٢٣٥
هٰذَا بَاْبُ مَا يَعْمَلُ فِي الْأَفْعَاْلِ فَيَجْزِمُهَا

هٰذَا بَاْبُ مَا يَعْمَلُ فِي الْأَفْعَاْلِ فَيَجْزِمُهَا 1٢١٢٢٩ this is the topic of what elaborates in the actions, so it truncates them
وَذٰلِكَ لَمْ وَلَمَّا 2٠٦٢٤٩ and that is lam
past neg. particle
and lammā
past perf. neg. particle
وَاللَّاْمُ الَّتِي فِي الْأَمْرِ وَذٰلِكَ قَوْلُكَ لِيَفْعَلْ 3٧٦٠٢٨ and the lâm that is in commanding and that is your saying li-yafʕal
may he do, let him do
وَلَا فِي النَّهْيِ وَذٰلِكَ قَوْلُكَ لَا تَفْعَلْ 4٠١٩١٦ and
impef. neg. particle
in prohibition and that is your saying lā tafʕal
do not do
فَإِنَّمَا هُمَا بِمَنْزِلَةِ لَمْ 5٩٨١٦٦ well they[2] are just with the disposition of lam
past neg. particle
وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ هَذِهِ اللَّاْمَ وَلَا فِي الدُّعَاْءِ 6٠٧٠٦٨ and know that this lâm and
not
in beseeching
بِمَنْزِلَتِهِمَا فِي الْأَمْرِ وَالنَّهْيِ 7٢٦٢٢٠ are with their[2] disposition in command and prohibition
وَذٰلِكَ قَوْلُكَ لَا يَقْطَعِ اللهُ يَمِيْنَكَ 8٦٧٩١١ and that is your saying lā yaqṭaʕ allāh yamīn-ka
«May God not cut of your oath»
وَلَيَجْزِكَ اللهُ خَيْرًا 9٠٣٦٣٠ and li-yajz-ka allāh xayrᵃⁿ
«May God reward you with good»
وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ هَذِهِ اللَّاْمَ 10٠٢١٤٦ and know that this lâm,
قَدْ يَجُوْزُ حَذْفُهَا فِي الشِّعْرِ وَتَعْمَلُ مُضْمَرَةً 11٥٤٠٣٨ its excision may pass in poetry and it may elaborate implicitly
كَأَنَّهُمْ شَبَّهُوْهَا بِــأَنْ إذَا أَعْمَلُوْهَا مُضْمَرَةً 12١٥٣٩٧ as that they assimilate it to Ɂan
that
when they make it elaborate implicitly
وَقَاْلَ الشَّاْعِرُ 13١٠٨٨٤ they poet said
14٣٦٨٢٧
وَإنَّمَا أَرَاْدَ لِتَفْدِ 15٢٠٤٠٠ he just intended li-tafdi
may you ransom (i.e. لِتَفْدِيَ)
وَقَاْلَ مُتَمِّمُ بْنُ نُوَيْرَةَ 16١٠٠٣٤ and Mutammim bn Nuwayrat said
17٦٤١٥١
أَرَاْدَ لِيَبْكِ 18٦٠٥٤٩ he intended li-yabki
may he weep (i.e. لِيَبْكِيَ li-yabkiya)
وَقَاْلَ أُحَيْجَةُ بْنُ الْجُلَاْحِ 19٦٠٨٨٧ and ɁUḥayjat bn _l-Julāḥ said
20٥٧٣٨١
وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ حُرُوْفَ الْجَزْمِ لَا تَجْزِمُ إِلَّا الْأَفْعَاْلَ 21٣٥٥٤٢ and know that the terms of truncation do not truncate anything except actions
وَلَا يَكُوْنُ الْجَزْمُ إِلَّا فِي هَذِهِ الْأَفْعَاْلِ الْمُضَاْرِعَةِ لِلْأَسْمَاْءِ 22٠٩٣٤١ and truncation is not in anything except these actions that are co-homologous to the nominals
كَمَا أَنَّ الْجَرَّ لَا يَكُوْنُ إِلَّا فِي الْأَسْمَاْءِ 23٨٧٠٣٥ just like that retraction is not except in the nominals
وَالْجَزْمُ فِي الْأَفْعَاْلِ نَظِيْرُ الْجَرِّ فِي الْأَسْمَاْءِ 24٦٩١٣٨ and truncation in the actions is the counterpart of retraction in the nominals
فَلَيْسَ لِلِاسْمِ فِي الْجَزْمِ نَصِيْبٌ 25٣٣٢٣٩ for there is no portion for the nominal in truncation
وَلَيْسَ لِلْفِعْلِ فِي الْجَرِّ نَصِيْبٌ 26٧٨٠٧٠ and there is no portion for the action in retraction
فَمِنْ ثَمَّ لَمْ يُضْمِرُوْا الْجَاْزِمَ 27٩١٦٨٥ so from there they do not make the truncator implicit
كَمَا لَمْ يُضْمِرُوْا الْجَاْرَّ 28٧١٧٣٥ like they do not make the retractor implicit
وَقَدْ أَضْمَرَهُ الشَّاْعِرُ شَبَّهَهُ بِإِضْمَاْرِهِمْ رُبَّ 29٦٠٦٧٨ and the poet has made it implicit and assimilated it to their making rubba
some; many
implicit
وَوَاْوَ الْقَسَمِ فِي كَلَاْمِ بَعْضِهِمْ 30٩٥٣٩٧ and to the wāw of swearing [an oath] in the speech of some of them

Commentary

Dicta

  1. not
    yaqṭaʕ[يَقْطَعِ]
    allāhAllah
    yamīn-ka[يَمِيْنَكَ]
    «May God not cut of your oath»
  2. li-yajz-ka[لَيَجْزِكَ]
    allāhAllah
    xayrᵃⁿexcellentᵃⁿ
    «May God reward you with good»

Poetry

  1. [مُحَمَّدُ][مُحَمَّدُ]
    [تَفْدِ][تَفْدِ]
    [نَفْسَكَ][نَفْسَكَ]
    kullallᵘⁿ
    [نَفْسٍ][نَفْسٍ]
    [إَذَا][إَذَا]
    not
    [خِفْتَ][خِفْتَ]
    minfrom
    [شَيْءٍ][شَيْءٍ]
    [تَبَاْلَا][تَبَاْلَا]
  2. مُتَمِّمُ بْنُ نُوَيْرَةَ
    ʕalăupon
    miθllike
    [أَصْحَاْبِ][أَصْحَاْبِ]
    [الْبَعُوْضَةِ][الْبَعُوْضَةِ]
    [فَاْخْمُشِي][فَاْخْمُشِي]
    [لَكِ][لَكِ]
    [الْوَيْلُ][الْوَيْلُ]
    [حُرَّ][حُرَّ]
    ـl-wajhthe-face
    ˀawor
    [يَبْكِ][يَبْكِ]
    manwho
    [بَكَى][بَكَى]
  3. أُحَيْجَةُ بْنُ الْجُلَاْحِ
    fᵃ-mᵃn°so-who
    [نَاْلَ][نَاْلَ]
    [الْغِنَى][الْغِنَى]
    [فَلْيَصْطَنِعْهُ][فَلْيَصْطَنِعْهُ]
    [صَنِيْعَتَهُ][صَنِيْعَتَهُ]
    [وَيَجْهَدْ][وَيَجْهَدْ]
    [كُلَّ][كُلَّ]
    [جَهْدِ][جَهْدِ]

Colophon

Pagination

Derenbourg
١-٣٦٣
بلاق
١-٤٠٨
هارون
٣-٩
يعقوب
٣-٦
البكّاء
٤-١١٨

Status(revision / pct complete)

Last update
2026-05-04
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