إذاwhen تحققتَyou fully grasped شيئاًsomething أنتyou تعلمهyou know it
إذا تحققتَ شيئاً أنت تعلمه
ساويتَyou equaled فيهin it جميعَall العالمينthose who know بهِof it
ساويتَ فيه جميعَ العالمين بهِ
If you truly grasp something that you know,
When you fully grasp something you know,
you stand equal in it to all who know it.
you are equal in it to all who know it.
أقولُI say هذاthis لأمرٍbecause of something قدalready سمعتُI heard بهof it
أقولُ هذا لأمرٍ قد سمعتُ به
عنfrom واحدٍone man فطنٍdiscerning للعلمِto knowledge منتبِهِattentive
عن واحدٍ فطنٍ للعلمِ منتبِهِ
I say this because of a matter I once heard
I say this because of something I have heard
from a keen-minded man, alert to learning.
from a discerning man, attentive to knowledge.
فقالso he said ليسit is not كماas قالوهthey said it واعتقدواand they believed
فقال ليس كما قالوه واعتقدوا
فماfor there is no لعالمناfor our knower العلاّمthe all-knowing منany شبهlikeness
فما لعالمنا العلاّم من شبه
He said, “It is not as they have said and believed:
He said, “It is not as they have said and believed,
our scholar—the great authority—has no peer.”
for our all-knowing Knower has no likeness.”
وذاand this man لجهلُindeed ignorance بماof what قلناهwe said it قامَarose بهin him
وذا لجهلُ بما قلناه قامَ به
فليسso there is no فيin قولناour statement المذكورthe aforementioned منany شبهlikeness
فليس في قولنا المذكور من شبه
He advanced this claim through ignorance of what we said,
And this man—ignorance of what we said had indeed taken hold of him.
for there is no ambiguity in our aforesaid words.
For our aforementioned statement asserts no likeness.
هلis ...? نسبةcomparison الذهبgold الإبريزpure فيin شِبهlikeness
هل نسبة الذهب الإبريز في شِبه
ماwhat صاغَهhe fashioned it الصائغُthe goldsmith العلاّمthe highly skilled منfrom شَبَهbrass
ما صاغَه الصائغُ العلاّم من شَبَه
Can pure gold be likened to the semblances
Is pure gold comparable in likeness
the master goldsmith has fashioned out of sophistries?
to what the master goldsmith fashioned from brass?
Sol 6.1