Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And if descriptions are numerous and have followed *** in need of their mention, they are appended."
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The Shaykh : Then the author said:
"And if descriptions are numerous and have followed *** in need of their mention, they are appended":
His saying: "And if descriptions", what is the grammatical parsing of "descriptions"?
The student: Subject.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: It is the subject of "followed."
Another student: It is the beginning of the sentence.
The Shaykh :"And if descriptions are numerous and have followed"?!
The student: It is the subject of "are numerous."
The Shaykh : The subject of "are numerous"?!
The student: No, it is the beginning of the sentence.
The Shaykh : Yes? The beginning of the sentence?!
The student: It is permissible to omit the verb.
The Shaykh : And what is permissible?
The student: And it is permissible to omit the verb.
The Shaykh : Yes, this has three grammatical parsings: when a nominative noun follows a conditional particle, the scholars have three opinions regarding it: the first opinion is that it is the subject of the later verb.
"And if descriptions are numerous and have followed *** in need of their mention, they are appended":
His saying: "And if descriptions", what is the grammatical parsing of "descriptions"?
The student: Subject.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: It is the subject of "followed."
Another student: It is the beginning of the sentence.
The Shaykh :"And if descriptions are numerous and have followed"?!
The student: It is the subject of "are numerous."
The Shaykh : The subject of "are numerous"?!
The student: No, it is the beginning of the sentence.
The Shaykh : Yes? The beginning of the sentence?!
The student: It is permissible to omit the verb.
The Shaykh : And what is permissible?
The student: And it is permissible to omit the verb.
The Shaykh : Yes, this has three grammatical parsings: when a nominative noun follows a conditional particle, the scholars have three opinions regarding it: the first opinion is that it is the subject of the later verb.