لَيسَ وَصفُ الفَضلِ فَضلاً

لِلَّذي لَم يَبدُ مِنهُ

Describing merit is no merit

For one who does not show it.

وَكَذا بِالعِلمِ لا يو

صَفُ مَن لَم يُروَ عَنهُ

Just so, knowledge cannot describe

One who does not demonstrate it.

وَغَوِيُّ الناسِ مَن يَر

وي الَّذي لَم يَستِبِنهُ

And he misleads people, who relates

What he has not fully grasped.