Is the verb "ra'a" (to see) transitive or intransitive?
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The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : "Ra'a" ... .
The Shaykh : It is transitive, whether it refers to seeing with the heart or seeing with the eyes. However, if it refers to seeing with the eyes, it takes one object; if it refers to seeing with the heart, it takes two objects. But if someone were to say, "I saw the man, and he died."
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : As soon as I saw him, he died.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no. The man was healthy and fine; he had no evil eye or anything like that.
The questioner : It is not correct.
The Shaykh : It is not correct; it is not correct.
The questioner : This is a sudden "fa" (conjunction).
The Shaykh : It is a sudden event: from the moment I saw him, he died.
The questioner : "Ra'aytu" means I struck his ... his lung.
The Shaykh : Correct, yes. "Ra'aytu" means: I struck his lung. I struck his lung, the lung that is near ... the heart. Good.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I did not understand. Good. Do you have a lung? If a person, God forbid, struck your lung with a dagger or something else, what would happen? He would say: "He saw him, and he died." "He saw him" means he struck his lung, and he died.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : "Ra'a" means striking the lung.
The Shaykh : Yes, it comes to mean striking his lung. Yes, that is what it means.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : After I realized that it is a linguistic usage among the common people. Well done, it is correct.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : "I looked at the man, and he died" ... .
The Shaykh : "Nazara" (to look) says: "Ra'a" (to see) comes to mean knowing, as the poet said:
“I saw that Allah is greater than everything *** [and] the attempt, and most of them are soldiers”
And it comes to mean seeing with the eyes, like "he saw". And it comes to mean striking the lung, and it is used in riddles. It is said: "He saw him," meaning he struck his lung. Yes, that is right.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Knowing.
The Shaykh : Knowing, knowing. But it also comes to mean ... yes, it comes to mean "ra'a" in the sense of a dream. "I saw in my dream such and such." That is the end of it. And knowledge. Good.
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : "Ra'a" ... .
The Shaykh : It is transitive, whether it refers to seeing with the heart or seeing with the eyes. However, if it refers to seeing with the eyes, it takes one object; if it refers to seeing with the heart, it takes two objects. But if someone were to say, "I saw the man, and he died."
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : As soon as I saw him, he died.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no. The man was healthy and fine; he had no evil eye or anything like that.
The questioner : It is not correct.
The Shaykh : It is not correct; it is not correct.
The questioner : This is a sudden "fa" (conjunction).
The Shaykh : It is a sudden event: from the moment I saw him, he died.
The questioner : "Ra'aytu" means I struck his ... his lung.
The Shaykh : Correct, yes. "Ra'aytu" means: I struck his lung. I struck his lung, the lung that is near ... the heart. Good.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I did not understand. Good. Do you have a lung? If a person, God forbid, struck your lung with a dagger or something else, what would happen? He would say: "He saw him, and he died." "He saw him" means he struck his lung, and he died.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : "Ra'a" means striking the lung.
The Shaykh : Yes, it comes to mean striking his lung. Yes, that is what it means.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : After I realized that it is a linguistic usage among the common people. Well done, it is correct.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : "I looked at the man, and he died" ... .
The Shaykh : "Nazara" (to look) says: "Ra'a" (to see) comes to mean knowing, as the poet said:
“I saw that Allah is greater than everything *** [and] the attempt, and most of them are soldiers”
And it comes to mean seeing with the eyes, like "he saw"
When he saw the moon rising
فلما رأى القمر بازغاThe questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Knowing.
The Shaykh : Knowing, knowing. But it also comes to mean ... yes, it comes to mean "ra'a" in the sense of a dream. "I saw in my dream such and such." That is the end of it. And knowledge. Good.