لا تعترض فعله إن كنتَ ذا أدبٍ

واضمم إليك جناحَ السلم من رهبِ

Do not object to His act, if you possess true courtesy;

Draw the wing of peace close about you, out of awe.

وسلِّم الأمر ما لم تبد فاحشة

فإنْ بدتْ فاحذر التدريجَ في الهرب

Acquiesce in the matter so long as no abomination appears;

But if one appears, beware of taking flight by degrees.

ولا يغرنك أرواحٌ مخبّرة

من عند ربك إن السلم كالحرب

And let no reporting spirits deceive you—

from your Lord; indeed, peace is like war.

إنّ الذي قال إن الفعل مصدرُه

من قد درى منه كالشرك والكذب

Indeed, whoever says that an act has its source

in one who knows it is akin to idolatry and falsehood.

فاهرب إلى فعله من فعله فإذا

ما غبتَ عن فعله فاحذر من السبب

So flee to His act from His act; and whenever

you lose sight of His act, beware of the cause.