What is the ruling on the article "al" in Ibn Malik's phrase "al-nasibha"?
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The student: ...
The Shaykh : The "al" in "al-nasibha" is not the definite article; it is a relative "al," because it is attached to the name of the doer. The implied meaning is: "and is deleted, the one who made it object," that is, yes.
The student: And when is that possible?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: And when is it possible to have the definite article "al" and the genitive construction in the word? Did you say with conditions?
The Shaykh : It will come to us, if Allah wills, later on.
The student: The time is up, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Are we finished? Reviewing the Alfiyyah, it seems they do not have the readiness.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the Alfiyyah, what did we agree on, brothers? That you look at the places that are not clear or that were not mentioned previously, and we will complete them, but give us notice of them before the lesson.
The student: ... if Allah wills ...
The Shaykh : When?
The student: Tomorrow, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Fine.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: Is the Alfiyyah poem not connected?
The Shaykh : The Alfiyyah?
The student: Ibn Malik's Alfiyyah.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The student: ... the previous things, there are things connected to each other, which makes it difficult for us to memorize them.
The Shaykh : How?
The student: I mean, if it were divided, meaning the previous things, ten verses here and ten verses there, it might be that something is connected to the old previous part.
The Shaykh : Yes, the old previous part puts everything in its place, meaning, for example, we have in the beginning of the Alfiyyah the relative noun, and after it the doer; we do not make the relative noun and the doer together; we make the doer in its place and the relative noun in its place.
The student: The whole chapter?
The Shaykh : Huh? The whole chapter or verses from it, yes, and what did we stop at.
The student: We did not hear.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: We did not hear.
The Shaykh : Okay, good, I heard.
The Shaykh : The "al" in "al-nasibha" is not the definite article; it is a relative "al," because it is attached to the name of the doer. The implied meaning is: "and is deleted, the one who made it object," that is, yes.
The student: And when is that possible?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: And when is it possible to have the definite article "al" and the genitive construction in the word? Did you say with conditions?
The Shaykh : It will come to us, if Allah wills, later on.
The student: The time is up, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Are we finished? Reviewing the Alfiyyah, it seems they do not have the readiness.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the Alfiyyah, what did we agree on, brothers? That you look at the places that are not clear or that were not mentioned previously, and we will complete them, but give us notice of them before the lesson.
The student: ... if Allah wills ...
The Shaykh : When?
The student: Tomorrow, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Fine.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: Is the Alfiyyah poem not connected?
The Shaykh : The Alfiyyah?
The student: Ibn Malik's Alfiyyah.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The student: ... the previous things, there are things connected to each other, which makes it difficult for us to memorize them.
The Shaykh : How?
The student: I mean, if it were divided, meaning the previous things, ten verses here and ten verses there, it might be that something is connected to the old previous part.
The Shaykh : Yes, the old previous part puts everything in its place, meaning, for example, we have in the beginning of the Alfiyyah the relative noun, and after it the doer; we do not make the relative noun and the doer together; we make the doer in its place and the relative noun in its place.
The student: The whole chapter?
The Shaykh : Huh? The whole chapter or verses from it, yes, and what did we stop at.
The student: We did not hear.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: We did not hear.
The Shaykh : Okay, good, I heard.