هُوَ ما هُوْ وأنا ما هُوْ أنا

هُوَ ما هُوْ وأنا ما هُوْ أنا

واحدٌ هذا تبدَّى علنا

واحدٌ هذا تبدَّى علنا

He is what He is, and I am what I am.

He is what He is, and I am what I am not.

This is one, openly manifested.

This One has manifested openly.

فاعجبوا من واحد واثنين ما

فاعجبوا من واحد واثنين ما

هوَ إلا واحد وهْوَ أنا

هوَ إلا واحد وهْوَ أنا

So marvel at one and two: it is

So wonder at the One and the two that are not.

nothing but one, and it is I.

He is but One, and He is I.

ظاهر بي باطن عنيَ بي

ظاهر بي باطن عنيَ بي

لظهوري وبطوني بدنا

لظهوري وبطوني بدنا

Manifest through me, hidden from me—through me,

Outwardly manifest through me, inwardly hidden from me,

as a body for my outward and inward being.

For my outwardness and my inwardness we were created.

نفخ الروح به عن أمره

نفخ الروح به عن أمره

وهي لولا أمره كانت فنا

وهي لولا أمره كانت فنا

He breathed the spirit into it by His command.

The Spirit was breathed into it by His command,

And but for His command, it would have been annihilated.

And without His command it would have been annihilated.

جل ربُّ الخلق لا يعرفه

جل ربُّ الخلق لا يعرفه

غيره والخلق في بحر العنا

غيره والخلق في بحر العنا

Exalted is the Lord of creation; none knows Him

Exalted is the Lord of creation - none but Him

but He Himself, while creation is in a sea of suffering.

Can know Him, while creation is in the sea of suffering.

نحن لا نحن وبالفقر إلى

نحن لا نحن وبالفقر إلى

يدِ من نعرفُ مُدَّت بالغنى

يدِ من نعرفُ مُدَّت بالغنى

We are not ourselves; in poverty, we turn toward

We are not we, and in poverty towards

the hand of the One we know, outstretched with riches.

The hand of Him whom we know has extended with bounty.

إن نَقُلْ قلنا وما قلنا وقد

إن نَقُلْ قلنا وما قلنا وقد

قال إذ قال وما قال كنى

قال إذ قال وما قال كنى

If we speak, we speak yet do not speak; and He indeed

If we say we spoke, we did not speak, and if we spoke,

spoke when He spoke, yet did not speak—He spoke by allusion.

He spoke when He spoke, and what He said was hinting.

وكما الكل همُ الكل كذا

وكما الكل همُ الكل كذا

ما همُ الكل فكن مستيقنا

ما همُ الكل فكن مستيقنا

And just as all of them are the whole, so too

And just as they are all Him, so too

they are not the whole; so be certain.

What is not Him - be certain of that.

هذه حالة أهل الله لا

هذه حالة أهل الله لا

أهل غير الله صارت ديدنا

أهل غير الله صارت ديدنا

This is the state of God's people, not

This is the state of the people of God - not

those devoted to other than God; it has become their constant practice.

The people other than God - it has become their habit.

ذوقهم يكشف عنها وبها

ذوقهم يكشف عنها وبها

من علوم الله قد نالوا المنى

من علوم الله قد نالوا المنى

Their spiritual tasting reveals it, and through it

Their taste reveals it, and through it

from divine knowledge they have attained their desires.

From the sciences of God they have attained their wish.