قَولا لِمَن نصر الاِجبار مُجتَهِداً

قَولَ اِمرىءٍ لَم يُفارِق عَقلَهُ الوَرَعُ

Say to one who insists on compulsion though striving diligently,

The words of a man whose piety has not left his reason:

أَلَيسَ رَبُّكَ عَدلاً في قَضِيَّتِهِ

فَما يُكَلِّف نَفساً فَوقَ ما تَسَع

Is not your Lord just in His decree?

So He would not burden a soul beyond its capacity.

فَكَيفَ يَأمُرُ بِالتَصديقِ مَن خَلقَ الت

كذيب فيهِ وَما يَسطيعُ يَرتدع

How then can He command assent in one in whom He created disbelief,

When he is not able to refrain?

وَيَبتَديهِ بِنيرانٍ مُضَرَّمَةٍ

هذا هو الكفرُ هذا المَوقفُ الشَنِع

And punish him with raging fires -

This is unbelief, this is a dreadful standpoint.

لكِنَّه أَقدَرَ المَأمورَ من كَرَمٍ

وَقد أَرادَ هُداهُ وَالوَرى شَرَعُ

Rather He empowered the commanded one out of nobility,

And intended his guidance, and the way was facilitated.

فَمَن أَطاعَ حوى عَزَّ الثوابِ وَلم

يَملِكهُ خوف وَلم يحلل به جَزَعُ

So whoever obeyed found the reward sweet, and was not

Overtaken by fear, nor overcome by panic.

وَمَن تنكَّب طرقَ الرشدِ عاقَبَهُ

عَلى جَريرَتِهِ وَالحَقُّ مُتَّسِعُ

And whoever turned away from the path of right guidance, He punished

For his crime, and the truth is vast.

انظُر إِلى قَولِنا تُرشَد وَقَولُهُمُ

وَقت المَقالة مَن لَم يَنفِهِ بَشِع

Look to our saying, you will be guided, but their saying

Confounds speech in one who does not reject it forcefully.

وَالحَمدُ لِلَّهِ في الأَحوالِ أَجمَعِها

حَمداً بهِ شَملُ ما نَرجوهُ يَجتَمِعُ

And praise be to God in all circumstances,

A praise with which hoped-for unity is embraced.