1. لَقَد جاءَ قَومٌ يَدَّعونَ فَضيلَةً

    وَكُلُّهُمُ يَبغي لِمُهجَتِهِ نَفعا

    Indeed, people have come claiming virtue,

    And each of them seeks benefit for his own soul.

  2. وَما اِنخَفَضوا كَي يَرفَعوكُم وَإِنَّما

    رأوا خَفضَكُم طولَ الحَياةِ لَهُم رَفعا

    They did not lower themselves to raise you; rather,

    They saw your lifelong abasement as their own elevation.

  3. وَما ثَبَّتوا مِن شاهِدٍ يُهتَدى بِهِ

    فَإِن لَزَموا دَعواهُمُ فَاِلزَموا الدَفعا

    And they have established no evidence by which one may be guided;

    So if they persist in their claim, persist in refuting it.

  4. نَدينُ بِأَنَّ اللَهَ وِترٌ وَخَوفُهُ

    رَشادٌ فَصَلّوا الوَتَرَ في الدَهرِ وَالشَفَعا

    We believe that God is One, and fear of Him

    Is right guidance; so offer odd and even prayers throughout life.

  5. وَدُنياكُمُ الدارُ الَّتي ما تَضَمَّنَت

    زَكيّاً فَلا تَبكوا أَثافِيَّها السُفعا

    And your world is the abode that has never sheltered

    A virtuous person; so do not weep over its blackened hearthstones.