1. Describing merit is no merit
For one who does not show it.
١. لَيسَ وَصفُ الفَضلِ فَضلاً
لِلَّذي لَم يَبدُ مِنهُ
2. Just so, knowledge cannot describe
One who does not demonstrate it.
٢. وَكَذا بِالعِلمِ لا يو
صَفُ مَن لَم يُروَ عَنهُ
3. And he misleads people, who relates
What he has not fully grasped.
٣. وَغَوِيُّ الناسِ مَن يَر
وي الَّذي لَم يَستِبِنهُ