Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And an extra fa'lan in a description that is sound *** from being seen as ending with a feminine ta."
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The Shaykh : Then the author said:
"And an extra fa'lan in a description that is sound *** from being seen as ending with a feminine ta"
Now, where do we take the alif of femininity from in the first verse?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : From his saying: "feminize", he said: "And an extra fa'lan" "And an extra fa'lan" Where is the extra in fa'lan? The extra is the alif and the nun. He only said fa'lan because fa'lan is the pattern used to weigh words.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : For this reason, it is said: the fa of the word, the 'ayn of the word, and the lam of the word. So in fa'lan, the fa of the word, its 'ayn, and its lam—what remains as the extra?
The student: The alif and the nun.
The Shaykh : The alif and the nun. So the alif and the nun are preventers of inflection, but with a condition. He says: "in a description" The condition is that it must be in a description, and a second condition:
"that is sound *** from being seen as ending with a feminine ta"
"And an extra fa'lan in a description that is sound *** from being seen as ending with a feminine ta"
Now, where do we take the alif of femininity from in the first verse?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : From his saying: "feminize", he said: "And an extra fa'lan" "And an extra fa'lan" Where is the extra in fa'lan? The extra is the alif and the nun. He only said fa'lan because fa'lan is the pattern used to weigh words.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : For this reason, it is said: the fa of the word, the 'ayn of the word, and the lam of the word. So in fa'lan, the fa of the word, its 'ayn, and its lam—what remains as the extra?
The student: The alif and the nun.
The Shaykh : The alif and the nun. So the alif and the nun are preventers of inflection, but with a condition. He says: "in a description" The condition is that it must be in a description, and a second condition:
"that is sound *** from being seen as ending with a feminine ta"