1. خذها إليك لها هدى وبيانُ

    منا نصيحة من له عرفانُ

    Take it for yourself; it holds guidance and clarity:

    from us, the counsel of one who has spiritual knowledge,

  2. مغرىً بحب المذعنين يسوقهم

    للغيب منه تحقق وعيانُ

    enamored of those who submit, who are led

    to the unseen by his realization and direct vision.

  3. وبها يد التوحيد قد مدت لمن

    حفظ العهود وعنده الإذعانُ

    Through it, the hand of divine unity has been extended to whoever

    has kept the covenants and possesses submission.

  4. إني بحبك يا محمد مغرمٌ

    أنت البديري بالكمال مصان

    I am enthralled by love for you, O Muhammad;

    you are al-Budayri, safeguarded in perfection.

  5. وعليك من نسج الهداية حلةٌ

    وطرازها التوفيق والإيقان

    Upon you is a robe woven of guidance,

    its embroidery divine favor and certainty.

  6. فابشر بكل سعادة وعناية

    وحماية ومن الإله تصان

    Rejoice, then, in every happiness and care,

    and protection; by God you are safeguarded.

  7. أنت الحقيق بأن يقال لك انتبه

    من رقدة الغفلات يا إنسان

    You deserve to be told: Awake

    from the slumber of heedlessness, O human being.

  8. أعنى بذلك رقدة الدين التي

    من كان راقدها هو اليقظان

    By that I mean the slumber of religion, in which

    the sleeper is considered wakeful

  9. عند العوام وعند من هو غافل

    والذكر منه بها هو النسيان

    by the common people and by whoever is heedless;

    and his remembrance, within it, is forgetfulness.

  10. علم اليقين فإن ذلك بعده

    عين اليقين به الأحبة دانوا

    The knowledge of certainty—for after that comes

    the eye of certainty, which the beloved have embraced.

  11. من بعده حق اليقين ولليقي

    ن حقيقة لظهورها لمعان

    After it comes the truth of certainty; and certainty

    has a reality whose manifestation gleams.

  12. هي وحدة باسم الوجود تحققت

    وهي الوجود الحق والوجدان

    It is a unity realized under the name of being,

    and it is true being and direct experience.

  13. تنحل فيها المشكلات جميعها

    والسنة الغراء والقرآن

    Within it all obscurities are resolved—

    those of the radiant Sunna and the Quran,

  14. وكلام أهل الله في طبقاتهم

    وبها يكون من الشكوك أمان

    and of the words of God's people in their ranks;

    through it there is safety from doubts.

  15. إن الوجود لمن تحقق واحد

    ليس الزيادة فيه والنقصان

    For whoever has realized the truth, being is one,

    admitting neither increase nor decrease:

  16. ذات منزهة عن التركيب لا

    شيء يشابهها له الحدثان

    an Essence beyond composition, which no

    thing subject to origination resembles.

  17. وصفاتها في نفسها هي عينها

    وكذاك أسماء لتلك حسان

    Its attributes, in themselves, are its very Essence,

    as are the beautiful names belonging to it.

  18. والعقل يدرك أن ذلك غيرها

    وهي المراتب ما لها نكران

    Yet reason perceives them as other than it:

    these are the degrees, which cannot be denied.

  19. لا عينها لا غيرها فافطن هنا

    ليزول عنك الظن والحسبان

    Neither identical with it nor other than it—understand this,

    so that conjecture and supposition may leave you.

  20. وهي اعتبارات كثيرات وما

    هي غير ذات الحق جل الشان

    They are many conceptual aspects, yet

    they are nothing other than the Essence of the Real, exalted in majesty.

  21. والحس والمحسوس قد قاما بها

    والعقل والمعقول يا إخوان

    Sense and the sensed subsist through it,

    as do reason and the intelligible, O brethren.

  22. والكل خلق الله أي تصويره

    مثل المعاني تدرك الأذهان

    All are God's creation—that is, His fashioning—

    like meanings apprehended by minds.

  23. فانظر إلى هذا الوجود مجرداً

    عنه تقاديراً هي الأكوان

    So behold this being, stripping away

    from it the determinations that are created things,

  24. ومنزهاً لجماله عن كل ما

    يحوي المكان وتجمع الأزمان

    and declaring its beauty beyond all that

    space contains and the ages encompass.

  25. فالكل موجودون منه به له

    لولاه كان وجودهم ما كانوا

    All exist from Him, through Him, and for Him;

    but for Him, their very being, they would not exist.

  26. والكل معدومون فيه وإنما

    هو وحده المتفضل المنان

    All are nonexistent in Him, and only

    He alone is the gracious, bountiful Bestower.

  27. وهو الذي هو عين ما هو لم يزل

    ما غيَّرته بخلقها الأعيان

    He is the One who remains exactly what He has always been;

    the entities have not changed Him through their creation.

  28. وكذاك لم تتغير الأعيان من

    عدم بها لكن لها لوذان

    Likewise, the entities have not changed from

    their inherent nonexistence; yet they take refuge in Him.

  29. تبدو به وهو الذي يبدو بها

    كلٌّ لكلٍّ نسبة وقران

    They appear through Him, and He appears through them;

    each bears a relation and a bond to the other.

  30. وهما جميعاً ظاهران فتارةً

    خلقٌ يقال وتارةً رحمان

    Both are manifest together: sometimes

    'creation' is said, and sometimes 'the All-Merciful.'

  31. حق على العرش العظيم قد استوى

    وبه محلٌّ قائم ومكان

    The Real has established Himself upon the mighty Throne;

    through Him, locality and place subsist.

  32. سبحانه من أن يحل بغيره

    أو في مكان أوله إمكان

    Glory be to Him, beyond dwelling in anything else,

    or in a place, or being contingent.

  33. هو أول هو آخر هو ظاهر

    هو باطن هو واحد ديان

    He is the First, He is the Last, He is the Manifest;

    He is the Hidden, He is the One, the Judge.

  34. والكائنات جميعها معدومة

    في نوره ولها به إبطان

    All created things are nonexistent

    in His light, and through Him they are concealed.

  35. وهو الوجود الحق جل جلاله

    والإنس قد قاموا به والجان

    He is true Being—exalted is His majesty—

    through whom humankind and jinn subsist.

  36. في الملك والملكوت عز وجل عن

    معنى الشريك وما هي الأوثان

    In the visible and unseen realms, He is mighty and exalted above

    the notion of a partner—and what are idols?

  37. فالجأ إليه وكن به متمسكاً

    وليستَوِ الإسرار والإعلان

    So seek refuge in Him, and hold fast to Him;

    let what is hidden and what is declared be alike.

  38. واطرح قيودك في حماه ولذ به

    وليكثر التفويض والتكلان

    Cast off your fetters in His sanctuary and take refuge in Him;

    let surrender and reliance abound.

  39. وبه فقم واقعد به واركع به

    واسجد إليه به لك استيقان

    Through Him, stand; through Him, sit; through Him, bow;

    and prostrate yourself to Him; through Him you have certainty.

  40. واترك مرادك في قديم مراده

    يَمضي الفساد ويذهب الطغيان

    Surrender your will to His eternal will;

    corruption will pass away, and transgression depart.

  41. واترك به دعوى الوجود له وكن

    فيه بلا كون يزول الران

    Through Him, leave the claim to being to Him, and be

    in Him without separate being; the rust will vanish.

  42. واجعل فناءك في هواه هو البقا

    إن الفنا هو للبقا ميدان

    Make your annihilation in His love your abiding;

    for annihilation is the arena of abiding.

  43. واعكف على سنن النبي محاذراً

    بدعَ الزمان يسوقها الشيطان

    Devote yourself to the Prophet's ways, guarding against

    the age's innovations, driven onward by Satan.

  44. فالسنة الغراء منهاج التقى

    تُمحى به الآثام والعصيان

    The radiant Sunna is the path of piety,

    through which sins and disobedience are effaced.

  45. واكفف عن الناس الظنون وسوءها

    واحذر ففي هذا لك الحرمان

    Refrain from conjecture about people and from ill suspicion;

    beware, for in this lies deprivation for you.

  46. واترك على العاصين سترَ إلههم

    واعلم بأنك كيف دِنتَ تدان

    Leave their God's veil upon the disobedient,

    and know: as you judge, so shall you be judged.

  47. واكتم سريرتك التي هي قد صفت

    لك عن سواك يزينك الكتمان

    Conceal your inward secret, which has become pure

    for you, from all others; concealment adorns you.

  48. وأقم على نصحي وكن متحققاً

    بمقالتي فمقالتي الفرقان

    Abide by my counsel and be firmly grounded

    in my words, for my words are the criterion.

  49. وأدر لسانك بالصلاة على الذي

    غيث الهدى أبداً به هتّان

    Keep your tongue moving in blessings upon him

    through whom the rain of guidance pours forever.

  50. ولآله ولصحبه من بعده

    فليكثر التسليم والرضوان

    And upon his family and his companions after him,

    let salutations and divine approval abound.

  51. وانهض بحب الصالحين وذكرهم

    فيما تروم فتذهب الأحزان

    Press onward through love of the righteous and remembrance of them

    in what you seek, and sorrows will depart.

  52. ولك الحوائج تنقضي بسهولة

    وإليك يأتي العفو والغفران

    Your needs will be met with ease,

    and pardon and forgiveness will come to you.

  53. وبما أتى عبد الغنيِّ فخذ ولا

    تتبع عداه فإنهم عميان

    Hold fast to what Abd al-Ghani has brought, and do not

    follow his enemies, for they are blind.