1. رَغيفُهُ مِن ذَرَّةٍ

    يَصنَعُه أو أَصْغَرا

    His loaf—from a speck

    he makes it, or something smaller,

  2. مُبَيَّتاً مُلَفَّفاً

    مُبَريَقاً مُبَيْكَرا

    kept overnight and wrapped,

    polished and rounded with compasses.

  3. لَو جازَ في عَينِ الّذي

    يَأكلهُ لَما دَرَى

    Were it to pass through the eye of the one

    who eats it, he would not know;

  4. أو بَلَعَ الصَّائمُ أل

    فاً مثلَهُ ما أَفْطَرا

    or if a fasting man swallowed a thou-

    sand like it, he would not break his fast.

  5. كأَنَّما خَبَّازُهُ

    به تَحَدَّى البَشَرا

    It is as though its baker

    has challenged mankind with it:

  6. فَهاتِ قُل أَعَرَضاً

    تَجِدْهُ أَمْ جَوْهَرا

    So come, say: is it an accident

    you find it, or a substance?