In His saying, the Exalted: “And woe to the polytheists,” we parsed “woe” as a subject. Is it a verbal noun for a deleted verb?
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The student: Shaykh, may Allah reward you, meaning His saying, the Exalted: We parsed “woe” as a subject. Is it correct that it is a verbal noun for a verb that is necessarily deleted?
The Shaykh : A verbal noun for a verb that is necessarily deleted? First, does it have a verb from its own word? Does “woe” have a verb from its own word?
The student: It does not have a verb.
The Shaykh : Then how can it be a verbal noun? The second thing: a verbal noun for a deleted verb is in the accusative case.
The student: ... standing in for the verb.
The Shaykh : It does not hold; even if it stands in for the verb, it is in the accusative case. There is no issue with it except what I told you, which is that it was used as a subject and it is an indefinite noun, so we said: what specified it is the threat. Hajjaj says: The time is up.
And woe to the polytheists
وويلٌ للمشركينThe Shaykh : A verbal noun for a verb that is necessarily deleted? First, does it have a verb from its own word? Does “woe” have a verb from its own word?
The student: It does not have a verb.
The Shaykh : Then how can it be a verbal noun? The second thing: a verbal noun for a deleted verb is in the accusative case.
The student: ... standing in for the verb.
The Shaykh : It does not hold; even if it stands in for the verb, it is in the accusative case. There is no issue with it except what I told you, which is that it was used as a subject and it is an indefinite noun, so we said: what specified it is the threat. Hajjaj says: The time is up.