XIV

كن للاله ناصرا وأنكر المناكرا
وكن مع الحق الذي يرضاه منك دائرا
ولا تعد نافعا سواه أو ضائرا
واسلك سبيل المصطفى ومت عليه سائرا

فما كفى أولنا أليس يكفي الآخرا
وكن لقوم احدثوا في أمره مهاجرا
قد موهوا بشبه واعتذروا معاذرا
وزعموا مزاعما وسودوا دفاترا

واحتنكوا أهل الفلا واحتنكوا الحواضرا
وأورثت أكابر بدعتها أصاغرا
واحكم بما قد اظهروا فما تدري السرائرا
وإن دعا مجادل في أمرهم إلى مرا
فلا تمار فيهم إلا مراء ظاهرا

Kun lil-ʾilāhi naṣirā, wa-ʾankir il-manākirā
Wa-kun maʿa-l-ḥaqqi-llaḏī yarḍā-hu minka dāʾirā
Wa-lā taʿudda nāfiʿan siwā-ʾahu ʾaw ḍāʾirā
W-asluk sabīla-l-muṣṭafā wa-mut ʿalayhi sāʾirā

Fa-mā kafā ʾawwalanā a-laysa yakfī-l-ʾāḵirā
Wa-kun li-qawmin aḥdaṯū fī ʾamrihi muhājirā
Qad mawwahu bi-šubbahin wa-iʿtaḏarū ma-ʿāḏirā,
Wa-zaʿamū mazaʿima wa-sawwadū dafātirā,

Wa-ḥtanakū ʾahla-l-falā, wa-ḥtanakū-l-ḥawāḍirā
Wa-ʾawraṯat ʾakābirun bidʿataha ʾaṣāḡirā
Wa-ʾin daʿā mujādilun fī ʾamri-him ʾilā mirâ
Fa-lā tumārī fīhimu ʾillā mirāʾan ẓāhirā

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Be a helper for God. And censure what is forbidden
And turn with the law which He wants you——to follow
Hold no one to be, "useful." Or harmful, except for Him
And walk the path of the chosen one and "die while you are on it!"

For what was sufficient for the first of us, "is sufficient for the last one," too
And leave those people who do evil things with respect to God
They misrepresented Him by making Him similar, and made all kinds of excuses
They made bold claims and blackened notebooks

They let the nomads and the sedentary people both undergo bitter experiences
And the great sins of their innovations bequeathed small
Judge them by their appearances, because you have no power over their inner conscience
And just in case a disputant calls you to dispute about their claims
Do not, then, dispute on them, except by way of an external dispute