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Rambam says "ושמע האמת ממי שאמרה" ("Accept the truth from whomever says it") in Shmonah Perakim. Does anyone know what he said in the original Judeo Arabic?

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Matthew Miller
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    I've always heard it as "kabel haemes mimi she'amra" (same idea, slightly different wording); would have to check something like R' Kafeh's translation. – Shalom Jan 23 '11 at 23:02

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It is ואסמע אלחק ממן קאלה.

You can read the Judeo-Arabic original (in Hebrew letters, as it was written) here.

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Arabic lettering for reference:

واسمع الحق ممن قاله

wasmae alhaqa mmn qalaha

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user92
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    This is on the second line from the bottom in p.6 of the Hebrew/Judeo-Arabic section in the back of the book, which is p.155 in the Google book reader. But it seems that the second word actually is אלחק with a "chet" to correspond to the Arabic حق. – Yosef Jan 24 '11 at 20:36
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    s did a post about it here

    http://onthemainline.blogspot.com/2011/01/on-intellectual-honesty.html#comments

     – SimchasTorah Jan 28 '11 at 00:46