The saying of the Exalted: “Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews and the Sabians…”: How is this derived, and how is the word “Sabians” raised to the nominative case?
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The questioner : The saying of the Exalted: [Al-Baqarah 2:62] There is no question in it…
The Shaykh : Yes, read it.
The questioner :[Al-Baqarah 2:62]
The Shaykh : Yes,[Al-Baqarah 2:126]
The questioner :
The Shaykh : Yes, regarding this, they said that it is necessary that the predicate be omitted before the phrase “and the Sabians.” Yes, and the implied meaning is “and the Sabians likewise,” or “and the Sabians [are] those among them who believed in Allah and the Last Day.” And likewise, this is implied after the phrase “Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews and the Christians.” Yes.
The questioner : What does this imply, O Shaykh, in its apparent meaning?
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : It is taken in its apparent meaning, and we say that the nominative case is permissible in it.
The Shaykh : It is possible, it is possible to take it in its apparent meaning, and we say that the nominative case here is based on the conjunction with “in” and its subject, in the position of “in” and its subject.
The questioner : The predicate, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : “Whoever among them believed.” The clause “whoever among them believed in Allah and the Last Day” is a conditional clause, and this clause is the predicate of the subject. Yes.
Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muhammad] - those [among them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness - will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.
إن الذين آمنوا والذين هادوا والصابئونThe Shaykh : Yes, read it.
The questioner :
Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muhammad] - those [among them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness - will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.
إن الذين آمنوا والذين هادوا والصابئون والنصارىThe Shaykh : Yes,
whoever of them believes in Allah
من آمن منهم باللهThe questioner :
And did righteous deeds
وعمل صالحاًThe Shaykh : Yes, regarding this, they said that it is necessary that the predicate be omitted before the phrase “and the Sabians.” Yes, and the implied meaning is “and the Sabians likewise,” or “and the Sabians [are] those among them who believed in Allah and the Last Day.” And likewise, this is implied after the phrase “Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews and the Christians.” Yes.
The questioner : What does this imply, O Shaykh, in its apparent meaning?
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : It is taken in its apparent meaning, and we say that the nominative case is permissible in it.
The Shaykh : It is possible, it is possible to take it in its apparent meaning, and we say that the nominative case here is based on the conjunction with “in” and its subject, in the position of “in” and its subject.
The questioner : The predicate, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : “Whoever among them believed.” The clause “whoever among them believed in Allah and the Last Day” is a conditional clause, and this clause is the predicate of the subject. Yes.