Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And conjoin a verb to a noun resembling a verb *** And the reverse, employ it, you will find it easy."
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The Shaykh : Then he said:
"And conjoin a verb to a noun resembling a verb *** And the reverse, employ it, you will find it easy":
The noun that resembles a verb, for example, the active participle, the passive participle, and what is similar to them. Ibn Malik says: It is permissible to conjoin a verb to a noun resembling a verb. It is permissible to conjoin a verb to a noun that resembles a verb. We said: For example, the active participle. What is the example in your book?
The student:[Al-Hadid 57:18].
The Shaykh :[Al-Hadid 57:18], "Indeed, the rider, and Zayd settled upon his camel." "Indeed, the rider" means: Indeed, the one who rode, and Zayd settled upon his camel. Is that correct?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Good: "Indeed, the one ridden, and the camel is eaten." The intended meaning is: Indeed, the one who is ridden and the camel is eaten.
[Al-Hadid 57:18]: It means: Indeed, those who gave charity, and those who gave charity, and so on [Al-Hadid 57:18].
"And the reverse, employ it, you will find it easy":
And what is the reverse? It is to conjoin what resembles a verb to a verb. What is the example? Good: "Indeed, the one who stood up!"
The student: And settled upon his camel.
The Shaykh : No!
The student: And the one who settled.
The Shaykh : And the one who settled upon his camel is Zayd. Is that in your book?! It does not make sense.
The student: I have ...
The Shaykh : It does not contradict.
The student: The verse, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: "So I found him one day destroying his enemy *** And a flowing giver of charity deserving of the traveler"
The Shaykh : Good.
"So I found him one day destroying his enemy":
It means: destroying his enemy. And "flowing" (mujrin), its original form is "flowing" (mujriyan) of charity. "Flowing" (mujriyan): but the yaa was deleted due to the necessity of poetry. And it is not in the accusative case; it must be in the accusative with a fathah. So his saying: "And flowing" is conjoined to "destroying" (yabir), or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Good, and "destroying" (yabir) is in the position of the accusative as the second object of "I found" (alafitu), because "I found" (alafitu) means "I found" (wajadtu). And on this basis, "flowing" (mujrin) is conjoined to the verb which is "destroying" (yabir), and its position is the accusative, because it is the second object. And this is in the accusative case. The result is that Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Verbs are conjoined to one another, this is one case. And a verb is conjoined to a noun resembling a verb. And a noun resembling a verb is conjoined to a verb. Good, and nouns to one another?
The student: It is the original rule.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is known. It is the original rule. Conjoining a noun to a noun is known.
"And conjoin a verb to a noun resembling a verb *** And the reverse, employ it, you will find it easy":
The noun that resembles a verb, for example, the active participle, the passive participle, and what is similar to them. Ibn Malik says: It is permissible to conjoin a verb to a noun resembling a verb. It is permissible to conjoin a verb to a noun that resembles a verb. We said: For example, the active participle. What is the example in your book?
The student:
Indeed, the men who practice charity and the women who practice charity
إن المصدقين والمصدقاتThe Shaykh :
Indeed, the men who practice charity and the women who practice charity and [they who]
إن المصدقين والمصدقات وأقرضواThe student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Good: "Indeed, the one ridden, and the camel is eaten." The intended meaning is: Indeed, the one who is ridden and the camel is eaten.
Indeed, the men who practice charity and the women who practice charity
إن المصدقين والمصدقاتand [they who] have loaned Allah a goodly loan
وأقرضوا الله قرضًا حسنًا"And the reverse, employ it, you will find it easy":
And what is the reverse? It is to conjoin what resembles a verb to a verb. What is the example? Good: "Indeed, the one who stood up!"
The student: And settled upon his camel.
The Shaykh : No!
The student: And the one who settled.
The Shaykh : And the one who settled upon his camel is Zayd. Is that in your book?! It does not make sense.
The student: I have ...
The Shaykh : It does not contradict.
The student: The verse, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: "So I found him one day destroying his enemy *** And a flowing giver of charity deserving of the traveler"
The Shaykh : Good.
"So I found him one day destroying his enemy":
It means: destroying his enemy. And "flowing" (mujrin), its original form is "flowing" (mujriyan) of charity. "Flowing" (mujriyan): but the yaa was deleted due to the necessity of poetry. And it is not in the accusative case; it must be in the accusative with a fathah. So his saying: "And flowing" is conjoined to "destroying" (yabir), or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Good, and "destroying" (yabir) is in the position of the accusative as the second object of "I found" (alafitu), because "I found" (alafitu) means "I found" (wajadtu). And on this basis, "flowing" (mujrin) is conjoined to the verb which is "destroying" (yabir), and its position is the accusative, because it is the second object. And this is in the accusative case. The result is that Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Verbs are conjoined to one another, this is one case. And a verb is conjoined to a noun resembling a verb. And a noun resembling a verb is conjoined to a verb. Good, and nouns to one another?
The student: It is the original rule.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is known. It is the original rule. Conjoining a noun to a noun is known.