What is the difference between the masdar and the ism al-masdar?
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The Shaykh : This is a linguistic inquiry: what is the difference between the masdar and the ism al-masdar?
The difference is that the masdar is what matches the verb in its letters, matching it in both the letters and their order; that is the masdar. What differs from it but indicates the masdar is the ism al-masdar. For example, the verb is *kallama* (he spoke to), the masdar is *takliman*, and the ism al-masdar is *kalam*. The verb is *salima* (he was safe), the masdar is *tasliman*, and the ism al-masdar is *salam*. There are many examples: *al-maghfirah* (forgiveness) from *ghafara* (he forgave), *yaghfiru* (he forgives); *ghufranan* is the masdar, and *maghfirah* is the ism al-masdar. And so on. The ism al-masdar is what indicates the masdar but does not match the verb.
The difference is that the masdar is what matches the verb in its letters, matching it in both the letters and their order; that is the masdar. What differs from it but indicates the masdar is the ism al-masdar. For example, the verb is *kallama* (he spoke to), the masdar is *takliman*, and the ism al-masdar is *kalam*. The verb is *salima* (he was safe), the masdar is *tasliman*, and the ism al-masdar is *salam*. There are many examples: *al-maghfirah* (forgiveness) from *ghafara* (he forgave), *yaghfiru* (he forgives); *ghufranan* is the masdar, and *maghfirah* is the ism al-masdar. And so on. The ism al-masdar is what indicates the masdar but does not match the verb.