Reading the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "The indefinite and the definite: An indefinite is one that can take the article, or one that occupies the position of what has been mentioned; and the rest are definite, like 'them' and 'this,' and 'Hind,' and 'my son,' and 'the boy,' and 'the one who.'"
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The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The Chapter on the Indefinite and the Definite
An indefinite is one that can take the article, or one that occupies the position of what has been mentioned
And the rest are definite, like 'them' and 'this,' and 'Hind,' and 'my son,' and 'the boy,' and 'the one who'
So what is the case with 'this' in the context of absence".
The Shaykh : Absence.
The reader: "So what is the case with 'this' in the context of absence or presence, like 'you' and 'he'? Listen to the pronoun".
The Shaykh : Bismillah. In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The Chapter on the Indefinite and the Definite
An indefinite is one that can take the article, or one that occupies the position of what has been mentioned
And the rest are definite, like 'them' and 'this,' and 'Hind,' and 'my son,' and 'the boy,' and 'the one who'
So what is the case with 'this' in the context of absence".
The Shaykh : Absence.
The reader: "So what is the case with 'this' in the context of absence or presence, like 'you' and 'he'? Listen to the pronoun".
The Shaykh : Bismillah. In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said.