Sol 6.1

  1. لا شيء غير الله والأشياءُ

    معدومة فعل لمن يشاءُ

    There is nothing but God, and things

    are nonexistent—an act of Him who wills.

  2. والفعل أمر عدمي ما له

    بغير من يفعله انجلاء

    And an act is a thing without existence; it has no

    manifestation apart from the One who performs it.

  3. فالظاهر الله لهم بفعله

    والفعل معدوم له الخفاء

    So God is manifest to them through His act,

    while the act is nonexistent; concealment is its lot.

  4. والحق أصل وبعلمه بدا

    وسائر الخلق له الأفياء

    And the Real is the source; through His knowledge He appeared,

    and all created things are His shadows.

  5. والفيء معدوم الوجود ظاهرٌ

    له إلى شاخصه انتماء

    And a shadow has no existence, yet is visible;

    it belongs to the object that casts it.

  6. والشاخص العلم القديم خلفه

    نور وجودِ الذات والضياء

    And the shadow-caster is eternal knowledge; behind it

    are the light and radiance of the Essence’s existence.

  7. قال ألم ترَ إلي ربك كي

    ف قال مدَّ الظلَّ حين جاؤا

    He said, “Have you not considered your Lord, how—”

    He said, “He extended the shadow,” when they came.

  8. وهو المحيط ربنا بكل ما

    في الكون وهو المنعم المعطاء

    And He, our Lord, encompasses all that is

    in the universe, and He is the Benefactor, the Bountiful Giver.

  9. وفي الحديث سبعة يظلهم

    في ظله فهو لهم غطاء

    And the hadith speaks of seven whom He shades

    in His shade; it is a covering for them.

  10. وذاك في يوم ظهوره لهم

    لا ظل إلا ظله المشاء

    And that is on the day He appears to them:

    no shade but His shade, willed by Him.