فرfled إبليسIblis عنfrom هدىguidance العرفانِgnosis
فر إبليس عن هدى العرفانِ
حينwhen قيلit was said اسجدواprostrate yourselves وآدمand Adam دانيnear
حين قيل اسجدوا وآدم داني
Iblis fled from the guidance of gnosis,
when it was said, "Prostrate yourselves," while Adam was near.
فتجلىthen He disclosed Himself بهthrough him الإلهGod وفعلٌand a work
فتجلى به الإله وفعلٌ
هوit باللهthrough God ظاهرmanifest الحدثانcreatedness
هو بالله ظاهر الحدثان
Then God disclosed Himself through him—a work
whose createdness is manifest through God.
ثمthen إبليسIblis ضلwent astray عنهfrom Him وفيهand within him
ثم إبليس ضل عنه وفيه
حسدenvy قامarose واعترتهand assailed him الأمانيvain hopes
حسد قام واعترته الأماني
Then Iblis strayed from Him, and within him
envy arose, and vain hopes assailed him.
كانthere was فيin القلبthe heart منهof his جهلignorance وكفرand disbelief
كان في القلب منه جهل وكفر
بالإلهin God المهيمنthe Guardian الرحمنthe All-Merciful
بالإله المهيمن الرحمن
In his heart were ignorance and disbelief
in God, the Guardian, the All-Merciful.
فبداso appeared اللهGod آدماًas Adam بالتجليthrough self-disclosure
فبدا الله آدماً بالتجلي
وهوand He الحقthe Real ليسthere is no للحقfor the Real ثانيa second
وهو الحق ليس للحق ثاني
So God appeared as Adam through self-disclosure,
and He is the Real; the Real has no second.
وتبدّىand became manifest علمknowledge التجليself-disclosure وماand not كاwas (first part)
وتبدّى علم التجلي وما كا
ن(completes 'was') وعلمand knowledge التنزيهtranscendence كانwas معانيmeanings
ن وعلم التنزيه كان معاني
And knowledge of self-disclosure appeared, though it had not
existed; knowledge of transcendence consisted of meanings.
ثمthen إنindeed الأملاكthe angels قدalready علمواlearned منfrom
ثم إن الأملاك قد علموا من
آدمٍAdam علمَknowledge ذاthis التجليself-disclosure المصانguarded
آدمٍ علمَ ذا التجلي المصان
Then the angels indeed learned from
Adam the knowledge of this guarded self-disclosure.
ولإبليسand Iblis has علمknowledge تنزيهtranscendence ربيmy Lord
ولإبليس علم تنزيه ربي
ماnot لهhe has فيin علمknowledge التجليself-disclosure يدانtwo hands
ما له في علم التجلي يدان
And Iblis has knowledge of my Lord's transcendence;
he has no grasp of the knowledge of self-disclosure.
حيثwhen جاءcame اسجدواprostrate yourselves لآدمbefore Adam حتىso that
حيث جاء اسجدوا لآدم حتى
سجدواthey prostrated themselves دونهwithout him لجهلbecause of ignorance يعانيhe suffers
سجدوا دونه لجهل يعاني
When the command came, "Prostrate yourselves before Adam," then
they prostrated themselves without him, for he suffered from ignorance.
ماnot اسجدواprostrate yourselves قالsaid ربناour Lord أيْmeaning لمخلوbefore a created being (first part)
ما اسجدوا قال ربنا أيْ لمخلو
ق(completes 'created being') وحاشاand far be it فإنfor indeed ذلكthat فانيperishable
ق وحاشا فإن ذلك فاني
Our Lord did not say, "Prostrate yourselves"—meaning, before a created
being—far be it! For that is perishable.
إنماonly اللهGod ظاهرmanifest متجلٍّself-disclosing
إنما الله ظاهر متجلٍّ
كانwas فيin آدمAdam العظيمgreat in الشانstation
كان في آدم العظيم الشان
God alone, manifest and self-disclosing,
was in Adam, great in station.
وهوand He اللهGod لاnot سواهother than Him ولكنbut
وهو الله لا سواه ولكن
ظاهرmanifest فيin أفعالهHis acts للعيانfor all to see
ظاهر في أفعاله للعيان
And He is God, none other than He, yet
manifest in His acts for all to see.
وهوand He غيبunseen ولاand no تغيُّرchange للغيto the unseen (first part)
وهو غيب ولا تغيُّر للغي
ب(completes 'unseen') سوىexcept بالظهورthrough manifestation فيin الإمكانpossibility
ب سوى بالظهور في الإمكان
And He is unseen, and no change comes to the
unseen except through manifestation in the realm of possibility.
حاشfar be it للهfrom God أنthat أملاكangels ربيmy Lord
حاش لله أن أملاك ربي
سجدواthey prostrated themselves للمخلوقbefore a created being فيin الأكوانthe worlds
سجدوا للمخلوق في الأكوان
Far be it from God that my Lord's angels
should have prostrated themselves before a created being in the worlds.
Sol 6.1