الشرعُ شَرعان شَرْعُ الرسلِ والحكما

وكله فهو مرعيّ لمن فهما

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

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

عند الإله فإن الله قرَّره

شرعاً قويماً لمن يدري إذا علما

With God, for God has ordained it,

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

إن الإله هو الموحي بذاك إلى

قلوبهم وهمُ لا يشعرون بما

God it is who inspired this in

Their hearts though they feel not what

ألقاه في القلبِ من حكمٍ ومن حكمٍ

لأنهم زعموا بأنهم عُلما

He cast into the heart, of wisdom and judgment,

Because they claimed to be knowledgeable.

وليس يدرون أنَّ الله أعلمهم

كذا أتتنا به مقالة القدما

They know not that God gave them knowledge

Thus did it come to us from the speech of antiquity

لأنهم جهلوا ما نحن نعلمه

من الإله الذي بالحق قد حكما

Because they were ignorant of what we know

Of God who judges with truth.

فنحن أسعد منهم في قيامتِنا

ويزعمون غداً بأنهم زُعما

So we are happier than they in our faith

Yet they claim they are faithful tomorrow.

روحاً وقد غدرتْ بهم مواكبهم

فهم وإنْ سعدوا لم يفقدوا ندما

A spirit that betrayed them, their retinue,

So if they were happy they felt no regret.

فنحن أعلم ما قالوه واعتقدوا

وما رأينا لهم في علمنا قدما

We know best what they said and believed

And saw no precedent for them in our knowledge.

ونحن أهل شهود في طريقتنا

وهم بأفكارهم في حيرة وعمى

We are the people of witnessing in our way

While they in their thoughts are confused and blind.