از خدا گوینده مرد مدعی ** رست و سوزید اندر آتش آن دعی
The God-proclaiming man who engaged in controversy was saved, while that bastard (impostor) was burnt in the fire.
از مذن بشنو این اعلام را ** کوری افزون‌روان خام را
Hear from the muezzin this announcement, to the confusion of the foolish transgressors,
که نسوزیدست این نام از اجل ** کش مسمی صدر بودست و اجل2865
That this name (Mohammed) has not been burnt (destroyed) by Death, since its bearer was a prince and most noble.
صد هزاران زین رهان اندر قران ** بر دریده پرده‌های منکران
In the course of time hundreds of thousands of the veils of the unbelievers have been rent by this laying down of stakes.
چون گرو بستند غالب شد صواب ** در دوام و معجزات و در جواب
When they (the devout men and the philosopher) made the wager, the truth prevailed as regards immortality and evidentiary miracles and the answer (given to unbelievers).
فهم کردم کانک دم زد از سبق ** وز حدوث چرخ پیروزست و حق
I perceived that he who spoke (in support) of the priority (of non-existence) and of the temporal origin of the celestial sphere was victorious and in the right.”
حجت منکر هماره زردرو ** یک نشان بر صدق آن انکار کو
The unbeliever's argument is always shamefaced: where is a single sign that indicates the truth of that unbelief?
یک مناره در ثنای منکران ** کو درین عالم که تا باشد نشان2870
Where in this world is (to be found) a single minaret in praise (honour) of the unbelievers, so that it should be a sign (of their veracity)?
منبری کو که بر آنجا مخبری ** یاد آرد روزگار منکری
Where is (to be found) a single pulpit where a preacher commemorates the life of an unbeliever?
روی دینار و درم از نامشان ** تا قیامت می‌دهد زین حق نشان
The face of gold and silver coins, from (bearing) their (the prophets') names, is giving a token of this truth till the Resurrection.