تدبَّرReflect بالأُمورِon affairs علىaccording to قِياسِreasoning
تدبَّر بالأُمورِ على قِياسِ
صحيحِsound النَتجِoutcome منfrom دونِwithout التِباسِambiguity
صحيحِ النَتجِ من دونِ التِباسِ
Consider affairs through reasoning
Sound in its conclusions, free of ambiguity.
ولاand do not تغتَرَّbe beguiled مُنخَدِعاًbeing deceived بامرٍby something
ولا تغتَرَّ مُنخَدِعاً بامرٍ
جرىhappened يوماًone day علىaccording to غيرother than القِياسِthe rule
جرى يوماً على غير القِياسِ
And do not be beguiled and deceived by something
That once happened contrary to the rule.
فتعليظُfor, harsh treatment of (uncertain reading) المريضthe patient وقدand already تنَّفىhe was cleansed (uncertain reading)
فتعليظُ المريض وقد تنَّفى
وقاهُprotected him نَقاؤُهُhis cleansed state شَرَّthe harm of انتكاسِrelapse
وقاهُ نَقاؤُهُ شَرَّ انتكاسِ
For a [harshly treated] patient, once [cleansed],
Was spared the harm of relapse by his cleansed state.
وذاand this ماthat which لاnot يُقاسُis judged by analogy عليهِon its basis فاحذَرso beware
وذا ما لا يُقاسُ عليهِ فاحذَر
عِلاجاًtreatment منfrom سِوَىother than تدبيرِthe direction of آسِa physician
عِلاجاً من سِوَى تدبيرِ آسِ
This is no basis for analogy, so beware
Of treatment outside a physician’s guidance.