لمdid not يكنexist ذاthis الكونthe universe قطّْever
لم يكن ذا الكون قطّْ
بلrather هوit اللهGod فقطْalone
بل هو الله فقطْ
This universe never existed;
This universe was never
rather, it is God alone.
Except God alone
صورforms محسوسةperceptible
صور محسوسة
ومعانيand meanings تلتقطare apprehended
ومعاني تلتقط
Perceptible forms,
Tangible images
and meanings apprehended—
And meanings to be grasped
كلevery وقتmoment غيرهاothers than them
كل وقت غيرها
منfrom يدthe hand الحقthe Real (God) سقطfell
من يد الحق سقط
at each moment, others than these
Every time unlike them
fell from the hand of the Real,
Falls from the hand of Truth
مثلlike لمعthe flash البرقlightning فيin
مثل لمع البرق في
حركاتmotions وحقطand swift darting (uncertain sense)
حركات وحقط
like the flash of lightning in
Like the flash of lightning in
motions and swift darting.
Motions and folds
لمdid not يكررهاhe repeat them وماand nothing
لم يكررها وما
حرفهاaltered them غيرexcept النقطthe dots
حرفها غير النقط
He did not repeat them, and nothing
He never repeats them, and not
altered them but the dots.
A letter but the dot
وهيand they فيin تحقيقهاtheir realization
وهي في تحقيقها
هيthey نسرa vulture وزقطand small birds
هي نسر وزقط
And in their actual realization,
And in their realization
they are a vulture and small birds,
It is an eagle and a grouse
ورياضand gardens ورباand hills
ورياض وربا
وطعامand food وأقطand dried curds
وطعام وأقط
and gardens and hills,
And gardens and Lord
and food and dried curds.
And food and crumbs
فاتركso leave الفانيthe perishable الذيwhich
فاترك الفاني الذي
هوit وهمan illusion ملتقطpicked up
هو وهم ملتقط
So leave the perishable, which
So leave the ephemeral that
is an illusion picked up
Is an illusion grasped
منهfrom Him لاdo not تحسبهreckon it
منه لا تحسبه
ليسit is not غيرother than الإسمthe name قطever
ليس غير الإسم قط
from Him; do not reckon it—
From it do not consider it
it is never anything but a name:
Nothing but the name grasped
باطلunreal منعدمnonexistent
باطل منعدم
ولهand for Him الحقthe Real (God) لقطgathered
وله الحق لقط
unreal, nonexistent,
False nonexistent
and the Real has gathered it for Himself.
And for Him is the Truth grasped
Sol 6.1