الشرعُ شَرعان شَرْعُ الرسلِ والحكما

الشرعُ شَرعان شَرْعُ الرسلِ والحكما

وكله فهو مرعيّ لمن فهما

وكله فهو مرعيّ لمن فهما

The law is twofold: the law of the messengers and of the sages.

Divine law has two aspects: the prophets' precepts and wisdom's judgments.

And all of it is held in regard, for whoever understands,

All of it is to be followed by one who understands.

عند الإله فإن الله قرَّره

عند الإله فإن الله قرَّره

شرعاً قويماً لمن يدري إذا علما

شرعاً قويماً لمن يدري إذا علما

In God's sight, for God has established it

With God, for God has ordained it,

As an upright law for whoever understands once he knows.

A straight path for one who knows when he is learned.

إن الإله هو الموحي بذاك إلى

إن الإله هو الموحي بذاك إلى

قلوبهم وهمُ لا يشعرون بما

قلوبهم وهمُ لا يشعرون بما

Indeed, God is the one who reveals that to

God it is who inspired this in

Their hearts, while they are unaware of what

Their hearts though they feel not what

ألقاه في القلبِ من حكمٍ ومن حكمٍ

ألقاه في القلبِ من حكمٍ ومن حكمٍ

لأنهم زعموا بأنهم عُلما

لأنهم زعموا بأنهم عُلما

He has cast into the heart—wisdom and judgment—

He cast into the heart, of wisdom and judgment,

For they claimed that they were learned men.

Because they claimed to be knowledgeable.

وليس يدرون أنَّ الله أعلمهم

وليس يدرون أنَّ الله أعلمهم

كذا أتتنا به مقالة القدما

كذا أتتنا به مقالة القدما

And they do not know that God has taught them.

They know not that God gave them knowledge

Thus it has reached us in the saying of the ancients.

Thus did it come to us from the speech of antiquity

لأنهم جهلوا ما نحن نعلمه

لأنهم جهلوا ما نحن نعلمه

من الإله الذي بالحق قد حكما

من الإله الذي بالحق قد حكما

For they were ignorant of what we know

Because they were ignorant of what we know

From God, who has judged in truth.

Of God who judges with truth.

فنحن أسعد منهم في قيامتِنا

فنحن أسعد منهم في قيامتِنا

ويزعمون غداً بأنهم زُعما

ويزعمون غداً بأنهم زُعما

So we are more blessed than they at our resurrection,

So we are happier than they in our faith

And tomorrow they will claim that they are leaders

Yet they claim they are faithful tomorrow.

روحاً وقد غدرتْ بهم مواكبهم

روحاً وقد غدرتْ بهم مواكبهم

فهم وإنْ سعدوا لم يفقدوا ندما

فهم وإنْ سعدوا لم يفقدوا ندما

In spirit, though their retinues have betrayed them.

A spirit that betrayed them, their retinue,

So, even if they attain bliss, they are not free of regret.

So if they were happy they felt no regret.

فنحن أعلم ما قالوه واعتقدوا

فنحن أعلم ما قالوه واعتقدوا

وما رأينا لهم في علمنا قدما

وما رأينا لهم في علمنا قدما

So we have greater knowledge of what they said and believed,

We know best what they said and believed

And we have seen no foothold for them in our knowledge.

And saw no precedent for them in our knowledge.

ونحن أهل شهود في طريقتنا

ونحن أهل شهود في طريقتنا

وهم بأفكارهم في حيرة وعمى

وهم بأفكارهم في حيرة وعمى

And we are people of witnessing on our path,

We are the people of witnessing in our way

While they, with their thoughts, are in bewilderment and blindness.

While they in their thoughts are confused and blind.