The meaning of the poet's statement: "He displays the correct price through his ignorance *** and through his injustice, he seeks to distort it with falsehood, so that his currency remains sound among the people *** and he circulates among them the complete weights"
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The Shaykh :"The correct price through his ignorance *** and through his injustice, he seeks to distort it with falsehood
distortion"
This means that he seeks to distort the sound, correct currency.
"So that his currency remains sound among the people *** and he circulates among them the complete weights"
Does this circulate among people or not? Yes, it circulates. That is why he said:
"And people are not qualified to appraise what *** has been said, except the individual in the ages"
Or "except the individual", two interpretations are permissible. May Allah have mercy on him, he is truthful. He means that it is rare among people for one to know the difference between the genuine and the counterfeit; there is no one except the individual in the ages. The time is up.
The student: It is finished.
The Shaykh : All right, let us stop here, if Allah wills.
distortion"
This means that he seeks to distort the sound, correct currency.
"So that his currency remains sound among the people *** and he circulates among them the complete weights"
Does this circulate among people or not? Yes, it circulates. That is why he said:
"And people are not qualified to appraise what *** has been said, except the individual in the ages"
Or "except the individual", two interpretations are permissible. May Allah have mercy on him, he is truthful. He means that it is rare among people for one to know the difference between the genuine and the counterfeit; there is no one except the individual in the ages. The time is up.
The student: It is finished.
The Shaykh : All right, let us stop here, if Allah wills.