إذاif نقلَtransmitted الرّاوونَthe narrators قَولاًa saying ولمand did not يكُنْbe
إذا نقلَ الرّاوونَ قَولاً ولم يكُنْ
لهُfor it منfrom ذَويthose possessing الإتقانِmastery والذِّهْنِand intellect مأخَذُa source
لهُ من ذَوي الإتقانِ والذِّهْنِ مأخَذُ
If narrators transmit a saying, and there is no
If the narrator conveys a saying, yet he is not
source for it among those of mastery and intellect,
One known for precision or intelligence,
فأولىthen more fitting بذيfor one possessing التَّمييزِdiscernment والحَزمِand prudence عَرضُهُsubmitting it
فأولى بذي التَّمييزِ والحَزمِ عَرضُهُ
علىto العقلِreason إنَّindeed العقلَreason للنَّقلِfor transmitted reports جِهبِذُan expert assayer
على العقلِ إنَّ العقلَ للنَّقلِ جِهبِذُ
then one endowed with discernment and prudence would do better to submit it
Then it behooves the discerning and resolute
to reason; indeed, reason is an expert assayer of transmitted reports.
To test it with reason - for reason is the critic of narration.
Sol 6.1