Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And for emphasis, always make it singular *** And dualize, pluralize, and singularize the rest."
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The Shaykh : And what is the meaning of "for emphasis"? That is: the verbal noun intended to emphasize its governing verb must be singular, not dual or plural, such as His saying, the Exalted: , here? "talking," what is the intended meaning here?
The student: Emphasis.
The Shaykh : Emphasis, here, so that which is intended for emphasis, it is not permissible for you to dualize it, nor is it permissible to pluralize it, because if you dualize it or pluralize it, its meaning is that you intended to indicate by it, or to point to a meaning other than emphasis, what is it?
The student: Number.
The Shaykh : Number, you want the number, so that which is for emphasis must not indicate anything more than what the meaning of the verb, which is the verbal noun, indicates. Now, if you say: "I attended, an attendance"? Yes, "I attended, an attendance," what is the intended meaning here?
The student: Emphasis.
The Shaykh : Emphasis, it is not possible to dualize it or pluralize it; if you dualize it or pluralize it, it becomes indicative of something other than emphasis, what was it indicative of?
The student: Of number.
The Shaykh : Of number, and for this reason he said: "And dualize, pluralize, and singularize the rest", that which is not for emphasis, it is permissible to dualize it, pluralize it, and singularize it, and what is that which is not for emphasis?
The student: Number.
The Shaykh : And type, the author's speech includes what is intended for number and what is intended for type, and what is intended for type, it is permissible—according to the author's opinion—to be dualized, pluralized, and singularized, so you say regarding what is intended for type: "I walked, the two walks of Zayd, the fast and the slow," here? Or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Now, and you say, for example: "I looked at him, the two looks of anger and joy," is this dual or not?
The student: Dual.
The Shaykh : Dual, is it clarifying the type or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Clarifying the type, one of the looks, its type is?
The student: Anger.
The Shaykh : Anger, and one, its type is joy, and likewise: "I walked, the two walks of Zayd, the slow and the fast," one of them, its type is slowness, and one, its type is speed, so likewise what is intended for number, clear... and his saying: "And singularize" yes, you say: "I hit him, a hit," what is the intended meaning here?
The student: Number.
The Shaykh : Clarifying the number, clarifying the number, "a hit" means: one, "two hits"?
The student: Number.
The Shaykh : The number is two, "three hits": the number is three, "a hundred hits"?
The student: Likewise.
The Shaykh : Here? The number is a hundred, so the important point now: that which is for emphasis, it is obligatory to singularize it, and the meaning of our saying "it is obligatory to singularize it" is: if you form it other than in the singular, it exits the meaning of emphasis, because if you form it other than in the singular, it exits emphasis, and it becomes for the matter you formed it upon, as for what is intended for type, and what is intended for number, it is permissible to singularize it, dualize it, and pluralize it, and for this reason he said: "And dualize, pluralize, and singularize the rest" then the author (may Allah have mercy on him) moved on... is the verse correct now? "And for emphasis, always make it singular" and its grammatical analysis, I think you understood it, "ma": an object placed before "make it singular," here, and the "fa" here is either a conjunction or an ornamental one, because sometimes the "fa" enters a word to ornament the expression, like their saying: "only," here, and his saying: "always" means in all circumstances, "And dualize, pluralize, and singularize the rest" meaning other than what is for emphasis, which is what is for clarifying type and what is for clarifying number, it is permissible to dualize it, pluralize it, and singularize it.
The student: What is correct, and I singularized it?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: And I singularized it with the "ha".
The Shaykh : No, it is not suitable, the verse breaks.
The student: It breaks?
The Shaykh : Yes...
And Allah spoke to Musa directly
وَكَلَّمَ اللَّهُ مُوسَى تَكْلِيمًاAnd Allah spoke to Musa directly
وَكَلَّمَ اللَّهُ مُوسَى تَكْلِيمًاThe student: Emphasis.
The Shaykh : Emphasis, here, so that which is intended for emphasis, it is not permissible for you to dualize it, nor is it permissible to pluralize it, because if you dualize it or pluralize it, its meaning is that you intended to indicate by it, or to point to a meaning other than emphasis, what is it?
The student: Number.
The Shaykh : Number, you want the number, so that which is for emphasis must not indicate anything more than what the meaning of the verb, which is the verbal noun, indicates. Now, if you say: "I attended, an attendance"? Yes, "I attended, an attendance," what is the intended meaning here?
The student: Emphasis.
The Shaykh : Emphasis, it is not possible to dualize it or pluralize it; if you dualize it or pluralize it, it becomes indicative of something other than emphasis, what was it indicative of?
The student: Of number.
The Shaykh : Of number, and for this reason he said: "And dualize, pluralize, and singularize the rest", that which is not for emphasis, it is permissible to dualize it, pluralize it, and singularize it, and what is that which is not for emphasis?
The student: Number.
The Shaykh : And type, the author's speech includes what is intended for number and what is intended for type, and what is intended for type, it is permissible—according to the author's opinion—to be dualized, pluralized, and singularized, so you say regarding what is intended for type: "I walked, the two walks of Zayd, the fast and the slow," here? Or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Now, and you say, for example: "I looked at him, the two looks of anger and joy," is this dual or not?
The student: Dual.
The Shaykh : Dual, is it clarifying the type or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Clarifying the type, one of the looks, its type is?
The student: Anger.
The Shaykh : Anger, and one, its type is joy, and likewise: "I walked, the two walks of Zayd, the slow and the fast," one of them, its type is slowness, and one, its type is speed, so likewise what is intended for number, clear... and his saying: "And singularize" yes, you say: "I hit him, a hit," what is the intended meaning here?
The student: Number.
The Shaykh : Clarifying the number, clarifying the number, "a hit" means: one, "two hits"?
The student: Number.
The Shaykh : The number is two, "three hits": the number is three, "a hundred hits"?
The student: Likewise.
The Shaykh : Here? The number is a hundred, so the important point now: that which is for emphasis, it is obligatory to singularize it, and the meaning of our saying "it is obligatory to singularize it" is: if you form it other than in the singular, it exits the meaning of emphasis, because if you form it other than in the singular, it exits emphasis, and it becomes for the matter you formed it upon, as for what is intended for type, and what is intended for number, it is permissible to singularize it, dualize it, and pluralize it, and for this reason he said: "And dualize, pluralize, and singularize the rest" then the author (may Allah have mercy on him) moved on... is the verse correct now? "And for emphasis, always make it singular" and its grammatical analysis, I think you understood it, "ma": an object placed before "make it singular," here, and the "fa" here is either a conjunction or an ornamental one, because sometimes the "fa" enters a word to ornament the expression, like their saying: "only," here, and his saying: "always" means in all circumstances, "And dualize, pluralize, and singularize the rest" meaning other than what is for emphasis, which is what is for clarifying type and what is for clarifying number, it is permissible to dualize it, pluralize it, and singularize it.
The student: What is correct, and I singularized it?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: And I singularized it with the "ha".
The Shaykh : No, it is not suitable, the verse breaks.
The student: It breaks?
The Shaykh : Yes...