1. لَيسَ وَصفُ الفَضلِ فَضلاً

    لِلَّذي لَم يَبدُ مِنهُ

    Describing virtue is no virtue

    for one who has shown none.

  2. وَكَذا بِالعِلمِ لا يو

    صَفُ مَن لَم يُروَ عَنهُ

    Likewise, no one is described as learned

    from whom nothing has been transmitted.

  3. وَغَوِيُّ الناسِ مَن يَر

    وي الَّذي لَم يَستِبِنهُ

    And the misguided among people is one who recounts

    what he has not clearly understood.