Is the "min" in the saying of the Exalted, "What verse We abrogate...," superfluous?
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The questioner : It is said: The rule for a superfluous "min" is that it comes after a negation or something resembling a negation, and that its referent is mentioned. They say the sign of a preposition is that if it is deleted, the speech remains correct. Sometimes it comes, for example, and the speech remains correct with the deletion of the preposition. It is superfluous, like the saying of the Exalted: [Al-Baqarah 2:106] and the saying of the Exalted: [Ibrahim 14:10]?
The Shaykh : Yes, this is not superfluous. This "min" is for clarification of "ma," meaning "what." "Ma" in "what We abrogate" is a conditional noun, and all conditional nouns are indefinite, so "min" came here for clarification and is not superfluous. Ibn Malik says regarding "min":
And "min" is added in negation and its like, making an indefinite definite, just as "baq" is from "mufarr"
And it may be added with a definite noun, but this is rare.
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ليهديWe do not abrogate a verse
ما ننسخ من آيةHe may forgive you of your sins
يغفر لكم من ذنوبكمThe Shaykh : Yes, this is not superfluous. This "min" is for clarification of "ma," meaning "what." "Ma" in "what We abrogate" is a conditional noun, and all conditional nouns are indefinite, so "min" came here for clarification and is not superfluous. Ibn Malik says regarding "min":
And "min" is added in negation and its like, making an indefinite definite, just as "baq" is from "mufarr"
And it may be added with a definite noun, but this is rare.