1. If you say that existence is the same as
the existent, O Ash'ari, then tell me

2. Likewise, if the existent is the same as
existence, the opposite without confusion

3. And you said that existence is a genus
And the genus is differentiated by division

4. And division itself is existence too
So everything is a genus, for example, alike

5. Then where is the division of existence, O one
According to your greatest knowledge

6. If you say its division is figurative
In the mind, like the figurative shadow

7. We say to you, the figurative is a matter
That is fixed in every mind

8. And something is said about it, and it is not
Existing, so return to the judgment of all

9. And if you say that the existence of everything
Is an independent judgment

10. Distinguished from others essentially
Then there is no sharing in it, imagine

11. We say, no genus, so existence is not
Intended as partial, nor universal

12. Contrary to what they analyzed and said
In the judgment of the canon of the image of knowledge

13. Or you said that existence is other than
The existent, and the other is other than origin

14. Extraneous upon a thing and it is not a thing
It became an attribute to it that manifests

15. With whom do you see the attribute existing and the
Attributed is nothing, so listen to me

16. And do attributes ever stand
Without things and loci?

17. This is a question upon minds
That came with knowledge and denial of ignorance

18. So if you are a knower, then investigate
Aspects, O most venerable adept