1. إِختِلافٌ قَد عَمَّنا في اِعتِقادٍ

    وَصَلاةٍ لِرَبِّنا وَطُهورِ

    Disagreement has spread among us in belief,

    and prayer to our Lord, and purification.

  2. وَنِساءٌ مّهورَةٌ في البَرايا

    وَسَبايا سيقَت بِغَيرِ مُهورِ

    And women among humankind are given dowers,

    while captive women are led away without dowers.

  3. وَرَأَيتُ الحِمامَ يَأتي عَلى العا

    لَمِ مِن قاهِرٍ وَمِن مَقهورِ

    And I saw death overtake the world,

    conqueror and conquered alike.

  4. وَاِدَّعوا لِل مُعَمِّرينَ أُموراً

    لَستُ أَدري ما هُنَّ في المَشهورِ

    And they have made claims about the long-lived—

    I know not what to make of these familiar accounts.

  5. أَتَراهُم فيما تَقَضّى مِنَ الأَيّ

    امِ عَدّوا سَنيِّهُم بِالشُهورِ

    Do you suppose that, in days gone by,

    they counted their years by months?

  6. كُلَّما لاحَ لِلعُيونِ هِلالٌ

    كانَ حَولاً لَدَيهِمُ في الدُهورِ

    Whenever a crescent moon appeared to their eyes,

    it was a year to them through the ages.

  7. هَكَذا يَنبَغي وَإِلّا فَإِنَّ ال

    عَقلَ يُثنى في حالَةِ المَبهورِ

    So it must be; otherwise, the

    mind buckles in a state of bewilderment.

  8. حُمَّلوا المُثَقِلاتِ ثُمَّتَ أَضحى

    في بُطونِ الأجداثِ بالي الظُهورِ

    They were laden with heavy burdens, then lay

    in the bellies of graves, their backs decayed.