Explanation of the statement of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And if you emphasize a sentence, then its operator is hidden, and its wording is postponed."
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The Shaykh :"And if you emphasize a sentence, then its operator is hidden, and its wording is postponed"
If you emphasize a sentence, its operator must be omitted. This is the case because if we were to include the operator while the sentence is being emphasized, it would necessitate having one emphasis for two emphasized things: the emphasized thing whose operator is the emphasis, and the second emphasized thing, which is the sentence. The emphasis is singular, and it is the *hal* (circumstantial phrase). For example, you say: "This is your brother, compassionate." The word "compassionate" emphasizes the meaning of your statement "This is your brother." If you wish, you can say: "This is your mother, merciful." The word "merciful" emphasizes the sentence "This is your mother," because the custom of a mother is mercy, and the custom of a brother is compassion. Similarly, "This is your enemy, hateful," is it not so?
The student: It is similar.
The Shaykh : Because the enemy harbors hatred. Therefore, if the *hal* emphasizes a sentence, its operator must be omitted so that there is not one emphasis for two emphasized things. Now, what can we say? We can say: "I affirmed him as compassionate." "I affirmed him" means I established it, because if you say "This is your brother," that is an affirmation that he is a brother. So, is "compassionate" a *hal* of the subject of the implied verb, or of the object? "I affirmed him as compassionate" is a *hal* of the object in the implied verb. The implied meaning is: "I affirmed him as compassionate." The grammarians avoided making the sentence itself the operator because it has been established for us that the operator of the *hal* is the verb or the description. The sentence, in its entirety, is not suitable to be an operator. For this reason, he said: The operator of the *hal* must be omitted by necessity. The meaning of this verse is that the *hal* may come as an emphasis for a preceding sentence, meaning that it emphasizes it by its meaning. The emphasis here is semantic emphasis, meaning that it emphasizes it by its meaning. In that case, its operator must be omitted. Examples include: "This is your brother, compassionate," "This is your father, merciful," "Yes, this is your mother, kind," and the like. And Allah knows best.
The student: Why do we not make the operator "this"?
The Shaykh : Huh?
If you emphasize a sentence, its operator must be omitted. This is the case because if we were to include the operator while the sentence is being emphasized, it would necessitate having one emphasis for two emphasized things: the emphasized thing whose operator is the emphasis, and the second emphasized thing, which is the sentence. The emphasis is singular, and it is the *hal* (circumstantial phrase). For example, you say: "This is your brother, compassionate." The word "compassionate" emphasizes the meaning of your statement "This is your brother." If you wish, you can say: "This is your mother, merciful." The word "merciful" emphasizes the sentence "This is your mother," because the custom of a mother is mercy, and the custom of a brother is compassion. Similarly, "This is your enemy, hateful," is it not so?
The student: It is similar.
The Shaykh : Because the enemy harbors hatred. Therefore, if the *hal* emphasizes a sentence, its operator must be omitted so that there is not one emphasis for two emphasized things. Now, what can we say? We can say: "I affirmed him as compassionate." "I affirmed him" means I established it, because if you say "This is your brother," that is an affirmation that he is a brother. So, is "compassionate" a *hal* of the subject of the implied verb, or of the object? "I affirmed him as compassionate" is a *hal* of the object in the implied verb. The implied meaning is: "I affirmed him as compassionate." The grammarians avoided making the sentence itself the operator because it has been established for us that the operator of the *hal* is the verb or the description. The sentence, in its entirety, is not suitable to be an operator. For this reason, he said: The operator of the *hal* must be omitted by necessity. The meaning of this verse is that the *hal* may come as an emphasis for a preceding sentence, meaning that it emphasizes it by its meaning. The emphasis here is semantic emphasis, meaning that it emphasizes it by its meaning. In that case, its operator must be omitted. Examples include: "This is your brother, compassionate," "This is your father, merciful," "Yes, this is your mother, kind," and the like. And Allah knows best.
The student: Why do we not make the operator "this"?
The Shaykh : Huh?