Why did Ibn Malik not begin with the *mu'rab* (declinable) as an explanation, but rather as a translation?
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The questioner : And why did he not begin with the *mu'rab* (declinable)? Because he presented the *mu'rab* (declinable) first?
The Shaykh : And what does the *mu'rab* (declinable) say? What does it say?
The questioner : The *mu'rab* (declinable) of nouns.
The Shaykh : That which is free from the suspicion of being a particle; I do not know of any that is safe except...
The questioner : O Shaykh... the names of verbs.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ...that do not change.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The *mu'rab* (declinable) and the *mabni* (indeclinable) among verbs
"And the imperative and past tense are indeclinable *** And the present tense is declinable if it is bare".
The student: And the *mu'rab* (declinable) of nouns
The Shaykh : And the *mu'rab* (declinable) of nouns.
The Shaykh : And what does the *mu'rab* (declinable) say? What does it say?
The questioner : The *mu'rab* (declinable) of nouns.
The Shaykh : That which is free from the suspicion of being a particle; I do not know of any that is safe except...
The questioner : O Shaykh... the names of verbs.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ...that do not change.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The *mu'rab* (declinable) and the *mabni* (indeclinable) among verbs
"And the imperative and past tense are indeclinable *** And the present tense is declinable if it is bare".
The student: And the *mu'rab* (declinable) of nouns
The Shaykh : And the *mu'rab* (declinable) of nouns.