لا تأخذُ الخلاقَ يا قومُ

لا تأخذُ الخلاقَ يا قومُ

في خلقه سنة ولا نومُ

في خلقه سنة ولا نومُ

The Creator is not overtaken, O people,

O people, do not attribute

in His creation, by drowsiness or sleep.

Sleep or slumber to the Creator;

فالروح تأخذها به سنةٌ

فالروح تأخذها به سنةٌ

والجسم نوم فيه مرغومُ

والجسم نوم فيه مرغومُ

For drowsiness overtakes the spirit through Him;

For the soul may slumber,

and the body lies subdued in sleep.

And the body in sleep is numb,

والله عن روح وعن جسد

والله عن روح وعن جسد

قد جلَّ لا يحكيه مفهومُ

قد جلَّ لا يحكيه مفهومُ

And God, above spirit and above body,

But God, of body and of soul,

is exalted indeed; no concept can portray Him.

Is far exalted, beyond our understanding;

ما في سماوات له وهي ال

ما في سماوات له وهي ال

أرواح قيدومٌ فقيدومُ

أرواح قيدومٌ فقيدومُ

Whatever is in the heavens is His, and they are the

All that is in the heavens,

spirits, leader after leader.

And they are eternal, everlasting spirits;

وكذاك ما في الأرض وهي له

وكذاك ما في الأرض وهي له

أعني الجسوم وذاك مرسوم

أعني الجسوم وذاك مرسوم

And likewise whatever is in the earth, which is His—

And all that is on earth,

I mean the bodies; and that is set down.

That is, bodies - this is foreordained;

وهو المميت لأنه أبداً

وهو المميت لأنه أبداً

حي على الأكوان قيوم

حي على الأكوان قيوم

And He is the Giver of Death, for He is forever

It is He who gives death, for He

living, the Sustainer over all created worlds.

Is ever living, eternal, all-sustaining;

فإذا أمات أباننا وإذا

فإذا أمات أباننا وإذا

أحيى خفينا وهو معلوم

أحيى خفينا وهو معلوم

So when He causes death, He makes us manifest; and when

So when He takes our fathers from us,

He gives life, we become hidden, and He is known.

And when He gives them life again, this is known;

في آية الكرسيْ لنا عبرٌ

في آية الكرسيْ لنا عبرٌ

منه كتابٌ جاء مرقوم

منه كتابٌ جاء مرقوم

In Ayat al-Kursi there are lessons for us;

In the Verse of the Throne there is for us

from Him has come a book, inscribed.

A lesson, a Book inscribed,

حق بحق فيه حقَّقنا

حق بحق فيه حقَّقنا

وما سواه فهو موهوم

وما سواه فهو موهوم

The Real, through the Real, has made us real in Him;

We have verified the truth with the truth,

and whatever is other than Him is imagined.

And all else is fanciful imagination;

به شرابي كوثر عذبٌ

به شرابي كوثر عذبٌ

وشرْبُ أهل الجهل زقوم

وشرْبُ أهل الجهل زقوم

Through Him my drink is Kawthar, sweet;

With it my drink is sweet Kauthar,

and the drink of the ignorant is Zaqqum.

While the drink of the ignorant is boiling water.