Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): . . . And it is unique: in conjoining an operator that has been removed, while its object remains, to ward off a suspected error
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The Shaykh : He says: "And it is unique":
"And it" means the letter waw is unique among the other letters of conjunction in the deletion of a removed operator.
The student: By conjoining.
The Shaykh : By conjoining, yes.
"In conjoining an operator that has been removed, while its object remains":
"In conjoining an operator that has been removed, while its object remains"—this is what the letter waw is unique in compared to the other tools of conjunction: you delete what? You delete the operator, and the object remains.
"In conjoining an operator that has been removed, while its object remains".
The operator is deleted; "removed" means deleted; its object has remained. So the operator is deleted and the object remains. They gave as an example for this their saying:
"So we plucked the eyebrows and the eyes":
"We plucked the eyebrows and the eyes": "plucking" (tazjij) means that they are trimmed until they become like the tip of a spear, fine, yes, and beautiful, of course. And the eyes are not plucked; if one plucked her eyes, we would say it is an error. But the meaning is: and they applied kohl to the eyes. We plucked the eyebrows and applied kohl to the eyes. Do you understand or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Good, this is an example of what the author intended. Similarly, his saying:
"I fed her straw and cold water":
Meaning, and I gave her cold water to drink. So the operator was deleted and the object remained. They said, and from this is the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:35], [Al-Baqarah 2:35], , yes. How is "your wife" [conjoined]? They said: because "wife" is not suitable for conjoining to the pronoun in "dwell," because "dwell" is a verb of command, and its subject cannot be explicit. If its subject cannot be explicit, then it is not possible to conjoin an explicit noun to it. And the intended meaning is: "You dwell, and let your wife dwell in Paradise." This is the intended meaning, and this is undoubtedly a forced interpretation. So, the examples we have are: "So we plucked the eyebrows and the eyes":
Meaning, we applied kohl to the eyes.
"I fed her straw and cold water",[Al-Baqarah 2:35].
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Where is this?
The student: Yes
"And it" means the letter waw is unique among the other letters of conjunction in the deletion of a removed operator.
The student: By conjoining.
The Shaykh : By conjoining, yes.
"In conjoining an operator that has been removed, while its object remains":
"In conjoining an operator that has been removed, while its object remains"—this is what the letter waw is unique in compared to the other tools of conjunction: you delete what? You delete the operator, and the object remains.
"In conjoining an operator that has been removed, while its object remains".
The operator is deleted; "removed" means deleted; its object has remained. So the operator is deleted and the object remains. They gave as an example for this their saying:
"So we plucked the eyebrows and the eyes":
"We plucked the eyebrows and the eyes": "plucking" (tazjij) means that they are trimmed until they become like the tip of a spear, fine, yes, and beautiful, of course. And the eyes are not plucked; if one plucked her eyes, we would say it is an error. But the meaning is: and they applied kohl to the eyes. We plucked the eyebrows and applied kohl to the eyes. Do you understand or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Good, this is an example of what the author intended. Similarly, his saying:
"I fed her straw and cold water":
Meaning, and I gave her cold water to drink. So the operator was deleted and the object remained. They said, and from this is the saying of Allah the Exalted:
dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise
اسكن أنت وزوجك الجنةdwell, you and your wife
اسكن أنت وزوجكAnd your wife
وزوجكMeaning, we applied kohl to the eyes.
"I fed her straw and cold water",
dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise
اسكن أنت وزوجك الجنةThe student: ...
The Shaykh : Where is this?
The student: Yes