1. ببابك يا اللّه عبدك مخبت

    تعلقه باللّه من كل وجهة

    At Your door, O God, Your servant is humbly submissive;

    his clinging to God is from every direction.

  2. تعلقت باللّه الذي لا إله لي

    سواه ولا ضاعت لديه عبودتي

    I have clung to God; I have no god

    other than Him, nor has my servitude been lost with Him.

  3. تعلقت باللّه العليم بموقفي

    وما أنا فيه من ضروب البلية

    I have clung to God, Who knows my situation

    and the kinds of affliction I am in.

  4. تعلقت باللّه العظيم الذي جرت

    مقاديره دون اختيار البرية

    I have clung to God, the Magnificent, Whose

    decrees run their course without creation's choice.

  5. تعلقت باللّه اللطيف بخلقه

    وهذا هدى منه لنفعي وخيرتي

    I have clung to God, the Gentle toward His creation;

    this is guidance from Him for my benefit and my good.

  6. تعلقت باللّه الكريم ولم تخب

    أمان على باب الكريم استقرت

    I have clung to God, the Generous; never have failed

    the hopes that settled at the Generous One's door.

  7. تعلقت باللّه المبر عباده

    بلا سبب منهم لدرك المبرة

    I have clung to God, the Benefactor of His servants,

    without any cause on their part for obtaining His goodness.

  8. تعلقت باللّه الحليم وإنني

    لأعظم شيء في الخطايا خطيئتي

    I have clung to God, the Forbearing, and truly,

    my sin is the gravest thing among sins.

  9. تعلقت باللّه المتين وإنه

    لأمتن حبل بالمتين وثيقتي

    I have clung to God, the Firm; indeed,

    my bond with the Firm is the strongest cord.

  10. تعلقت باللّه المجيد وما انثنى

    مؤمل مجد اللّه صدقاً بخيبة

    I have clung to God, the Glorious; never has turned back

    a sincere seeker of God's glory in disappointment.

  11. تعلقت باللّه الحميد بحمده

    وسيلة قصدي حمده حسب قدرتي

    I have clung to God, the Praiseworthy, by praising Him;

    the means of my quest is praising Him as far as I am able.

  12. تعلقت باللّه الجليل تعلقاً

    نسخت به مني ظلال الخليقة

    I have clung to God, the Majestic, with an attachment

    through which I erased from myself the shadows of creation.

  13. تعلقت باللّه الولي تعلقاً

    أراني ولاء الحق من قبل نشأتي

    I have clung to God, the Guardian, with an attachment

    that showed me allegiance to the True One before I came into being.

  14. تعلقت باللّه العلي تعلقاً

    علوت به عن مركزي وطبيعتي

    I have clung to God, the Most High, with an attachment

    through which I rose above my station and my nature.

  15. تعلقت باللّه الوكيل وقد عدت

    على العوادي المهلكات وشدت

    I have clung to God, the Trustee, as there bore down

    upon me deadly calamities, tightening their grip.

  16. تعلقت باللّه الكفيل وفضله

    عظيم وقد ضاقت علي معيشتي

    I have clung to God, the Guarantor, whose bounty

    is great, though my livelihood has grown straitened.

  17. تعلقت باللّه الحفي بأهله

    واهليتي للّه فقري وذلتي

    I have clung to God, the Solicitous toward His own;

    my worthiness before God is my poverty and lowliness.

  18. تعلقت باللّه الوهوب وإن لي

    بفقري إلى الوهاب فوزاً بغنيتي

    I have clung to God, the Ever-Giving; indeed I have,

    through my need for the Bestower, the gain of all I need.

  19. تعلقت باللّه الحفيظ وحفظه

    من السوء في دين ودنيا مجنتي

    I have clung to God, the Preserver; His protection

    against harm, in faith and worldly life, is my shield.

  20. تعلقت باللّه الحسيب وقد طغت

    أعاديه بغياً فوق حولي وقوتي

    I have clung to God, the All-Sufficient, as they grew tyrannical—

    His enemies, in oppression beyond my strength and power.

  21. تعلقت باللّه السميع استغاثتي

    سميع دبيب النمل من فوق صخرة

    I have clung to God, Who hears my cry for help,

    Who hears the creeping of ants atop a rock.

  22. تعلقت باللّه البصير بحالتي

    بصير خفايا العالمين الدقيقة

    I have clung to God, Who sees my state,

    Who sees the subtle hidden things of all the worlds.

  23. تعلقت باللّه الخبير بوهلتي

    إليه واخباتي ورهبي ورغبتي

    I have clung to God, the All-Aware, Who knows my fearful turning

    to Him, my submission, my dread, and my longing.

  24. تعلقت باللّه المقيت عباده

    وسبحانه لم تخف عنه عنه ضرورتي

    I have clung to God, the Sustainer of His servants;

    and—glory be to Him—my need is not hidden from Him, from Him.

  25. تعلقت باللّه العزيز وإن لي

    بذي العزة القهار أمنع غيرة

    I have clung to God, the Mighty, and indeed I have,

    through the Lord of Might, the Subduer, the strongest jealous protection.

  26. تعلقت باللّه المحيط بعلمه

    وقدرته سبحانه بالخليقة

    I have clung to God, Who encompasses with His knowledge

    and His power—glory be to Him—all creation.

  27. تعلقت باللّه السلام وقد جرى

    على القضاء منه ببؤسي وكربتي

    I have clung to God, the Source of Peace, though there has fallen

    upon me His decree, bringing my misery and anguish.

  28. تعلقت باللّه الذي أنا مؤمن

    به وهو ربي مؤمن كل خيفة

    I have clung to God, in Whom I believe;

    and He is my Lord, granting safety from every fear.

  29. تعلقت باللّه المهيمن سيدي

    على كل شيء من صنوف البرية

    I have clung to God, the Overseer, my Master

    over everything of every kind in creation.

  30. تعلقت باللّه الذي جبر النهي

    لعرفانه الجبار صدع الرزيَّة

    I have clung to God, Who compelled the intellects

    to know Him, the Mender of calamity's fracture.

  31. تعلقت يا اللّه يا متكبراً

    عن الكل باسم الذات اسم الحقيقة

    I have clung to You, O God, O You Who are exalted

    above all, through the Name of the Essence, the Name of Reality.

  32. تعلقت باللّه الكبير جلاله

    بعز اسمك الذاتي في قيد شقوتي

    I have clung to God, the Great in His majesty,

    through the might of Your essential Name, in the fetters of my misery.

  33. تعلقت باللّه الحكيم بصنعه

    بمجد اسمك العلى على كل حضرة

    I have clung to God, the Wise in His making,

    through the glory of Your exalted Name, above every presence.

  34. تعلقت باللّه الرؤف بخلقه

    بما لاسمك الذاتي من لطف رأفة

    I have clung to God, the Compassionate toward His creation,

    through the gentle compassion belonging to Your essential Name.

  35. تعلقت باللّه الرحيم بخلقه

    بما وسع اسم الذات مع وسع رحمة

    I have clung to God, the Merciful toward His creation,

    through what the Name of the Essence encompasses, with mercy's vastness.

  36. تعلقت باللّه المليك وحسب من

    تعلق باسم اللّه أفخر نسبة

    I have clung to God, the Sovereign; enough for whoever

    clings to God's Name is the noblest affiliation.

  37. تعلقت يا اللّه يا حي ضارعاً

    باسمك يا قيوم تضراع مخبت

    I have clung to You, O God, O Living One, beseeching,

    by Your Name, O Self-Subsisting One, with a humble one's plea.

  38. تعلقت يا اللّه يا حق قانتاً

    لوجهك فاقبلني على سوء رجعتي

    I have clung to You, O God, O True One, in devotion

    to Your Face; accept me despite my wretched return.

  39. تعلقت يا اللّه يا بر بائناً

    وعندك يا فتاح فتحي ونعمتي

    I have clung to You, O God, O Beneficent One, standing apart;

    and with You, O Opener, lie my opening and my blessing.

  40. تعلقت يا اللّه يا واسع العطا

    بجودك في فقري وضنك معيشتي

    I have clung to You, O God, O Boundless in giving,

    through Your generosity amid my poverty and straitened livelihood.

  41. تعلقت يا اللّه من حيث أنني

    عرفتك يا خلاق مبديء نشأتي

    I have clung to You, O God, inasmuch as I

    have known You, O Creator, Originator of my being.

  42. تعلقت يا اللّه من حيث أنني

    رأيت لك الآيات في كل فطرة

    I have clung to You, O God, inasmuch as I

    have seen Your signs in every created nature.

  43. تعلقت يا اللّه من حيث أنني

    علمتك بالتكوين والمبدعية

    I have clung to You, O God, inasmuch as I

    have known You through creation and creative origination.

  44. تعلقت يا اللّه من حيث أنه

    يحق لك التوحيد في كل ذرة

    I have clung to You, O God, inasmuch as

    the affirmation of oneness is Your due in every atom.

  45. تعلقت يا اللّه من حيث أنه

    بتدبيرك الأشياء من غير شركة

    I have clung to You, O God, inasmuch as

    You govern all things without any partnership.

  46. تعلقت يا اللّه من حيث أنه

    وجودك لم يسبقه ذو قدمية

    I have clung to You, O God, inasmuch as

    Your existence was not preceded by anyone with primordial existence.

  47. تعلقت يا اللّه من حيث أنه

    بقاؤك لا يفنى إلى الأبدية

    I have clung to You, O God, inasmuch as

    Your permanence never perishes, unto eternity.

  48. تعلقت يا اللّه من حيث أنه

    جلالك والاكرام مجد الالوهة

    I have clung to You, O God, inasmuch as

    Your majesty and munificence are the glory of divinity.

  49. تعلقت يا اللّه من حيث أنه

    لاسمك اسم الذات سلطان وحدة

    I have clung to You, O God, inasmuch as

    Your Name, the Name of the Essence, has the sovereignty of oneness.

  50. فيا اللّه يا اللّه هذا تعلقي

    وأنت مرادي واسم ذاتك لهجتي

    So, O God, O God, this is my clinging;

    You are my desire, and the Name of Your Essence is my constant utterance.

  51. دعاني قل ادعوا اللّه والفقر مطلقاً

    وأنك يا اللّه أهل لدعوتي

    ‘Say: call upon God’ summoned me, as did absolute poverty,

    and the fact that You, O God, are worthy of my invocation.

  52. ونور جلال من أنا اللّه مشرق

    سريت به حتى شهود الحقيقة

    And the light of majesty from ‘I am God’ shines;

    I journeyed by it through the night, until witnessing Reality.

  53. وعز كمال من أنا اللّه باهر

    له استسلم الأشياء طوعاً وذلت

    And the might of perfection from ‘I am God’ is dazzling;

    to it all things surrendered willingly and were humbled.

  54. وحسن جمال من هو اللّه ظاهر

    به نشوة الأرواح تحت الهوية

    And the loveliness of beauty from ‘He is God’ is manifest;

    through it the spirits are intoxicated beneath the Divine Identity.

  55. وقفت لك اللهم وقفة حائر

    بدهشة عبد بين عز وهيبة

    I stood before You, O God, with the stance of one bewildered,

    in a servant's astonishment between might and awe.

  56. وقفت لك اللهم وقفة ذاكر

    باخلاء أركاني وملء طويتي

    I stood before You, O God, with the stance of one remembering,

    by emptying my limbs and filling my inner being.

  57. وقفت لك اللهم وقفة خاشع

    ملأت بك اللهم سر سريرتي

    I stood before You, O God, with the stance of one reverently humble;

    I filled with You, O God, the secret of my inmost self.

  58. وقوفي لك اللهم كون أردته

    فلاتك خلواً من مراضيك وقفتي

    My standing before You, O God, is a state You willed;

    so let my stance not be empty of what pleases You.

  59. وقوفي باسم الذات يا اللّه خدمة

    تحقق كوني خادماً كل حضرة

    My standing by the Name of the Essence, O God, is service

    that makes real my being a servant to every presence.

  60. وما غشيتني حضرة لم يكن لها

    إلى القطب يا اللّه وصلة نسبة

    And no presence has enveloped me without having

    a link of affinity to the Pole, O God.

  61. فما يستمد الكل إلا ببحره

    له الحكم في الذاتي والصفتية

    For all draw sustenance only from his ocean;

    his is authority in the essential and the attributive.

  62. الهي امحق الأغيار عني بنوره

    وخذني به من بين أبحر غفلتي

    My God, efface all that is other from me with his light,

    and take me through him from amid the oceans of my heedlessness.

  63. واشرق به يا اللّه نور هدايتي

    إليك ووسع في المعارف بسطتي

    And through him, O God, make the light of my guidance shine

    toward You, and broaden my reach in spiritual knowledge.

  64. ولا يك ذكر الحرف حظي ومنصبي

    ولكن بذكر المخلصين تثبتي

    And let remembrance of the letter not be my portion and station,

    but let my steadfastness be through the remembrance of the sincere.

  65. فذكرك بالذكر الحقيقي منصب

    ينال بفضل منك لا بفضيلتي

    For remembering You with true remembrance is a station

    attained through grace from You, not through my own merit.