Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The reader: "It is also reported regarding the angels who seek out the gatherings of dhikr that when they find a group of people remembering Allah, they call out to one another: 'Come to your need.' The hadith"
The Shaykh : I have "halum"
The reader: Listen
The Shaykh : I have "halumma ila hajatikum"
The reader: No, I have it with a waw, O Shaykh. It says "with an alif, a ba, and a ta: halum"
The Shaykh : Which of them is more eloquent?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No
The reader:
The Shaykh : Yes, then
The reader: We drop the waw
The Shaykh : It is the language of the people of Hijaz, the language of Quraysh: "halumma ilayna." They treat "halum" as a noun for the imperative verb, to which the markers of plural, dual, and feminine are not attached.
The Shaykh : I have "halum"
The reader: Listen
The Shaykh : I have "halumma ila hajatikum"
The reader: No, I have it with a waw, O Shaykh. It says "with an alif, a ba, and a ta: halum"
The Shaykh : Which of them is more eloquent?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No
Those who say to their brothers
القائلين لإخوانهمThe reader:
Come to us
هلم إليناThe Shaykh : Yes, then
The reader: We drop the waw
The Shaykh : It is the language of the people of Hijaz, the language of Quraysh: "halumma ilayna." They treat "halum" as a noun for the imperative verb, to which the markers of plural, dual, and feminine are not attached.