ما قدَّرَ اللَّهُ هو الغالبُ

ليس الَّذي يحسُبُهُ الحاسِبُ

What Allah has ordained will prevail

Not what the calculator calculates

قد صدَّقَ اللَّهُ رجاءَ الورَى

وما رجاءٌ عندَهُ خائبُ

Allah has fulfilled the hope of mankind

And no hope with Him is ever unmet

وأنزلَ الغيثَ على راغبٍ

رحمتَهُ إذ قنَطَ الراغبُ

He sent down the rain upon the hopeful

His mercy when the hopeful despaired

قُلْ لابنِ عزرا أَلسَّخيفِ الحجا

زَرَى عليكَ الكوكبُ الثاقبُ

Say to the foolish son of Azra

The piercing star has visited you

ما يُعْلمُ الشاهدُ من حُكمنا

كيفَ بأمرٍ حكمُهُ غائبُ

The witness does not know our decree

How can one judge what is unseen?

وقُلْ لعباسٍ وأشياعهِ

كيفَ تَرى قَولكُمُ الكاذبُ

And say to Abbas and his followers

How do you see your false words?

خانكمُ كِيوانُ في قَوسهِ

وغرَّكم في لوْنهِ الكاتبُ

Kewan has betrayed you in his bow

And the writer has fooled you in his hue

فكلُّكُمْ يكذِبُ في عِلمهِ

وعلمُكمْ في أصلهِ كاذبُ

So each of you lies in his knowledge

And your knowledge is false in its origin

ما أنتمُ شيءٌ ولا عِلمُكمْ

قد ضعُفَ المطلوبُ والطالبُ

You are nothing and your knowledge is naught

The sought and seeker have grown frail

تُغالبونَ اللَّهَ في حُكمهِ

واللَّهُ لا يغلبُهُ غالبُ

You contend with Allah in His rule

And Allah, no contender prevails over Him

محبوبٌ الحَبْرُ الذي ما لَهُ

في فهمهِ ندٌّ ولا صاحبُ

Beloved is the ink which has no

Peer or companion in its understanding

قد أَشهدَ اللَّهَ على نفسهِ

بأنَّه من جَهلكمْ تائبُ

Allah has borne witness against Himself

That He is repentant of your ignorance