نحن المراتب بالوجود مرتبَهْ

نحن المراتب بالوجود مرتبَهْ

أزلاً وما أقصى الوجود وأقربَهْ

أزلاً وما أقصى الوجود وأقربَهْ

We are the ranks, ordered in Being,

We are the ranks of existence ranked

from eternity—how distant Being is, and how near!

Eternally, and what is the farthest and nearest of existence

إذ لا سواه وما سواه جميعه

إذ لا سواه وما سواه جميعه

إلا الشئون له به متغلبه

إلا الشئون له به متغلبه

Since there is none but Him, and all besides Him

Since there is none but Him, and all that is other than Him

are only His modes, prevailing through Him.

Are but attributes by which He prevails over them

هي هكذا أزلاً لنا من غيرها

هي هكذا أزلاً لنا من غيرها

جعْلٌ له والجعلُ منه له هِبَهْ

جعْلٌ له والجعلُ منه له هِبَهْ

They are thus eternally for us; apart from them,

Thus they have eternally been made for us by none but Him

there is a making of His, and making is from Him, a gift to Him.

An assignation to Him, and assignation is a gift from Him

والجعل فيض وجوده ووجوده

والجعل فيض وجوده ووجوده

ما فاض لكن للتوهم مرتبه

ما فاض لكن للتوهم مرتبه

And making is the outpouring of His Being, yet His Being

And assignation is an effusion of His existence, and His existence

has not poured forth; rather, imagining has a rank.

Is what overflowed, but appears ranked to imagination

إن الوجود عن المواد مجرد

إن الوجود عن المواد مجرد

وله المواد تقدرت مترتبه

وله المواد تقدرت مترتبه

Indeed, Being is free of material substances,

Existence is free of essences

and for Him those substances were measured out in ordered ranks.

And essences were made subordinate to it by His power

وهو الذي يبدو بها وهي التي

وهو الذي يبدو بها وهي التي

تبدو به موجودة متقلبه

تبدو به موجودة متقلبه

He is the one who appears through them, and they are those that

It is He who appears through them, and they

appear through Him, existent and changing.

Appear through Him, existing, changing

توحيدنا تمييزه عنها به

توحيدنا تمييزه عنها به

وإذا تميز فهي عنه مغيبه

وإذا تميز فهي عنه مغيبه

Our affirmation of oneness is distinguishing Him from them through Him.

Our declaring His unity distinguishes Him from them through Him

And when He becomes distinct, they are hidden from Him.

And when distinguished, they become hidden from Him

نزِّهْهُ عن كل الشئون مشبهاً

نزِّهْهُ عن كل الشئون مشبهاً

وانفِ التشبه فالتنزه لا شبه

وانفِ التشبه فالتنزه لا شبه

Declare Him transcendent above all modes, while affirming likeness,

We absolve Him of all attributes comparing

and deny resemblance, for transcendence admits no likeness.

And reject comparison, for absolving has no likeness

هو في الشئون مشبه ومنزه

هو في الشئون مشبه ومنزه

دون الشئون وذاته مستغربه

دون الشئون وذاته مستغربه

He is likened within the modes, and declared transcendent

He is comparable and absolved in attributes

apart from the modes; His essence is deemed strange.

Without attributes, and His essence astonishing

كن في الوجود محققاً واحي به

كن في الوجود محققاً واحي به

إن الوجود به الحياة الطيبه

إن الوجود به الحياة الطيبه

Be one who realizes the truth of Being, and live through Him.

Be cognizant in existence, aware through it

Indeed, through Being comes the good life.

For through it is the pleasant life