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ʕĪsà ʕUbayd, Muqaddima (1921)

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III-§1.a

فإنّا نخالف ذلك ونتحمّل تبعة آرائنا ، فلا يحقّ للكاتب مطلقاً أنْ يدّعي هذا الادّعاء لأنّنا معرضون دائماً للخطأ ،

fa-ʔinnā nuḫālifu ḏālika wa-nataḥammal^u tabiʕaẗ^a ʔārāʔi-nā, fa-lā yaḥiqq^u lil-kātib muṭlaq^an ʔan yaddaʕiy^a hāḏā ’l-iddiʕāʔ li-ʔanna-nā muʕraḍūn^a dāʔim^an lil-ḫaṭaʔ,

In contrast, we oppose this idea, and we take on own responsibility for our ideas.¹ For a writer has absolutely no right to make such a claim – none of us is immune against making mistakes.

1. ? – nataḥammalu tabiʕat ʔārāʔi-nā. Unfortunately, the meaning does not become much clearer if we read tabaʕat… instead of tabiʕat...

AR: kātib, ḫaṭaʔ
EN: …

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