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[Machine] I heard the poet say, "I never wrote black on white, nor did I borrow a word from any person."  

الدارمي:٤٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شُبْرُمَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ الشَّعْبِيَّ يَقُولُ «مَا كَتَبْتُ سَوْدَاءَ فِي بَيْضَاءَ وَلَا اسْتَعَدْتُ حَدِيثًا مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ»