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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Continuation of the interpretation of the verse: << When Moses had completed the term and traveled with his family, he perceived a fire from the side of the mountain. He said to his family, "Wait, I have perceived a fire. Perhaps I will bring you

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...and a spark of fire, perhaps you may warm yourselves. His statement:
Perhaps I will bring to you لعلي آتيكم
Perhapsلعل
Is this for expectation or for hope?
The student: For hope.

The Shaykh : For hope, yes, because he wishes that this matter would occur for him.
I will bring you from there information آتيكم منها بخبر
[An-Naml 27:7]
I will bringآتي
Is this a past tense verb or a present tense verb? Yusuf!
The student: Present tense verb.

The Shaykh : Present tense verb
I will bring to youآتيكم
and its original form is
I will come to youأأتيكم
meaning "I will come to you." Now, is "I will come" (aati) a noun of the doer? The source of "coming" (i'tiyaan) is
Indeed, what you are promised is coming إنما توعدون لآت
[Al-An'am 6:134]
So here, does
Comingآت
function as a noun of the doer? No, it does not function as such, because here he intends the action, not to indicate that he is characterized by coming. He intends the action. The evidence is that if you convert it to its meaning, you would say: "Perhaps I will come to you." So
I will come to youأجيئكم
it is clear that it is a present tense verb, so it is not a noun of the doer here. And his statement:
perhaps I can bring you لعلي آتيكم منها
[Taha 20:10]
means from this fire. It is known that the fire itself does not give news, but what is intended is from those with it, because fire usually does not burn unless there are people with it. And his statement:
With news بخبر
The author says: "from the path, and he had missed it" This is possible, and it is possible that it is broader than "from the path," from the path, and from what remained of the distance, and from everything.
A reportخبر
is an indefinite noun. And his statement:
burning wood from the fire أو جذوة من النار
[Al-Qasas 28:29]
He says: "with the tripling of the jīm" Read it, O Ghani! With the tripling of the jīm.
The student: Bujadhwa, bajadhwa, and bujadhwa.

The Shaykh : Jadhwa, ujadhwa, and ijadhwa. This is the tripling. So if he says: "the tripled" or "with tripling," it means that the three vowel movements are permissible in it. But if he says: "with the tripled letter," this is different from the tripled. What is the meaning of "the tripled letter"?
The student: The thā'.

The Shaykh : The thā' means it has three dots. So if it is said "with the tripled letter," it means with the thā', not the tā'. And if it is said "with the tripling of such-and-such," the meaning is that the three vowel movements are permissible in it. What is a jadhwa? He said: "a piece and a spark of fire" Meaning, it implies he comes with a stick that has a burning fire at its end; this is the jadhwa. And his statement:
from the fire that you may warm yourselves." من النار لعلكم تَصْطَلُون
[Al-Qasas 28:29]
perhapsلعل
This is for the cause, meaning: so that you may warm yourselves. And it has passed us that
perhapsلعل
has several meanings: the first is hope, fear, expectation, and cause. These are the meanings of
perhapsلعل
. He said:
perhaps you may warm yourselves لعلكم تصطلون
"warm yourselves" because the meaning of salī is to seek warmth by fire. So "istisla'" is seeking warmth by it, and it is warming oneself. This is evidence that they were in cold, or not?
The student: Yes, that is right.

The Shaykh : He says: "and the ṭā' is a substitute for the tā' of ifti'āl" This is a morphological cause. What is the tā' of ifti'āl? The one that indicates the doing of the thing. What is the original form of "istisla'"?
The student: Istitla'.

The Shaykh : Istitla'.
and you warm yourselvesوتصطلون
Its original form is "tastallun," yes, like "tabtaghun." But the morphological rule in the Arabic language is that if the tā' of ifti'āl falls after the ṣād, it is converted to a ṭā', so it is said:
warmed himselfاصطلى
instead of
warmed himselfاصتلى
and it is said:
you warm yourselvesتصطلون
instead of
you warm yourselvesتصتلون
. From where is it derived? From "salī" the fire with a kasrah on the lām and its fathah with a kasrah on the lām
warmed by the fireصلِي النار
and its fathah
warmed by the fireصلَى النار
. So is it from
warmedصلِي
like
was pleasedرضِي
or from
warmedصلَى
like
threwرمَى
? There are two dialects in the Arabic language. In the Noble Qur'an,
none will enter it except the most wretched لا يصلاها إلا الأشقى
From which of the two categories? From the category of "ridha" (to be pleased) or "ramā" (to throw)?
The student: "Ramā" (to throw).

The Shaykh : "No one touches it except the most wretched." From which of the two categories?
The student: From "ridha" (to be pleased).

The Shaykh : From "ridha" (to be pleased). If it were from "ramā" (to throw), it would be "laysa yashlīha" as it is said: "laysa yarmīha." So the Qur'an indicates what the author presented, that it is with a kasrah on the lām, which is more eloquent, or not? Now,
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire, الذي يصلى النار الكبرى
[Al-A'la 87:12]
"yusallā" and we did not say "yusallī," although it is permissible in the Arabic language. The author, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
The student: Ṣallā ....

The Shaykh : Yes, from "ṣallā" with the fire. I said the fire. So when he came to it
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