Eight: How do you interpret the poet’s saying: “Indeed, ‘Abd Allah circumambulated the House seven times, and the noble, distinguished people performed Hajj.”
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The questioner : How do you interpret the poet’s saying: “Indeed, ‘Abd Allah circumambulated the House seven times *** and the noble, distinguished people performed Hajj”
The Shaykh : Yes, this is a problem. Okay, “Indeed, ‘Abd Allah circumambulated the House.” The subject is in the nominative case, “the House” is in the accusative case, which we just read as “the House” in the accusative, and the genitive is marked with a kasrah. And “the people” is in the nominative case, and the genitive is marked with a kasrah. Then he said “the noble, distinguished ones,” which has no issue. First, let’s start with the first part: “Indeed, ‘Abd Allah circumambulated.”
The student: “Indeed, ‘Abd Allah circumambulated”
The Shaykh : “‘Abd Allah” in the nominative case is correct. Rest, if this were correct, we would not have needed the riddle.
The student: Because in some languages, the subject is in the accusative case.
The Shaykh : That is what they say when you say “The nail tore the cloth.”
The student: Okay, so it is dual and the alif is omitted here because of the meeting of two static letters.
The Shaykh : Yes, so the fathah here is not a case-ending vowel. The fathah here is not a case-ending vowel because it is dual and the alif was omitted to avoid the meeting of two static letters. Well done with the verse.
The student: With the yaa of the House.
The Shaykh : So the ba is a preposition that enters upon the omitted yaa of the second person, to avoid the meeting of two static letters, and “the House” is in the accusative case. Perfect. Where is the child? I say, hurry with the child; perhaps his father is looking for him now.
Okay, “the people performed Hajj”. “The people performed Hajj” should have been “from the people” in the genitive case.
The student: What is meant by “from” is Mina.
The Shaykh : The place and the people.
The student: And the people is the subject in the nominative case.
The Shaykh : The subject. Okay, correct, that’s it. The questions are over. This is the answer, but after this, I think the door for accepting answers is closed.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is a problem. Okay, “Indeed, ‘Abd Allah circumambulated the House.” The subject is in the nominative case, “the House” is in the accusative case, which we just read as “the House” in the accusative, and the genitive is marked with a kasrah. And “the people” is in the nominative case, and the genitive is marked with a kasrah. Then he said “the noble, distinguished ones,” which has no issue. First, let’s start with the first part: “Indeed, ‘Abd Allah circumambulated.”
The student: “Indeed, ‘Abd Allah circumambulated”
The Shaykh : “‘Abd Allah” in the nominative case is correct. Rest, if this were correct, we would not have needed the riddle.
The student: Because in some languages, the subject is in the accusative case.
The Shaykh : That is what they say when you say “The nail tore the cloth.”
The student: Okay, so it is dual and the alif is omitted here because of the meeting of two static letters.
The Shaykh : Yes, so the fathah here is not a case-ending vowel. The fathah here is not a case-ending vowel because it is dual and the alif was omitted to avoid the meeting of two static letters. Well done with the verse.
The student: With the yaa of the House.
The Shaykh : So the ba is a preposition that enters upon the omitted yaa of the second person, to avoid the meeting of two static letters, and “the House” is in the accusative case. Perfect. Where is the child? I say, hurry with the child; perhaps his father is looking for him now.
Okay, “the people performed Hajj”. “The people performed Hajj” should have been “from the people” in the genitive case.
The student: What is meant by “from” is Mina.
The Shaykh : The place and the people.
The student: And the people is the subject in the nominative case.
The Shaykh : The subject. Okay, correct, that’s it. The questions are over. This is the answer, but after this, I think the door for accepting answers is closed.