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—while al-Khalīl, Sībawayh, and al-Farrāʾ were not grammarians; or he might go on to claim: “The author of al-Malikiyy, al-Musabbaḥiyy, and other similar medical works were genuine physicians, and Hippocrates…”
وَالْخَلِيلَ وَسِيبَوَيْهِ وَالْفَرَّاءَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا نُحَاةً أَوْ قَالَ:
إِنَّ صَاحِبَ الْمَلَكِيِّ وَالْمُسَبَّحِيِّ وَنَحْوَهُمَا مِنْ كُتُبِ الطِّبِّ كَانُوا أَطِبَّاءً وَبُقْرَاطَ