Reading from the author's words with commentary on them: "And the secret of that distinction between the concept of the absolute term and the absolute concept derived from the term
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The reader: "And the secret of that distinction between the concept of the absolute term and the absolute concept derived from the term is that a term is used both absolutely and restrictively. If you take the common meaning shared by all its occurrences, whether absolute or restrictive, it is broader than the meaning understood from it when used absolutely. And that absolute meaning is realized by the realization of some of the referents of the term in any usage, whether absolute or restrictive.
As for its meaning in its state of absoluteness, some of its meanings are not realized when it is restricted; rather, it necessitates many matters that the restricted term does not necessitate.
So the erring ones often make a mistake here. Do you not see that the jurists distinguish between absolute water and the absolute liquid substance found in semen, discharges, and other liquids? So when you restrict it, you say: 'Honor the guest by giving him this dirham.' This is a restricted honor. But if you say: 'Honor the guest,' you are commanding by the concept of the absolute term, and that necessitates matters that are not realized by giving a dirham alone.
As for the second type of generality, it is the generality of the whole for its individuals, just as the saying of Allah the Exalted is general: every polytheist. And the third type of the types of generality" ..
The Shaykh : All his first statement is the generality of the whole for what?
The student: Its parts
The Shaykh : For its parts. Yes, this is the generality of the whole for its individuals. The polytheist named Zayd is not the polytheist named 'Amr, but it covers the individuals. Yes.
As for its meaning in its state of absoluteness, some of its meanings are not realized when it is restricted; rather, it necessitates many matters that the restricted term does not necessitate.
So the erring ones often make a mistake here. Do you not see that the jurists distinguish between absolute water and the absolute liquid substance found in semen, discharges, and other liquids? So when you restrict it, you say: 'Honor the guest by giving him this dirham.' This is a restricted honor. But if you say: 'Honor the guest,' you are commanding by the concept of the absolute term, and that necessitates matters that are not realized by giving a dirham alone.
As for the second type of generality, it is the generality of the whole for its individuals, just as the saying of Allah the Exalted is general:
So kill the polytheists
فاقتلوا المشركينThe Shaykh : All his first statement is the generality of the whole for what?
The student: Its parts
The Shaykh : For its parts. Yes, this is the generality of the whole for its individuals.