قلب المحقق واجدٌ بل فاقدُ

قلب المحقق واجدٌ بل فاقدُ

والكون أجمعه لديه قصائدُ

والكون أجمعه لديه قصائدُ

The realized knower’s heart finds—rather, it is bereft.

The heart of the researcher is full yet empty,

And all the cosmos is poetry to him.

And the entire universe to him is poems.

لا شك عند العارفين جميعهم

لا شك عند العارفين جميعهم

أن الوجود الحق حق واحد

أن الوجود الحق حق واحد

There is no doubt among all the knowers

There is no doubt among all the gnostics

That true Being is one Reality.

That the true existence is one truth,

وسواه معدوم وموجود به

وسواه معدوم وموجود به

عقد عليه من النقول شواهد

عقد عليه من النقول شواهد

And all besides Him is nonexistent, yet exists through Him:

And other than it is non-existent, existent through it,

A belief supported by evidence from transmitted texts.

Evidences from narrations are tied to it.

والكل فان مستحيل ما عدا

والكل فان مستحيل ما عدا

من قد تجلى فيه وهو الماجد

من قد تجلى فيه وهو الماجد

And all is perishing, mutable, except

Everything other than He who has manifested Himself

Him who has manifested within it—He is the Glorious.

And who is The Majestic, is bound to perish.

فإذا امرؤ في الله كان لقلبه

فإذا امرؤ في الله كان لقلبه

عقد صحيح أو خيال فاسد

عقد صحيح أو خيال فاسد

So if a man’s heart holds, concerning God,

So when a person becomes existent through God, his heart

A sound belief or a corrupt imagining,

Has either a correct contract or corrupt imagination.

ذاك الوجود به تجلى ظاهراً

ذاك الوجود به تجلى ظاهراً

للعارفين يرونه فيشاهد

للعارفين يرونه فيشاهد

That Being manifests through it, visibly,

That existence has manifested itself openly

To the knowers: they see Him, and so He is witnessed.

To the gnostics who see and witness it.

ويقول قائلهم لقد عقد الورى

ويقول قائلهم لقد عقد الورى

عقداً وما اعتقدوه إني عاقد

عقداً وما اعتقدوه إني عاقد

And one of them says: “Mankind has indeed formed

And one of them says: Mankind has contracted

A belief; and what they believe, I indeed hold.”

A contract, though they did not believe what I contracted.

يعني على حسب الذي أنا عارف

يعني على حسب الذي أنا عارف

لا مقتضى ما يقتفيه الجاحد

لا مقتضى ما يقتفيه الجاحد

He means: in keeping with what I know,

Meaning, according to what I know,

Not as dictated by what the denier follows.

Not what the denier chases after.

والكفر كفر في الحقيقة مثل ما

والكفر كفر في الحقيقة مثل ما

هو في الشريعة عند من هو قاصد

هو في الشريعة عند من هو قاصد

And unbelief is unbelief in reality, just as

And disbelief in reality is just like

It is in the sacred Law, for one who seeks;

What it is in the Sacred Law for one whose aim is right,

أعني به عند الذي هو ناظر

أعني به عند الذي هو ناظر

في عقده الموجود فيه الواجد

في عقده الموجود فيه الواجد

By this I mean: for the one who looks

I mean for the one who sees with insight

Into his belief, in which the finder is present,

The Existent One in whom he has faith.

لا عند من هو للوجود محقق

لا عند من هو للوجود محقق

منا وإن ضجت عليه حواسد

منا وإن ضجت عليه حواسد

Not for one who has realized Being

Not for one to whom existence is proven true,

Among us, even if envious people clamor against him.

Even if enviers clamor against him.