Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And the hamzah of inna is opened to fill the place of a masdar *** its place, and in other than that, it is broken."
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The Shaykh :"And the hamzah of inna is opened": The hamzah is the fronted object of "opened," and his saying: "fill the place of a masdar" is a preposition and its object, connected to "opened," and the lam is for causation, so it means "if."
And his saying: "the masdar that fills its place": "Masdar" here is also a masdar with a prefixed mim for the first "fill," and for this reason it is in the accusative case: "its place".
"And in other than that, break it": "In other than" is connected to "break," and it is in the genitive case with "that."
He says (may Allah have mercy on him): Open the hamzah of inna if the masdar fills its place, meaning if the masdar takes its place, then open it, and in everything else, break it. This is the rule.
If someone asks: What is the rule for opening the hamzah of inna? The answer is that the masdar takes its place, or that the masdar fills its place.
For example: "I like that you are intelligent." Convert "that you are intelligent" to a masdar and say: "I like your intelligence."
Now, "I knew that you are intelligent." Convert it to a masdar: "I knew your intelligence." In the first example, it occurred as the subject, and in the second example, it occurred as the object.
Now, you say: "I knew that you are intelligent," meaning "I knew your intelligence." So the rule is consistent: whenever the masdar takes its place, whether it is the subject, the object, or in the genitive case, it is opened. Everything in the Qur'an applies to this, as well as the speech of the Arabs.
Now, he said: "And in other than that, break it". In other than that, break it: "That" refers to the place where the masdar fills its place.
And his saying: "the masdar that fills its place": "Masdar" here is also a masdar with a prefixed mim for the first "fill," and for this reason it is in the accusative case: "its place".
"And in other than that, break it": "In other than" is connected to "break," and it is in the genitive case with "that."
He says (may Allah have mercy on him): Open the hamzah of inna if the masdar fills its place, meaning if the masdar takes its place, then open it, and in everything else, break it. This is the rule.
If someone asks: What is the rule for opening the hamzah of inna? The answer is that the masdar takes its place, or that the masdar fills its place.
For example: "I like that you are intelligent." Convert "that you are intelligent" to a masdar and say: "I like your intelligence."
Now, "I knew that you are intelligent." Convert it to a masdar: "I knew your intelligence." In the first example, it occurred as the subject, and in the second example, it occurred as the object.
Now, you say: "I knew that you are intelligent," meaning "I knew your intelligence." So the rule is consistent: whenever the masdar takes its place, whether it is the subject, the object, or in the genitive case, it is opened. Everything in the Qur'an applies to this, as well as the speech of the Arabs.
Now, he said: "And in other than that, break it". In other than that, break it: "That" refers to the place where the masdar fills its place.