لو خلق الله وجوداً للورى

لو خلق الله وجوداً للورى

لكان مثله ومثله افترا

لكان مثله ومثله افترا

If God had created existence for creatures,

If God had created a counterpart in existence

It would have been His like—and His like is a fabrication.

It would have been like Him, and that's impossible

والله ليس مثله شيء كما

والله ليس مثله شيء كما

قد جاء في القرآن عند من قرا

قد جاء في القرآن عند من قرا

And nothing is like God, as

God has no equal, as stated

Has been stated in the Qur’an, for whoever has read.

In the Quran for those who have read

والوهم في العقول ذاهب إلى

والوهم في العقول ذاهب إلى

أن الوجود اثنان هكذا جرى

أن الوجود اثنان هكذا جرى

And delusion in the minds inclines toward

The notion that there are two existences

The thought that existence is twofold—so it runs:

Is a fanciful illusion

وجود خلق ووجود خالق

وجود خلق ووجود خالق

هو اشتراك وهو شرك يُمترى

هو اشتراك وهو شرك يُمترى

The existence of creation and the existence of a Creator.

One existence being creation, the other being Creator

This is sharing, and it is polytheism that is doubted.

That is association, which is idolatry

وإنما الخلق جميعاً عدم

وإنما الخلق جميعاً عدم

مقدِّرٌ له الإلهُ قدرا

مقدِّرٌ له الإلهُ قدرا

And creation, all of it, is only nonexistence,

In truth, all creation is nonexistence

For which God determines a measure.

Which God predestined into existence

وكلهم في العلم مفروضاته

وكلهم في العلم مفروضاته

وعلمه القديم محلول العرى

وعلمه القديم محلول العرى

And all of them, in knowledge, are His postulates,

Known to Him from eternity past

And His eternal knowledge is unbound.

Before He brought them into reality

وقد تجلى بالتقادير التي

وقد تجلى بالتقادير التي

قدرها جميعها فظهرا

قدرها جميعها فظهرا

And He has manifested Himself through the determinations that

He then manifested them through the precise decrees

He determined, all of them, and so appeared,

He preordained, so they appeared

منزهاً مقدساً عنها وعن

منزهاً مقدساً عنها وعن

جميع ما في العقل قد تصورا

جميع ما في العقل قد تصورا

Transcendent and holy, beyond them and beyond

Transcendent and sanctified, distinct from

All that has taken form in the mind.

All that the mind conjectures

فهو الوجود الحق ظاهر لنا

فهو الوجود الحق ظاهر لنا

وباطن عن غيرنا مستترا

وباطن عن غيرنا مستترا

Thus He is true existence, manifest to us,

He alone is true Existence, outwardly manifest

And hidden from those other than us, concealed.

Yet inwardly concealed from others' perception

لأن غيرنا يرى تقديره

لأن غيرنا يرى تقديره

ولا يراه لا رأى ولا درى

ولا يراه لا رأى ولا درى

For those other than us see His determination,

For others only see His decree

And do not see Him; they have neither seen nor known.

But not Him, neither in vision nor in consciousness

وكل تقدير بلا مقدر

وكل تقدير بلا مقدر

هو المحال المحض في عقل الورى

هو المحال المحض في عقل الورى

And every determination without a determiner

A decree without a decreer

Is sheer impossibility in the minds of creatures.

Is logically impossible in reason's realm

ومن يصور صورة من عدم

ومن يصور صورة من عدم

فإنه وجودها الذي يرى

فإنه وجودها الذي يرى

And whoever fashions an image from nonexistence,

One who forms an image from nothingness

Then indeed he is its existence, which is seen.

Is himself the existence beholding it

لكنها محجوبة عنه بها

لكنها محجوبة عنه بها

والعلم يكشف الذي تقررا

والعلم يكشف الذي تقررا

But it is veiled from him by itself,

Yet it is veiled from him by his own illusion

And knowledge reveals what has been established.

While knowledge unveils what is ascertained

والجاهل المغرور هذا عنده

والجاهل المغرور هذا عنده

مستبعد ضل به فأنكرا

مستبعد ضل به فأنكرا

And for the deluded ignorant person, this is

The deluded fool holds fast to his denial

Far-fetched; he went astray because of it and so denied it.

Thereby going astray and refusing truth

ونحن نعلم التقادير التي

ونحن نعلم التقادير التي

قدرها الباري الذي لها برى

قدرها الباري الذي لها برى

And we know the determinations that

While we know the decrees determined

The Creator determined—He who fashioned them.

By the Originator to whom all owes its being

ونحن من جملتها أجمعنا

ونحن من جملتها أجمعنا

وهو الوجود الحق ما فيه امتِرا

وهو الوجود الحق ما فيه امتِرا

And we are among their number, all of us,

We are among those decrees, all of us

And He is true existence—there is no doubt about it.

While He alone is true Existence, in whom there is no doubt

وإنه غيب ولا نعرفه

وإنه غيب ولا نعرفه

وعجزنا عنه لنا تحررا

وعجزنا عنه لنا تحررا

And indeed He is unseen, and we do not know Him,

He is unseen and unknown to us

And our inability to know Him has become clear to us.

And beyond our comprehension, as we have stated

فاتبع طريقنا وقل بقولنا

فاتبع طريقنا وقل بقولنا

إن رمت شيخنا الكبير الأكبرا

إن رمت شيخنا الكبير الأكبرا

So follow our path and speak as we speak,

So follow our path and speak as we have spoken

If you seek our great master, the greatest.

If you wish acceptance by the Greatest Elder