إنindeed بينbetween الوجودexistence والموجودِand the existent
إن بين الوجود والموجودِ
حرفa letter ميمmīm بهاaround it مدارthe pivot الشهودِwitnessing
حرف ميم بها مدار الشهودِ
Indeed, between existence and the existent
Lies the letter mīm, around which witnessing revolves.
وهوand it حرفa letter محمديMuhammadan شريفnoble
وهو حرف محمدي شريف
هوit عينthe very essence of الآباءthe fathers عينthe very essence of الجدودthe forefathers
هو عين الآباء عين الجدود
And it is a noble Muhammadan letter;
It is the very essence of fathers, the very essence of forefathers.
وهوand it إمكانُthe possibility of كلevery شيءthing تبدىappeared
وهو إمكانُ كل شيء تبدى
وهوand it نفسthe very الرسومthe forms نفسthe very القيودthe constraints
وهو نفس الرسوم نفس القيود
And it is the possibility of everything that has appeared;
And it is the forms themselves, the constraints themselves.
ولهand it has دورةa revolution كلمعةlike a flash of برقlightning
وله دورة كلمعة برق
هيit منfrom عينthe very essence of وقفةa pause وجمودand immobility
هي من عين وقفة وجمود
And it has a revolution like a flash of lightning;
It arises from the very essence of a pause and immobility.
وهوand it أمرthe command الإلهGod فيin كلevery خلقcreature
وهو أمر الإله في كل خلق
بالتقاديرthrough the decrees فيin الشقاwretchedness والسعودand good fortune
بالتقادير في الشقا والسعود
And it is God's command in every creature,
Through decrees, in wretchedness and good fortune.
ألفan alif باستقامةin straightness وهيand it ميمa mīm
ألف باستقامة وهي ميم
حيثwhere دارتit circled فيin خدمةservice of المعبودthe Worshipped One
حيث دارت في خدمة المعبود
An alif when straight, and it is a mīm
Where it circles in service of the Worshipped One.
والوجودand existence الوجودexistence ماnot زالdeparted عماfrom what
والوجود الوجود ما زال عما
كانit was فيهin it بخطهاwith its stroke الممدودextended
كان فيه بخطها الممدود
And existence—existence—has not departed from the state
It was in, with its extended stroke.
وهيand it عقلan intellect يرىsees الإضافةattribution حتماًnecessarily
وهي عقل يرى الإضافة حتماً
لوجودto the existence of المهيمنthe All-Watchful One المقصودthe One sought
لوجود المهيمن المقصود
And it is an intellect that deems attribution necessary
To the existence of the All-Watchful One, the One sought.
فاعذروهso excuse him لأنهbecause he عبدa servant of ربa Lord
فاعذروه لأنه عبد رب
هائمenraptured فيin ركوعهhis bowing والسجودand prostration
هائم في ركوعه والسجود
So excuse him, for he is a servant of a Lord,
Enraptured in his bowing and prostration.
وهوand he باقيthe rest of الحروفthe letters أيانwhenever ولّىhe turned
وهو باقي الحروف أيان ولّى
بانحرافwith an inclination لوجههtoward His face المشهودwitnessed
بانحراف لوجهه المشهود
And he is the rest of the letters, whenever he turns,
Inclining toward His witnessed face.
Sol 6.1