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- and that the meaning with which they have explained the wording is in fact what the prophet who uttered it intended. For this, the chain of transmission must be sound and the wording of the text itself must support that meaning.
Both of these premises are indispensable for every report ascribed to the prophets.
A third premise may be required for anyone who does not know Hebrew, since Moses, David, the Messiah, and others spoke only in that language. Whoever is unfamiliar with it and knows only Arabic or Greek must be certain that the translator has rendered the statement from the original tongue into his own with complete accuracy.
٢ - وَأَنْ يَكُونَ الْمَعْنَى الَّذِي فَسَّرُوهُ بِهِ مُرَادًا لِلنَّبِيِّ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِذَلِكَ الْقَوْلِ، فَلَابُدَّ مِنْ ثُبُوتِ الْإِسْنَادِ وَدَلَالَةِ الْمَتْنِ.
وَهَاتَانِ الْمُقَدِّمَتَانِ، لَابُدَّ مِنْهُمَا فِي جَمِيعِ الْمَنْقُولِ عَنِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ.
وَقَدْ يُحْتَاجُ إِلَى مُقَدِّمَةٍ ثَالِثَةٍ فِي حَقِّ مَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفِ اللُّغَةَ الْعِبْرِيَّةَ، فَإِنَّ مُوسَى وَدَاوُدَ وَالْمَسِيحَ وَغَيْرَهُمْ إِنَّمَا تَكَلَّمُوا بِاللُّغَةِ الْعِبْرِيَّةِ، فَمَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفْ بِهَا، وَإِنَّمَا يَعْرِفُ بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ أَوِ الرُّومِيَّةِ، لَابُدَّ أَنْ يَعْرِفَ أَنَّ الْمُتَرْجِمَ مِنْ تِلْكَ اللُّغَةِ إِلَى هَذِهِ قَدْ تَرْجَمَ تَرْجَمَةً مُطَابِقَةً.