ولمّا كان الشعب المصري متفائلاً أخلاقياً يعتقد في طهارة (ز) أخلاقه ومتانة تقاليده الموروثة المقدّسة ؛

wa-lammā kāna ’l-šaʕb al-miṣrī mutafāʔil^an ʔaḫlāqiyy^an yaʕtaqid^u fī ṭahāraẗ ʔaḫlāqi-h wa-matānaẗ taqālīdi-hī ’l-mawrūṯaẗ al-muqaddasaẗ;

Since the Egyptian people have such an optimistic opinion about their habits and customs,¹ they believe in the purity [p. vii] of these and the solidity of their holy/venerable inherited tradition.

AR: šaʕb, miṣrī (Miṣr / Miṣriyyaẗ), ṭahāraẗ, ʔaḫlāq, matānaẗ, taqālīd (taqlīd), taqdīs
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