جميعall البراياcreated beings هيthey اليلمعُthe mirage
جميع البرايا هي اليلمعُ
وبرقand the lightning الوجودexistence بهاthrough them يلمعُflashes
وبرق الوجود بها يلمعُ
All created beings are the mirage,
All creation gleams
and the lightning of existence flashes through them.
And the lightning of existence gleams within it
وماand not ذلكthat البرقthe lightning غيرother than الذيthat which
وما ذلك البرق غير الذي
هوit الأمرthe command فيin لمحةa glance مسرعswift
هو الأمر في لمحة مسرع
And that lightning is nothing other than that which
That lightning is none other than that which
is the command, swift as a glance.
In an instant brings the command to pass
بهby it الأرضthe earth قامتstood كذاlikewise والسماand the sky
به الأرض قامت كذا والسما
فيخفضso it lowers هذاthis وذاand that يرفعit raises
فيخفض هذا وذا يرفع
By it the earth stands, and likewise the sky;
By it the earth arose, and the heavens too
so it lowers this and raises that.
This it abases, and that it raises high
وفيand in الغيبthe unseen غيبthe unseen الغيوبunseen realms اختفتbecame hidden
وفي الغيب غيب الغيوب اختفت
علىfrom الكلall شمسa sun فلاso not تطلعit rises
على الكل شمس فلا تطلع
And in the unseen—the unseen of unseen realms—lies hidden
And in the unseen, the unseen of all unseen withdrew
from all a sun, and so it does not rise.
Upon all a sun that does not rise
ونحنand we الخفافيشthe bats فيin نورهاits light
ونحن الخفافيش في نورها
نقومwe stand لهاfor it ولهاand to it نركعwe bow
نقوم لها ولها نركع
And we are bats in its light;
And we are the bats in its light
for it we stand, and to it we bow.
We stand for it and to it we bow
هيit الذاتthe Essence ذاتthe essence of الوجودexistence الذيwhich
هي الذات ذات الوجود الذي
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle تبدتit revealed itself لهاbefore it نخشعwe humble ourselves
إذا ما تبدت لها نخشع
It is the Essence, the essence of existence, before which
It is the essence, essence of the existence which
we humble ourselves whenever it reveals itself.
When it manifests we are awed
ولمand did not ندرwe know منهاof it سوىexcept أمرهاits command
ولم ندر منها سوى أمرها
ونحنand we علىupon وجههاits face برقعa veil
ونحن على وجهها برقع
And we have known nothing of it except its command;
And of it we know nothing but its command
and we are a veil upon its face.
And we are before its face veiled
إذاwhen نحنwe متناwe died حييناwe came to life بهاthrough it
إذا نحن متنا حيينا بها
وإنand if نحنwe غبناwe vanished فلاthen not نرجعwe return
وإن نحن غبنا فلا نرجع
When we die, we come to life through it;
When we die it gives us life
and if we vanish, we do not return.
And if we are absent we cannot return
وأعينناand our eyes مبصراتseeing بهاthrough it
وأعيننا مبصرات بها
إليهاtoward it وآذانناand our ears تسمعhear
إليها وآذاننا تسمع
And our eyes see through it,
And our eyes perceive it
looking toward it, and our ears hear.
To it they see, and our ears hear
ولاand not شيءa thing نحنwe ولكنand yet لهاto it
ولا شيء نحن ولكن لها
نسبناwe were ascribed فنحنso we بهاthrough it أجمعall of us
نسبنا فنحن بها أجمع
And we are nothing, yet to it
And we are nothing, but to it
we are ascribed; thus through it we all exist.
Our relation, so through it we are all
Sol 6.1