Why was Thamud not declined, given that it is conjoined to a declined noun in the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Like the bolt of lightning of 'Aad and Thamud”?
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The student: I mean, regarding the grammatical aspect, from the perspective of grammar, meaning [Fussilat 41:13] conjoined to what?
The Shaykh : To
The student: And 'Aad is declined?
The Shaykh : And Thamud is declined.
The student: No, it is not declined; it is in the accusative case.
The Shaykh : What is declined? It is declined... by something that confirms it is declined.
The student: No, we have nothing that is declined.
The Shaykh : What do you have besides that?[Al-A'raf 7:73] What is it with a preposition?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And Thamud?
The student: Accusative.
The Shaykh : Declined. It appears you have not learned grammar? Yes, say yes or no.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you not learn it?
The student: I learned a little.
The Shaykh : Then be patient until you learn it, and it will become clear to you. What do you say, is it accusative or declined?? You.
The student: Declined.
The Shaykh : How is it declined when it has a fathah on it?
The student: It is declined, and the sign of its declension is the fathah, because it is prevented from declension.
The Shaykh : Yes, look, he said it is prevented from declension, my brother. It is declined with a fathah and not with a tanwin.
The student: The reason, I mean, what is its reason?
The Shaykh : The reason is the Arabic language. Yes, you, Asama.
'Aad and Thamud
عادٍ وثمودَthen say, "I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt [that struck] 'Aad and Thamud.
فقل أنذرتكم صاعقة مثل صاعقة عاد وثمودThamud
ثمودThe Shaykh : To
'Aad
عادThe student: And 'Aad is declined?
The Shaykh : And Thamud is declined.
The student: No, it is not declined; it is in the accusative case.
The Shaykh : What is declined? It is declined... by something that confirms it is declined.
The student: No, we have nothing that is declined.
The Shaykh : What do you have besides that?
And to the Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih.
وإلى ثمود أخاهم صالحًاTo Thamud
إلى ثمودto
إلىThe student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And Thamud?
The student: Accusative.
The Shaykh : Declined. It appears you have not learned grammar? Yes, say yes or no.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you not learn it?
The student: I learned a little.
The Shaykh : Then be patient until you learn it, and it will become clear to you. What do you say, is it accusative or declined?
Thamud
ثمودThe student: Declined.
The Shaykh : How is it declined when it has a fathah on it?
The student: It is declined, and the sign of its declension is the fathah, because it is prevented from declension.
The Shaykh : Yes, look, he said it is prevented from declension, my brother. It is declined with a fathah and not with a tanwin.
The student: The reason, I mean, what is its reason?
The Shaykh : The reason is the Arabic language. Yes, you, Asama.