1. من كان تكملُ ذاتُه بسواها

    فهو الذي بالمحدثاتِ يضاهى

    Whoever’s essence becomes complete through something other than itself

    is one who is likened to things brought into being.

  2. الحقُّ أعظمُ أن يكون كمثلِ ما

    قد قال بعض الناسِ فيه فضاهى

    The Real is too exalted to be like what

    some people have said of Him, likening

  3. أكوانُه بصفاته وتباهى

    في ذاك إعجاباً بها وتناهى

    His created beings to His attributes, and boasting

    of this out of admiration for them, going to extremes.

  4. من يقبلِ الأإيار كان سواها

    وهي التي ثبتْ لمن سوَّاها

    Whoever receives [unclear word] is other than them.

    And they are what is established for the one who fashioned them,

  5. عند المنازعِ للمحققِ والذي

    ما زال ينكر كونها أشباها

    in the view of the realized knower’s opponent, and of him who

    has never ceased denying that they are likenesses.

  6. فانظر إلى هذي العقول من الذي

    قد كان أثبتها فما أعماها

    So look at these minds: who

    had affirmed them? How blind they are!