English Translation of T H E O D E O F B A Y Q U N I Y Y A H

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Problematic18 is the one, from which two are fallen Begin I do with praise, and prayers and salutations
And that which comes Concealed,19 its types are two in version On Muammad the Noble Prophet, the finest ever commissioned



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The first of these is by, dropping the teacher and So what follows are a number, of the adth divisions
relating from above him, using terms like from and that And all of them do come, with their definitions








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The second does arise, not by dropping, but when you do describe The first of them is Sound, and that is neither broken
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Those traits of his by which he is not recognized in its chain, nor does it contradict or have a hidden failing.

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The one by which the trusted contradicts the greater number One who is upright and precise, narrates from his like
Anomalous20 it is, while the Switched21 are two in number Reliable in his precision, as well as his transmission







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The first: a switch within the chain, one person for another The tradition that is Fair, is one whose routes are known
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But the flipping of the chain to another text, that is the other Its narrators not as famous, as the Sound have shown




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And Singular is the tradition confined to a trustworthy person
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And all that falls, below the rank, of the Fair tradition
To a group or to a region, by way of one narration Weak3 it is, falling short, with many subdivisions.



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And whatever contains a flaw, subtle or obscure Attributed to the Prophet, is the tradition that is Raised4
Is then deemed Defective,23 with them known for sure While falling on the Successor, Broken5 is it phrased





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Those that do contain, variance in their text or chain The tradition that is Supported, its chain is indeed unbroken6

Confounded24 are they named, by the masters of this game Intact from its last narrator, to the One who has been Chosen







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And those Interjections25 into the traditions, are what have come to us And whatsoever is connected, by the hearing of all who narrated
From the words of the narrators, in the chains continuous Through the one who has been Chosen, the term is then Connected7


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And what a peer narrates on the authority of his brother, Linked8 is the tradition, that does come with a story
Adorned26 it is, so know it well, and by it gain your honor As in the saying, By God it was the lad who did inform me

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Agreeing with another, in wording and in script, is the Congruous 27
Likewise: He told me as he was standing
The flip of this, as we have mentioned, is termed Incongruous28 Or, And after he told me he was smiling






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The Common one agrees, only in its script
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Strengthened is the narration, related by two or three
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Opposed to it is Discordant,30 so be wary of a slip Popular10 is the one, related by more than three


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Detested31 is the tradition, arising from the single person Like from Sad from Karam, the Muanan is proclaimed
Whose vindication cannot strengthen the sole narration The Obscure11 contains a person, who has not been named




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The tradition is Discarded that a single one related
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Those whose men are few, are indeed Uplifted12
Whose weakness is agreed, which is then rejected Opposed to those the ones, which are deemed Descended13









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And the lie, concocted and contrived And that which you related, to the Companions of the Prophet
On the Prophet, is Fabricated33 and connived From their speech and from their actions, the term is then Suspended14






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And it has come, like a pearl, veiled from show Sent is the tradition, the Companion is omitted
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Ode of Bayqn, have I named it so And say, Strange16 is the one, that only one related

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By four beyond thirty thus have come And each report that does fall short, in its full connection
their lines in sum, with grace theyre done. Its chain is really lacking, Severed17 in its union
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Muallal Muarib Mudraj Mudabbaj Muttafiq Muftariq Mutalif Mukhtalif Munkar Matrk Maw Translation by Dr. Abu Zayd, Qurn Literacy Institute, www.studentofislam.com