ظهر الوجود الحق في مرآتنا

ظهر الوجود الحق في مرآتنا

إذ نحن في العدم المقدر لم نزلْ

إذ نحن في العدم المقدر لم نزلْ

True Being appeared in our mirror,

The True Existence appeared in our mirror

For we have always remained in determined nonbeing.

Though we in the predetermined non-existence did not cease to be

فوجودنا هو صورة لوجوده

فوجودنا هو صورة لوجوده

لا أنه ذاك الوجود علا وجلّْ

لا أنه ذاك الوجود علا وجلّْ

Thus our being is an image of His Being,

So our existence is an image of His existence

Not that it is that Being—exalted and majestic.

Not that He, Exalted and Sublime, is that existence

وكذا ظهرنا نحن في مرآته

وكذا ظهرنا نحن في مرآته

مع أننا عدم ومنه على وجل

مع أننا عدم ومنه على وجل

And likewise we ourselves appeared in His mirror,

And so we appeared in His mirror

Though we are nonbeing and stand in fear of Him.

Though we are non-existence and from Him, Exalted and Sublime

وهو المقدر بالصفات ذواتنا

وهو المقدر بالصفات ذواتنا

وصفاتنا من غير بدء في الأزل

وصفاتنا من غير بدء في الأزل

And He determines our essences through the attributes,

And He is characterized with the attributes of our essences

And our attributes, without beginning, in eternity past.

And our attributes without a beginning in eternity

إذ نحن أجمعنا هو العدم الذي

إذ نحن أجمعنا هو العدم الذي

ما شم رائحة الوجود إذا نزل

ما شم رائحة الوجود إذا نزل

For all of us are the nonbeing which

Since we altogether are the non-existence that

Has never smelled the fragrance of being when it descends.

Has not smelled the fragrance of existence when it descends

فظهوره فينا بقول قل انظروا

فظهوره فينا بقول قل انظروا

ماذا الذي هو في السما والأرض هل

ماذا الذي هو في السما والأرض هل

Thus His manifestation in us is in the saying: 'Say, look

So His appearance in us is by His word "Look

At what has appeared in heaven and earth.'

At what is in the heavens and the earth"

وكذاك وهو الله قال بأنه

وكذاك وهو الله قال بأنه

هو في السما والأرض من يجحده زل

هو في السما والأرض من يجحده زل

And likewise He—God—said that

And likewise while He is God, He said that

He is in heaven and earth; whoever denies Him has stumbled.

"He is in the heavens and the earth, who can deny Him in error"

وظهوره فينا بحكم كلامه

وظهوره فينا بحكم كلامه

في كل شيء هالك إلا الأَجَلّْ

في كل شيء هالك إلا الأَجَلّْ

And His manifestation in us follows the purport of His words,

And His appearance in us is by His speech

Concerning everything perishing except the Most Majestic.

In everything ephemeral except the appointed term

مع أننا نحن العوالم كلها

مع أننا نحن العوالم كلها

موجودة فافهم وفصِّل ما انجمل

موجودة فافهم وفصِّل ما انجمل

Although we ourselves—all the worlds—

Even though we, all the worlds

Are existent; so understand, and unfold what was summed up.

Exist, so understand and detail what is succinct

واحذر تظن تغيراً وتبدُّلاً

واحذر تظن تغيراً وتبدُّلاً

في ربنا عما عليه فما انتقل

في ربنا عما عليه فما انتقل

And beware of supposing change and transformation

And beware you think of change and alteration

In our Lord from what He is, for He has not shifted.

In our Lord from what He is, so He has not moved

وكذلك احذر أن تظن بأننا

وكذلك احذر أن تظن بأننا

عما عليه لنا التغير والبدل

عما عليه لنا التغير والبدل

And likewise beware of supposing that we

And likewise, beware that you think that we

Undergo change and alteration from what we are.

Have change and replacement from what we are

فإذا رآنا فهو راء نفسه

فإذا رآنا فهو راء نفسه

لا أننا هو أو بنا حاشاه حَلّْ

لا أننا هو أو بنا حاشاه حَلّْ

So when He sees us, He is seeing Himself,

So when He sees us, He sees Himself

Not that we are He, or that He—far be it from Him—has dwelt in us.

Not that we are Him or with us, far be it from Him

وإذا رأيناه فأنفسنا نرى

وإذا رأيناه فأنفسنا نرى

لا غير فاكشف عن سنا هذا المحل

لا غير فاكشف عن سنا هذا المحل

And when we see Him, it is ourselves we see,

And when we see Him, we see our own selves

None other—so unveil the radiance of this place.

Not other, so remove from this what is ambiguous

هذا هو العرفان وهو أجل ما

هذا هو العرفان وهو أجل ما

يأتي به بشر وحققه الأمل

يأتي به بشر وحققه الأمل

This is gnosis, and it is the noblest thing that

This is gnosis and it is the greatest

A human brings forth, and hope has brought it to fruition.

That comes to people and realize it hope

إرث النبيِّ محمد وهو الذي

إرث النبيِّ محمد وهو الذي

جاءت به ساداتنا القوم الأول

جاءت به ساداتنا القوم الأول

The inheritance of the Prophet Muhammad, and it is what

It is the inheritance of the Prophet Muhammad and it is what

Our masters, the folk of old, brought.

Came with our masters, the earlier people