يا شرفي بأنه يعلمني

يا شرفي بأنه يعلمني

وأنه في الغيب بي كلمني

وأنه في الغيب بي كلمني

O my honor, that He knows me,

O my honor that He teaches me

And that, in the unseen, through me He spoke to me!

And that He spoke to me in the unseen

وقال لي كن وأنا أسمعه

وقال لي كن وأنا أسمعه

وإنما بلطفه أسمعني

وإنما بلطفه أسمعني

And He said to me, “Be,” while I heard Him.

And He said to me "Be" and I hear Him

And only by His grace did He make me hear.

And only by His grace do I hear

وها أنا محقق لكل ذا

وها أنا محقق لكل ذا

فإنه بعدمي حققني

فإنه بعدمي حققني

And here I am, realizing all of this,

And here I am, fulfilling all that

For through my nonexistence He brought me to realization.

For after my nonexistence, He brought me into existence

يا شرفي يا شرفي يا شرفي

يا شرفي يا شرفي يا شرفي

الله ربي الحق قد شرفني

الله ربي الحق قد شرفني

O my honor, O my honor, O my honor!

O my honor, O my honor, O my honor

God, my Lord, the Real, has indeed honored me.

God is my Lord, truly He has honored me

فها أنا في علمه منعدم

فها أنا في علمه منعدم

وفي كلامه كذا أطلعني

وفي كلامه كذا أطلعني

So here I am, nonexistent in His knowledge.

So here I am, annihilated in His knowledge

And in His speech He likewise made this known to me.

And in His speech, He has thus informed me

حسبي بأني علمه الميحط بي

حسبي بأني علمه الميحط بي

وأنني كلامه الغض الجني

وأنني كلامه الغض الجني

It suffices me that I am His knowledge encompassing me,

It suffices me that His knowledge encompasses me

And that I am His tender, freshly gathered speech.

And that I am His soft, ripe speech

وهو الوجود الحق ليست صورة

وهو الوجود الحق ليست صورة

فيه له ولست بالتمكن

فيه له ولست بالتمكن

And He is true Being; there is no form

And He is the true Existence, not an image

Of Him within it, nor am I firmly established.

In Him, for Him, and I have no firmness

وليس فيه غيره من زمن

وليس فيه غيره من زمن

جميع ما منه بدا في الزمن

جميع ما منه بدا في الزمن

And there has been none but Him in it since the time

And there is none in Him but Him, from time

Of all that appeared from Him in time.

All that has appeared in time is from Him

ولا هو الله أنا حاشاي أن

ولا هو الله أنا حاشاي أن

أقول ذا في السر أو في العلن

أقول ذا في السر أو في العلن

Nor am I He—God; far be it from me to

And He is not God, and I - forbid

Say this in secret or in public.

That I say this in secret or openly

لأنني عندي أنا وعندكم

لأنني عندي أنا وعندكم

وعنده لا شيء عال ودني

وعنده لا شيء عال ودني

For I am I in my own view and in yours,

For I am with me, and you are with you

While in His view there is nothing, lofty or lowly.

And with Him there is nothing high or low

الله ربي لا سواه عنده

الله ربي لا سواه عنده

لا عندنا فافهمه فهم الفطن

لا عندنا فافهمه فهم الفطن

God is my Lord; in His view there is none but Him,

God is my Lord, none but Him with Him

Not in ours—so understand it as the discerning do.

Not with us, so understand with the understanding of the keen minded

من أجل ذا كلامه أنزله

من أجل ذا كلامه أنزله

بعلمه لمن بهذا يعتني

بعلمه لمن بهذا يعتني

For this reason He sent down His speech,

For this reason He revealed His speech

With His knowledge, to whoever attends to this.

With His knowledge, to one who is concerned with this

والله علم وكلام أزلاً

والله علم وكلام أزلاً

وهو حروفنا لأجل الفتن

وهو حروفنا لأجل الفتن

And God is knowledge and speech from eternity.

And God is eternal Knowledge and Speech

And He is our letters, for the sake of trials.

And He is our letters, for the sake of tribulation

وكل من يعرف ما قد قلته

وكل من يعرف ما قد قلته

فإنه مثلي على التيقن

فإنه مثلي على التيقن

And everyone who knows what I have said

And whoever recognizes what I have said

Is indeed, like me, grounded in certainty.

Is like me, with certainty

ومن يكن يجهل ذا فإنه

ومن يكن يجهل ذا فإنه

لا يعرف الله ولا عبد الغني

لا يعرف الله ولا عبد الغني

And whoever is ignorant of this, surely he

And whoever is ignorant of this

Knows neither God nor Abd al-Ghani.

Does not know God or the Self-Sufficient Worshipper