2.2 Matini iliyorekebishwa (ya Sahifa)
2.2 The revised text (of the Sahifa)
Ikiwa tungetegemea maandishi haya mawili yaliyotangulia na kuchagua kutoka kwayo misemo iliyo wazi zaidi na sahihi zaidi, na kuongeza misemo muhimu iliyotajwa katika mojawapo yake, kama vile: “Waumini ni (washirika na walinzi) wa kila mmoja wao kwa wao, kwa kuwaacha watu wengine”, au “Isipokuwa ndugu wa damu wa aliyeuawa akiridhika (kwa kulipwa fidia ya damu)”, au kuongeza yale ambayo muktadha unayahitaji, ili kuondoa dhana yoyote potofu inayoweza kujitokeza, kama vile: “(Muumini) hatamsaidia kafiri dhidi ya muumini” badala ya “Hamsaidii kafiri dhidi ya muumini”, basi tungepata maandishi yafuatayo yaliyorekebishwa na kuhaririwa:
If we were to rely upon these two previous texts and were to select from them the most explicit and most precise expressions, and if we were to add important expressions that came mentioned in one of them, like for example: “The believers are (allies and protectors) of one another to the exclusion of the people” or “Unless the blood heir of the one killed is satisfied (with blood money)” or add that which the context dictates, so as to remove any erroneous impression that could arise, like: “(A believer) shall not support a disbeliever against a believer” instead of “He does not support a disbeliever against a believer”, if we were to do that, we would attain the following revised and edited text: