وَجاهِلٍ يَدَّعي في العِلمِ فَلسَفَةً

وَجاهِلٍ يَدَّعي في العِلمِ فَلسَفَةً

قَد راحَ يَكفُرُ بِالرَحمَنِ تَقليدا

قَد راحَ يَكفُرُ بِالرَحمَنِ تَقليدا

And an ignorant man who claims philosophical learning

A fool pretends philosophy in knowledge,

Has taken to denying the All-Merciful through imitation.

He has gone on denying the Merciful out of imitation.

وَقالَ أَعرِفُ مَعقولاً فَقُلتُ لَهُ

وَقالَ أَعرِفُ مَعقولاً فَقُلتُ لَهُ

عَنَّيتَ نَفسَكَ مَعقوّلاً وَمَعقودا

عَنَّيتَ نَفسَكَ مَعقوّلاً وَمَعقودا

He said, “I know what is rational,” so I told him,

And he said "I know the rational," so I said to him

“You have wearied yourself, hobbled and tethered.

"You suppose yourself to be reasonable and tied up."

مِن أَينَ أَنتَ وَهَذا الشَيءَ تَذكُرُهُ

مِن أَينَ أَنتَ وَهَذا الشَيءَ تَذكُرُهُ

أَراكَ تَقرَعُ باباً عَنكَ مَسدودا

أَراكَ تَقرَعُ باباً عَنكَ مَسدودا

Who are you to speak of such a thing?

"Where are you from, and how do you recall this thing?"

I see you knocking at a door barred to you.”

I see you knocking on a door closed off from you.

فَقالَ إِنَّ كَلامي لَسَتَ تَفهَمَهُ

فَقالَ إِنَّ كَلامي لَسَتَ تَفهَمَهُ

فَقُلتُ لَستُ سُلَيمانَ اِبنَ داوُدا

فَقُلتُ لَستُ سُلَيمانَ اِبنَ داوُدا

Then he said, “You do not understand my speech.”

So he said "You do not understand my words."

So I replied, “I am not Solomon, son of David.”

I said "I am not Solomon, son of David."