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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the indefinite noun from the absolute?

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The Shaykh : So it is a generic noun, and it is indefinite. All right, can we take a lesson?
The student: No, Shaykh, there is one verse left.

The Shaykh : One verse left?
The student: One verse left.

The Shaykh : Huh?

The questioner : Regarding the generic noun?

The Shaykh : It is indefinite.

The questioner : ...

The Shaykh : It is applied to the absolute, just as the indefinite indicates absoluteness, but it does not indicate generality.
The student: Is the indefinite noun from the absolute?

The Shaykh : The indefinite and the absolute: it is from the absolute. The indefinite is from the absolute. The absolute occurs in a verb, for example, if you say, "Zayd stood up," this is absolute and not indefinite. Like when you say:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) did not marry any other woman till her (Khadija's) death. مسح النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم على خفيه
Sahih Muslim 2436
, this is absolute. And like when you say, "He traveled and shortened [the prayer]," this is absolute. But it is general in another respect. All right, let us take the remaining verse. The author said: "And its like". Yes.
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