تباركتَ أنت الله جلَّ جلالُه

وعزَّ فلم يظفر به علمُ عالم

You are blessed, O God, majestic is His majesty

And His might, no scholar's knowledge attained it

تعالى فلم تدركه أفكارُ خلقه

وردَّ بما أوحى به كلُّ حاكم

Exalted, His creatures' thoughts did not reach Him

And He refuted what every ruler claimed

ولكن مع الردِّ الذي وردتْ به

نصوصُ الهدى أثني بأرحمِ راحم

But with the refutation He sent

The texts of guidance, I praise with the most merciful of the merciful

على نفسه وحياً ليعلم سابقٌ

ومقتصدٌ من ذاك حكمةُ ظالمِ

Upon Himself and inspiration so the foremost

And the moderate may know the wisdom of the unjust

فلا سابقٌ يزهو لتاخيرِ ذكره

لإلحاقه فيه باهل المظالم

So no foremost may gloat at the delay of his mention

To join him in it with the people of injustices

فجاء بتنزيه بشورى وغيرها

وجاء بتشبيهِ لسانِ التراجم

So He came with glorification, consultation and more

And He came with likening the tongues of translators

وكلٌّ له وجهٌ صحيحٌ ومقصدٌ

فعم بما أوحى جميعَ المعالم

And each has a correct purpose and intention

So He covered with what He inspired all the landmarks

وقال أنا عند الظنونِ وحكمها

وذلك عينُ العلم بي في التراجم

And He said I am with assumptions and their judgment

That is the essence of knowledge of Me in translations

وفيها ترى القيامةِ عندما

يقرِّبه بعد الجحود الملازم

And in them you see the Day of Resurrection when

He brings it near after persistent denial

لما عقدوا فينا ببرهان عقلهم

وإن فضلتهم في العلومِ بهائمي

Because they concluded about Us with the proof of their reason

Even if I favored them over livestock in sciences

كما جاء عنا في صريح كلامنا

على ألسن الأرسالِ من كلِّ حاكم

As came about Us in the explicit of Our speech

On the tongues of the messengers from every ruler