https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v7oavIHreCzhF2W02G6roo5rsstGbfmW/view?usp=d... ,:, 84. Note: This translation implies that the Messenger and the persons of authority among them were not all capable of drawing right conclusion. Only those among them who had the faculty of sound judgement could have discovered the reality. We propose an alternative translation as follows which does not leave this flaw and indicates that each among them had the capability of discovering the truth ifhe had contemplated and examined the report: "When they conceive (rumours concerning) a matter of peace or alarm they spread it about. Whereas if they had referred the matter to the '1essenger and those in authority among them surely of them those who had critically examined the matter could know the truth."