With the help of some modern Arabic speakers and some accomodation to the modern system of Arabic transliteration, Lemay interprets Nimrod's apparent babble "Rafel mai amech zabi almi" (Inferno 31.67) as "Ghafel ma 'i 'ameq za bi-'ilmi" which would mean: This abyss and myself are reduced to abject stupidity because of science (or because of my science) ("Le Nemrod" 78-79).