Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And if it is four, with a second that is quiescent, *** then converting it to a waw and deleting it is good."
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The Shaykh :"And if it is four, with a second that is quiescent, *** then converting it to a waw and deleting it is good"
"If it is": The pronoun refers to the alif of the feminine, not the taa of the feminine, but to the alif of the feminine. "Turbu'u" means: to make it the fourth. The meaning is: if it comes as the fourth letter. However, the poetry constrains the person; the poet may express something obscure in place of what is clear for the sake of what?
The student: Necessity.
The Shaykh : For the sake of necessity. So his saying:
"And if it is four"
means: and if it is the fourth letter in a word whose second letter is quiescent, meaning: in a word whose second letter is quiescent,
"then converting it to a waw and deleting it is good"
An example is: "hobla" (pregnant). What do you say about "hobla"? Do we look at the alif or not? It is haa, lam, baa, and the alif is the fourth. What is its second letter? It is quiescent. So it applies to his saying:
"And if it is four, with a second that is quiescent"
The author says: converting it to a waw and deleting it is good. So you say regarding the nisbah (genitive) to "hobla" here? "Hublawiyy" — this is converting it to a waw. And you say? "Hubliyy" — this is deleting it. So if it is... we take a rule from this: if the alif of the feminine is the fourth letter in a word whose second letter is quiescent, here?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Two options are permissible: converting it to a waw and deleting it. Which is the original?
The student: Omission.
The Shaykh : Deleting it. What is built upon the rule is deletion. The author said previously: "Or you lengthened it, do not establish it" then he said.
The student: Teacher?
The Shaykh : Yes?
"If it is": The pronoun refers to the alif of the feminine, not the taa of the feminine, but to the alif of the feminine. "Turbu'u" means: to make it the fourth. The meaning is: if it comes as the fourth letter. However, the poetry constrains the person; the poet may express something obscure in place of what is clear for the sake of what?
The student: Necessity.
The Shaykh : For the sake of necessity. So his saying:
"And if it is four"
means: and if it is the fourth letter in a word whose second letter is quiescent, meaning: in a word whose second letter is quiescent,
"then converting it to a waw and deleting it is good"
An example is: "hobla" (pregnant). What do you say about "hobla"? Do we look at the alif or not? It is haa, lam, baa, and the alif is the fourth. What is its second letter? It is quiescent. So it applies to his saying:
"And if it is four, with a second that is quiescent"
The author says: converting it to a waw and deleting it is good. So you say regarding the nisbah (genitive) to "hobla" here? "Hublawiyy" — this is converting it to a waw. And you say? "Hubliyy" — this is deleting it. So if it is... we take a rule from this: if the alif of the feminine is the fourth letter in a word whose second letter is quiescent, here?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Two options are permissible: converting it to a waw and deleting it. Which is the original?
The student: Omission.
The Shaykh : Deleting it. What is built upon the rule is deletion. The author said previously: "Or you lengthened it, do not establish it" then he said.
The student: Teacher?
The Shaykh : Yes?