شمسa sun وحيrevelation ظهرتappeared فيin قمريmy moon
شمس وحي ظهرت في قمري
فانجلىso became clear الأمرthe matter بحكمby virtue of النظرِvision
فانجلى الأمر بحكم النظرِ
A sun of revelation appeared in my moon,
The sun of inspiration rose in my moon,
So the matter became clear by virtue of vision.
So the matter became clear by the rule of sight.
أمرa matter حقtrue ليسis not فيهin it باطلfalsehood
أمر حق ليس فيه باطل
إنماonly الباطلfalsehood كلall الصورthe forms
إنما الباطل كل الصور
A true matter, with no falsehood in it;
A rightful matter in which there is no falsehood,
Falsehood is all the forms, and nothing else.
Falsehood is but all forms.
ثمthen غابvanished الأمرthe matter عنيfrom me واختفىand disappeared
ثم غاب الأمر عني واختفى
فيin وجودexistence ظاهرmanifest للبصرto sight
في وجود ظاهر للبصر
Then the matter vanished from me and lay hidden
Then the matter disappeared from me and vanished,
In an existence manifest to sight—
In the existence of what is apparent to the eye.
بصرsight العارفthe knower لاnot العاقلthe reasoner لاnot
بصر العارف لا العاقل لا
صاحبpossessor of الحسsense perception ولاnor ذىpossessor of الفكرthought
صاحب الحس ولا ذى الفكر
The knower’s sight, not the reasoner’s, not
The eye of the knower, not the rational,
That of the possessor of sense perception, nor of the possessor of thought.
Nor the sensory, nor the thoughtful.
كلevery شيءthing صورةa form مرسومةdrawn
كل شيء صورة مرسومة
فيin خيالimagination مطلقabsolute منحصرconfined
في خيال مطلق منحصر
Everything is a drawn form,
Everything is an imagined form,
Confined within absolute imagination.
In an absolute imagination confined.
والخيالand the imagination المطلقabsolute النفسthe soul التيthat
والخيال المطلق النفس التي
سميتwas called باللوحas the Tablet لوحTablet القدرdestiny
سميت باللوح لوح القدر
And absolute imagination is the soul that
And the absolute imagination is the soul,
Was called the Tablet, the Tablet of Destiny.
Named the Tablet, the Tablet of Destiny.
وهيand it نفسthe soul of الروحthe spirit روحthe spirit of الأمرthe command أيthat is
وهي نفس الروح روح الأمر أي
أمرcommand ربLord خالقcreator للأثرof the effect
أمر رب خالق للأثر
And it is the soul of the spirit—the spirit of the command, that is,
It is the soul of the spirit, the spirit of the matter,
The command of a Lord who creates the effect.
The matter of the Lord, Creator of effects.
أثرan effect فانtransient دعوهleave it تقفواyou will stand
أثر فان دعوه تقفوا
موقفthe station of العرفانgnosis بينamong البشرhumankind
موقف العرفان بين البشر
A transient effect—leave it, and you will stand
Effects, if you call them, stand
At the station of gnosis among humankind.
In the position of gnosis among people.
هوHe لاnot نحنwe ولاnor أنتyou ولاnor
هو لا نحن ولا أنت ولا
كلall ماthat ندركهwe perceive it فاقتصرso confine yourself
كل ما ندركه فاقتصر
He—not we, nor you, nor
He, not us, nor you, nor
Anything we perceive—so go no further.
All that we perceive, so stop.
Sol 6.1