The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "The heart did not lie in what it saw. Will you dispute with him about what he sees? ..."
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The Shaykh :[An-Najm 53:11] [An-Najm 53:11] The fu'ad is the heart, and the meaning of that is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) comprehended what he witnessed with complete comprehension, and the heart did not lie about it. And what did the Messenger see? He saw of the great signs of his Lord. He saw of the great signs of his Lord. He saw a tremendous matter that a human being cannot endure; if a human being were to witness it, he would go mad, were it not that Allah made Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) firm. Jibril carried him from the earth to the lowest heaven, then the second, then the third, up to the seventh, until he reached a place where he heard the scraping of the pens as they write. Then the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary was presented to him, and he saw therein wonders. One is not firm upon such a thing except one whom Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has made firm. And his heart was like the heart of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and none was worthy of this firmness except Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). This is reprehensible. And here we ask the brother, and I do not know if he is one of the people of grammar or not?
How do you parse "afatamarunahu"?
The student: I do not know.
The Shaykh : You do not know? Rest. Who knows? "Afatamarunahu." Is there anyone among you at the third or fourth level in the college? There is no god but Allah, come on, my brother.
The student: The fa' is a conjunction.
The Shaykh : The fa'
The student: is a conjunction.
The Shaykh : Good, and the hamzah
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : and the intended meaning is
The student: negation.
The Shaykh : We said negation just a moment ago. The intended meaning is negation. The fa' is a conjunction. Wait, the fa' is a conjunction. Conjunction to what? To
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Okay, to the sentences before it. But how does the interrogative hamzah transform between the conjunct and the conjuncted?
The student: Because it is in the initial position.
The Shaykh : Well done. Because it has the initial position. If it has the initial position, how is the conjunction valid? Because the conjunct is a follower.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : So, rest. Okay, this is a bit of a walk. The fa' is a conjunction, and the hamzah is for interrogation. The grammarians differed regarding the conjuncted. It was said that the conjuncted is what preceded of the sentences. And according to this opinion, we need to say that the fa' has slipped from its place. "Slipped" means what? Transferred from one place to another. The original form is "fa-atamarunahu." The original form is "fa-atamarunahu." So the fa' is a conjunction, and what follows it is conjuncted to what preceded. And this opinion has nothing in it except that the fa' is complete? It slipped from its place.
The second opinion: That the fa' is a conjunction, and the conjuncted is omitted and estimated after the hamzah, and it is estimated according to the context. So we say in the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Qaf 50:6] The estimation is: "Did they neglect, so they did not look to the sky?" And this opinion has nothing in it except, go on, except that there is an omission in the speech. And the original is the absence of omission. And it is said the first has nothing in it except the fa' slipped, and the original is the absence of slipping.
So each of them contradicted a principle. But which is easier in terms of estimation?
The easier is the first, that there is nothing omitted that is estimated, because sometimes you are unable to estimate something between the hamzah and the fa'. Therefore, we choose that the hamzah is for interrogation, and that the fa' is a letter of conjunction, and that the conjuncted is what preceded of the sentences, and that there is not in the speech what? Slipping of the fa' from its place. And this is a possibility, so that we are free from the difficulty of estimating the omitted.
Okay, we mentioned to you a rule before this: when the grammarians differ in a matter, what is taken? The easier and the simplest. Okay.
The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.
ما كذب الفؤاد ما رأىThe heart did not lie [about] what it saw.
ماكذب الفؤاد ما رأىWill you dispute with him about what he saw
أفتمارونه على ما يرىWill you dispute with him
أفتمارونهThe student: I do not know.
The Shaykh : You do not know? Rest. Who knows? "Afatamarunahu." Is there anyone among you at the third or fourth level in the college? There is no god but Allah, come on, my brother.
The student: The fa' is a conjunction.
The Shaykh : The fa'
The student: is a conjunction.
The Shaykh : Good, and the hamzah
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : and the intended meaning is
The student: negation.
The Shaykh : We said negation just a moment ago. The intended meaning is negation. The fa' is a conjunction. Wait, the fa' is a conjunction. Conjunction to what? To
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Okay, to the sentences before it. But how does the interrogative hamzah transform between the conjunct and the conjuncted?
The student: Because it is in the initial position.
The Shaykh : Well done. Because it has the initial position. If it has the initial position, how is the conjunction valid? Because the conjunct is a follower.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : So, rest. Okay, this is a bit of a walk. The fa' is a conjunction, and the hamzah is for interrogation. The grammarians differed regarding the conjuncted. It was said that the conjuncted is what preceded of the sentences. And according to this opinion, we need to say that the fa' has slipped from its place. "Slipped" means what? Transferred from one place to another. The original form is "fa-atamarunahu." The original form is "fa-atamarunahu." So the fa' is a conjunction, and what follows it is conjuncted to what preceded. And this opinion has nothing in it except that the fa' is complete? It slipped from its place.
The second opinion: That the fa' is a conjunction, and the conjuncted is omitted and estimated after the hamzah, and it is estimated according to the context. So we say in the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it
أفلم ينظرون إلى السماء فوقهم كيف بنيناهاSo each of them contradicted a principle. But which is easier in terms of estimation?
The easier is the first, that there is nothing omitted that is estimated, because sometimes you are unable to estimate something between the hamzah and the fa'. Therefore, we choose that the hamzah is for interrogation, and that the fa' is a letter of conjunction, and that the conjuncted is what preceded of the sentences, and that there is not in the speech what? Slipping of the fa' from its place. And this is a possibility, so that we are free from the difficulty of estimating the omitted.
Okay, we mentioned to you a rule before this: when the grammarians differ in a matter, what is taken? The easier and the simplest. Okay.