1. The Book speaks truth to those who hold fast to it
While some associate others with it and become polytheists
١. صدق الكتاب لمن به يتمسكُ
والبعض منه به يكون المشركُ
2. It is clear to those who fully understand it
And not cling to only parts of it
٢. وهو المبين على الذي بجميعه
يدري وليس ببعضه يتمسك
3. It descended from the Presence of the One
So verify it and do not doubt
٣. هو نازل من حضرة أحدية
فتحققوا فيه ولا تتشككوا
4. Its chapters and verses appeared and were composed
Of letters that supremely profess Divine Oneness
٤. سور وآيات بدت فتركبت
من أحرف هي بالتوحيد أملك
5. Derived from chapters for every city
To encompass with what unravels
٥. مشتقة من سور كل مدينة
لإحاطة فيها بما يتفكك
6. And its images appeared glorious
With its second descent to those who tread the path
٦. ولقد بدت صوراً إذا هي فخمت
بنزولها الثاني لدى من يسلك
7. We sent it down in truth, that being the first
All who believed in it were blessed
٧. بالحق أنزلناه ذلك أولٌ
كل به قد آمنوا واستبركوا
8. And with it He revealed what transgressed, as the second
So they differed over it and from it turned away
٨. وبه لقد نزل اغتدى هو ثانياً
فتفرقوا فيه وعنه تمحّكوا
9. And substituted its images, taking some
And leaving some, not rejecting all
٩. وبدالهم صوراً فخصوا بعضَهُ
بالترك منه وبعضه لم يتركوا
10. And over them remained the rule of their abode with what
Befitted them in ignorance they ruled
١٠. وبقيْ عليهم حكمُ موطنهم بما
هو مقتضاه لهم بجهل يملك
11. Thus the world became accursed
Except those exempted who plunged into battle
١١. ولذلك الدنيا غدت ملعونةً
إلا الذي استثنى وهاج المعرك
12. And signs came to you in your colors
And the tongues that came to speak
١٢. وأتاك من آياته ألوانكم
والألسن اللاتي غدت تتحرك
13. All are images and many they are
With differences beyond comprehension
١٣. وجميعها صورٌ وتلك كثيرة
وبها اختلافٌ زائدٌ لا يدرك
14. And God is our Guardian, He came
Behind everything with a face that rends
١٤. والله مولانا محيطٌ قد أتى
لك من وراء الكل وجهٌ يهتك
15. But this is a glorious Quran sent
On a Preserved Tablet from those who associate others with Him
١٥. بل ذاك قرآن مجيد جاء في
لوح هو المحفوظ عمن يشرك