ربما يكذب حسادي عليّ

ربما يكذب حسادي عليّ

بكلام السوء منسوباً إليّ

بكلام السوء منسوباً إليّ

My enviers may lie about me,

Perhaps my enviers lie about me

with evil speech attributed to me.

With evil words attributed to me

فيدسون نظاماً منهمو

فيدسون نظاماً منهمو

في نظامي ويحيلون علي

في نظامي ويحيلون علي

So they slip in verse of their own

They insert nonsense of their own

among my verse, and ascribe it to me.

Into my compositions and ascribe it to me

أو يدسون بنثري نثرهم

أو يدسون بنثري نثرهم

ذلك الكفر ويلقون لدي

ذلك الكفر ويلقون لدي

Or they slip their prose into mine—

Or they insert into my prose their own prose

that unbelief—and cast it before me.

That blasphemy, and lay it at my door

وأنا ما قلت شيئاً خالف ال

وأنا ما قلت شيئاً خالف ال

شرعَ شرع المصطفى نسلِ قصي

شرعَ شرع المصطفى نسلِ قصي

Yet I have said nothing that contravenes the

While I have said nothing contrary to

Law—the Law of the Chosen One, descendant of Qusayy.

The law, the law of Mustafa, offspring of Qusayy

لا ولا أقبله إن سمعت

لا ولا أقبله إن سمعت

ذاك أذناي ولو من أَبَوَي

ذاك أذناي ولو من أَبَوَي

No, nor would I accept it if I heard

No, I do not accept it if I hear

that with my own ears, even from my parents.

That with my ears, even if from my parents

غاية الأمر لنا في حالنا

غاية الأمر لنا في حالنا

كلمات ظهرت من شفتي

كلمات ظهرت من شفتي

The sum of the matter for us, in our state, is

The point is, for us in our state

words that emerged from my lips.

Are words that have appeared from my lips

خصنا فيه تجلِّي ربنا

خصنا فيه تجلِّي ربنا

نحن ندريها بذوق يا أُخَي

نحن ندريها بذوق يا أُخَي

Our Lord's self-disclosure singled us out in it.

In which our Lord's manifestation was specified for us

We know them through spiritual taste, O my dear brother.

We know them through spiritual taste, O brother

لم تخالف شرع طه المصطفى

لم تخالف شرع طه المصطفى

عند من بالله موجود وحي

عند من بالله موجود وحي

They did not contravene the Law of Taha, the Chosen One,

They do not contradict the law of Taha Al-Mustafa

in the eyes of one who exists and lives through God.

In the view of one in whom God is present and revelation

وذووا الغفلة لا تفهمها

وذووا الغفلة لا تفهمها

أبداً بعد اللُّتَيَّا واللُّتَي

أبداً بعد اللُّتَيَّا واللُّتَي

But the heedless do not understand them,

While the heedless do not understand them

ever, even after ordeals small and great.

Ever, after blindness and blindness

فاتركوها يا أخلائي لنا

فاتركوها يا أخلائي لنا

ربما عنكم طواها الله طي

ربما عنكم طواها الله طي

So leave them to us, O my dear friends;

So leave them to me, O brothers of mine

perhaps God has completely folded them away from you.

Perhaps God has hidden them from you

إنما نحن وأنتم خلقه

إنما نحن وأنتم خلقه

وهو مولى في يديه كل شي

وهو مولى في يديه كل شي

We and you are only His creatures,

We and you are only His creation

and He is the Master; everything is in His hands.

And He is the Master; in His hands is everything

وكلام واحد يُفهَم من

وكلام واحد يُفهَم من

لفظه رشدٌ كما يُفهَم غي

لفظه رشدٌ كما يُفهَم غي

And a single utterance may be understood, from

And one word is understood from

its wording, as guidance, just as it may be understood as error.

Its utterance as guidance, just as deviation is understood

وانظروا القرآن حق كله

وانظروا القرآن حق كله

فهمت منه أناس فهم عي

فهمت منه أناس فهم عي

Look at the Qur'an: it is wholly true.

And look at the Quran, all truth

Some people understood it with an inept understanding.

Some people understood guidance from it

وبذاك الفهم فيه اختلفوا

وبذاك الفهم فيه اختلفوا

فرقاً شتَّى وما فازوا بري

فرقاً شتَّى وما فازوا بري

And with that understanding they differed over it,

And by that understanding they differed

forming diverse sects, without quenching their thirst.

Into various sects, and did not win any righteousness

وكلام الله لا يشبهه

وكلام الله لا يشبهه

من كلام الناس شيءٌ يا بني

من كلام الناس شيءٌ يا بني

And God's speech is like nothing

And God's word is not like

in human speech, O my dear son.

Any of mankind's words, O my son

مع هذا فهموا منه الخطا

مع هذا فهموا منه الخطا

ولهم قطع به من غير لَيّ

ولهم قطع به من غير لَيّ

Despite this, they understood it wrongly,

Despite this they understood error from it

and they are certain of it, without wavering.

And became firmly convinced of it without seeing

ويضل الله قد قال به

ويضل الله قد قال به

وبه يهدي كثيراً فلتهي

وبه يهدي كثيراً فلتهي

And God has said that He leads astray through it,

And God leads astray, He has said it

and through it guides many—so prepare yourself.

And by it He guides many, so be warned

وكلام العارفين المختفي

وكلام العارفين المختفي

منه ما ينكره القلب العمي

منه ما ينكره القلب العمي

And in the hidden speech of the gnostics,

And the speech of the gnostics that is hidden

there is that which the blind heart rejects:

Contains what the blind heart denies

وحدة الحق التي قد حققت

وحدة الحق التي قد حققت

كل شيءٍ وبها الشيْ ليس شي

كل شيءٍ وبها الشيْ ليس شي

the oneness of the Real, which has made real

And the oneness of truth which I have realized

everything—and through it, a thing is no thing.

Is everything, and by it nothing is anything

كل من قد قال عن شيء إذا

كل من قد قال عن شيء إذا

أشرق النور عليه والضوي

أشرق النور عليه والضوي

Anyone who has said of a thing, when

All who have said about a thing, when

light and radiance have shone upon it,

The light shone upon it and the light

أنه نور فقد أخطأ ما

أنه نور فقد أخطأ ما

هو نور بل منير وهو فَيّ

هو نور بل منير وهو فَيّ

that it is light has erred: it is not

That it is light have erred. It is not

light, but luminous, and it is a shadow—

Light, but enlightened, and it is empty

ظلمة تبدو وتخفى بالذي

ظلمة تبدو وتخفى بالذي

خلفها وهو الوجود الحق حي

خلفها وهو الوجود الحق حي

darkness that appears and disappears through what

A darkness that appears and disappears by what

lies behind it—the true, living Being.

Is behind it, and He is real existence, truly living

فانظروا واعتبروا ما قلته

فانظروا واعتبروا ما قلته

إنه غاية شيء في يدي

إنه غاية شيء في يدي

So look, and reflect on what I have said:

So consider and reflect on what I have said

it is the utmost of what I hold in my hands.

It is the ultimate point, in my hands