صدقتَ عبادُ اللهِ أسماؤُه الحسنى

صدقتَ عبادُ اللهِ أسماؤُه الحسنى

تجلَّى بهم كالشمس في القمر الأسنى

تجلَّى بهم كالشمس في القمر الأسنى

You spoke truly: God's servants are His most beautiful names.

The true servants of God, blessed are His beautiful names,

He manifested through them like the sun in the most radiant moon.

Through them His light shone like the full moon.

نوابتُ أعيانٍ بلا جعْل جاعلٍ

نوابتُ أعيانٍ بلا جعْل جاعلٍ

قديمة عهد لا وجود لها يفنى

قديمة عهد لا وجود لها يفنى

Sprouts of essences, without a maker's making,

Entities without beginning, created by no creator,

of ancient standing, with no existence of their own to perish.

Ancient, without end, never to perish.

وهاتيك معلوماتُ علم إلهِنا

وهاتيك معلوماتُ علم إلهِنا

به كاشفٌ عنها قديماً كما قلنا

به كاشفٌ عنها قديماً كما قلنا

And those are the objects known to our God's knowledge;

And this is the knowledge of our God's science,

through it He unveils them eternally, as we have said.

Revealed to us long ago, as we have said.

مرتبةٌ أعيانُها هكذا على

مرتبةٌ أعيانُها هكذا على

نظامٍ تراه في ثلاثٍ وفي مثنى

نظامٍ تراه في ثلاثٍ وفي مثنى

Their essences are thus arranged according to

Its entities ordered thus,

an order you see in threes and in pairs.

A system you see in threes and in pairs.

ونور التجلي من قديم يعمُّها

ونور التجلي من قديم يعمُّها

على حسب الترتيب فيهن والمبنى

على حسب الترتيب فيهن والمبنى

And the light of manifestation encompasses them from eternity,

And the light of revelation has always filled them

according to their ordering and structure.

According to their order and composition.

وذاك وجودٌ مطلقٌ متوجه

وذاك وجودٌ مطلقٌ متوجه

عليها يسمى الوجه أوجد أو أفنى

عليها يسمى الوجه أوجد أو أفنى

And that is absolute Being, directed

And that is the absolute existence directed

toward them, called the Face, whether creating or annihilating.

Upon them, called the Face that originated or ended.

فيظهر بالترتيب من علمه الورى

فيظهر بالترتيب من علمه الورى

وتنكشف الأشياء شأناً به شأنا

وتنكشف الأشياء شأناً به شأنا

Thus creation appears in order from His knowledge,

So by this order the creation is made clear,

and things are unveiled through Him, state by state.

And things become manifest in every aspect through Him.

وما الكل إلا حادثٌ عندنا به

وما الكل إلا حادثٌ عندنا به

قديم عديم عنده قط ما كنا

قديم عديم عنده قط ما كنا

And all is but newly arisen through Him in our sight,

For all creation came into being through Him,

eternal, nonexistent in His sight—we have never existed.

Eternal without beginning as we have always known.

وما ظاهر إلا الوجود بكلهم

وما ظاهر إلا الوجود بكلهم

مقام يسمى قاب قوسين أو أدنى

مقام يسمى قاب قوسين أو أدنى

And nothing is manifest through them all but Being:

And nothing manifest but the whole of existence

a station called 'two bow-lengths, or nearer.'

Is a domain called "two bows' length or nearer".

ألا نحن أهل الله ما بيننا انتفت

ألا نحن أهل الله ما بيننا انتفت

إضافة أهل بالفنا هكذا أنّا

إضافة أهل بالفنا هكذا أنّا

Behold, we are God's people; what lay between us has vanished:

We, the people of God, between us is negated

the attribution 'people,' through annihilation; thus it is that we

Attribution to the people of annihilation, thus are we.

ورثنا رسول الله علماً محققاً

ورثنا رسول الله علماً محققاً

لتنزيل قرآن لدينا بنا منا

لتنزيل قرآن لدينا بنا منا

have inherited from God's Messenger a realized knowledge

We inherited from God's Messenger a realized knowledge

for the revelation of a Qur'an, with us, through us, from us.

To interpret the Quran for our religion, from us, part of us.

ألا إن أهل الجنة الغافلون إن

ألا إن أهل الجنة الغافلون إن

على الصدق في الإيمان دانوا كما دنّا

على الصدق في الإيمان دانوا كما دنّا

Behold, the people of Paradise are the heedless, even if

The heedless people of Paradise, if

they profess faith sincerely, as we have professed it.

They were truthful in faith, drew near as we have drawn near.

وفي شغل عن ربهم أهل جنة

وفي شغل عن ربهم أهل جنة

كما الله في القرآن أسمعه الأذنا

كما الله في القرآن أسمعه الأذنا

And the people of Paradise are busy, away from their Lord,

And amidst their heedlessness of their Lord, the people of Paradise

as God has made the ear hear it in the Qur'an.

As God relates in the Quran the ears have heard.

وهم يتقون الله مع جهلهم به

وهم يتقون الله مع جهلهم به

إذا جانبوا التأويل والمذهب الأدنى

إذا جانبوا التأويل والمذهب الأدنى

And they are mindful of God despite their ignorance of Him,

They fear God despite their ignorance of Him,

if they shun interpretation and the baser doctrine.

If they eschew interpretation and the humbler approach.

فخذ لب هذا الأمر واترك قشوره

فخذ لب هذا الأمر واترك قشوره

لقوم به هم قانعون وجنّبنا

لقوم به هم قانعون وجنّبنا

So take the kernel of this matter, and leave its husks

So take the essence of this matter and leave its husks

to people content with it, and spare us.

For a people content therewith, and spare us.

ولا تحتفل بالتابعين عقولهم

ولا تحتفل بالتابعين عقولهم

ودعهم يقولوا ما يقولونه ظنا

ودعهم يقولوا ما يقولونه ظنا

And pay no heed to those who follow their intellects;

And do not occupy yourself with followers whose minds

and let them say what they say as conjecture.

Let them say what they say in conjecture.

كما أنكروا توحيدنا بجهالة

كما أنكروا توحيدنا بجهالة

وصاروا علوم الله ينفونها عنا

وصاروا علوم الله ينفونها عنا

Just as they denied our affirmation of divine oneness in ignorance,

Just as they rejected our unity in ignorance

and began denying that we possess knowledge of God.

And denied God's sciences, from us.

ونحن ملأنا الكون علماً بربنا

ونحن ملأنا الكون علماً بربنا

فلا منشدٌ إلا بأبياتنا غنى

فلا منشدٌ إلا بأبياتنا غنى

Yet we have filled the universe with knowledge of our Lord,

While we, with knowledge of our Lord, filled the universe

so no chanter has sung except our verses.

So no poet but in our verses finds richness.

وقد جاء في القرآن عن مثلهم فلا

وقد جاء في القرآن عن مثلهم فلا

نقيم لهم يوم القيامة أيْ وزنا

نقيم لهم يوم القيامة أيْ وزنا

And it is said in the Qur'an of their like: 'We shall not

And it is revealed in the Quran about their like, so we

accord them any weight on the Day of Resurrection.'

Will establish for them no weight on Judgement Day.

وحيَّ على ما قلتُه لك يا فتى

وحيَّ على ما قلتُه لك يا فتى

تجد علم أهل الله والمورد الأهنى

تجد علم أهل الله والمورد الأهنى

And hasten to what I have told you, young man;

I was inspired in what I told you, O youth,

you will find the knowledge of God's people and the most pleasant watering-place.

You will find the knowledge of God's people and the clearest watering hole.

وحقق معاني ما ذكرت وقل به

وحقق معاني ما ذكرت وقل به

وإلا فسلم واترك اللفظ والمعنى

وإلا فسلم واترك اللفظ والمعنى

Realize the meanings of what I have mentioned, and affirm it;

Realize the meaning of what I mentioned, and speak it.

otherwise submit, and leave the wording and meaning alone.

Otherwise submit, and leave pronunciation and meaning.

وإياك إياك الجحود فإنه

وإياك إياك الجحود فإنه

هو الكفر عند الله في حكمه الأسنى

هو الكفر عند الله في حكمه الأسنى

Beware, beware of denial, for it

And beware, beware of rejection, for it

is unbelief before God in His most exalted judgment,

Is disbelief in God's decree, His most just ruling.

وإن كان في الدنيا نسميه مسلماً

وإن كان في الدنيا نسميه مسلماً

لما أنه بالشرع قد دخل الحصنا

لما أنه بالشرع قد دخل الحصنا

even if in this world we call him a Muslim,

Even if in this world we name him Muslim,

because through the sacred law he has entered the fortress.

For by sacred law he entered the fortress.

تمسك بآيات الكتاب فإنها

تمسك بآيات الكتاب فإنها

هي الحبل حبل الله والظهر والبطنا

هي الحبل حبل الله والظهر والبطنا

Hold fast to the verses of the Book, for they

Hold fast to the verses of the Book, for they

are the rope—God's rope—both outward and inward.

Are God's rope, His backbone and His belly.

وقل بعد هذا الله ألله لا سوى

وقل بعد هذا الله ألله لا سوى

بذات وأوصاف وأسمائه الحسنى

بذات وأوصاف وأسمائه الحسنى

And after this say: 'God, God—none other,

And say after this: God, God without associate

in essence and attributes and His most beautiful names.'

In Essence, Attributes and His blessed Names.

ستذكر يوما ما أقول فلا تضع

ستذكر يوما ما أقول فلا تضع

زمانك فيما ليس يعنيك واتبعنا

زمانك فيما ليس يعنيك واتبعنا

One day you will remember what I say, so do not waste

One day you will remember what I say, so do not

your time on what does not concern you, and follow us.

Waste your time on what does not concern you, and follow us.