The people asking the Imam for the prayer for rain: how is it parsed?
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The Shaykh : The people asking the Imam for the prayer for rain: how is it parsed?
The reader: Does "asking" take two objects?
The Shaykh : Parse it? Is "asking" a compound noun?
The reader: And "the people" is the noun to which it is added.
The Shaykh : And "the Imam"?
The reader: It is the first object of "asking."
The Shaykh : Very well.
The reader: And "the prayer for rain" is the second object.
The Shaykh : Okay, and to what is "asking" added, the doer or the object?
The reader: No, it is added to the object. "Asking" is added to the object.
The Shaykh : To the object, so it takes three objects.
The reader: No, it is added to the doer, because they asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he is the doer of the prayer for rain.
The Shaykh : I am asking about the parsing of "the people."
The reader: "The people" is the noun to which it is added.
The Shaykh : But is "asking" added to the doer or to the object?
The reader: It is added to the doer, because the people are asking the Imam, who is the doer of the prayer for rain.
The Shaykh : Okay, if you want to know, convert the verbal noun to a verb. The chapter is: "When the people asked the Imam for the prayer for rain."
The reader: 'Amr ibn 'Ali narrated to us, Abu Qutaybah narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Dinar narrated to us from his father, saying:.
The Shaykh : This is Abu Talib, who has a poem in the Lamiyyah meter praising the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Ibn Kathir said in *Al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya*: It should be among the Mu'allaqat because of the great and noble meanings and strength it contains.
The description here is of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), meaning that he, may the prayers and blessings of Allah be upon him, is white-faced because his color is bright. "From whom the clouds are asked for rain" means that they ask him to ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for rain. "Al-Ghamam" is the clouds. "A protector of orphans, a safeguard for widows" means that he has compassion and tenderness toward orphans, and is a safeguard for widows from being humiliated or from hardship befalling them. Yes.
The reader: Does "asking" take two objects?
The Shaykh : Parse it? Is "asking" a compound noun?
The reader: And "the people" is the noun to which it is added.
The Shaykh : And "the Imam"?
The reader: It is the first object of "asking."
The Shaykh : Very well.
The reader: And "the prayer for rain" is the second object.
The Shaykh : Okay, and to what is "asking" added, the doer or the object?
The reader: No, it is added to the object. "Asking" is added to the object.
The Shaykh : To the object, so it takes three objects.
The reader: No, it is added to the doer, because they asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he is the doer of the prayer for rain.
The Shaykh : I am asking about the parsing of "the people."
The reader: "The people" is the noun to which it is added.
The Shaykh : But is "asking" added to the doer or to the object?
The reader: It is added to the doer, because the people are asking the Imam, who is the doer of the prayer for rain.
The Shaykh : Okay, if you want to know, convert the verbal noun to a verb. The chapter is: "When the people asked the Imam for the prayer for rain."
The reader: 'Amr ibn 'Ali narrated to us, Abu Qutaybah narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Dinar narrated to us from his father, saying:
I heard Ibn 'Umar reciting the poetry of Abu Talib: "And a white-faced one from whom the clouds are asked for rain, a protector of orphans, a safeguard for widows."
سمعت ابن عمر يتمثل بشعر أبي طالب: وأبيض يستسقى الغمام بوجهه ثمال اليتامى عصمة للأراملThe Shaykh : This is Abu Talib, who has a poem in the Lamiyyah meter praising the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Ibn Kathir said in *Al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya*: It should be among the Mu'allaqat because of the great and noble meanings and strength it contains.
The description here is of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), meaning that he, may the prayers and blessings of Allah be upon him, is white-faced because his color is bright. "From whom the clouds are asked for rain" means that they ask him to ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for rain. "Al-Ghamam" is the clouds. "A protector of orphans, a safeguard for widows" means that he has compassion and tenderness toward orphans, and is a safeguard for widows from being humiliated or from hardship befalling them. Yes.