Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And the second is omitted, and the first remains *** just as it is when it is connected to it."
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The Shaykh : He said:
"And the second is omitted" — and what is the second? It is the *mudaf ilayh* (the word to which something is added), so the first remains. "Just as it is when it is connected to it" — the first remains just as it is when it is connected to it. When it is connected to it, how is it here? If it is connected to it? As we have previously mentioned, it is added to verbs, and here it is added to the preposition and its object. However, we say that the preposition and its object are connected to "yatasall" (is connected), and thus it is a *ma'mul* (governed word) for it. Therefore, in reality, it is added to the verb. The second is omitted and the first remains as if the second had not been omitted. And what does it mean that it remains as if it had not been omitted? It means that it is inflected without *tanwin* (dual or plural ending), and if it is a noun that does not take *i'rab* (case endings), it is made to take them, because it is just as it is when it is connected to it, but with a condition as well.
"And the second is omitted" — and what is the second? It is the *mudaf ilayh* (the word to which something is added), so the first remains. "Just as it is when it is connected to it" — the first remains just as it is when it is connected to it. When it is connected to it, how is it here? If it is connected to it? As we have previously mentioned, it is added to verbs, and here it is added to the preposition and its object. However, we say that the preposition and its object are connected to "yatasall" (is connected), and thus it is a *ma'mul* (governed word) for it. Therefore, in reality, it is added to the verb. The second is omitted and the first remains as if the second had not been omitted. And what does it mean that it remains as if it had not been omitted? It means that it is inflected without *tanwin* (dual or plural ending), and if it is a noun that does not take *i'rab* (case endings), it is made to take them, because it is just as it is when it is connected to it, but with a condition as well.