هو الله ربي هو المبتدا

وما رفعه بسوى الإبتدا

He is Allah, my Lord, He is the Originator

And none raised Him except the Originator

تحقق كلامي وخل السوى

فإن السوى هو أردى الردى

Verify my words and leave singularity

For singularity is the worst perdition

وكل العوالم أخباره

به رُفعت عند أهل الهدى

And all the worlds are His tidings

By Him they were raised with the people of guidance

وفيها ضميرٌ له راجعٌ

به ربطها كان بالمبتدا

And in them is a conscience returning to Him

By it He tied them, it was with the Originator

فقول الذي قال في شطحه

أنا الله ميَّزه ما اعتدى

So say what he who said in his ecstasy

"I am God", distinguish what he transgressed

فإن أنا مبتداً عنده

له الخبرُ الله لما بدا

For "I" is the subject according to him

To Him belongs the predicate "God" when He originated

وما خبر المبتدا عينه

نعم غيره هكذا أشهدا

And the predicate of the subject is not its essence

Yes, other than it, thus I bear witness

ولكنه شاطحٌ مخطئٌ

وقد جعل الخبرَ المبتدا

But he is an erring ecstatic

And he has made the predicate the subject

وقدم في قوله نفسه

على الله حيث له أسندا

And he preceded in his words

Himself over God when he ascribed it

فأخبر بالله عن نفسه

ولو عكسه كان لاسترشدا

So he gave tidings of God about himself

And had he reversed it, he would have been guided

ولكن هنا سرُّ علمٍ له

تمد له العارفون اليدا

But herein is a secret science for him

The gnostics extend to him the hand