Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And if you pause, add the haa of pause if you wish *** And if you please, do not add the elongation and the haa."
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The Shaykh : He said:
"And if you pause, add the haa of pause if you wish"
His statement: "If you pause, add the haa of pause." This "if you pause" is a state describing the subject of "add," and "haa" is the object, meaning: add the haa of pause while you are pausing, meaning: if you pause at a word that is recommended to end with an alif, as mentioned previously, then if you wish to add the haa of pause, do so.
"And if you please, do not add the elongation and the haa"
An example of this is: you say "Wa ghulamaahu," you say "Wa ghulamaah" because the haa of pause is silent; the haa of pause is silent because it is the point of pause. So you say: "Wa ghulamaah." Is this one obligatory, or is it permissible?
The student: Permissibly.
The Shaykh : It is permissible, and it is permissible for us to say "Wa ghulama" with a kasrah? Is that right?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And his statement:
"And if you please, the elongation"
The apparent meaning is that the elongation is not obligatory, and that if you say "Wa ghulam" or "Wa ghulama" with a kasrah, it is permissible. This is the path taken by some of the commentators, who say:
"The end of the recommended is connected with an alif"
That the command here is for recommendation, not for obligation, yes? "Connect it with an alif" They said: And we only understood this as recommendation to reconcile it with ... the other, which is his statement? Here?
The student: "And if you please"
The Shaykh :"And if you please, the elongation"
Meaning: so add the elongation. But I sometimes oppose this and say that Ibn Malik's statement:
"And if you please, do not add the elongation and the haa"
Means: and if you please, limit yourself to the elongation without the haa, so that the phrase becomes a single phrase, so that the phrase becomes a single phrase. And this is what can be opposed by saying:
"And if you pause, add the haa of pause if you wish"
So if we say:
"And if you please, do not add the elongation and the haa"
It becomes a repetition of the first verse, of the first hemistich, because it never departs from the meaning of the first hemistich if we understand it as I said. And accordingly, his statement:
"Connect it with an alif" is appropriate as a recommendation, otherwise not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is appropriate, so we have, we have three forms: "Wa ghulama," correct?
The student: With a fathah?
The Shaykh : With a fathah only, "Wa ghulamaah" with an alif and the haa of pause, "Wa ghulama" with an alif only, yes with an alif only, yes.
"And if you pause, add the haa of pause if you wish"
His statement: "If you pause, add the haa of pause." This "if you pause" is a state describing the subject of "add," and "haa" is the object, meaning: add the haa of pause while you are pausing, meaning: if you pause at a word that is recommended to end with an alif, as mentioned previously, then if you wish to add the haa of pause, do so.
"And if you please, do not add the elongation and the haa"
An example of this is: you say "Wa ghulamaahu," you say "Wa ghulamaah" because the haa of pause is silent; the haa of pause is silent because it is the point of pause. So you say: "Wa ghulamaah." Is this one obligatory, or is it permissible?
The student: Permissibly.
The Shaykh : It is permissible, and it is permissible for us to say "Wa ghulama" with a kasrah? Is that right?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And his statement:
"And if you please, the elongation"
The apparent meaning is that the elongation is not obligatory, and that if you say "Wa ghulam" or "Wa ghulama" with a kasrah, it is permissible. This is the path taken by some of the commentators, who say:
"The end of the recommended is connected with an alif"
That the command here is for recommendation, not for obligation, yes? "Connect it with an alif" They said: And we only understood this as recommendation to reconcile it with ... the other, which is his statement? Here?
The student: "And if you please"
The Shaykh :"And if you please, the elongation"
Meaning: so add the elongation. But I sometimes oppose this and say that Ibn Malik's statement:
"And if you please, do not add the elongation and the haa"
Means: and if you please, limit yourself to the elongation without the haa, so that the phrase becomes a single phrase, so that the phrase becomes a single phrase. And this is what can be opposed by saying:
"And if you pause, add the haa of pause if you wish"
So if we say:
"And if you please, do not add the elongation and the haa"
It becomes a repetition of the first verse, of the first hemistich, because it never departs from the meaning of the first hemistich if we understand it as I said. And accordingly, his statement:
"Connect it with an alif" is appropriate as a recommendation, otherwise not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is appropriate, so we have, we have three forms: "Wa ghulama," correct?
The student: With a fathah?
The Shaykh : With a fathah only, "Wa ghulamaah" with an alif and the haa of pause, "Wa ghulama" with an alif only, yes with an alif only, yes.