نحنwe أهلpeople of العلومthe branches of knowledge بالإلهامِthrough inspiration
نحن أهل العلوم بالإلهامِ
لاnot بفكرthrough the reasoning of العقولthe intellects والإرتسامِand mental representation
لا بفكر العقول والإرتسامِ
We are people of knowledge through inspiration,
We are the people of knowledge through inspiration,
not through intellectual reasoning or mental representation,
Not through the thinking of minds and mapping.
حيثsince إلهامناour inspiration تقيدis constrained فيناwithin us
حيث إلهامنا تقيد فينا
بمعانيby the meanings of شرائعthe laws of الإسلامIslam
بمعاني شرائع الإسلام
since our inspiration is constrained within us
Where our inspiration is instilled in us,
by the meanings of the laws of Islam.
With the meanings of the laws of Islam.
وإذاand if لمnot يقمis established عليهfor it دليلٌa proof
وإذا لم يقم عليه دليلٌ
عندناfor us منfrom حديثthe sayings of خيرthe best of الأنامhumankind
عندنا من حديث خير الأنام
And if no proof of it is established
And if there is no evidence for it,
for us from the sayings of the best of humankind,
According to us from the Hadith of the best of creation.
أوor كتابthe Book of اللهGod القديمeternal حكمناwe judge
أو كتاب الله القديم حكمنا
أنهthat it is منamong وساوسthe whisperings of الأوهامdelusions
أنه من وساوس الأوهام
or from God's eternal Book, we judge
Or the ancient book of Allah, we judge
that it is among the whisperings of delusion.
That it is from the delusions of illusions.
وتركناand we abandon قبولهaccepting it وعدلناand we turn
وتركنا قبوله وعدلنا
نحوtoward إيمانناour faith بصدقwith sincerity of المقامthe spiritual station
نحو إيماننا بصدق المقام
And we refuse to accept it and turn
And we refused to accept it and turned
toward our faith, with sincerity in our spiritual station.
Towards our faith in the sincerity of the position.
واتكلناand we rely علىupon الإلهGod تعالىexalted is He
واتكلنا على الإله تعالى
نطلبwe seek الفيضthe outpouring منهfrom Him بالإنعامthrough gracious giving
نطلب الفيض منه بالإنعام
And we rely upon God, exalted is He,
And we relied on Allah the Exalted,
seeking the outpouring from Him through His gracious giving.
Seeking grace from Him through favors.
ولديناand for us الإلهامinspiration حيثwhen تأتَّىcomes about
ولدينا الإلهام حيث تأتَّى
بشهودwith the attestation of النصوصthe scriptural texts للأفهامto understandings
بشهود النصوص للأفهام
And for us, when inspiration comes
And we have inspiration wherever it comes
with the scriptural texts attesting to what is understood,
With witnesses of texts for minds.
فهوthen it is أمرa matter محققverified ليسthere is not فيهin it
فهو أمر محقق ليس فيه
شبهةdoubt علمknowledge ربناof our Lord العلامthe All-Knowing
شبهة علم ربنا العلام
it is a verified matter, containing no
So it is a definitive matter in which there is no
doubt—the knowledge of our all-knowing Lord.
Doubt, our Lord knows everything.
نتلقاهwe receive it بالقبولwith acceptance وإلاand otherwise
نتلقاه بالقبول وإلا
فهوthen it is وسواسa whispering غفلةheedlessness وتعاميand willful blindness
فهو وسواس غفلة وتعامي
We receive it with acceptance; otherwise,
We receive it with acceptance, otherwise
it is a whispering of heedlessness and willful blindness.
It is the illusion of heedlessness and negligence.
ولناand we have بالكتابof the Book باللهthrough God فهمunderstanding
ولنا بالكتاب بالله فهم
خصHe singled out فيهin it الخواصthe elect دونexcluding العوامthe common people
خص فيه الخواص دون العوام
And through God we have an understanding of the Book,
And we understand from the book of Allah
in which He has singled out the elect, not the common people.
Every meaning that bewilders the sublime mind.
وحديثand the sayings of النبيthe Prophet نفهمwe understand منهfrom them
وحديث النبي نفهم منه
كلَّevery معنىmeaning يحيِّرُbewilders العقلthe intellect ساميlofty
كلَّ معنى يحيِّرُ العقل سامي
And from the Prophet's sayings we understand
Indeed this is from the grace of Allah, not from
every lofty meaning that bewilders the intellect.
The skill in the eloquent speech.
إنindeed هذاthis منfrom منةthe grace of اللهGod لاnot منfrom
إن هذا من منة الله لا من
قوةthe power of الحذقskill فيin بليغeloquent الكلامspeech
قوة الحذق في بليغ الكلام
Indeed, this is from God's grace, not from
Where we are nothing and the truth is the truth,
the power of skill in eloquent speech.
None but Him and things are in non-existence.
حيثfor لاno شيءthing نحنwe والحقand the Real حقreal
حيث لا شيء نحن والحق حق
لاnone سواهother than Him والشيءand things فيin الإعدامnonexistence
لا سواه والشيء في الإعدام
For we are nothing, and the Real is real:
And He provides everyone from His generosity
none other than Him, while things are in nonexistence.
And existence, He is the light in the darkness.
ويمدand He sustains الجميعall منهfrom Him بجودwith bounty
ويمد الجميع منه بجود
ووجودand existence هوit is الضياthe radiance فيin الظلامthe darkness
ووجود هو الضيا في الظلام
And He sustains all with bounty from Himself
and existence, which is the radiance in the darkness.
Partial English translation: 26 of 28 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1