Reading from the author's words, with commentary on them and collation of the manuscripts: "And He, the Exalted, said in the completion of the report concerning the hypocrites
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The reader: "And He, the Exalted, said in the completion of the report concerning the hypocrites: [At-Tawbah 9:69] It has been said that this *kaf* is a nominative case marker for a predicate whose subject is omitted, the meaning being: You are like those before you. It has also been said that it is an accusative case marker governed by an omitted verb, the meaning being: You did what those before you did, as al-Namr ibn Tulayb said: "Like today, sought after and not seeking," meaning: I have not seen anyone like today. The comparison, according to these two views, is in the deeds of those before. It has also been said that the comparison is in the punishment. Then it was said that the governing word is omitted, meaning: He cursed them and punished them as He cursed those before you. It has also been said—and this is the best view—that the governing word is what preceded, meaning: Allah promised the hypocrites as He promised those before you, and He cursed them as He cursed those before you, and for them is a constant punishment like that of those before you. Or its grammatical position is accusative, and it is permissible for it to be nominative, meaning: A punishment like the punishment of those before you.
The reality of the matter, according to this view, is that the *kaf* is affected by two governing words that put it in the accusative case, or one that puts it in the accusative and one that puts it in the nominative, similar to their saying: "I honored [him] and Zayd honored me." The grammarians"
The Shaykh : What, what?
The reader: "The grammarians have two views regarding this when the governing words are not different, as in saying: "I honored and I gave to Zayd." The first view, which is the view of Sibawayhi and his followers, is that the governing word for the noun is one of them, and the other had its object omitted, because he does not see two governing words acting on a single object".
like those before you; they were stronger than you in power and more abundant in wealth and children
كالذين من قبلكم كانوا أشد منكم قوةً وأكثر أموالًا وأولادًاThe reality of the matter, according to this view, is that the *kaf* is affected by two governing words that put it in the accusative case, or one that puts it in the accusative and one that puts it in the nominative, similar to their saying: "I honored [him] and Zayd honored me." The grammarians"
The Shaykh : What, what?
The reader: "The grammarians have two views regarding this when the governing words are not different, as in saying: "I honored and I gave to Zayd." The first view, which is the view of Sibawayhi and his followers, is that the governing word for the noun is one of them, and the other had its object omitted, because he does not see two governing words acting on a single object".