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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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A question about grammatical parsing?

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The Shaykh : They say it is a substitute, a substitute for the waw.

The questioner : There is a difference, O Shaykh; the waw followed by the subject is possible.

The Shaykh : No, originally, when speech is Arabic, it must be directed according to the well-known Arabic language. But I do not want to do something that brings in the anomalous, or that which requires figurative interpretation.

The questioner : If I say, O Shaykh, is it a fronted predicate?

The Shaykh : Yes

The questioner : Did I say it is a delayed subject?

The Shaykh : It is permissible for it to be a delayed subject, and it is permissible for it to be an explanatory apposition or a substitute. It is also permissible according to the language of "The locusts ate it," and similarly:
And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation وأسروا النجوى الذين ظلموا
[Al-Anbya 21:3]
, meaning "The wrongdoers whispered," so the waw came, and it was said that "those who" is a delayed subject and "whispered" is its predicate, and it was said that "those who" is a substitute for the waw in "whispered."

The questioner : Here, O Shaykh, the subject is with a description...

The Shaykh : What?

The questioner : ...

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : And it is the beginning.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : And they say it is raised by the beginning, and it is a conceptual delayed one, so where is the beginning?

The Shaykh : Did you understand his question?

The questioner : No.
Source alathar.net

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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