Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "Follow the genitive with the attached, without the article *** Compel it to be in the accusative, like 'Azid, the one of the wiles.'"
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The Shaykh : It is the object of a deleted verb. His saying: "Compel it," means: Compel the follower of the genitive. And his saying: "the attached": is a description of the follower.
And his saying: "without the article": this is a state of the follower, meaning: the state of it being without the article.
"Compel it to be in the accusative": its example is: "Like Azid, the one of the wiles":
Azid, the one of the wiles: is a follower of the genitive. How many followers are there?
The student: Four.
The Shaykh : Or five?
The student: Five.
The Shaykh : The description, the explanatory apposition, the coordinate apposition, the emphasis, and the substitution. The five followers are five, and according to Ibn Jurum there are four, because he included the explanatory apposition with the emphasis. Yes, good. So: a follower of the genitive includes the five, but what is excluded from the followers is what will come—may Allah will it—in the author's words. So, if a follower from the five followers is found, except for what is excluded in the author's words from the three things, then its ruling is first: attached, and second: free from the article. Attached and free from the article, it is a follower that is attached and free from the article. He says: "Compel it to be in the accusative": even if what is before it is with a dammah? Yes, he said: "follower of the genitive", the example clarifies it for you: "Azid": its original form, meaning if we want to answer this hamzah for the call to a near person, we answer: Ya, we say: Ya Azid, the one of the wiles. Here, Azid is a called-out person, built on the dammah in the position of the accusative. "Dha" is a description for Azid, meaning a description.
The student: A description.
The Shaykh : Attached?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Here, is there an article?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : There is no article, because "dha" does not have an article. Put it down with your hand, so it becomes: "Dha al-hil," a follower of the genitive, and attached, yes or no?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And free from the article?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, attached and free from the article, so we say: Ya Azid, the one of the wiles. Yes, and we say: Ya Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth. Yes, and we say: Ya Amr, the slave of Zayd. Correct?
The student: Correct.
The Shaykh : Yes, good.
And his saying: "without the article": this is a state of the follower, meaning: the state of it being without the article.
"Compel it to be in the accusative": its example is: "Like Azid, the one of the wiles":
Azid, the one of the wiles: is a follower of the genitive. How many followers are there?
The student: Four.
The Shaykh : Or five?
The student: Five.
The Shaykh : The description, the explanatory apposition, the coordinate apposition, the emphasis, and the substitution. The five followers are five, and according to Ibn Jurum there are four, because he included the explanatory apposition with the emphasis. Yes, good. So: a follower of the genitive includes the five, but what is excluded from the followers is what will come—may Allah will it—in the author's words. So, if a follower from the five followers is found, except for what is excluded in the author's words from the three things, then its ruling is first: attached, and second: free from the article. Attached and free from the article, it is a follower that is attached and free from the article. He says: "Compel it to be in the accusative": even if what is before it is with a dammah? Yes, he said: "follower of the genitive", the example clarifies it for you: "Azid": its original form, meaning if we want to answer this hamzah for the call to a near person, we answer: Ya, we say: Ya Azid, the one of the wiles. Here, Azid is a called-out person, built on the dammah in the position of the accusative. "Dha" is a description for Azid, meaning a description.
The student: A description.
The Shaykh : Attached?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Here, is there an article?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : There is no article, because "dha" does not have an article. Put it down with your hand, so it becomes: "Dha al-hil," a follower of the genitive, and attached, yes or no?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And free from the article?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, attached and free from the article, so we say: Ya Azid, the one of the wiles. Yes, and we say: Ya Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth. Yes, and we say: Ya Amr, the slave of Zayd. Correct?
The student: Correct.
The Shaykh : Yes, good.