What is the source of the statement of Allah the Exalted, “They are blind and deaf, and many of them...,” and is the word “many” the subject?
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The student : .
The Shaykh : Now, what is the status of “many” if it were according to the language of the Baragith? Would it be the subject?
The student: Active subject.
The Shaykh : The waw is merely a marker of the plural, but in the standard language, in “they are blind,” the waw is the subject, and “many” is a substitute.
Many of them
كثيرٌ منهمThe Shaykh : Now, what is the status of “many” if it were according to the language of the Baragith? Would it be the subject?
The student: Active subject.
The Shaykh : The waw is merely a marker of the plural, but in the standard language, in “they are blind,” the waw is the subject, and “many” is a substitute.