Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The reader: "Then, as for the misguided, you will find that the bulk of their religion is based on melodious voices and beautiful images, so they do not care about their religion more than tuning the voices. Then you will find that this Ummah has been afflicted by adopting melodious listening through listening to poems, and repairing hearts and conditions by it, which resembles some of the state of the misguided."
The Shaykh : The phrase we have is better than what you read: "This Ummah has been afflicted by adopting melodious listening to poems for the repair of hearts and conditions" Is that what you have? Yes.
The reader: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: In my marginal note, it says: There is ambiguity in the phrase, and it becomes clear if we add "in order to be." Then you will find that it says "has been afflicted." In the printed edition, the phrases came as follows: "Then you will find that this Ummah has been afflicted." In the printed edition, it says "with beautiful images and voices." And regarding listening to poems, it says: "listening" without the preposition "by."
The Shaykh : What I have now is: "Then you will find that this Ummah has been afflicted by adopting melodious listening to poems for the repair of hearts and conditions, which resembles some of the state of the misguided." What we have appears to be the clearest manuscript. Yes.
The student: For the repair...
The Shaykh : For the repair, yes, for the repair of hearts and conditions, which resembles some of the state of the misguided.
The Shaykh : The phrase we have is better than what you read: "This Ummah has been afflicted by adopting melodious listening to poems for the repair of hearts and conditions" Is that what you have? Yes.
The reader: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: In my marginal note, it says: There is ambiguity in the phrase, and it becomes clear if we add "in order to be." Then you will find that it says "has been afflicted." In the printed edition, the phrases came as follows: "Then you will find that this Ummah has been afflicted." In the printed edition, it says "with beautiful images and voices." And regarding listening to poems, it says: "listening" without the preposition "by."
The Shaykh : What I have now is: "Then you will find that this Ummah has been afflicted by adopting melodious listening to poems for the repair of hearts and conditions, which resembles some of the state of the misguided." What we have appears to be the clearest manuscript. Yes.
The student: For the repair...
The Shaykh : For the repair, yes, for the repair of hearts and conditions, which resembles some of the state of the misguided.