فيضoutpouring بجمعin the union الجمعthe union صارcame to be حديثهits discourse
فيض بجمع الجمع صار حديثه
فيin الكتانيal-Kattani بآدمthrough Adam منfrom آدمAdam
في الكتاني بآدم من آدم
An outpouring: in the union of union its discourse came to be
His speech overflowed with a gathering of gatherings
in al-Kattani, through Adam, from Adam.
In Al-Katani with Adam from Adam
وغداand began يفيضto pour forth علىupon الأوائلthe ancients برزحisthmus (uncertain reading) الthe (article continued)
وغدا يفيض على الأوائل برزح ال
إطلاقabsoluteness منfrom قاموسocean depths بحرsea الخيضمthe vast, deep one
إطلاق من قاموس بحر الخيضم
And upon the ancients began to pour the isthmus [reading uncertain] of the
And it began to overflow upon the early ones with a link of
Absolute, from the depths of the vast sea.
Unrestricted release from the lexicon of the tumultuous sea
فغداso became هيوليprimordial matter الكونthe cosmos ملتحفاcloaked بسرin the secret (continued)
فغدا هيولي الكون ملتحفا بسر
رcontinuation of 'secret' مهامهtrackless wastes الفيضthe outpouring المحيطthe all-encompassing الأقومthe most upright
ر مهامه الفيض المحيط الأقوم
So the primordial matter of the cosmos became cloaked in the secret
So the substances of the universe became museums exhibiting the secret
of the wastes of the all-encompassing, most upright outpouring.
Of his momentous overflowing, the most just and encompassing
ألويةbanners طبعتwere stamped بختمwith a seal خلافةvicegerency
ألوية طبعت بختم خلافة
بيدby the hand النبيthe Prophet محمدMuhammad بالأعجمin the non-Arabic tongue
بيد النبي محمد بالأعجم
Banners were stamped with a seal of vicegerency
The banners imprinted with the seal of the Caliphate
by the hand of the Prophet Muhammad, in the non-Arabic tongue.
By the hand of the Prophet Muhammad in obscure (letters)
نصبتwere stationed لناfor us السراياthe detachments فيat ميقاتهاtheir appointed time
نصبت لنا السرايا في ميقاتها
وغدتand became ممنطقةgirdled بأفعىwith a viper أرقمspeckled
وغدت ممنطقة بأفعى أرقم
The detachments were stationed for us at their appointed time,
It erected for us the pavilions in their appointed time
and became girdled with a speckled viper.
And they became girded with the snake of Al-Raqm
وشيتwere embroidered بجمعwith the union شؤونهاtheir affairs تمتwere completed بناthrough us
وشيت بجمع شؤونها تمت بنا
لبنbricks التمامcompletion علىaccording to طرازa design مبهمenigmatic
لبن التمام على طراز مبهم
Embroidered with the union of their affairs, completed through us were
And it joined together its affairs completed for us
the bricks of completion, in an enigmatic design.
The brick of perfection on the model of the ambiguous
وفتsufficed لناصfor Nāṣ (unclear) ونونand Nūn (n) بعدماafter
وفت لناص ونون بعدما
نصبتwere erected منصاتplatforms الكتابthe Book الأعظمthe greatest
نصبت منصات الكتاب الأعظم
They sufficed for 'Nāṣ' and Nūn, after
And it opened for us the letter 'noon' after
the platforms of the Greatest Book had been erected.
It erected the platforms of the greatest book
قافQāf (q) وهاءand Hāʾ (h) ثمthen كافKāf (k) سينناour Sīn (s)
قاف وهاء ثم كاف سيننا
لاno شيءthing فيwithin شيءsomething منيعimpregnable طلسمtalisman
لا شيء في شيء منيع طلسم
Qāf and Hāʾ, then the Kāf of our Sīn—
'Qaf' and 'ha', then 'kaf', our 'seen'
nothing within something—an impregnable talisman.
Nothing in anything impenetrable magic
تاءTāʾ (t) وظاذand Ẓādh (unclear) ثمthen باءBāʾ (b) عينهاits ʿAyn (ʿ)
تاء وظاذ ثم باء عينها
دولdominions تمدextend عليover me كطودlike a mountain طمطمṬamṭam (obscure epithet)
دول تمد علي كطود طمطم
Tāʾ and 'Ẓādh', then the Bāʾ of its ʿAyn—
'Ta', 'dhad', then 'ba', its 'ayn'
dominions extend over me like a 'Ṭamṭam' mountain.
States extending upon me like piles of ruin
شوغالShūghāl (unexplained term) كلكمall of you كلكمتkalkamat (unclear) فيwithin واوهاits Wāw (w)
شوغال كلكم كلكمت في واوها
عندbeside الهواءthe air مرضعاbeing suckled بتكلكمthrough takalkum (unclear)
عند الهواء مرضعا بتكلكم
'Shūghāl'—all of you—'kalkamat' within its Wāw,
Clamoring all of you clamored in its 'waw'
beside the air, being suckled through 'takalkum'.
At the air suckling with stuttering
لمnot تلثمbe kissed كافاتهاits Kāfs (k letters) لماwhen انثنتbent
لم تلثم كافاتها لما انثنت
فيinto الطاءthe Ṭāʾ (ṭ) منfrom هاءHāʾ (h) الهواءthe air المظلمthe dark
في الطاء من هاء الهواء المظلم
Its Kāfs were not kissed when they bent
Its 'kafs' did not veil when they bent
into Ṭāʾ, from the Hāʾ of the dark air.
In the 'ta' from the obscure 'ha' of the air
عليAli روىrecounted مجلىmanifestation الحروفthe letters تبسملاuttering 'In the name of God'
علي روى مجلى الحروف تبسملا
عندat الضرابthe clash of blows محملاborne بالأدهمon the black steed
عند الضراب محملا بالأدهم
Ali recounted the manifestation of the letters, uttering 'In the name of God',
Ali smiled upon the cheek of the letters
at the clash of blows, borne on the black steed.
When hitting with the dark red (sword) laden
Sol 6.1