“شكوت إلى وكيع سوء حفظي
فأرشدني إلى ترك المعاصي
وأخبرَني بأَنّ العلمَ نورٌ
و نور الله لا يؤتاه عاصي

I complained to Waki’ about my poor memory
“Give up your sins!” was his advice to me;
“For knowledge is a light from Divinity,
and the Light of God is veiled by iniquity.”