Madinah Arabic Book 3 — Page 277

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

عُمَرُ : يَا أُسْتَاذُ كَمْ مَعْنًى لِـ «إِنْ» ؟

Omar: O teacher, how many meanings does 'in' have?

الْمُدَرِّسُ : تَأْتِي «إِنْ» لِمَعَانٍ، مِنْهَا الشَّرْطُ كَمَا فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى : وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ وَمِنْهَا النَّفْيُ كَمَا فِي التَّنْزِيلِ : إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ .

The teacher: "In" comes for several meanings, including condition, as in His saying, exalted be He: {And if you fear}; and among them is negation, as in the revelation: {This is not but the word of a human being}.

وَتَأْتِي مُخَفَّفَةً مِنْ «إِنَّ» كَمَا فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى : وَإِنْ كُنْتَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ لَمِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ أَيْ «وَإِنَّكَ كُنْتَ . . . » .

And it comes as a lightened form of 'inna', as in His saying, the Almighty: 'And indeed you were, before it, among the unaware', meaning 'wa-innaka kunta...'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (6 verbs · 29 nouns)

• أَتَى — to come
• خَافَ — to fear
• كَانَ — to be
• أُسْتَاذ — professor
• مَعْنًى — meaning
• شَرْط — condition