ألا فاتبع من كان عبداً مخصصاً

بعلمٍ غريبٍ لم ينل ذوقه خبرا

Follow the one who was devoted

With strange knowledge, its taste not grasped by the experienced

ولا تعترض فيه عليه لأنه

سيحدث في معناه منه لكم ذكرا

And do not object to him in it, for he

Will mention for you about its meaning a reminder

ولا تك فيه موسوياً فإنه

مع القول بالتعديل لم يستطع صبرا

And do not be in it an opposer, for he

Despite saying to reform could not endure patience

تزحزح ألباب الرجالِ إذا رأوا

بأعينهم من غيرهم أحدثوا أمرا

The minds of men are shaken when they see

With their eyes from other than them, something new occurred

فينكرهم في الحين ديناً وغيرة

فيرهقها المتبوع من أمرها عسرا

So they deny them immediately in religion and zeal

And the followed one burdens them with the hardship of his matter

فإن عاد بالأعراض عنهم لنكرهم

تقيم له مما أتته به عذرا

If he turns away from them for denying him

She stands for him from what came to him an excuse

كذا سنة الرحمن في كلِّ تابع

ومتبوعه فاحذر من العالم المكرا

Thus is the way of the Merciful with every follower

And his followed, so beware the cunning scholar

فمن يتق الله العظيم بحاله

سيجعل له الرحمن من أمره يسرا

Whoever fears God the Almighty in his state

The Merciful will make easy for him his matter

ومن يتوكل في الأمور على الذين

يكون بها أولى كما أنه يدرى

And whoever relies in matters on those who

Are most worthy as he knows

وقد جعل الله العليمُ بأمرِه

لكلِّ الذي يجريه في خلقه قدرا

And God the All-Knowing has made

For all that which He destines in His creation a decree

لقد جئتكم بالأمر من عند ربكم

كما جاءت الأرسال من عنده تترى

I have certainly come to you with the order from your Lord

As the messengers came one after another from Him

وإني لهم في كلِّ ما قلت وارثٌ

ولم ألتمس منكم ثناءً ولا أجرا

And I am for them regarding all I said an inheritor

And I did not seek from you praise or reward

وأجري على الله الكريم جعلته

لديه إلى يوم الورود لنا ذخرا

And I made my reward with the Bountiful

With Him until the day we arrive, a treasure