"La hawla wa la quwwah" with the damma: Is it correct to parse "quwwah" as a subject (mubtada')?
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The Shaykh : We have finished with it, yes.
The student: If we say "La hawlan wa la quwwah."
The Shaykh : And "quwwah"?
The student: We attached it to "quwwah" by conjunction.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Is it acceptable to say that "quwwah" is a subject (mubtada')?
The Shaykh : It has a valid grammatical perspective, but there is no need for it.
The student: A second subject (mubtada').
The Shaykh : There is no need for it because the subject is independent, as it is the second subject, but there is no need for it as long as the conjunction exists; there is nothing else. However, we have a remaining issue: if the second one is left uninflected (mabni), if the second one is left uninflected, then the predicate applies to both. If the second one is left uninflected, the predicate applies to both. Did you understand? If the second one is left uninflected, the predicate applies to both. That means, if I say: "La hawla wa la quwwah illa billah," then "illa billah" becomes the predicate for both. If I say: "La hawla wa la quwwatan illa billah," the predicate applies to both. And if the second one is made active (mu'amal), the predicate belongs to it, and the predicate of the first is omitted. If the second one is made active, the predicate belongs to it, and the predicate of the first is omitted. How is it if I say: "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah"? Then the predicate of the first is omitted, indicated by the second predicate, because you made the second independent with its own inflection. This is a good point.
The student: If we say "La hawlan wa la quwwah."
The Shaykh : And "quwwah"?
The student: We attached it to "quwwah" by conjunction.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Is it acceptable to say that "quwwah" is a subject (mubtada')?
The Shaykh : It has a valid grammatical perspective, but there is no need for it.
The student: A second subject (mubtada').
The Shaykh : There is no need for it because the subject is independent, as it is the second subject, but there is no need for it as long as the conjunction exists; there is nothing else. However, we have a remaining issue: if the second one is left uninflected (mabni), if the second one is left uninflected, then the predicate applies to both. If the second one is left uninflected, the predicate applies to both. Did you understand? If the second one is left uninflected, the predicate applies to both. That means, if I say: "La hawla wa la quwwah illa billah," then "illa billah" becomes the predicate for both. If I say: "La hawla wa la quwwatan illa billah," the predicate applies to both. And if the second one is made active (mu'amal), the predicate belongs to it, and the predicate of the first is omitted. If the second one is made active, the predicate belongs to it, and the predicate of the first is omitted. How is it if I say: "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah"? Then the predicate of the first is omitted, indicated by the second predicate, because you made the second independent with its own inflection. This is a good point.