Ibn Malik’s statement, “Like Zayd, the one who struck the head of the criminal”: Why is Zayd in the nominative case when the letter kaf is a preposition, and how is it parsed?
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The student: Like Zayd.
The Shaykh : With a dammah, meaning it is valid to construct it based on the narrative, meaning as if he is saying: like this example.
The student: How is it parsed?
The Shaykh : It is said: The kaf is a preposition, and “Zayd, the one who struck the head of the criminal” is in the genitive case due to the kaf. Or it is said, as some have stated: “Like your saying,” where the attached noun is the genitive and is omitted, like saying “the one who struck.”
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Which one?
The student: I like it...
The Shaykh : Because it is the subject.
The student: I like it, I am the subject?
The Shaykh : No, you are not the one who is pleased; it is not you who is pleased with it, yes.
The Shaykh : With a dammah, meaning it is valid to construct it based on the narrative, meaning as if he is saying: like this example.
The student: How is it parsed?
The Shaykh : It is said: The kaf is a preposition, and “Zayd, the one who struck the head of the criminal” is in the genitive case due to the kaf. Or it is said, as some have stated: “Like your saying,” where the attached noun is the genitive and is omitted, like saying “the one who struck.”
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Which one?
The student: I like it...
The Shaykh : Because it is the subject.
The student: I like it, I am the subject?
The Shaykh : No, you are not the one who is pleased; it is not you who is pleased with it, yes.