1. من رامَ جمعَ النَّاسِ في مذْهَبٍ

    أو مشرَبٍ فعقْلُهُ قاصِرُ

    Whoever seeks to unite people in a single school of thought

    or spiritual path has a limited mind.

  2. فرَّقَهُمْ في غيبِهِمْ ربُّهُمْ

    والسِّرُّ في تفريقِهِمْ ظاهِرُ

    Their Lord made them different in their unseen state,

    and the secret of their division is plain.

  3. هذا إذا عرَّفْتَهُ مسلِمٌ

    وذا إذا عرَّفتَهُ كافِرُ

    This one, when you identify him, is a Muslim,

    and this one, when you identify him, is an unbeliever.

  4. وذاكَ باطْمِئْنانِهِ رَيِّضٌ

    وذاكَ في غفلَتِهِ حائِرُ

    And that one, in his tranquility, is disciplined,

    and that one, in his heedlessness, is bewildered.

  5. وذا خَرابٌ ضمنَهُ قَلبُهُ

    وذاكَ قلباً سِرُّهُ عامِرُ

    And this one's heart holds desolation,

    and that one's inner secret flourishes within his heart.

  6. فسلِّمِ الأَمرَ إلى ربِّهِ

    فإنَّما الأَمرُ له صائِرُ

    So entrust the matter to its Lord,

    for to Him alone the matter goes.

  7. وأْمُرْ بمعْروفٍ ودعْ مُنْكراً

    عنه نَهاكَ الشَّارِعُ الآمِرُ

    And enjoin what is right, and abandon what is wrong,

    which the commanding Lawgiver forbade you to do.

  8. وسلِّمِ الحالَ لأَرْبابِهِ

    إِلاَّ إذا خالَفَهُ الظَّاهِرُ

    And leave the spiritual state to its possessors,

    unless the outward contradicts it.

  9. ولا ترَ الفاجِرَ خِلاًّ فما

    عَزَّ خَليلٌ خِلُّهُ فاجِرُ

    And do not regard the wicked as a close friend, for no

    friend gains honor whose companion is wicked.

  10. وكنْ حَكيماً صابِراً ذاكِراً

    فالخيرُ يُعْطاهُ الفتَى الذَّاكِرُ

    And be wise, patient, and mindful of God,

    for goodness is granted to the youth who remembers Him.

  11. وارجِعْ إلى اللهِ وُثوقاً به

    فإنْ دَهى ذَنْبٌ هو الغافِرُ

    And return to God with trust in Him,

    for if a sin befalls you, He is the Forgiver.

  12. ولا ترَ القَدرَةَ في غيرِهِ

    جلَّ عُلاهُ إنَّه القادِرُ

    And see no power in any but Him;

    exalted is His majesty—indeed, He is the All-Powerful.

  13. ولا تُكَيِّفْهُ وكنْ خاشِعاً

    فالوهمُ ما قد كيَّفَ الخاطِرُ

    And do not define how He is; be humbly reverent,

    for what the mind has given form to is illusion.

  14. وبالعُيوبِ الْجأْ له إنَّه

    لكلِّ عيبٍ فادِحٍ ساتِرُ

    And with your faults, seek refuge in Him, for He

    conceals every grievous fault.

  15. لا تنتَصِرْ في الخطْبِ إِلاَّ به

    فهو المُعينُ المُسْعِفُ النَّاصِرُ

    Do not seek victory in adversity except through Him,

    for He is the Helper, the Succorer, the Giver of victory.

  16. وخذْ نِظاماً قد جَلا جوْهَراً

    يعجَزُ عنه النَّاظِمُ النَّاثِرُ

    And take a poem that has unveiled a jewel,

    beyond the reach of poet and prose writer.

  17. وصَلِّ تعظيماً على المُصْطَفى

    فهو الحَبيبُ العاقِبُ الحاشِرُ

    And invoke blessings, in reverence, upon the Chosen One,

    for he is the Beloved, the Last, the Gatherer,

  18. سِرُّ الوَرَى طَهَ نبيُّ الهُدى

    روحُ الوُجودِ الطَّيِّبُ الطَّاهِرُ

    the secret of creation, Taha, the Prophet of guidance,

    the spirit of existence, the good and pure.