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and Abu Bakr al-Athram were jurists, whereas Ahmad ibn Ḥanbal was not; or that ʿAlī was a just imam, while Abu Bakr and ʿUmar were not just leaders; or that Nūr al-Dīn the Martyr was just, whereas ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz was not; or that Kushyār was versed in astronomy, while Ptolemy knew nothing of it—
وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ الْأَثْرَمَ كَانُوا فُقَهَاءَ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ فَقِيهًا، أَوْ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا كَانَ إِمَامَ عَدْلٍ، وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَكُونَا إِمَامَيْ عَدْلٍ، أَوْ أَنَّ نُورَ الدِّينِ الشَّهِيدَ كَانَ عَادِلًا، وَعُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَادِلًا، أَوْ أَنَّ كُوشْيَارَ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ الْهَيْئَةَ، وَبَطْلَيْمُوسَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُ