The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "But if they turn away, then say: 'Sufficient for me is Allah.'"
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The Shaykh : One, two. Read the grammar. May Allah bless you. Please, go ahead.
The student: A present-tense verb... from the five verbs...
The Shaykh : No, the ruling is not correct and the reasoning is defective. Rest, please.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : A past-tense verb. What is your answer to the statement that the nun was deleted from it?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Because the brother's name is Ibrahim, he says: "The nun was deleted from the end of it."
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : We say that the past-tense verb does not need a nun in the first place. You say: "Pray," "Give zakah," "They stood up," "They sat down." It does not need a nun. So, rest. "Tawallaw" (they turned away) appears on its surface to be a present-tense verb from which one of the taws was deleted, and the original form would be "fa in tattawallaw" (if you turn away). However, the end of the verse indicates that it is a past-tense verb and that there is no deletion in it, and this is the correct view. "In tawallaw" means "they turned away."[At-Tawbah 9:129] means "entrust your affair to Allah and say: 'Sufficient for me is Allah.'" The meaning of "hasbi" is "sufficient," as He, Mighty and Majestic, said: [At-Talaq 65:3] When the subject is definite and the predicate is definite, that indicates restriction, meaning "Sufficient for me is Allah alone, and no other."
The student: A present-tense verb... from the five verbs...
The Shaykh : No, the ruling is not correct and the reasoning is defective. Rest, please.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : A past-tense verb. What is your answer to the statement that the nun was deleted from it?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Because the brother's name is Ibrahim, he says: "The nun was deleted from the end of it."
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : We say that the past-tense verb does not need a nun in the first place. You say: "Pray," "Give zakah," "They stood up," "They sat down." It does not need a nun. So, rest. "Tawallaw" (they turned away) appears on its surface to be a present-tense verb from which one of the taws was deleted, and the original form would be "fa in tattawallaw" (if you turn away). However, the end of the verse indicates that it is a past-tense verb and that there is no deletion in it, and this is the correct view. "In tawallaw" means "they turned away."