1. Behold, every straightness
Without crookedness cannot be relied upon

2. For the crookedness of the bow is the very essence of its straightness
In the archer's hand, so it does not change

3. And when the arrow went straight, it quickly
Departed from the bow, so understand, O lengthy one

4. And my intention with this crookedness is that
Which ignorant souls saw and thus erred

5. And they do not distinguish truth from the crookedness of falsehood
And their devil dictates to them and makes pleasing to them

6. Whereas straightness is the essence of
What is the Shariah, it rises with the one adorned by it

7. And the Shariah is none other than the truth itself
Between the two there is no articulated distinction