Explanation of the author's (may Allah have mercy on him) statement: "… and its divisions are three: a noun, a verb, and a particle that came for a meaning …"
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The Shaykh : Then he said: "And its divisions are three". The divisions of speech are three. Pay attention; restriction requires a specific basis. Restriction requires confirmation. If someone asks, "What is the evidence that the divisions of speech are three? Is there anything in the Qur'an indicating that the divisions of speech are three, or in the Sunnah, or in scholarly consensus, or in analogical reasoning?" We say: There is nothing in the Book, nor the Sunnah, nor scholarly consensus, nor analogical reasoning, because these evidences are only needed to establish Islamic legal rulings, whereas grammar does not require this.
However, the scholars have evidence that its divisions are restricted to three, which is tracking and induction. That is, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) tracked the speech of the Arabs and found that it does not go beyond these three divisions: a noun, a verb, and a particle. Nothing goes beyond these three divisions.
Now, if I say "Silence," is it not a verb? "Silence" is a verbal noun. So it does not go beyond being a noun. It does not go beyond being a noun. That means the noun includes the pure noun and the verbal noun.
Its divisions are three. What is the evidence? Tracking and induction. What does tracking and induction mean? It means the scholars tracked and inducted the speech of the Arabs and observed that it does not go beyond these three divisions. So they said: The divisions of speech are three. The divisions of speech are three: a noun, a verb, and a particle.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him), considering that his book is concise and for beginners, did not define the noun by its specific definition. That is, he did not define it by its formal structure, but he defined it by its ruling and marker. For example, some grammarians say: It is what indicates a meaning in itself and is free, by its form, from indicating time. That is, it is what indicates a meaning in itself and is free, by its form, from indicating time.
And the verb is what indicates a meaning in itself and indicates time by its form.
And the particle is what has no meaning in itself, and its meaning only appears in relation to other words.
But this, in reality, is difficult for the beginner and has little benefit. So we say: Give us the markers of the noun so that when we find this marker, we know that it is a noun.
However, the scholars have evidence that its divisions are restricted to three, which is tracking and induction. That is, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) tracked the speech of the Arabs and found that it does not go beyond these three divisions: a noun, a verb, and a particle. Nothing goes beyond these three divisions.
Now, if I say "Silence," is it not a verb? "Silence" is a verbal noun. So it does not go beyond being a noun. It does not go beyond being a noun. That means the noun includes the pure noun and the verbal noun.
Its divisions are three. What is the evidence? Tracking and induction. What does tracking and induction mean? It means the scholars tracked and inducted the speech of the Arabs and observed that it does not go beyond these three divisions. So they said: The divisions of speech are three. The divisions of speech are three: a noun, a verb, and a particle.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him), considering that his book is concise and for beginners, did not define the noun by its specific definition. That is, he did not define it by its formal structure, but he defined it by its ruling and marker. For example, some grammarians say: It is what indicates a meaning in itself and is free, by its form, from indicating time. That is, it is what indicates a meaning in itself and is free, by its form, from indicating time.
And the verb is what indicates a meaning in itself and indicates time by its form.
And the particle is what has no meaning in itself, and its meaning only appears in relation to other words.
But this, in reality, is difficult for the beginner and has little benefit. So we say: Give us the markers of the noun so that when we find this marker, we know that it is a noun.