Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And as for the verb *ra'a* (to see) in the context of a dream, it is only what seeks two objects, having affiliated itself from before."
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The Shaykh :"And as for the verb *ra'a* (to see) in the context of a dream, it is only what seeks two objects, having affiliated itself from before"
His statement: "for *ra'a* (to see) in the context of a dream" is connected to his statement "it is only," meaning "attribute it."
"And what seeks two objects" — "seeks two objects" is a descriptive clause (hal) regarding the word "knowledge" (*'ilm*).
"Having affiliated itself from before" means "having attributed itself," meaning "from before," because he mentioned the knowledge of gnosis (*'irfan*), so he needed to qualify it with his statement: "from before", meaning the knowledge that signifies conjecture or certainty. This takes two objects, just as *ra'a* (to see) in the context of a dream takes two objects. *Ra'a* which refers to dreams seen in sleep takes two objects. Allah the Exalted said in Surat Yusuf, when he said to his father: What? [Yusuf 12:4] [Yusuf 12:43], so *ra'a* (to see) in the context of a dream takes two objects. And if you say, "I saw in a dream a man eating dates," this is also a dream-related usage.
Now, his statement: "***seeks two objects, having affiliated itself from before", so it takes two objects, one of which is the subject and the predicate, because it referred us to the two objects that the verb for certainty and conjecture takes. Now.
His statement: "for *ra'a* (to see) in the context of a dream" is connected to his statement "it is only," meaning "attribute it."
"And what seeks two objects" — "seeks two objects" is a descriptive clause (hal) regarding the word "knowledge" (*'ilm*).
"Having affiliated itself from before" means "having attributed itself," meaning "from before," because he mentioned the knowledge of gnosis (*'irfan*), so he needed to qualify it with his statement: "from before", meaning the knowledge that signifies conjecture or certainty. This takes two objects, just as *ra'a* (to see) in the context of a dream takes two objects. *Ra'a* which refers to dreams seen in sleep takes two objects. Allah the Exalted said in Surat Yusuf, when he said to his father:
O my father, indeed I saw
يا أبت إني رأيتeleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me."
أحد عشر كوكباً والشمس والقمر رأيتهم لي ساجدينAnd [subsequently] the king said, "Indeed, I have seen [in a dream] seven fat cows being eaten by seven [that were] lean
وقال الملك إني أرى سبع بقرات سمان يأكلهن سبع عجافNow, his statement: "***seeks two objects, having affiliated itself from before", so it takes two objects, one of which is the subject and the predicate, because it referred us to the two objects that the verb for certainty and conjecture takes. Now.