ضَلّوا وَقَد ظَنّوا الهُدى عِندَهُم

ضَلّوا وَقَد ظَنّوا الهُدى عِندَهُم

إِذا لَيسَ بِالظَنِّ يُنالُ اليَقين

إِذا لَيسَ بِالظَنِّ يُنالُ اليَقين

They went astray, though they thought guidance was theirs,

They went astray though they thought they were guided

when certainty cannot be attained through conjecture.

For certainty is not obtained through guesswork

وَاِنتَحَلوا السَنَةَ دَعوى عَلى

وَاِنتَحَلوا السَنَةَ دَعوى عَلى

رَفضِهِم حُكمَ الكِتابِ المُبين

رَفضِهِم حُكمَ الكِتابِ المُبين

And they professed the Sunnah—a mere claim—despite

And they claimed the tradition in justification

their rejection of the judgment of the clear Book.

Of their rejection of the clear Scripture's rule