Discussion of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “A group you kill and a group you take captive”
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Here, the object is fronted in His saying and the object is placed after the verb in His saying: Is the benefit of this merely to observe the rhyming endings, making the benefit verbal, or is there a semantic benefit?
The student: Both matters.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, both matters.
The student: Is there a difference between the two groups; are they not the same?
The Shaykh : How is that?
The student: Is there a difference between the two groups, where the last group is women and the first is only men?
The Shaykh : No.
The student: Because the first are the men... and the second are those who do not fight...?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, that is the apparent meaning, because the first ruling is more severe and emphatic, so its object was fronted: “A group you kill.” The second is less so, because a captive might be granted the favor of being released. So He said: This is while observing the wording, which is observing the rhyming endings of the verses. Therefore, Allah the Exalted said in Surat al-Baqarah: [Al-Ma'idah: 70] or [Al-Baqarah 2:87] Since the denial of the messengers is severe, the object was fronted in it, just as the object was fronted in their killing. This is the story of the Confederates, which ended with His saying:
A group you kill
فَرِيقًا تَقْتُلُونَAnd a group you take captive
وَتَأْسِرُونَ فَرِيقًاThe student: Both matters.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, both matters.
The student: Is there a difference between the two groups; are they not the same?
The Shaykh : How is that?
The student: Is there a difference between the two groups, where the last group is women and the first is only men?
The Shaykh : No.
The student: Because the first are the men... and the second are those who do not fight...?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, that is the apparent meaning, because the first ruling is more severe and emphatic, so its object was fronted: “A group you kill.” The second is less so, because a captive might be granted the favor of being released. So He said:
