A brief discussion of some rules of the expression of wonder.

The Shaykh : Af'ila.
The student: Does Af'ala come for the expression of wonder, or does what is considered its form come for the expression of wonder, meaning one is wondering at it?

The Shaykh : That is, if you want to express wonder, what do you use? Hmm? If you want to express wonder?
The student: It becomes Ma Af'ala, and you bring ...

The Shaykh : You bring Af'ala after Ma, or not?
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : Okay, that is one, or you bring Af'il.
The student: Or the other form, Af'il, comes before.

The Shaykh : In the genitive case.
The student: With the letter Ba.

The Shaykh : With the letter Ba, and it is the thing at which one is wondering. Okay, what is its example? The example of the first one, Af'ala?
The student: Ma Akrama Zaydan.

The Shaykh : Ma Akrama Zaydan, what is its grammatical analysis?
The student: Ma is the particle of wonder.

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: It is built on sukun in the position of a raised subject (mubtada').

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Akrama is the verb of wonder.

The Shaykh : No.
The student: Past tense verb.

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: It is built on the visible fatha.

The Shaykh : Muhammad and his family and all his Companions, he said, may Allah have mercy on him, the Exalted.