1. حركات سكناتُ

    كلها تجدداتُ

    Movements and states of rest—

    all of them are renewals.

  2. ظهرت عن أمر ربي

    فَسَرَتْ فيها الحياة

    They arose from my Lord's command,

    so life flowed through them.

  3. إنها خلق وأمر

    وصفات وذوات

    Indeed, they are creation and command,

    and attributes and essences,

  4. ووجود خالص قد

    لونته الفانيات

    and pure existence, which has been

    colored by transient things.

  5. مثل لمح البصر الكل

    ل وهن الكائنات

    All is like the blink of an eye,

    and they are created beings.

  6. أي هذا الحجر الجا

    مد والأرض الموات

    O you, this inanimate stone,

    and the lifeless earth,

  7. قم تجدد واكشف الأم

    ر لتأتيك الهبات

    rise, renew yourself, and unveil the matter,

    so that gifts may come to you.

  8. وانظر البرق لموعاً

    ماله عنك فوات

    And behold the lightning flashing;

    it never eludes you.

  9. إنه أنت إذا كا

    ن له منك التفات

    It is you, whenever

    your attention turns toward it.

  10. كل شيء غير وجه ال

    له فان ورفات

    Everything other than the face of

    God is perishing and crumbling to dust.

  11. وهي لولاها لما كا

    ن له قط ثبات

    And they—were it not for them, He would

    never have any permanence.

  12. فوجود الكون قول ال

    له كن هم كلمات

    So the cosmos's existence is the utterance of

    God: 'Be'; they are words.

  13. فهي كن لا غيرها قا

    م بها القوم الثقات

    Thus they are 'Be,' nothing else; there arose

    through them the trustworthy folk,

  14. يعبدون الله سراً

    وجهاراً ثم ماتوا

    worshipping God in secret

    and openly; then they died.

  15. إن عرفتم غير هذا ال

    حق يا قوم فهاتوا

    If you know anything other than this

    Truth, O people, then bring it forth.