A question about the grammatical parsing of an example in the chapter on *al-Ishtighal*?
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The student: What is the benefit?
The Shaykh : Yes, what is the benefit? The benefit, may Allah bless you, is whether the pronoun is placed in the first position or in the second?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : That is, you say, for example, "Your two sons do good and do evil," and you say: "Do good" is a present-tense verb, "do evil" is a present-tense verb, and "your two sons" is the subject for both verbs.
The student: Is the one who does evil and the one who does good the same person?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: Is the one who does evil and the one who does good the same person?
The Shaykh : Yes, the reality is that the one who does evil and the one who does good are the same person. For this reason, some scholars said: If they are synonymous, like "he stood" and "he rose," or "he sat" and "he took a seat," you say: the subject of what came before, the subject of what came before. But according to the rules, every verb must have a subject. Ibn Malik says regarding the subject: "And after the verb comes the subject" in any case. You may also follow a third approach.
The student: The time.
The Shaykh : Is the time up? Fine, read. Since you are the one who wrote it, I will read.
The Shaykh : Yes, what is the benefit? The benefit, may Allah bless you, is whether the pronoun is placed in the first position or in the second?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : That is, you say, for example, "Your two sons do good and do evil," and you say: "Do good" is a present-tense verb, "do evil" is a present-tense verb, and "your two sons" is the subject for both verbs.
The student: Is the one who does evil and the one who does good the same person?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: Is the one who does evil and the one who does good the same person?
The Shaykh : Yes, the reality is that the one who does evil and the one who does good are the same person. For this reason, some scholars said: If they are synonymous, like "he stood" and "he rose," or "he sat" and "he took a seat," you say: the subject of what came before, the subject of what came before. But according to the rules, every verb must have a subject. Ibn Malik says regarding the subject: "And after the verb comes the subject" in any case. You may also follow a third approach.
The student: The time.
The Shaykh : Is the time up? Fine, read. Since you are the one who wrote it, I will read.