العلمُ بالله لا ينالُ

لكن بتوحيدِه يُنالُ

Knowledge of God cannot be attained

Except through professing His Oneness

فما ترى فيه من كلامٍ

مبرهنٍ كلُّه مقالُ

So whatever you see of this talk

Proving Him is simply prattle

فليس للعقلِ يا خليلي

بالفكر في ذاته مجال

So my friend, the intellect has no

Means of contemplating His Essence

لأنه واحدٌ تعالى

ليس له في النهى مثال

For He is One, Most High

With no likeness, nothing similar

قد حرم الفكر فيه شرعا

فالفكر في ذاته محال

Religiously, thinking of Him is prohibited

So contemplating His Essence is impossible

غايته العجز إن تناهى

فعجزه ذلك الكمال

Trying to fully grasp Him leads only

To recognizing one's incapacity

فما ترى فيه من جدال

فإنه كله ضلال

So whatever debates you see

Are nothing but misguidance