قال مصنف هذا الكتاب - رضي الله عنه -: في كتاب الخليل بن أحمد يقول: فلان غمص الناس وغمص النعمة إذا تهاون بها وبحقوقهم، ويقال: إنه لمغموص عليه في دينه أي مطعون عليه، وقد غمص النعمة. والعافية إذا لم يشكرها. وقال أبو عبيد في قوله عليه السلام: " سفه الحق " أن يرى الحق سفها وجهلا وقال الله تبارك وتعالى: " ومن يرعب عن ملة إبراهيم إلا من سفه نفسه  ". وقال بعض المفسرين: " إلا من سفه نفسه " يقول سفهها. وأما قوله: " غمص الناس " فإنه الاحتقار لهم والازدراء بهم وما أشبه ذلك. قال: وفيه لغة أخرى في غير هذا الحديث. وغمص بالصاد غير معجمة وهو معنى غمط، والغمص في العين، والقطعة سنة غمصة، والغميصاء: كوكب ، والغمص في المعاء: غلظة وتقطيع ووجع.
The compiler of this book, may Allah be pleased with him, said: In the book of Khalil bin Ahmad, he says: Such-a-person disdains people. Disdaining the grace would be if he takes it lightly, and so with their rights. It is said: «He is disdained with regards to his religion» meaning that he is condemned. One would have disdained a grace and a (state of) comfort if one does not thank (for) it. Abu Ubaid said with regards to the saying of him, peace be upon him: «stultifies the truth» that one sees the truth as foolishness and ignorance. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: «And who desires other than the Religion of Ibrahim except for the one who fools himself?» (2:130) Some exegetes said: «except for the one who fools himself» says that one (in this case) declares himself as being foolish. As for his saying: «disdains people» it is to despise them, spurn them and similar. He said: There is another language to it in other than this narration. Ghamasa [1] with the Ssaad is not non-Arabic, and it is by the meaning of understating. Ghams is performed with regards to a physical object, and a part of it is (referred to as) ghamsa. Ghumaisa is a planet. Ghams with regards to entrails is roughness, cutting and pain.