1. By God, you never cease scorning Muhammad,

    and reviling him, wishing that God be worshipped no more.

  2. My lord, take the side of forbearance, for you do not

    know what events will bring tomorrow.

  3. Whoever humors his enemies has worn them down;

    so, through gentleness, make your enemy rise—and sit.

  4. For vipers cannot be faced head-on,

    yet they can be seized from behind with the fingertips.

Sol 5.6