أَقُولُI say مِنْfrom بَعْدِafter حَمْدٍpraise والصَّلاةِand blessings عَلىupon
أَقُولُ مِنْ بَعْدِ حَمْدٍ والصَّلاةِ عَلى
خَيْرِbest الْخَلِيفَةِthe caliph طَهَTaha سَيِّدِmaster الْقَوْمِthe people
خَيْرِ الْخَلِيفَةِ طَهَ سَيِّدِ الْقَوْمِ
I say, after praise and blessings upon
After praising and saluting the best of caliphs
the finest caliph, Taha, master of the people:
Taha, the master of all people
إنَّindeed التَّفَرّدُbeing the sole transmitter فيin نَقْلٍtransmission لِفائِدَةٍfor a benefit
إنَّ التَّفَرّدُ في نَقْلٍ لِفائِدَةٍ
مِمَّنْfrom one who يكونُis إماماًa leader غَيْرُnot مأمُومِa follower
مِمَّنْ يكونُ إماماً غَيْرُ مأمُومِ
Indeed, a solitary transmission of useful knowledge,
Verily, reporting singly for the sake of benefit
from one who is a leader, not a follower,
From one who is an Imam, not merely a follower
وكانُand he was ثَبْتاًreliable أمِيناًtrustworthy فيin رِوايَتِهِhis narration
وكانُ ثَبْتاً أمِيناً في رِوايَتِهِ
صَحِيحَsound فَهْمٍunderstanding لِمَنْثورٍof prose ومَنْظومِand verse
صَحِيحَ فَهْمٍ لِمَنْثورٍ ومَنْظومِ
and is reliable and trustworthy in his narration,
And was steadfast and trusted in transmitting
sound in his understanding of prose and verse,
With true understanding both prose and verse
قَبُولُهُits acceptance واجِبٌobligatory أَخْذاًin adherence بماto what وَرَدَتْcame
قَبُولُهُ واجِبٌ أَخْذاً بما وَرَدَتْ
بِهِwith it الأَدِلَّةُthe evidence مِنْof نَصٍّexplicit wording ومَفْهومِand implied meaning
بِهِ الأَدِلَّةُ مِنْ نَصٍّ ومَفْهومِ
must be accepted, following what is conveyed
Accepting it is obligatory, following the proofs
by the evidence, in explicit wording and implied meaning.
That came in textual and implied meanings
كَماas أَتَىwas related فيin حَديثِthe report of الاِنْحرافِturning إلىtoward الthe
كَما أَتَى في حَديثِ الاِنْحرافِ إلى ال
بَيْتِHouse الْمُطَهَّرِthe purified مِنْby آمٍّa prayer leader ومَأْمُومِand a follower in prayer
بَيْتِ الْمُطَهَّرِ مِنْ آمٍّ ومَأْمُومِ
As related in the report of turning toward the
As in the hadith of turning towards
purified House, by both prayer leader and follower.
The purified house, protected from defects and followers
وكانَand he was يَقْتُلُkilling فيin غَزْوِraiding الدّيارِthe lands وَفيand in
وكانَ يَقْتُلُ في غَزْوِ الدّيارِ وَفي
سَفْكِshedding الدّماءَthe blood فيin ذاكَthat مِنْsome لَوْمِblame
سَفْكِ الدّماءَ في ذاكَ مِنْ لَوْمِ
And he would kill when raiding lands, and in
He would kill in raiding the lands and shedding
shedding blood; in that there is some blame.
Blood therein, for which he is blamed
والثَّبْتُand the reliable transmitter إنْif جاءَناcame to us يَوْماًone day بفائِدَةٍwith a benefit
والثَّبْتُ إنْ جاءَنا يَوْماً بفائِدَةٍ
فيin أيِّany فَنٍّdiscipline بِقَوْلٍwith a statement مِنْهُfrom him مَجْزومِasserted with certainty
في أيِّ فَنٍّ بِقَوْلٍ مِنْهُ مَجْزومِ
And if a reliable transmitter one day brings us useful knowledge
And if he comes to us one day with a benefit
in any discipline, in a statement he makes with certainty,
In any discipline, through an utterance of his, categorized
قُلْناwe said قَبِلْناwe accepted وإنْand even if لَمْnot يَأتِناreaches us خَبَرٌa report
قُلْنا قَبِلْنا وإنْ لَمْ يَأتِنا خَبَرٌ
عَنْfrom غَيْرِهanyone other than him غَيْرُnot مَظْنونٍconjectured ومَعْلومِand known
عَنْ غَيْرِه غَيْرُ مَظْنونٍ ومَعْلومِ
we say, 'We accept,' even if no report reaches us
We say, we accept, even if no report comes to us
from anyone else, neither conjectured nor known,
About it from another - uncertain or known
فيin سُنَّةٍa tradition واصْطِلاحاتٍand technical terms لِطائِفَةٍof a group
في سُنَّةٍ واصْطِلاحاتٍ لِطائِفَةٍ
وفيand in لُغاتٍlinguistic usages رَواهاhe transmitted them غَيْرُnot مَتْهومِsuspected
وفي لُغاتٍ رَواها غَيْرُ مَتْهومِ
in tradition and a group's terminology,
Regarding a Sunnah and the conventions of a group
and in linguistic usages transmitted by one not under suspicion,
Or in languages he transmitted without confusion
ماas long as لَمْnot يَلُحْbecomes apparent لذَويto those possessing الأَفْهامِunderstanding أَنَّthat بِذاin this
ما لَمْ يَلُحْ لذَوي الأَفْهامِ أَنَّ بِذا
كَdemonstrative suffix completing 'that' النَّقْلِthe transmission وَهْماًan error لأَمْرٍbecause of something مِنْهُfrom it مَفْهومِunderstood
كَ النَّقْلِ وَهْماً لأَمْرٍ مِنْهُ مَفْهومِ
so long as the discerning do not perceive that in that
Unless it appears to the insightful that in this
transmission lies an error, because of something understood from it,
Transmission there is delusion about a matter understood from it
أَوْor كانَhe was ذاpossessed of غَلَطٍan error فيماin what رَوَاهُhe transmitted it لَناto us
أَوْ كانَ ذا غَلَطٍ فيما رَوَاهُ لَنا
فَماfor ... not الَّذيthe one who قَدْindeed رَوَىnarrated يَوْماًever بِمَعْصومِinfallible
فَما الَّذي قَدْ رَوَى يَوْماً بِمَعْصومِ
or that he was mistaken in what he transmitted to us.
Or that there was an error in what he transmitted to us
For no one who has ever narrated is infallible.
So what is it that he transmitted one day while infallible?
فاشْدُدْso grip firmly يَدَيْكَyour two hands عَلَىupon هَذاthis فإنَّfor indeed بِهِin it الthe
فاشْدُدْ يَدَيْكَ عَلَى هَذا فإنَّ بِهِ ال
حَقَّtruth القَويمَthe upright عَلَىin رَغْمٍdefiance لِمَرْغومِof one brought low
حَقَّ القَويمَ عَلَى رَغْمٍ لِمَرْغومِ
So hold fast to this with both your hands, for in it lies the
So strengthen your hand upon this, for in it is
upright truth, in defiance of the one brought low.
The upright truth, despite those who refuse and are stubborn
Sol 6.1