Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And it did not occur light after the alif *** but heavy, and its kasrah is an alif."
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The Shaykh : He said: "And it did not occur light after the alif"
Light, and what is light?
The student: The nun of affirmation.
The Shaykh : The nun of affirmation; it was previously mentioned that it is light and heavy. The heavy one is the shaddah. The light one never occurs after the alif, it never occurs after the alif because it is sakin (unvoweled), and a sakin and an alif are sakin, so they cannot come together. If you said to two men you are addressing: "Let you follow" with a light nun, is that correct?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : No, it is the heavy nun, the shaddah. And for this reason he said:
"But heavy, and its kasrah is an alif"
So you would say, for example: "Let you follow." Allah the Exalted said:[Yunus 10:89] Yes, how do you parse ? We say: "La" is a prohibitive particle, "tattabi'an" is a present tense verb in the jussive mood, marked by the deletion of the nun, and the alif is the subject. "La" is a prohibitive particle.
The student: "La" is a prohibitive particle, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, the verse is[Yunus 10:89] Yes, "La" is a prohibitive particle, "tattabi'an" is a present tense verb in the jussive mood, and what is the sign of its jussive mood?
The student: The deletion of the nun.
The Shaykh : The deletion of the nun, and the alif?
The student: Active subject.
The Shaykh : The subject, and the existing nun is for affirmation, and it was moved with a kasrah due to the meeting of two sakin letters. Okay, we answer it: "Let you follow," "Let you follow" is not a prohibitive particle; the lam is the preparatory lam for the oath, and "tattabi'an" is a present tense verb in the nominative mood here?
The student: With an alif.
The Shaykh : No.
The student: By the presence of the nun.
The Shaykh : It is in the nominative mood by the deleted nun due to the succession of similar letters. We do not say "by the presence" because it is not present, it is implied. It is in the nominative mood by the deleted nun due to the succession of similar letters, and the alif is the subject, and the nun in "tattabi'an" is for affirmation, and it was moved with a kasrah due to the meeting of two sakin letters. Okay, the light one does not occur after the alif, what is the reason? Because of its sakin state. Okay, if someone said, "Because of its sakin state," and your matter is strange, you grammarians, is the shaddah nun not its first letter sakin? Here?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : How... the alif, and you say we move it with a kasrah, and why do you not move this one with a kasrah and let it occur? They said: Because if we moved it with a kasrah, it would be confused with the nun of... here?
The student: The dual.
The Shaykh : The nun of the dual, the nun of the dual, because it is "you two stand," "you two stand."
The student: The action.
The Shaykh : Yes, the sign of the nominative mood, so it would be confused with the nun of inflection, and for this reason it is deleted, it does not occur, it does not occur after the alif.
"And it did not occur light after the alif *** but heavy, and its kasrah is an alif"
Light, and what is light?
The student: The nun of affirmation.
The Shaykh : The nun of affirmation; it was previously mentioned that it is light and heavy. The heavy one is the shaddah. The light one never occurs after the alif, it never occurs after the alif because it is sakin (unvoweled), and a sakin and an alif are sakin, so they cannot come together. If you said to two men you are addressing: "Let you follow" with a light nun, is that correct?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : No, it is the heavy nun, the shaddah. And for this reason he said:
"But heavy, and its kasrah is an alif"
So you would say, for example: "Let you follow." Allah the Exalted said:
So remain on a right course and follow not the way of those who do not know."
فاستقيما ولا تتّبعانّ سبيل الذين لا يعلمونand do not follow
ولا تتّبعانّThe student: "La" is a prohibitive particle, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, the verse is
So remain on a right course and follow not
فاستقيما ولا تتّبعانّThe student: The deletion of the nun.
The Shaykh : The deletion of the nun, and the alif?
The student: Active subject.
The Shaykh : The subject, and the existing nun is for affirmation, and it was moved with a kasrah due to the meeting of two sakin letters. Okay, we answer it: "Let you follow," "Let you follow" is not a prohibitive particle; the lam is the preparatory lam for the oath, and "tattabi'an" is a present tense verb in the nominative mood here?
The student: With an alif.
The Shaykh : No.
The student: By the presence of the nun.
The Shaykh : It is in the nominative mood by the deleted nun due to the succession of similar letters. We do not say "by the presence" because it is not present, it is implied. It is in the nominative mood by the deleted nun due to the succession of similar letters, and the alif is the subject, and the nun in "tattabi'an" is for affirmation, and it was moved with a kasrah due to the meeting of two sakin letters. Okay, the light one does not occur after the alif, what is the reason? Because of its sakin state. Okay, if someone said, "Because of its sakin state," and your matter is strange, you grammarians, is the shaddah nun not its first letter sakin? Here?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : How... the alif, and you say we move it with a kasrah, and why do you not move this one with a kasrah and let it occur? They said: Because if we moved it with a kasrah, it would be confused with the nun of... here?
The student: The dual.
The Shaykh : The nun of the dual, the nun of the dual, because it is "you two stand," "you two stand."
The student: The action.
The Shaykh : Yes, the sign of the nominative mood, so it would be confused with the nun of inflection, and for this reason it is deleted, it does not occur, it does not occur after the alif.
"And it did not occur light after the alif *** but heavy, and its kasrah is an alif"