1. طلَبُ الدَليلَ عَلى الضُحى رَأدَ الضُحى

    يَقضي بِفَقدِ ضِياءِ عَينَ الطالِبِ

    Seeking proof of morning light at the height of morning

    attests to the absence of light in the seeker's eye.

  2. وَكَذاكَ حالَةُ مُمكِنٍ في نَفسِهِ

    بِسِواهُ إِذ يَبغي ثُبوتَ الواجِبِ

    And such is the state of a being contingent in itself,

    when, through something other than Him, it seeks to establish the Necessary Being's existence.