1. جاهل كل من رأى

    أن شيئا تحركا

    Ignorant is everyone who believes

    that anything has moved.

  2. والذي في تجرد

    قد رآه تنسكا

    And he who, in detachment,

    has regarded it as devotion,

  3. حيث بالنص من كتا

    ب إلهيْ تمسكا

    since to the text of a book—

    a divine one—he has held fast,

  4. وهو لا شك عارف

    وهو ذو الفهم والذكا

    is, without doubt, a knower,

    and possesses understanding and intelligence.