(Explanation of the first type, which is the ignorant scholar, and a description of his characteristics) This, and I am now being tested by four *** men, all of whom are full of malice, rough, coarse, ignorant, and pretentious *** in their appearance
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The Shaykh :"This, and I am now being tested by four *** men"
After mentioning and encouraging the trustworthy judge, he mentioned that there are four individuals, meaning that they are four in their descriptions, and one fears being tested by them.
"This, and I am now being tested by four *** men, all of whom are full of malice"
That is, grudges.
"Rough, coarse, ignorant, and pretentious ***
"Rough, coarse" means there is no softness in his heart; he is rough in his speech and coarse in his nature. "Pretentious" means he claims knowledge.
"*** With a large turban and wide sleeves"
That is, his turban is large, yes, and his sleeves are wide, meaning his cuffs, not narrow cuffs, yes. They used to do this with the great scholars, enlarging their turbans and widening their sleeves and cuffs, until you would almost say that this sleeve is suitable to be a shirt because of its width, or more, yes.
And "puffed up", "puffed up" means he walks as if on his back because of his extreme self-admiration, may Allah protect us from that.
"Burdened with ignorance, having *** a slant and a lack of knowledge"
The student: Having a slant.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: A slant.
The Shaykh : A slant like this, until, did you grasp it through the explanation? What is a slant?
The reader: "His saying: 'A slant.' It was said in al-Qamus: 'A slant is to lean, to incline, and to deviate.'"
The Shaykh : What?
The reader: "To lean, to incline, and to deviate"
The Shaykh : To lean.
The Reader: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, in any case, "having a slant" means, as was said in al-Qamus, and the responsibility is on the transmitter, we take it as a slant.
"And having a lack of knowledge" means it signifies that he is devoid of knowledge; he has no knowledge.
After mentioning and encouraging the trustworthy judge, he mentioned that there are four individuals, meaning that they are four in their descriptions, and one fears being tested by them.
"This, and I am now being tested by four *** men, all of whom are full of malice"
That is, grudges.
"Rough, coarse, ignorant, and pretentious ***
"Rough, coarse" means there is no softness in his heart; he is rough in his speech and coarse in his nature. "Pretentious" means he claims knowledge.
"*** With a large turban and wide sleeves"
That is, his turban is large, yes, and his sleeves are wide, meaning his cuffs, not narrow cuffs, yes. They used to do this with the great scholars, enlarging their turbans and widening their sleeves and cuffs, until you would almost say that this sleeve is suitable to be a shirt because of its width, or more, yes.
And "puffed up", "puffed up" means he walks as if on his back because of his extreme self-admiration, may Allah protect us from that.
"Burdened with ignorance, having *** a slant and a lack of knowledge"
The student: Having a slant.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: A slant.
The Shaykh : A slant like this, until, did you grasp it through the explanation? What is a slant?
The reader: "His saying: 'A slant.' It was said in al-Qamus: 'A slant is to lean, to incline, and to deviate.'"
The Shaykh : What?
The reader: "To lean, to incline, and to deviate"
The Shaykh : To lean.
The Reader: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, in any case, "having a slant" means, as was said in al-Qamus, and the responsibility is on the transmitter, we take it as a slant.
"And having a lack of knowledge" means it signifies that he is devoid of knowledge; he has no knowledge.