 perhaps intuition overtook him and suspicion led him astray so his companion deceived him by mentioning a part of it to him and making him think that it had spread and become widespread so he would confirm the suspicion and make it certain and interpret the sentence and make it a detail thus destroying and ruining himself.
وربما أدركه الحدس، وقيضه الظن، فنالت صاحبه فيه خدعة، بأن يذكر له طرف منه، ويوهم أنه قد فشا وشاع، فيصدق الظن فيجعله يقينا، ويفسر الجملة فيصيرها تفصيلا، فيهلك نفسه ويوبقها.