قد جاء ربُّنا لنا

قد جاء ربُّنا لنا

في ظلل من الغمامْ

في ظلل من الغمامْ

Our Lord has indeed come to us

Our Lord has come to us

in canopies of cloud.

In shades of clouds

وإن نشأْ جئنا له

وإن نشأْ جئنا له

إن زال عنا الإنبهامْ

إن زال عنا الإنبهامْ

And if we wish, we come to Him,

And if we want, we can come to Him

if obscurity departs from us.

If uncertainty leaves us

والظلل التي أتى

والظلل التي أتى

بها ذواتُنا الجسام

بها ذواتُنا الجسام

And the canopies He came with

And the shades that He came with

are our bulky selves;

Our substantial bodies

تظلنا من نوره

تظلنا من نوره

كيلا يكون الإنعدام

كيلا يكون الإنعدام

they shade us from His light,

Shade us from His light

lest annihilation occur.

Lest there be annihilation

وهي بخار عدم

وهي بخار عدم

نشا من الأسما العظام

نشا من الأسما العظام

And they are a vapor of nonbeing,

And they are vapors of nothingness

arising from the mighty Names:

That arose from the mighty heavens

عناصر أربعة

عناصر أربعة

مثل الذي في ذا المقام

مثل الذي في ذا المقام

four elements,

Four elements

like those in this station—

Like what is in this station

مقام دنيانا التي

مقام دنيانا التي

بربها لها القيام

بربها لها القيام

the station of our world, which

The station of our world

has its subsistence through its Lord.

That by its Lord is sustained

وأصلها بأنه

وأصلها بأنه

حيٌّ عليم لا يرام

حيٌّ عليم لا يرام

And its origin lies in His being

And its origin is that He

Living, All-Knowing, beyond attainment;

Is Living, All-Knowing, cannot be opposed

وهو مريد قادر

وهو مريد قادر

أركان إيجاد العوام

أركان إيجاد العوام

and He is Willing, Powerful—

And He is Willing, Powerful

the pillars of bringing common folk into being.

Pillars of creating the masses

أما الخواص فهو لا

أما الخواص فهو لا

وجود فيه يستدام

وجود فيه يستدام

As for the elect, He is such that no

As for the elite, He is the

existence is sustained in Him.

Non-existence that endures

كالمثل المضروب في

كالمثل المضروب في

عالمنا هذا المرام

عالمنا هذا المرام

Like the parable set forth in

Like the example given in

our world is this sought-for end.

This world we aspire to

يقول عنه ربنا

يقول عنه ربنا

في منزل من الكلام

في منزل من الكلام

Our Lord speaks of it

Our Lord says about Himself

in revealed words.

In a verse of speech

معناه ضرب مثل

معناه ضرب مثل

فاستمعوه يا كرام

فاستمعوه يا كرام

Its meaning is the setting forth of a parable,

Its meaning an example is struck

so listen to it, O noble ones.

So listen O honorable ones

والمثل الأعلى له

والمثل الأعلى له

في الأرض والسما يقام

في الأرض والسما يقام

And His is the highest likeness,

And the highest example of Him

established on earth and in heaven.

Is established on earth and in the heavens

فحققوا يا إخوتي

فحققوا يا إخوتي

ما قلته من النظام

ما قلته من النظام

So ascertain, O my brothers,

So realize, my brothers

what I have said in verse,

What I have said of the system

واستكشفوا بربكم

واستكشفوا بربكم

عنه وذوقوا ذا الطعام

عنه وذوقوا ذا الطعام

and seek, through your Lord, to uncover

And explore through your Lord

it, and taste this food.

Him, and taste this food

فإنه لب وقد

فإنه لب وقد

أزيل قشره الجهام

أزيل قشره الجهام

For it is a kernel, and already

For its pulp once

its husk—the rainless cloud—has been removed.

Its rough husk is peeled away

فتوحُ وقتٍ رائقٍ

فتوحُ وقتٍ رائقٍ

يجلو لكم كأسَ المدام

يجلو لكم كأسَ المدام

The unveilings of a lucid moment

Is a sublime time

polish for you the cup of wine.

That clears for you a cup of wine

فتعرفون ربكم

فتعرفون ربكم

من ذاتكم دون الأنام

من ذاتكم دون الأنام

Then you will know your Lord

And so you will know your Lord

from your own essence, apart from other beings,

From your own selves, not other people

وتفرقون بينه

وتفرقون بينه

وبينكم طول الدوام

وبينكم طول الدوام

and distinguish between Him

And distinguish between Him

and yourselves, for all eternity.

And you for all time

وتعلمون أنه

وتعلمون أنه

حق به الجميع هام

حق به الجميع هام

And you will know that He

And you will know that He

is the Real, with whom all are enraptured,

Is true, all are obsessed with Him

وباطل أنتم كما

وباطل أنتم كما

قال تعالى والسلام

قال تعالى والسلام

and you are unreal, as

And false are you, just as

He—exalted be He—has said. And peace.

The Exalted said, and peace