زَعَمواthey claimed وَلَمand did not أَكُI was شاهِداًa witness لِمَقالَةٍto a statement
زَعَموا وَلَم أَكُ شاهِداً لِمَقالَةٍ
أَنَّthat الخَطيبَthe orator لَدىbefore الإِمامِthe imam الهَيثَمُal-Haytham
أَنَّ الخَطيبَ لَدى الإِمامِ الهَيثَمُ
They claimed—and I was not a witness to the statement—
They claimed, though I was no witness to the saying,
that the orator before the imam was al-Haytham.
That the orator with Imam Al-Haytham
صَدَرَتdeparted وُفودُdelegations الناسِthe people عَنfrom كَلِماتِهِhis words
صَدَرَت وُفودُ الناسِ عَن كَلِماتِهِ
بِالشامِin al-Sham إِذwhen خَرَجَcame forth الإِمامُthe imam الأَعظَمُthe supreme
بِالشامِ إِذ خَرَجَ الإِمامُ الأَعظَمُ
The people's delegations departed at his words
The people came in droves due to his words
in al-Sham, when the supreme imam came forth.
In Syria, when the greatest Imam emerged
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.