إذا نقلَ الرّاوونَ قَولاً ولم يكُنْ

إذا نقلَ الرّاوونَ قَولاً ولم يكُنْ

لهُ من ذَوي الإتقانِ والذِّهْنِ مأخَذُ

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,

فأولى بذي التَّمييزِ والحَزمِ عَرضُهُ

فأولى بذي التَّمييزِ والحَزمِ عَرضُهُ

على العقلِ إنَّ العقلَ للنَّقلِ جِهبِذُ

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.