What is the grammatical analysis of the statement, "In my hand is the command; I turn the night and the day"?
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The questioner : What is the grammatical analysis of the phrase: Sunan Abi Dawud 5274Sahih (Al-Albani)?
The Shaykh : Its analysis is that "in my hand" is a prepositional phrase serving as a fronted predicate, and "the command" is a delayed subject.
The questioner : Is the phrase a substitute for the self or the attribute?
The Shaykh : No, it is an explanatory apposition with respect to what came before it, "I am the Age," and then he clarified that by saying:.
Authority is in my hand. I alternate the night and the day
بيدي الأمر أقلب الليل والنهارThe Shaykh : Its analysis is that "in my hand" is a prepositional phrase serving as a fronted predicate, and "the command" is a delayed subject.
The questioner : Is the phrase a substitute for the self or the attribute?
The Shaykh : No, it is an explanatory apposition with respect to what came before it, "I am the Age," and then he clarified that by saying: