Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And delete the light one for a following sakinah *** and after other than a fathah when you stop."
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The Shaykh :"And delete the light one for a following sakinah"
It means: it came after it, meaning: if the light one, the light nun of emphasis, occurs and a sakinah follows it, it is obligatory to delete it. Why? Because two sakinahs cannot come together, so the nun of emphasis must be deleted. An example of this is if you say: "Strike the man," "Strike the man." Is the nun now sakinah or not? Because the light nun of emphasis is sakinah, and the hamzah in "al-rajul" is sakinah, so the nun must be deleted and you say: "Strike the man." This can be used as a riddle by a person. He says: "An imperative verb built on fathah, an imperative verb built on fathah without anything else." "Strike the man" ... "Strike the man." Why don't I say "Strike the man" with a kasrah? We say: No, "Strike the man." Is that so, Ya 'Abd al-Wahhab? Huh?
The student : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Okay, a minute. Now, if you emphasize the verb with the light nun of emphasis, is the light nun of emphasis moving or sakinah?
The student: With a sukun.
The Shaykh : It is sakinah. If a sakinah follows it, meaning if a sakinah occurs after it, it is deleted. Why?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : ... An example of this is if you say: "Enter the mosque," "Enter the mosque." "Enter" here is emphasized with the light nun of emphasis, and what follows it? Alif-lam. This hamzah is sakinah. You cannot say "Enter the mosque" correctly, so you say: "Enter the mosque," "Enter" and you delete the nun.
"And delete the light one for a following sakinah"
Meaning: it came after it. If the nun is heavy: "Enter the mosque," does the nun remain or not?
The student: Yes, it remains.
The Shaykh : Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Fath 48:27] So the nun remained. They said: And from this is the saying of the poet:
"Do not humiliate a poor man, lest you *** bow one day when time has raised him"
"Do not humiliate the poor man" is also something used in riddles. It is said: "La" is a prohibitive particle and the verb is in the accusative case with it.
"Do not humiliate the poor man, lest you *** bow one day"
"Al-laka" is a dialectal variant of what?
The student: "La'allaka."
The Shaykh : "La'allaka." "Lest you bow one day" means: you become humble and lowly, and time has raised him. And this is a great wisdom, because is it possible for this to happen or not possible?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is possible and common. It is possible that today he is poor, then he comes begging, and before you know it, you are the poor one and you come asking him. Yes, okay:
"Do not humiliate the poor man, lest you *** bow one day"
Let us leave this aside. The point is his saying: "Do not humiliate the poor man" Its original form is: "Do not humiliate the poor man" with the nun of emphasis, "lest you bow." Someone might say: You have explained it by the meeting of two sakinahs, why don't you put a kasrah on it? Why don't you put a kasrah on it and mark it? So you say: "Do not humiliate the poor man" with a kasrah, or "Enter the mosque" with a kasrah. In reality, this refutes them, but they say: The nun of emphasis cannot come in the genitive case unless it is after an alif, and this is not after an alif. And I say that in some grammatical issues, no matter how the grammarian explains it, he cannot get out of it, so we say: What is the reference for that?
The student: Hearing (sam').
The Shaykh : Hearing (sam'). It was heard this way. Okay, he says:
"And delete the light one for a following sakinah"
Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Which one?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : The sakinah is the hamzah. In "al-masjid," it is sakinah and the nun is sakinah, so the nun is deleted. He said:
"And after other than a fathah when you stop"
Meaning: and delete it also after other than a fathah when you stop. The author says:
"And restore it if you deleted it in stopping"
Ah?
"In stopping, what *** was lost in connection because of it"
He says: "And after other than a fathah when you stop"
If the nun is present, what comes before it is opened as mentioned before, meaning the verb is built on fathah with it, whether it is heavy or light But if it is ... not opened and what comes before it is not opened, this includes if it is dammah and if it is kasrah, if it is dammah or kasrah. An example of dammah: [Ali 'Imran 3:186] What comes before it now is dammah. And an example of kasrah: "Let you understand, O Hind," "Let you understand" what comes before it is kasrah, and its original form is "Let you understand" with the heavy nun as mentioned before. So here, what comes before it is dammah or kasrah, the author says:
"And after other than a fathah when you stop"
Delete it, so you say for example: "Let you understand, O Hind," "Let you understand, O Hind." Do you delete it or not?
The student: When you stop.
The Shaykh : No, no, even if you do not stop. And after other than a fathah, yes, yes, when you stop. You say: "O Hind, let you understand," "Let you understand" delete the nun and say: "Let you understand," "O Hind, let you understand." O people? Huh?
The student: You do not hear it.
The Shaykh : You do not hear it, delete it, but he says.
It means: it came after it, meaning: if the light one, the light nun of emphasis, occurs and a sakinah follows it, it is obligatory to delete it. Why? Because two sakinahs cannot come together, so the nun of emphasis must be deleted. An example of this is if you say: "Strike the man," "Strike the man." Is the nun now sakinah or not? Because the light nun of emphasis is sakinah, and the hamzah in "al-rajul" is sakinah, so the nun must be deleted and you say: "Strike the man." This can be used as a riddle by a person. He says: "An imperative verb built on fathah, an imperative verb built on fathah without anything else." "Strike the man" ... "Strike the man." Why don't I say "Strike the man" with a kasrah? We say: No, "Strike the man." Is that so, Ya 'Abd al-Wahhab? Huh?
The student : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Okay, a minute. Now, if you emphasize the verb with the light nun of emphasis, is the light nun of emphasis moving or sakinah?
The student: With a sukun.
The Shaykh : It is sakinah. If a sakinah follows it, meaning if a sakinah occurs after it, it is deleted. Why?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : ... An example of this is if you say: "Enter the mosque," "Enter the mosque." "Enter" here is emphasized with the light nun of emphasis, and what follows it? Alif-lam. This hamzah is sakinah. You cannot say "Enter the mosque" correctly, so you say: "Enter the mosque," "Enter" and you delete the nun.
"And delete the light one for a following sakinah"
Meaning: it came after it. If the nun is heavy: "Enter the mosque," does the nun remain or not?
The student: Yes, it remains.
The Shaykh : Allah the Exalted said:
You will surely enter the mosque
لتدخلنّ المسجدYou will surely enter al-Masjid al-Haram
لتدخلنّ المسجد الحرام"Do not humiliate a poor man, lest you *** bow one day when time has raised him"
"Do not humiliate the poor man" is also something used in riddles. It is said: "La" is a prohibitive particle and the verb is in the accusative case with it.
"Do not humiliate the poor man, lest you *** bow one day"
"Al-laka" is a dialectal variant of what?
The student: "La'allaka."
The Shaykh : "La'allaka." "Lest you bow one day" means: you become humble and lowly, and time has raised him. And this is a great wisdom, because is it possible for this to happen or not possible?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is possible and common. It is possible that today he is poor, then he comes begging, and before you know it, you are the poor one and you come asking him. Yes, okay:
"Do not humiliate the poor man, lest you *** bow one day"
Let us leave this aside. The point is his saying: "Do not humiliate the poor man" Its original form is: "Do not humiliate the poor man" with the nun of emphasis, "lest you bow." Someone might say: You have explained it by the meeting of two sakinahs, why don't you put a kasrah on it? Why don't you put a kasrah on it and mark it? So you say: "Do not humiliate the poor man" with a kasrah, or "Enter the mosque" with a kasrah. In reality, this refutes them, but they say: The nun of emphasis cannot come in the genitive case unless it is after an alif, and this is not after an alif. And I say that in some grammatical issues, no matter how the grammarian explains it, he cannot get out of it, so we say: What is the reference for that?
The student: Hearing (sam').
The Shaykh : Hearing (sam'). It was heard this way. Okay, he says:
"And delete the light one for a following sakinah"
Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Which one?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : The sakinah is the hamzah. In "al-masjid," it is sakinah and the nun is sakinah, so the nun is deleted. He said:
"And after other than a fathah when you stop"
Meaning: and delete it also after other than a fathah when you stop. The author says:
"And restore it if you deleted it in stopping"
Ah?
"In stopping, what *** was lost in connection because of it"
He says: "And after other than a fathah when you stop"
If the nun is present, what comes before it is opened as mentioned before, meaning the verb is built on fathah with it, whether it is heavy or light
They will surely be imprisoned and they will surely be among the lowly
ليسجننّ و ليكوننْ من الصاغرينyou will surely hear from those who were given the Scripture
لتسمعنّ من الذين أوتوا الكتاب"And after other than a fathah when you stop"
Delete it, so you say for example: "Let you understand, O Hind," "Let you understand, O Hind." Do you delete it or not?
The student: When you stop.
The Shaykh : No, no, even if you do not stop. And after other than a fathah, yes, yes, when you stop. You say: "O Hind, let you understand," "Let you understand" delete the nun and say: "Let you understand," "O Hind, let you understand." O people? Huh?
The student: You do not hear it.
The Shaykh : You do not hear it, delete it, but he says.