Explanation of the saying of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And the original is obligatory for a bare affirmative *** And abandoning that original is certainly seen."
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The Shaykh : He said, may Allah have mercy on him:
"And the original is obligatory for a bare affirmative *** And abandoning that original is certainly seen"
It means: that the original is obligatory. What is the original? Placing the subject before the verb in meaning is obligatory "for a bare affirmative". We will parse the verse. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And the original is obligatory". The waw is a conjunction, "ilzamu" (is obligatory) is a present tense verb, and "al-asl" (the original) is the subject. "Li-mujib" (for an affirmative) is a preposition and its object, connected to "ilzamu." "Ara" (bare) is a past tense verb. What is the status of the clause? Parse it: what is its status?
The student: It is in the status of genitive as a description.
The Shaykh : It is in the status of genitive as a description, because clauses following indefinite nouns are descriptions. "Li-mujib ara" (for a bare affirmative). "And abandoning that original is certainly seen". "Tarak" (abandoning) is the subject, and "tark" (abandoning) is a possessive noun, and "dhalik" (that) is the possessed noun. The kaf is a particle of address, and "al-asl" (the original) is a description of "dhalik" (that). "Hutama" (certainly) is a description of the agent in the word "yura" (is seen). "Qad" is for realization, and "yura" (is seen) is built for the passive voice, and the agent is hidden, estimated to be "he." And the time is up.
"And the original is obligatory for a bare affirmative *** And abandoning that original is certainly seen"
It means: that the original is obligatory. What is the original? Placing the subject before the verb in meaning is obligatory "for a bare affirmative". We will parse the verse. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And the original is obligatory". The waw is a conjunction, "ilzamu" (is obligatory) is a present tense verb, and "al-asl" (the original) is the subject. "Li-mujib" (for an affirmative) is a preposition and its object, connected to "ilzamu." "Ara" (bare) is a past tense verb. What is the status of the clause? Parse it: what is its status?
The student: It is in the status of genitive as a description.
The Shaykh : It is in the status of genitive as a description, because clauses following indefinite nouns are descriptions. "Li-mujib ara" (for a bare affirmative). "And abandoning that original is certainly seen". "Tarak" (abandoning) is the subject, and "tark" (abandoning) is a possessive noun, and "dhalik" (that) is the possessed noun. The kaf is a particle of address, and "al-asl" (the original) is a description of "dhalik" (that). "Hutama" (certainly) is a description of the agent in the word "yura" (is seen). "Qad" is for realization, and "yura" (is seen) is built for the passive voice, and the agent is hidden, estimated to be "he." And the time is up.