مقولاتُ أهل العلمِ محصورةُ الكمِّ

مقولاتُ أهل العلمِ محصورةُ الكمِّ

بجوهر أعراضٍ مع الكيفِ والكم

بجوهر أعراضٍ مع الكيفِ والكم

The categories of the learned are limited in number:

The sayings of the people of knowledge are limited in quantity

Substance and accidents, together with quality and quantity;

With the essence of attributes along with quality and quantity

وتتلو إضافاتٌ ووضعٌ محقق

وتتلو إضافاتٌ ووضعٌ محقق

ولفظُ متى والأين منها لذي أم

ولفظُ متى والأين منها لذي أم

And relations follow, and an established position;

And derivations and definitions follow

And the terms 'when' and 'where' are among them for one with purpose;

And the word "when" and "where" are among them for the one with worry

وفاعل أشياء ومنفعل له

وفاعل أشياء ومنفعل له

وما ثم إلا ما ذكرت من الحكم

وما ثم إلا ما ذكرت من الحكم

And a doer of things, and what is acted upon by it;

And the doer of things and the recipient for Him

And there is nothing there but the judgments I have mentioned.

And there is nothing else but what I mentioned of the wisdom

وقد قسموا لفظي فلفظٌ محقق

وقد قسموا لفظي فلفظٌ محقق

يدل على معنى كما جاء في العلم

يدل على معنى كما جاء في العلم

And they have divided my expression: an established expression

And they have divided the word into an actual word

Points to a meaning, as stated in the science.

That indicates a meaning as came in knowledge

وإن قدَّموا المعنى عليه فإنه

وإن قدَّموا المعنى عليه فإنه

يدل عليه أيّ لفظ لذي فهم

يدل عليه أيّ لفظ لذي فهم

And if they place the meaning before it, then

And if they put the meaning before it, then

Any expression points to it for one with understanding.

It indicates it whatever word for the one with understanding

وقد حصروا في المفردات حقائقاً

وقد حصروا في المفردات حقائقاً

كجنسٍ ونوعٍ ثم فصلٍ بلا قسم

كجنسٍ ونوعٍ ثم فصلٍ بلا قسم

And they have confined certain realities within simple terms,

And they have limited in vocabularies realities

Such as genus and species, then differentia, without division.

Like genus and species, then differentia without division

ويتلوه ما يختصُّ منه بذاته

ويتلوه ما يختصُّ منه بذاته

وعارض أمر لم أقل ذاك عن وهم

وعارض أمر لم أقل ذاك عن وهم

And after it comes what is peculiar to it in itself,

And what is special to it in itself follows

And a thing's accidental attribute—I did not say that from conjecture.

And a contingent matter I did not say that out of delusion

فتقتص الأفرادُ بالحدِّ والذي

فتقتص الأفرادُ بالحدِّ والذي

تركَّبَ منها بالبراهين في علمي

تركَّبَ منها بالبراهين في علمي

Thus simple terms are traced by definition, and what

So individuals are derived with definition and what

Is compounded from them, by demonstrations, to my knowledge.

Is composed of them with proofs in my knowledge

فبرهانُ تحقيقٍ وبرهانُ رافع

فبرهانُ تحقيقٍ وبرهانُ رافع

وبرهانُ إفصاحٍ وسفسطةُ الخصمِ

وبرهانُ إفصاحٍ وسفسطةُ الخصمِ

So, a proof of verification, and a refuting proof,

So proof of verification and proof of refutation

And a proof of elucidation, and the opponent's sophistry.

And proof of elaboration and sophistry of the adversary

وما ثَم إلا ما ذكرتُ فحققوا

وما ثَم إلا ما ذكرتُ فحققوا

ولا تك من أهلِ التحكم والظلمِ

ولا تك من أهلِ التحكم والظلمِ

And there is nothing there but what I have mentioned, so verify it.

And there is nothing else but what I mentioned so verify

And do not be among those given to arbitrary judgment and injustice.

And do not be of the people of coercion and injustice

فإني أتيت الأمر في ذاك قاصداً

فإني أتيت الأمر في ذاك قاصداً

فقل وتنزه عن ملامي وعن ذمي

فقل وتنزه عن ملامي وعن ذمي

For in that I have approached the matter deliberately,

For I came to the matter in that intending

So speak, and rise above blaming me and disparaging me.

So speak and abstain from blaming me and from insulting me

وهذي علومٌ إن تأملتها بدا

وهذي علومٌ إن تأملتها بدا

لعين سناها في الإضاءة كالنجم

لعين سناها في الإضاءة كالنجم

And these are sciences; if you contemplate them, there appears

And these are sciences, if you contemplate them, it appears

To the eye their radiance, shining like a star.

To the eye that magnified them in illumination like a star

وما لفظه إلا مثالٌ محقق

وما لفظه إلا مثالٌ محقق

لها فانظروه بالتقاسيم في القسم

لها فانظروه بالتقاسيم في القسم

And its expression is only an established representation

And its wording is only an actual example

Of them; so examine it through subdivisions within the division.

For them so look at it with the divisions in the division