1. كلامنا نعرفه

    نحن ومن يعرفنا

    Our speech is known to

    us and those who know us.

  2. وإنما يفهمه

    في الناس من يفهمنا

    And it is understood only

    by those among people who understand us.

  3. ولم يكن يجهله

    إلا الذي يجهلنا

    And none was ignorant of it

    except those who are ignorant of us.

  4. ومن يرده فليكن

    ملازماً مجلسنا

    And whoever desires it, let him

    remain ever at our gathering,

  5. أو مجلساً لكل من

    تَلْمَذَهُ الصدقُ لنا

    or offer a seat to anyone

    whom sincerity has made our pupil;

  6. وقلبه معتقد

    ويحسن الظن بنا

    and let his heart believe,

    and let him think well of us,

  7. ويسمع التقرير عن

    كلامنا من فمنا

    and hear the explanation of

    our speech from our own mouth,

  8. ولا يقلد جاهلاً

    بالحق فيما طعنا

    and not follow someone ignorant

    of the truth in what he has assailed.

  9. فالناس فيهم حسد

    وسوء ظن كمنا

    For people harbor envy

    and ill suspicion, hidden within.

  10. والجهل بالله لهم

    قد صار شيئاً حسنا

    And ignorance of God, to them,

    has become something good.

  11. وكل شخص يدعي

    ما ليس فيه علنا

    And every person claims

    openly what he does not possess.

  12. ولا حياء عندهم

    منهم ولا من ربنا

    And they have no shame

    before one another, nor before our Lord.

  13. وإن يكونوا جهلوا

    فروضهم والسننا

    And if they have been ignorant of

    their obligations and the established religious practices,

  14. فقربهم هو الردى

    وبعدهم هو المنى

    then closeness to them is ruin,

    and distance from them is what one desires.