فأينَ الزِّيجُ والقانو

نُ والأَرْكنْدُ والكَمَّهْ

Where is astronomy, law and governance

And where is algebra, geometry and philosophy

وأينَ السِّندُهندُ البا

طل الجدْوَلُ هل ثَمَّهْ

Where is Indian mathematics and the astrolabe

Where are the tables and charts - are there any traces

سِوَى الإفكِ على اللَّهِ

تَعالى مُنْشِرُ الرِّمَّهْ

Other than nonsense about God the Exalted

Who created confusion

إذا كان أخو النجْمِ

يرَى الغيبَ بما ضَمَّهْ

If the brother of a star

Can see the unseen that contains it

فلِمْ ذا يطلُبُ الرزقَ

طِلابَ العاجزِ الهِمَّه

Why then does he seek provision

Like a helpless, anxious pauper

وهذي الأرضُ قد وارتْ

كنوزاً عِدَّةً جَمَّهْ

When this earth has already been filled

With countless buried treasures

فلا واللَّهِ ما لل

ه خلقٌ يحتوي علمَهْ

By Allah, God's creation cannot contain His knowledge