من عذيري من أناسٍ جهلوا
ثم ظنوا أنهم أهل النظر
Who will vindicate me against people who knew nothing of it—
then fancied that they were masters of reasoned inquiry?
ركبوا الراي عناداً فسروا
في ظلام تاه فيه من غبر
They mounted opinion out of stubbornness and journeyed by night
through a darkness where those of old had lost their way.
وطيرق الرشد نهجل مهيع
مثملما أبصرت في الأفق القمر
And the path of right guidance is a broad, open road,
as plain as the moon you behold upon the horizon.
وهو الإجماع والنص الذي
ليس إلا في كتباٍ أو أثر
It is consensus and the authoritative text, which
is found only in Scripture or transmitted tradition.
Sol 5.6