وقالواand they said يُحاكيresembles القبحugliness لوif كانit were صُورةa form
وقالوا يُحاكي القبح لو كان صُورة
وإنّيand indeed I لهذاto this القولclaim لستُI am not مُسلماًassenting
وإنّي لهذا القول لستُ مُسلماً
And they said, “He would resemble ugliness, were it to take form.”
And I do not accept this claim.
وماand not هُوhe مثلlike القبحugliness بلrather هُوhe عينهُits very self
وما هُو مثل القبح بل هُو عينهُ
ألاbehold! فانظرُواso look للقبحat ugliness تجسّماembodied
ألا فانظرُوا للقبح تجسّما
He is not like ugliness; rather, he is ugliness itself.
Behold, then, ugliness embodied!
Sol 6.1