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HN01: Al Hidayah Fil Nahw

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This is a classical Arabic grammar manual that covers the fundamentals of Arabic Grammar in extensive detail .This course will be ideal for any student who has studied the Madina books ( Books 1-3), Commentary of the Ajrummiyah or equivalent, and wants to take this knowledge to the next level in order to be able to master Arabic Grammar and to begin studies in Rhetoric. The book will be read in Arabic and expounded upon in great detail. The lessons covered are from the introduction until the reasons for being partially declinable.

This course is a prerequisite for HN02

MODULE 1 - Introduction to Al Hidaytu fil Nahw, Opening Dua and the Introduction.

MODULE 2 - Structure of the first 3 sections of the text, What is the Science of Nahw and some advice on reading Arabic text

MODULE 3 - The singular word (Kalima), The Noun (Ism) Part 1, Clarification on the Sifah (as a sentence and as a Sibhu Jumla).

MODULE 4 - The 10 signs of the Noun (Ism)

MODULE 5 - The 8 signs of the F'il ( verb). Differences between the Basran and Kufan school regarding the original word (Masdar).

LESSON 6 - The Signs of the Harf (Particle) and its benefits. Discussion on the associated prepositional phrase.

LESSON 7 - The definition of Kalaam (speech). Discussion on Musnad and Musnad ilayhi. 2 different meanings of kalima. the difference between Kalaam and Kalim. The meaning of Qawl.

LESSON 8 - The Ismul Mu'rab ( undeclinable nouns). The difference between a true undeclinable ( Mabniul Aslee ) and the noun that resembles a true undeclinable. discussion on the reasons why some nouns are undeclinable.

LESSON 9 - An introduction to Irab (declension) and its 3 different meanings. Discussion on the A'mil ( agent of change). First Type of declension.

LESSON 10 - Declension of nouns, types 2 to 5 . The sound feminine plural, the partially declinable and the 6 nouns.

LESSON 11 - Type 6 of the declension of nouns. The nouns that follow the sound masculine plural. The relationship between the tanween and the Noon at the end of the dual and sound masculine plural.

LESSON 12 - Type 7-9 of the declension of nouns. Ism Manqoos, Ism Maqsoor and the noun that is associated to the first person singular pronoun.

LESSON 13 - Fully and Partially Declinable intro. Reason 1 for being partially declinable: Transformation.

LESSON 14 - Reason 2-5 for being partially declinable: Being originally descriptive, Femininity, Proper Noun and Non-Arab proper nouns.

034. Reason 4-5: Being a Proper Noun and Non Arab

LESSON 15 - Reason 6-9 plurality, compound words, extra Alif & Noon and being on the pattern of a verb 

Video responses to questions or clarification of important points

Teacher: Ustadh Nabeel Alkhalidy

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Previously asked questions

Q. it would be easy to make references of the grammatical terms. iS there is a glossary on grammatical terms. ​
That is an excellent idea. Would it possible for you or any other student to produce one and I can oversee it and make necessary corrections. The following book is a good starting point : ​​
Q. why iS hasanun not ghair munsarif if it is wasfiyyah aslan?
There is a condition for a sifah to contain the reason of wasfiyyah aslan, and that is that the feminine form is NOT made by adding a ta marboota. If it is made by adding a ta marboota (حسنة), then it does not fulfill the condition.
Q. Can the taa marbootah be considered one of the signs of the ism? Why didn't the author mention it?
Yes it can.  The reason why scholars dont mention it as a sign of an Ism is because it has been included as one of the outward signs of femininity of the Ism, the other 2 being the Alif Maqsoorah and Alif Mamdoodah. 
Q. is إما a harf or ism?
It's a harf which we will discuss later on in HN05
Q. What is the difference between tanween al iwad and tanween al muqaabalah?
Tanween al Iwad is a tanween that stands in place of either a letter, word or sentence.

Tanween al muqaabalah is the tanween that the sound feminine plural has because of it being unable to receive a noon like the sound masculine plural.
Q. Al hidAyatu fi nahw and ajrumiya, what is the comparison between the two? How are they different and what do they share?
​If you have read both you will notice that Al Ajrumiya is substantially shorter and might mention a concept in a few words or one sentence where the Hidayah expounds over the same concept in a page or two. Everything covered in Al Ajrumiyah is covered in the Hidayah plus alot more. A person who has studied the Hidayah will find al aljrumiya an easy read but not vice versa. 

Other than the size, the only substantial difference between them is the schools that both authors came from. The author of the Ajrumiyah was from the Kufa school while the author of the Hidayah is from the school of Basra. There are glimpses of this in the terminology that each author uses. 
Maybe you can take a copy of the ajrumiya in Arabic and try reading it and comparing it yourself to the Hidayah.
Q. In the following sentence regarding the definition of the ism, كلمة تدل على معنى في نفسها  can we say that تدل is a جملة فعلية coming as a khabr? In the lesson the sentence تدل على معنى في نفسها is mentioned as being a sifah for كلمة
Yes this I'raab is possible.  كلمة is the first khabar and كلمة تدل على معنى في نفسها is the second khabar.
Q. Regarding waznul fi'l, If a word is on a pattern of the verb that is specific to it, it becomes mamnoo' min as sarf regardless of its being an ISM alam, e.g. if we named something on the pattern fu'ila. If the pattern is not specific to the verb then the condition of it being an alam also needs to be present e.g. أحمد  . Is this understanding correct?
let me clarify this: 
If a word is on a pattern of the verb ( that is specific to it), then it needs another reason for it to be ghayr munsarif. 
أحمد has 2 reasons ( pattern of verb and Al Allamiyah)
أحمر has 2 reasons ( pattern of verb and Al wasfiya
Q. Are jam' and muannath bi alif maqsoorah wa mamdoodah the only types of mamnoo' min as sarf that are so, due to one strong reason?
Yes these are the only strong reasons that cause a word to be ghayr munsarif regardless if any other reason is present. 
Q. For the seventh type of i'rab of the ism which belongs to the ism maqsoor, the author gives  examples of the word Musa in the states of raf' nasb and jar where all three harakaat; dammah, fathah and kasrah are estimated. But, shouldn't the fathah and not the kasrah be estimated in the jar state due to it being mamnoo' min as-sarf?
​Yes, this was a mistake on my part. the jaar state has an estimation of a fatha.

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