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- It should suffice, as a refutation, that the very excuse(1) you have been seeking is rejected by every sound natural disposition.
- Yet you disparage all who censure you(2), hurling every blame and reproach their way.
(1) In manuscript J the text reads min al-hadhar ("from idle talk").
(2) In manuscript H the text reads al-ta'iin ("the obedient").
٤٣- ويكفيك نقضًا أن ما قد سألتَهُ ... من العذر (١) مردودٌ لدى كل فطرةِ
٤٤- فأنت تعيب الطاعنين (٢) جميعهم ... عليك وترميهم بكل مذمةِ
(١) في ج: من الهذر.
(٢) في هـ: الطائعين.