He also said—may Allah Most High have mercy on him:

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Anyone who uses a general expression must have a general meaning in mind, for an expression must have a meaning. Whoever says, “Generality is a property of expressions, not meanings,” can only have intended—and Allah knows best—realities external to the mind, such as giving and rainfall, although his view is the weaker one.

When someone makes a general judgment concerning what an expression denotes—whether a command, a prohibition, or a negative or affirmative statement—he must be conscious of that general meaning and the judgment applied to it. He need not conceive of the individual instances in terms of what distinguishes them from one another. Indeed, he may be unable to do so if they are beyond human enumeration. Rather, he conceives of them and judges them in terms of the general meaning they share, whether the expression conveying generality is a collective noun or a singular noun. The noun must encompass those things it denotes both in wording and in meaning; thus, he judges them with regard to the general feature they share.

At times, he may bring to mind particular instances covered by that general expression, or particular categories. He may bring them all to mind if they can be enumerated. Alternatively, he may not bring them to mind, but know the individual instances in a general, comprehensive way