1. كُلُّ رِزقٍ أَرجوهُ مِن مَخلوقِ

    يَعتَريهِ ضَربٌ مِنَ التَعويقِ

    Every provision I hope for from a created being

    is subject to some kind of hindrance.

  2. وَأَنا قائِلٌ وَأَستَغفِرُ اللَ

    هَ مَقالَ المَجازِ لا التَحقيقِ

    And I say—while seeking God’s forgiveness—

    speaking figuratively, not as literal truth:

  3. لَستُ أَرضى مِن فِعلِ إِبليسَ شَيئاً

    غَيرَ تَركِ السُجودِ لِلمَخلوقِ

    I approve of none of Iblis’s deeds

    except his refusal to prostrate to a created being.