1. خالق الكل واحدُ

    وهو للكل قاصدُ

    The Creator of all is One.

    And He is intent upon all.

  2. وتأمله فهو في

    أنت والكل شاهد

    And contemplate Him, for within

    you and all things He is present.

  3. فإذا قلت أنني

    أنا والكل واحد

    So if you say, 'I—

    I and all are one,'

  4. قلت حقا إذا انتفى

    عنك ما أنت جاحد

    you speak truly, if there falls away

    from you what you deny;

  5. حيث لا نفس تدعي

    ما ترى أو تعاند

    where no self lays claim to

    what it sees, or stubbornly resists;

  6. حيث لم يخف عنك ما

    أنت فيه معاهد

    where it is not concealed from you what

    you are pledged to:

  7. من فناء محقق

    في وجود يشاهد

    a fully realized annihilation

    in an existence beheld;

  8. حيث لا غيره ولا

    شيء يلقاه واجد

    where there is none other than Him, nor

    anything a finder encounters.

  9. فاعتبر ما أقوله

    دون ما قال حاسد

    So heed what I say,

    rather than what an envier has said.

  10. وتحقق به وكن

    عين كن يا مساعد

    And be certain of it, and be

    the very essence of 'Be!', O helper.

  11. تلق كن عينه بلا

    أحرف هم زوائد

    You will find 'Be!' itself, without

    letters—they are additions.

  12. إنما الحرف عندنا

    طرف عنه حائد

    The letter, for us, is only

    an edge that turns away from Him.

  13. وهو حد لمطلق

    عنه فيه الفوائد

    And it is a limit to the Absolute,

    which is beyond it; within it lie the benefits.