سُنَّةَway اللَهِof God فيamong الَّذينَthose whom هَدىHe guided التَسليsubmission (continued into the next line)
سُنَّةَ اللَهِ في الَّذينَ هَدى التَسلي
مُcompletion of “submission” وَالمَنعُand refusal سُنَّةَway الشَيطانِof Satan
مُ وَالمَنعُ سُنَّةَ الشَيطانِ
Submission is God’s way among those He has guided;
God's way with those whom He has guided is to give them peace
and refusal is Satan’s way.
While withholding is the way of Satan
فَلِذاand therefore قَولُthe saying لاnot نُسَلِّمُwe concede أَضحىhas become
فَلِذا قَولُ لا نُسَلِّمُ أَضحى
فيamong ذَوِيِّهِthose who use it مُقابَلَa counter to البُرهانِproof
في ذَوِيِّهِ مُقابَلَ البُرهانِ
Thus the saying “We do not concede” has become
Thus we say we will not surrender reason
among those who use it, a counter to proof.
To bigotry, however dear the bigot be