Translation: They 1771 said: "By Allah. truly you are in your old
wandering mind."
Commentary:
1771 "They" must be the people around him, before the brothers actually arrived.
These same brothers had sedulously cultivated the calumny that their father was
an old dotard, and everybody around believed it, even after its authors had to give
it up. Thus lies die hard, once they get a start.
1771 "They" must be the people around him, before the brothers actually arrived. These same brothers had sedulously cultivated the calumny that their father was an old dotard, and everybody around believed it, even after its authors had to give it up. Thus lies die hard, once they get a start.