هذا الكثير الواحدُ

هذا الكثير الواحدُ

فافرح به يا واجدُ

فافرح به يا واجدُ

This is the manifold One.

This abundant One

So rejoice in Him, O finder.

So rejoice in Him, O finder

فجميعنا منه له

فجميعنا منه له

طول الزمان محامد

طول الزمان محامد

For all of us, from Him and for Him,

For we all belong to Him

are praises throughout time.

Praising Him for all time

ما الكل إلا راكع

ما الكل إلا راكع

أبداً إليه وساجد

أبداً إليه وساجد

All are but those who bow

All are but bowing

forever to Him, and prostrate.

Forever prostrate before Him

ولنا معانيه التي

ولنا معانيه التي

منه تلوح مساجد

منه تلوح مساجد

And ours are His meanings, which

And we have His meanings

shine forth from Him as places of prostration.

From Him mosques shine

إن السجود هو الفنا

إن السجود هو الفنا

فيه لمن هو قاصد

فيه لمن هو قاصد

Indeed, prostration is annihilation

Truly prostration is annihilation

in Him, for whoever seeks Him.

For the one who intends Him

وكذا الركوع الموت عن

وكذا الركوع الموت عن

دعوى النفوس الوارد

دعوى النفوس الوارد

Likewise, bowing is dying to

And bowing is death to

the selves' claims—a death that comes upon one.

The claims of arriving souls

فاعجب لأمر زائد

فاعجب لأمر زائد

منه وما هو زائد

منه وما هو زائد

So marvel at a thing that is added

So wonder at the matter of increase

from Him, though it is not additional.

From Him and what is increased

خلق تكثَّر عدُّهم

خلق تكثَّر عدُّهم

فتناسلوا وتوالدوا

فتناسلوا وتوالدوا

Creatures—their number multiplied;

Creation multiplied in number

so they reproduced and begot offspring.

So they propagated and gave birth

وتفرقوا فرقاً وهم

وتفرقوا فرقاً وهم

محسودهم والحاسد

محسودهم والحاسد

and separated into groups, while they

And separated into fractions while they

are the envied among them and the envier.

Are envied and envious

وجميعهم صور له

وجميعهم صور له

عادت بهن عوائد

عادت بهن عوائد

And all of them are His forms;

Yet all are images of Him

through them, familiar ways have returned.

Returning through recurring attributes

وهم الشؤن لذاته

وهم الشؤن لذاته

فطوارف وتوالد

فطوارف وتوالد

And they are the modes of His Essence:

And they are affairs for His essence

thus, things newly acquired and things inherited.

So they alternate and propagate

وأمورنا انتظمت به

وأمورنا انتظمت به

عنه فنحن قصائد

عنه فنحن قصائد

And our affairs were composed through Him,

And our matters are composed by Him

from Him; so we are odes.

Of Him thus we are poems

أيقظ فؤادك وانتبه

أيقظ فؤادك وانتبه

لظهوره يا راقد

لظهوره يا راقد

Awaken your heart and be alert

Awaken your heart and be aware

to His manifestation, O sleeper.

Of His appearance, O sleeper

واعلم بأنك واجد

واعلم بأنك واجد

فيه وأنك فاقد

فيه وأنك فاقد

And know that you are a finder

And know that you are a finder

in Him, and that you are bereft.

In Him and you are losing

فهو الذي بشؤنه

فهو الذي بشؤنه

متقارب متباعد

متقارب متباعد

For He is the One who, through His modes,

For He is the One by whose affair

is near and far.

Near and far are related

والكل منه له به

والكل منه له به

في الحالتين فوائد

في الحالتين فوائد

And all, from Him, for Him, through Him,

And all from Him belong to Him

are benefits in both states.

In both states bringing benefits

بحر يميد بسفنه

بحر يميد بسفنه

أبداً وما هو مائد

أبداً وما هو مائد

An ocean that sways with its ships

A sea swelling with its ships

forever, yet does not itself sway.

Endlessly and not tired

هو مطلق وقيوده

هو مطلق وقيوده

معدودة والعادد

معدودة والعادد

He is unrestricted, and His restrictions

He is absolute and His restrictions

are numbered—and He is the one who numbers.

Are numbered and counted

فاسكن به في ظله

فاسكن به في ظله

فهو الكريم الماجد

فهو الكريم الماجد

So find rest in Him, in His shade;

So reside in Him in His shade

for He is the Generous, the Glorious.

For He is generous and glorious

أيان تقصده تجد

أيان تقصده تجد

منه تمد موائد

منه تمد موائد

Whenever you seek Him, you will find

Whenever you seek Him you find

tables from Him, spread out.

From Him spreads banquets