Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "Mudh, minth, rubb, the lam, kay, waw, and ta *** and the kaf, the ba, la'alla, and mata."
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The Shaykh : He says: Also, mudh, minth, rubb, the lam, kay, waw, and ta, and the kaf, the ba, la'alla, and mata.
How many are these?
The student: Twenty.
The Shaykh : Or twenty-one?
The student: Twenty.
The Shaykh : Twenty? I have one extra in my count, I don't know how?
The student: Twenty.
The Shaykh : The first nine.
"Mudh, minth, rubb, the lam, kay, waw, and ta *** and the kaf, the ba, la'alla, and mata"
Yes, twenty, twenty letters, the prepositions are twenty letters. Now, I said that they share in the genitive case; they all govern the genitive, but they differ in meaning and in their specific usage, meaning: what one is specific to over the other. The author began by mentioning what each letter is specific to.
How many are these?
The student: Twenty.
The Shaykh : Or twenty-one?
The student: Twenty.
The Shaykh : Twenty? I have one extra in my count, I don't know how?
The student: Twenty.
The Shaykh : The first nine.
"Mudh, minth, rubb, the lam, kay, waw, and ta *** and the kaf, the ba, la'alla, and mata"
Yes, twenty, twenty letters, the prepositions are twenty letters. Now, I said that they share in the genitive case; they all govern the genitive, but they differ in meaning and in their specific usage, meaning: what one is specific to over the other. The author began by mentioning what each letter is specific to.