تحقق فإن الروح في الكل واحدُ

تحقق فإن الروح في الكل واحدُ

ولا شيء إلا الروح يدريه واجدُ

ولا شيء إلا الروح يدريه واجدُ

Realize: the spirit in all is one.

Verify that the spirit in all is one

There is nothing but the spirit; one who finds it knows it.

And nothing but the spirit knows it, present

وذلك من أمر الإله كما أتى

وذلك من أمر الإله كما أتى

وما الأمر إلا واحد وهو شاهد

وما الأمر إلا واحد وهو شاهد

And that is of God's command, as has been stated.

And that is from God's command as it came

And the command is but one, and it is a witness.

And the command is only one, it's evident

وذو الأمر وهو الله لا شك أنه

وذو الأمر وهو الله لا شك أنه

هو الواحد المقصود والكل قاصد

هو الواحد المقصود والكل قاصد

And the Lord of the command, who is God—there is no doubt that

And the one with the command, who's God, no doubt

He is the One sought, and all are seeking.

He's the one intended, the all were ardently seeking

وقد صار ذاك الروح كل العقول وال

وقد صار ذاك الروح كل العقول وال

نفوس وأجسام الورى تتوارد

نفوس وأجسام الورى تتوارد

And that spirit has become all the intellects and the

And that spirit became all the minds and the

souls and bodies of created beings, coming in succession.

Souls and bodies of creation converging

فتظهر أغياراً له وهو عينها

فتظهر أغياراً له وهو عينها

يحس به الذوق السليم المشاهد

يحس به الذوق السليم المشاهد

Thus they appear other than it, though it is their very essence.

So it shows as different from it yet it's essence

Sound, witnessing spiritual taste perceives it.

Is sensed by the perceptive and seeing

وذو الجهل بالمحسوس يحسب كثرة

وذو الجهل بالمحسوس يحسب كثرة

ويتبعه في الوهم عقل معاند

ويتبعه في الوهم عقل معاند

And one ignorant of what is sensed supposes multiplicity,

While the ignorant by sensations thinks multiplicity

and an obstinate intellect follows him in delusion.

And follows fancy, and an obstinate mind is misleading

ويلمح ذاك الروح كالبرق ظاهراً

ويلمح ذاك الروح كالبرق ظاهراً

عن الأمر غيب الغيب ثم يعاود

عن الأمر غيب الغيب ثم يعاود

And that spirit is glimpsed like lightning, appearing

And that spirit flashes like lightning revealed

from the command—the unseen of the unseen—then it returns,

From the unseen of the unseen, then recurring

على مقتضى الأسماء وهي جميعها

على مقتضى الأسماء وهي جميعها

هي الوجه وجه الله في النص وارد

هي الوجه وجه الله في النص وارد

according to the demands of the Names; and all of them

According to the names' requirements, all of them

are the Face—the Face of God, mentioned in the text.

Are the face, God's face in text recurring

وللوجه كان الروح مرآته التي

وللوجه كان الروح مرآته التي

تلوح بها آثاره والمقاصد

تلوح بها آثاره والمقاصد

And the spirit was the Face's mirror, in which

And for the face was the spirit its mirror

its traces and purposes gleam.

In which its traces and intentions were appearing

فتظهر في الروح العوالم كلها

فتظهر في الروح العوالم كلها

عكوس مرادات الإله شوارد

عكوس مرادات الإله شوارد

So all the worlds appear in the spirit,

So in the spirit all the worlds manifest

wandering reflections of what God wills.

Reflections of God's purposes wandering

وترتيبها في العلم يظهر هكذا

وترتيبها في العلم يظهر هكذا

لدينا فمولود وأم ووالد

لدينا فمولود وأم ووالد

And their ordering in knowledge appears thus

And their arrangement in knowledge appears this

to us: a child, a mother, and a father.

Way to us - so born, mother, and father

ومن حس في المرآة صورة وجهه

ومن حس في المرآة صورة وجهه

فللوجه والمرآة ذا الحس رافد

فللوجه والمرآة ذا الحس رافد

And when one perceives the image of his face in the mirror,

And whoever felt in the mirror his face's image

then this perception supports both the face and the mirror.

To the face and the mirror this feeling is tribute

وبالصورة المرآة عنه تسترت

وبالصورة المرآة عنه تسترت

فظن الذي قد ظن والعقل راقد

فظن الذي قد ظن والعقل راقد

And through the image the mirror hid itself from him,

And through the image the mirror hides from him

so he supposed what he supposed, while reason lay asleep.

So the one who supposed, and the mind was dormant

ومن أجل هذا قال أهل طريقنا

ومن أجل هذا قال أهل طريقنا

خيال وظل ما عن الحق وافد

خيال وظل ما عن الحق وافد

And for this reason, the people of our path said:

And for this reason the people of our path said

What comes forth from the Real is an image and a shadow.

Phantom and shadow what came from the Real wasn't evident

ولم يعرف المسكين ما قال عارف

ولم يعرف المسكين ما قال عارف

وقد ظن سوءاً وهو للحق جاحد

وقد ظن سوءاً وهو للحق جاحد

And the poor man did not understand what a knower said,

And the poor soul didn't know what the knower said

and he has thought ill, while denying the Real.

And thought badly while to the Real he wasponent

فلو وفق الرحمن ذلك للهدى

فلو وفق الرحمن ذلك للهدى

رأى نقصه في نفسه فيجاهد

رأى نقصه في نفسه فيجاهد

So, had the All-Merciful guided that man aright,

If the Merciful granted him guidance

he would see his deficiency in himself and strive,

He'd see his deficiencies, so he'd struggle

ويصبح مشغولاً ويمسي بنفسه

ويصبح مشغولاً ويمسي بنفسه

وقلب له في كل ما عاق زاهد

وقلب له في كل ما عاق زاهد

and morning and evening he would be occupied with himself,

And be busy by day and night with himself

and his heart would be detached from all that hinders.

With a heart detached from all that was deficient

ولكنه الممقوت من حكم ربه

ولكنه الممقوت من حكم ربه

عليه ولا يدري وما هو راشد

عليه ولا يدري وما هو راشد

But he is the detested one, by his Lord's decree

But he, despised by his Lord's judgement

against him; he does not know, and he is not rightly guided.

Upon him, knows not, and is not guided