قالواthey said الموفقُal-Muwaffaq شَيعِيٌّa Shiʿi فَقُلتُso I said لَهُمto them
قالوا الموفقُ شَيعِيٌّ فَقُلتُ لَهُم
هَذاthis خِلافُcontrary to الَّذيthat which لِلنّاسِto people مِنهُfrom him ظَهَرhas appeared
هَذا خِلافُ الَّذي لِلنّاسِ مِنهُ ظَهَر
They said, “Al-Muwaffaq is a Shiʿi,” so I said to them:
They said al-Muwaffaq is a Shia, so I said to them:
“This is contrary to what people have seen of him.
This contradicts what people know of him.
وَكَيفَand how يُصبِحُbecomes دينُreligion الرَفضِRafidism مَذهَبَهُhis creed
وَكَيفَ يُصبِحُ دينُ الرَفضِ مَذهَبَهُ
وَماand not دَعاهُcalled him إِلىto الإِسلامِIslam غَيرُother than عُمَرʿUmar
وَما دَعاهُ إِلى الإِسلامِ غَيرُ عُمَر
And how could the religion of the Rafidites become his creed,
How can the religion of Rafidha become his doctrine,
when none but ʿUmar called him to Islam?”
When none but Umar invited him to Islam?
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