Continuation of the explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And of the connected, there is that which does not begin *** and does not follow except by choice, always."
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The Shaykh : What is not pronounced separately is the connected type. What is not pronounced separately, such as the taa in "I struck" (dhabbatu), cannot be pronounced with the taa alone, so you cannot say "tu." The kaa in "I honored you" (akramtuka) cannot be "ka" in "I honored." So whatever is not pronounced alone is what? It is connected. And whatever is valid to be pronounced alone is separate. This is the criterion. The author defined it with something close to this meaning, saying:
"And of the connected, there is that which does not begin" This is the meaning of our saying that what is valid to be pronounced alone is the separate type, and what is not valid to be pronounced alone is the connected type.
And the meaning of his saying: "And of the connected, there is" that is, of the pronoun, "that which does not begin" means by it
a connected beginning
and "that which does not begin": "ma" is a relative pronoun, the predicate of the beginning.
It means that the connected pronoun is the one with which it is not valid to begin, and he will also give an example for it:
"And does not follow except by choice, always" means it does not follow except in the state of choice. The intended meaning of "in the state of choice" is prose, spoken prose, and its opposite is necessity, which is poetry. So the connected type may follow only in the state of poetic necessity. Yes.
If we know the criterion of the connected type as that which does not begin and does not follow except in choice, we know what the separate type is. What is the separate type? It is what is valid to begin with and what follows only in choice, because things are clarified by their opposites. An example is:
"And of the connected, there is that which does not begin" This is the meaning of our saying that what is valid to be pronounced alone is the separate type, and what is not valid to be pronounced alone is the connected type.
And the meaning of his saying: "And of the connected, there is" that is, of the pronoun, "that which does not begin" means by it
a connected beginning
and "that which does not begin": "ma" is a relative pronoun, the predicate of the beginning.
It means that the connected pronoun is the one with which it is not valid to begin, and he will also give an example for it:
"And does not follow except by choice, always" means it does not follow except in the state of choice. The intended meaning of "in the state of choice" is prose, spoken prose, and its opposite is necessity, which is poetry. So the connected type may follow only in the state of poetic necessity. Yes.
If we know the criterion of the connected type as that which does not begin and does not follow except in choice, we know what the separate type is. What is the separate type? It is what is valid to begin with and what follows only in choice, because things are clarified by their opposites. An example is: