1. عالم الحكمة هذا

    فيه ذو الهذيان هاذى

    This is the world of wisdom;

    in it, the delirious one raved.

  2. حكمة لله جلت

    ويقول الغر ماذا

    God's wisdom is exalted,

    and the naïve one says, 'What?'

  3. عمي الدهريُّ عنها

    وبها المؤمن لاذا

    The materialist was blind to it,

    and the believer took refuge in it.

  4. ويقول الفلسفيو

    ن هو العلة هذا

    And the philosophers say:

    'This is the cause.'

  5. كذبوا ما الحق إلا

    فعل أمر يتحاذى

    They lied; the truth is nothing but

    the enactment of a command that is followed—

  6. فعل من يفعل ما شا

    ء صحيحاً وجذاذا

    the act of Him who does whatever He

    wills, whole and in fragments.

  7. وله الأوصاف والأس

    ماء جمعاً وفذاذا

    And His are the attributes and the

    names, collectively and singly,

  8. كيفما شاء ولا عل

    لة لا طبع عياذا

    however He wills, with no

    cause, no nature—we seek refuge!

  9. والطبيعيون قوم

    نبذوا الحق انتباذا

    And the naturalists are a people

    who cast the truth utterly aside.

  10. عبدوا الطبع بكفر

    وجدوا فيه لذاذا

    They worshipped nature in unbelief;

    they found pleasure in it.

  11. ثم أقوام اعتزال

    مُطروا الغيَّ رذاذا

    Then the people of Muʿtazilism

    were rained upon with a drizzle of error.

  12. عن هدى السنة مالوا

    نفذوا عنه نفاذا

    They turned from the guidance of the Sunnah;

    they passed beyond it altogether.

  13. أين دين الحق ممن

    بالضلال الله آذى

    What has the true faith to do with one who

    offended God through misguidance,

  14. ورسولَ الله أيضاً

    عند ما شذ شذاذا

    and the Messenger of God as well,

    when he strayed utterly astray?

  15. ديننا شرع نبيٍّ

    صادق للحق حاذى

    Our religion is the law of a prophet,

    truthful, who conformed to the truth.

  16. فتمسكنا به لا

    تبتغي ذاك ولا ذا

    So we held fast to it; do not

    seek that or this.

  17. واقتدينا بأبي بك

    ر وتابعنا معاذا

    And we followed the example of Abu

    Bakr, and followed Muʿadh.