Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3047
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مُطَرِّفٌ، أَنَّ عَامِرًا، حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ ـ رضى الله عنه هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ شَىْءٌ مِنَ الْوَحْىِ إِلاَّ مَا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ قَالَ وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ مَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلاَّ فَهْمًا يُعْطِيهِ اللَّهُ رَجُلاً فِي الْقُرْآنِ، وَمَا فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةِ. قُلْتُ وَمَا فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ قَالَ الْعَقْلُ وَفَكَاكُ الأَسِيرِ، وَأَنْ لاَ يُقْتَلَ مُسْلِمٌ بِكَافِرٍ.
Ahmad ibn Yunus narrated to us: Zuhayr narrated to us: Mutarrif narrated to us that ʿAmir reported to them from Abu Juhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I said to ʿAli (may Allah be pleased with him), “Do you have anything of revelation apart from what is in the Book of Allah?” He replied, “By Him who split the seed and brought the soul into being, I know of nothing except an understanding of the Qur’an that Allah grants to a man, and what is in this scroll.” I asked, “What is in the scroll?” He said, “The blood-money, the freeing of a captive, and that a Muslim is not to be killed in retaliation for a disbeliever.”
Translation notes
The Arabic wording is “I do not know it except [as] an understanding Allah gives a man in the Qur’an,” followed by the scroll; the English witness recasts this as a general ability to understand the Qur’an.
مَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلاَّ فَهْمًا يُعْطِيهِ اللَّهُ رَجُلاً فِي الْقُرْآنِ
The Arabic is compressed and the English witness paraphrases it as an ability to understand the Qur’an.
Does the close rendering preserve the intended scope of ʿAli’s exception?