the student is intelligent." But "I gave Zayd a dirham," remove "I gave," "Zayd is a dirham" does not make sense. Now, secondly, he says:Sahih al-Bukhari 438 and this is strange . How is "one" in the nominative case, "one" (ahad), when it is given, and the one given is an object, so how is it in the nominative case? Now, here.
The student: The substitute for the doer.
The Shaykh : Now, this is the substitute for the doer. Where is the first object? Where is the first object? We established now that "to give" takes two objects. Where is the first object? Hmm.
The student: The pronoun.
The Shaykh : The pronoun? Where is the pronoun? The pronoun? ... Where is the first object? Yes, the pronoun is in his statement: Now, well done, rest. So we benefit from the permissibility of placing the first object before the second object? Yes, indeed.
In this hadith, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) speaks about the characteristics by which Allah distinguished him, from the perspective of speaking about the blessing of Allah, and not from the perspective of boasting over the other prophets, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is not among those who boast over people, but from the perspective... but he is among those who speak about the blessing of Allah. He says: and what Allah gave him Sahih al-Bukhari 438.
I have been given five things which were not given to any amongst the Prophets before me
أعطيت خمسا لم يعطهن أحد من الأنبياء قبليFirst, what put "five" in the accusative case? How did it come in the accusative, when "I was given" is a past tense verb in the passive voice, and it is known that the object in a passive verb is in the nominative case, not the accusative?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : ...
The student: The first one is actually the doer... the substitute for the doer.
The Shaykh : You heard his answer. He says "I was given" takes two objects, and the first object is the substitute for the doer, which is the pronoun "I was given," and the second object is "five." So "five" is in the accusative case in any case because it is the second object. Now, does "to give" take two objects whose original state is subject and predicate, or is their original state not subject and predicate? Now, what is the original state?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Does "to give" take two objects whose original state is subject and predicate, or is their original state not subject and predicate?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : What does he say?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Is their original state subject and predicate? "To give," if I said "I gave Zayd a dirham," Zayd becomes a dirham.
The student: No, no, their original state is not subject and predicate.
The Shaykh : Their original state is not subject and predicate. Now, rest, may Allah bless you. Their original state is not subject and predicate, and "to think" takes two objects, here.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Their original state is subject and predicate. You say "I thought the student was intelligent." Remove "I thought" and you say "the student is intelligent." But "I gave Zayd a dirham," remove "I gave," "Zayd is a dirham" does not make sense. Now, secondly, he says:
which were not given to any amongst the Prophets before me
لم يعطهن أحد من الأنبياء قبليthat no one was given
لم يعطهن أحدThe student: The substitute for the doer.
The Shaykh : Now, this is the substitute for the doer. Where is the first object? Where is the first object? We established now that "to give" takes two objects. Where is the first object? Hmm.
The student: The pronoun.
The Shaykh : The pronoun? Where is the pronoun? The pronoun? ... Where is the first object? Yes, the pronoun is in his statement:
that no one was given
لم يعطهنIn this hadith, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) speaks about the characteristics by which Allah distinguished him, from the perspective of speaking about the blessing of Allah, and not from the perspective of boasting over the other prophets, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is not among those who boast over people, but from the perspective... but he is among those who speak about the blessing of Allah. He says: