Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "With the kasrah of the letter preceding the last, absolutely *** and the dammah of an added mīm, as has been mentioned before."
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The Shaykh :"With the kasrah of the letter preceding the last, absolutely *** and the dammah of an added mīm, as has been mentioned before"
Now, if we say that *istaghfar* is the active participle of *mustaghfir*, is it regular, with nothing excepted from it?
The student: It is regular.
The Shaykh : It is regular. Now, but the author added to his statement: "the measure of the present tense"
"With the kasrah of the letter preceding the last, absolutely".
The student: The letter before the last.
The Shaykh : The letter before the last? No, in my view:
"With the kasrah of the letter preceding the last"
"The letter preceding the last" means the one that the last letter follows, and the one that the last letter follows is the letter before the last. That is, the last letter of it is with kasrah, right?
The student: Before the last.
The Shaykh : The last letter of it, before the last. The last letter of it, before the last, is with nasb "and the dammah of an added mīm, as has been mentioned before"
"and the dammah of an added mīm, as has been mentioned before"
That is: the letters preceded. If letters preceded it, would they be at the beginning or in the middle?
The student: At the beginning.
The Shaykh : At the beginning. So, add a mīm with dammah, put kasrah on the letter before the last, and continue with this rule. Keep going: *mawasil* (continuing), *muqarib* (approaching), *mudāhin* (flattering), and so on. Thus, its measure is the measure of the present tense, except that instead of the letter of the present tense, there is a mīm with dammah, and the letter before the last is with kasrah in all cases. Now, this rule is easy, he said, right?
Now, if we say that *istaghfar* is the active participle of *mustaghfir*, is it regular, with nothing excepted from it?
The student: It is regular.
The Shaykh : It is regular. Now, but the author added to his statement: "the measure of the present tense"
"With the kasrah of the letter preceding the last, absolutely".
The student: The letter before the last.
The Shaykh : The letter before the last? No, in my view:
"With the kasrah of the letter preceding the last"
"The letter preceding the last" means the one that the last letter follows, and the one that the last letter follows is the letter before the last. That is, the last letter of it is with kasrah, right?
The student: Before the last.
The Shaykh : The last letter of it, before the last. The last letter of it, before the last, is with nasb "and the dammah of an added mīm, as has been mentioned before"
"and the dammah of an added mīm, as has been mentioned before"
That is: the letters preceded. If letters preceded it, would they be at the beginning or in the middle?
The student: At the beginning.
The Shaykh : At the beginning. So, add a mīm with dammah, put kasrah on the letter before the last, and continue with this rule. Keep going: *mawasil* (continuing), *muqarib* (approaching), *mudāhin* (flattering), and so on. Thus, its measure is the measure of the present tense, except that instead of the letter of the present tense, there is a mīm with dammah, and the letter before the last is with kasrah in all cases. Now, this rule is easy, he said, right?