LessonsAl-Mafʿūl Lahu: Expressing the Reason for an ActionQuiz

وَعِنْدَ الزَّجَّاجِ: هُوَ مَصْدَرٌ، تَقْدِيرُهُ: أَدَّبْتُهُ تَأْدِيبًا، وَجَبُنْتُ جُبْنًا.
Translation: Al-Zajjāj treats it as a verbal noun and gives this reconstruction: “I disciplined him—disciplining,” and “I acted cowardly—cowardice.”

The author records an alternative grammatical analysis attributed to al-Zajjāj. Keep it distinct from the initial cause-complement analysis.

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Al-Zajjāj’s Analysis in the Book

Al-Mafʿūl Lahu: Expressing the Reason for an Action

وَعِنْدَ الزَّجَّاجِ: هُوَ مَصْدَرٌ، تَقْدِيرُهُ: أَدَّبْتُهُ تَأْدِيبًا، وَجَبُنْتُ جُبْنًا.
Translation: Al-Zajjāj treats it as a verbal noun and gives this reconstruction: “I disciplined him—disciplining,” and “I acted cowardly—cowardice.”

The author records an alternative grammatical analysis attributed to al-Zajjāj. Keep it distinct from the initial cause-complement analysis.