فارتَموا يَدَّعون أَمراً عَظيماً

فارتَموا يَدَّعون أَمراً عَظيماً

لَم يَكُن للخليلِ لا وَالكَليمِ

لَم يَكُن للخليلِ لا وَالكَليمِ

So they rushed headlong, claiming something momentous

They rushed claiming a great matter

That neither the Friend nor the one who spoke with God possessed.

There was neither for Al-Khalil nor Al-Kalim

بَينَما المَرءُ مِنهُم في اِستفالٍ

بَينَما المَرءُ مِنهُم في اِستفالٍ

أَبصر اللَوح ما بِهِ مِن رقومِ

أَبصر اللَوح ما بِهِ مِن رقومِ

While one of them was in a lowly state,

While one of them was in abstraction

He beheld the Tablet and the inscriptions upon it.

He saw the tablet, what was on it of inscription

فَجنى العلم مِنهُ غَضاً طَريا

فَجنى العلم مِنهُ غَضاً طَريا

وَدَرى ما يَكون قَبل الهُجومِ

وَدَرى ما يَكون قَبل الهُجومِ

So he harvested knowledge from it, tender and fresh,

So he drew knowledge from it, fresh, copious

And knew what would happen before its onset.

And knew what would happen before the attack

إِنَّ عَقلي لَفي عقالٍ إِذا ما

إِنَّ عَقلي لَفي عقالٍ إِذا ما

أَنا صدقت بافتراءٍ عَظيمِ

أَنا صدقت بافتراءٍ عَظيمِ

Truly, my reason is in fetters if ever

Indeed my mind is in shackles when

I believe an enormous fabrication.

I substantiate with a monstrous slander