1. Religion is all tradition
It's something the slaves have imitated

2. It's purely a meaning of obligation
The wretched have strayed from it and the fortunate succeeded

3. Then the faith of one who imitates is true
Through it deeds and monotheism become apparent

4. It leads him like an animal being led
With his faith he comes closer though once distant

5. And following the religion of guidance is not innovation
With minds whose thoughts are piercing

6. Obeying Allah, the Messenger and the people of authority
A sign from you that does not fade

7. Thus our Lord said "So stand steadfast"
O people of knowledge, there is no hesitation here

8. Our religion is all ease, it is simple
There is no hardship or severity in it

9. So fear Allah, being sincere to Him in religion
He will guide you to guidance and benefit you

10. And you will become knowers through Him, not
Through minds all together contradicting

11. And leave the mind to those who were misguided by it
And from what they attempted, deviated

12. And take the opening, it is only through the light from Allah
That the follower reaches

13. Whenever the obligated believes in the unseen
He progresses and gains following

14. Then the knowledge of speech refutes those
Who attempted to make a new religion

15. So the imams of truth were provoked for the truth
And stood, their purpose being support

16. And they clarified proofs through intellects
Their aim being to refute what the obstinate say

17. Not believing it but words like a weapon
The brave unsheathes against his enemy

18. They authored it when they saw religion scattered
Each party intending separation

19. And the Mu'tazilites stood openly
Among them the successor and reviver

20. And God's guidance is apparent, it does not hide
From those who believed in Him, O rightly guided one

21. Believe and you will be safe and leave the unseen to you
Submit and you will be spared, the increase being

22. Religion is only a way followed
By the group of followers, a true saying

23. They transmitted it from those who passed
Who followed the Chosen One, father and beloved

24. Righteous predecessors who prayed and fasted
Following all of him in imitation

25. And on the doctrine of the Preferable Taha
Their life was here and they passed away

26. Never did they find ambiguity or ask about
An obstacle to guidance or complexity

27. They do not incline to minds or what
Minds have produced in their mastery

28. And for them our Lord said the truth so know
That there is no god but the Unique

29. He did not say "so deduce" or "so cling
To proof" as that would be restriction

30. Indeed the knowledge of speech deters
All who desired benefit through it

31. It is for refutation, not for belief
And against whom it refutes, for there is no response

32. This indeed is the right, and as for
Other than this, it is only dispersal

33. Allah spoke the truth - whom Allah guides
Is guided and He is the Exalted, the Glorious