Is the letter *ba* in the saying of Allah the Exalted: “a spring from which the servants of Allah drink” for partiality?
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The questioner : Who said that the letter *ba* in the Arabic language ...?
The Shaykh : Did you understand his question? He is saying: If we say that the letter *ba* does not come for partiality, what do we do with the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Insan 76:6]? The answer is from one of two angles:
Either we say that the letter *ba* means, as in the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Mu'minun 23:33], meaning “from it,” and as in the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Baqarah 2:249]. The interchangeability of letters is a well-known matter in the Arabic language, and this is the position of the Kufans, because the school of the Kufans is easier than the school of the Basrans. When such a difficulty arises, they say the letter *ba* means *min* (from) and proceed.
The second opinion is that there is a metaphor in the verb, and that *yashrabu* (drinks) contains the meaning of *yara* (quenching thirst), so there is an additional benefit in that: they drink a drink with which they quench their thirst. Including the meaning of one verb in another is also common in the Arabic language.
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The Shaykh : Did you understand his question? He is saying: If we say that the letter *ba* does not come for partiality, what do we do with the saying of Allah the Exalted:
A spring of which the [righteous] servants of Allah will drink
عين يشرب بها عباد اللهEither we say that the letter *ba* means
Who
منHe eats of that from which you eat and drinks of what you drink.
يأكل مما تأكلون منه ويشرب مما تشربونBut they drank from it, except a [very] few of them.
فشربوا منه إلا قليلا منهمThe second opinion is that there is a metaphor in the verb, and that *yashrabu* (drinks) contains the meaning of *yara* (quenching thirst), so there is an additional benefit in that: they drink a drink with which they quench their thirst. Including the meaning of one verb in another is also common in the Arabic language.
We took three, a question, but it was answered in an inappropriate place.