1. إني رأيتُ براهين العقول على

    نفي التحيزِ لا تقوى دلالتها

    Indeed, I have seen that reason’s proofs for

    Denying spatial localization lack force in their demonstration.

  2. إن البدور بعين الحس تشهدها

    وقد أحاطت بها في الجوّ هالتها

    Indeed, you behold the full moons with the eye of sense,

    And their halo has encompassed them in the air.

  3. ولم تكن غيرَ أنوارٍ بها انبعثت

    منها إلى غايةٍ فيها حبالتها

    And it was nothing but lights that shone forth through them,

    From them to a limit where their snare lay,

  4. على السواءِ فدارتْ كي يحيط بها

    وما أحاط بها غير فآلتها

    Uniformly; it circled so as to encompass them.

    And no other encompassed them; thus their instrument

  5. منها فنطقها بالمحالِ موجدها

    حقاً وقد حققت فيها مقالتها

    Was from them; so their maker made them utter the impossible,

    In truth, and their assertion was indeed confirmed in them.

  6. واعلم بأنَّ صفاتِ الحقِّ ليس لها

    حدٌّ ينال فقد عالت فريضتها

    And know that the attributes of the Real have no

    Attainable limit, for their prescribed share has overflowed.