1. O scholars of this age, you have passed a strange judgment, while remaining silent about its strangeness,
Remove the thorns of truth, so it may rise up, and guide those who miss the mark of truth, though their arrow aims right,
١. أيَا عُلَماءَ العَصرِ دُونَكُمُ حُكماً
غَرِيباً وكُنتم عَن غَرَبَتِه بُكمَا
2. Bite with the molars of the faith of the Prophet Muhammad, which cannot be blunted by idle talk and rumors,
How long will you pasture it, when you cannot protect it from time, so that it may be protected?
٢. أقِيلُوا عَثَارَ الحَقِّ يَنهَض وسَدِّدُوا
لِمَن رَامَ رَمىَ الحَقِّ إِن اخطَا السَّهمَا
3. At a time when the opponent turned away from it, there was no opponent,
٣. وعُضُّوا عَلَى دِينِ النبي محمدٍ
نَواجِذَ تُصمى التُّرَهَاتِ ولاَ تُصمَى
٤. ألَمَّايَكُ استَرعَيتُمُوا وهَل لَهُ
إذَا كَانَ لاَ تحمُونَه الدهرَ أن يُحمَى
٥. عَلَى حِينِ غابَ الخَصمُ عَنها فَلا خَصما