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Tadmeen (تضمين, literally "insertion") is a grammatical allowance introduced by Islamic scholars which attempts to explain why the [[Qur'an]] sometimes uses incorrect prepositions. The explanation by way of tadmeen is that if a word is used with an incorrect preposition, then it is because a different word which can be used with that preposition, which was invisibly inserted into the original word. | Tadmeen (تضمين, literally "insertion") is a grammatical allowance introduced by Islamic scholars which attempts to explain why the [[Qur'an]] sometimes uses incorrect prepositions. The explanation by way of tadmeen is that if a word is used with an incorrect preposition, then it is because a different word which can be used with that preposition, which was invisibly inserted into the original word. | ||
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And in the verse the verb "humble themselves" included "return" so it was used with preposition إلى | And in the verse the verb "humble themselves" included "return" so it was used with preposition إلى | ||
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So a word which can use that preposition was somehow inserted into | So a word which can use that preposition was somehow "inserted" into the verse without actually being present in the text. | ||
==="Allah's servants drink with a spring" (عينا يشرب بها عباد الله)=== | ==="Allah's servants drink with a spring" (عينا يشرب بها عباد الله)=== | ||