Do "laysa" and "yakūnu" take the rulings of "anna" and its sisters?
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The student: Shaykh, may Allah reward you, you read in the margin of al-Ajrumiyyah the words "layta" and "laysa" and "yakūnu." Do these take the rulings of "anna" and its sisters?
The Shaykh : They take the rulings of "illā" and "wa-illā," because they are verbs. Therefore, the pronoun in them is necessarily hidden, and what follows them is their predicate, the predicate of "laysa" and the predicate of "yakūnu." However, in terms of meaning, they are exceptions, like: "The people stood up, except Zayd." "Laysa" is a past tense verb, its subject is necessarily hidden, and "Zayd" is its predicate. But in terms of meaning, it is an exception, as if when you say "The people stood up, except Zayd," you are saying "The people stood up except Zayd." Yes.
The student: Does it get parsed as an exception?
The Shaykh : No, no. The word "sawā'" is originally a dialectal form of "sūwā," just as "sūwā" also comes in non-exception contexts, like:[Taha 20:58] This is not an exception. But the author's intent is "sūwā" and "sawā'" which is a dialectal form of "sīwā." Yes, so whatever is valid to be replaced by "sūwā" from the words "sawā'" and "sūwā," that is what is intended. And whatever is not valid is not from the chapter of exceptions.
The student: I mean, no...
The Shaykh : No, it is not of that type. This means "equal" or "level."
The Shaykh : They take the rulings of "illā" and "wa-illā," because they are verbs. Therefore, the pronoun in them is necessarily hidden, and what follows them is their predicate, the predicate of "laysa" and the predicate of "yakūnu." However, in terms of meaning, they are exceptions, like: "The people stood up, except Zayd." "Laysa" is a past tense verb, its subject is necessarily hidden, and "Zayd" is its predicate. But in terms of meaning, it is an exception, as if when you say "The people stood up, except Zayd," you are saying "The people stood up except Zayd." Yes.
The student: Does it get parsed as an exception?
The Shaykh : No, no. The word "sawā'" is originally a dialectal form of "sūwā," just as "sūwā" also comes in non-exception contexts, like:
which we will not fail to keep and neither will you, in a place assigned."
لا نخلفه نحن ولا أنت مكانًا سُوىThe student: I mean, no...
The Shaykh : No, it is not of that type. This means "equal" or "level."