Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 2 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 28

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

فِي زَمَنِ الْخَلِيفَةِ الثَّانِي فِي الْقُرُونِ الْمُفَضَّلَةِ بَلْ أَفْضَلِهَا فَكَيْفَ بَعْدَهُ مِنَ الْعُصُورِ الَّتِي بَعُدَتْ عَنْ وَقْتِ النَّبِيِّ وَخُلَفَائِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ،

In the time of the second Caliph, in the preferred centuries, nay, the best of them, so how is it after him regarding the eras that have become distant from the time of the Prophet, his caliphs, and his companions.

فَهُوَ أَكْثَرُ انْتِشَاراً بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَكُلَّمَا بَعُدَ النَّاسُ عَنْ زَمَنِ الرِّسَالَةِ اسْتَوْلَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الضَّلَالَةُ وَالْجَهَالَةُ

It is more widespread among the Muslims, and whenever people become distant from the time of the message, misguidance and ignorance overcome them.

فَالضَّلَالَةُ ارْتِكَابُ الْخَطَأِ عَنْ جَهْلٍ، وَالْجَهَالَةُ: ارْتِكَابُ الْخَطَأِ عَمْداً؛

Misguidance is committing a mistake out of ignorance, and ignorance is committing a mistake intentionally.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (5 verbs · 24 nouns)

• بَعُدَ — to be far
• اسْتَوْلَى — to overcome
• ارْتَكَبَ — to commit
• زَمَنٌ — time
• خَلِيفَةٌ — caliph
• قَرْنٌ — century