وياand O أولFirst قبلbefore الوجودexistence وضدهand its opposite
ويا أول قبل الوجود وضده
وقبلand before وجودexistence الكرةthe sphere الزمنيةtemporal
وقبل وجود الكرة الزمنية
And O First, before existence and its opposite,
O First, before existence and its opposite,
and before the sphere of time existed.
Before the sphere of time came into being,
وياand O أولFirst لمnot ينتسبbe traced لبدايةto a beginning
ويا أول لم ينتسب لبداية
تنزهHe is exalted عنabove بدئيةbeginningness القدميةprimordial eternity
تنزه عن بدئية القدمية
And O First, who is traced to no beginning,
O First, not attributed to a beginning,
exalted beyond any beginning to primordial eternity.
Transcending the primality of primordiality,
وياand O أولFirst لمnot يفتقرbe in need لمباديءof originating principles
ويا أول لم يفتقر لمباديء
تعالىHe is exalted بعرفانin the knowledge of القلوبthe hearts المضيئةluminous
تعالى بعرفان القلوب المضيئة
And O First, who never needed originating principles,
O First, not needing principles,
exalted in the knowledge of luminous hearts.
Exalted in the gnosis of luminous hearts,
وياand O أولFirst قبلbefore الحقائقthe realities كلهاall of them
ويا أول قبل الحقائق كلها
وقبلand before وجودexistence الشيءthe thing والعدميةand nonbeing
وقبل وجود الشيء والعدمية
And O First, before all realities,
O First, before all truths,
and before anything existed, and before nonbeing.
And before the existence of thing and nothingness,
وياand O أولFirst حالat the time of افتتاحthe inception of وجودهits existence
ويا أول حال افتتاح وجوده
تقدمprecedence ثبتfirm السبقpriority فيin الأزليةpre-eternity
تقدم ثبت السبق في الأزلية
And O First, at the inception of a thing’s existence,
O First, when Your existence opened,
His precedence is firmly established in pre-eternity.
You preceded, established primacy in eternity,
وياand O أولFirst دونwithout اقتضاءrequiring مقدمa predecessor
ويا أول دون اقتضاء مقدم
ولكنand yet وجودexistence واجبnecessary الأوليةfirstness
ولكن وجود واجب الأولية
And O First, requiring no predecessor,
O First, without requiring a precedent,
but an existence whose firstness is necessary.
But existence necessarily primal,
وياand O أولFirst منfrom حيثthe standpoint of ايجادbringing into being خلقهHis creatures
ويا أول من حيث ايجاد خلقه
وتطويرهمand developing them منfrom بعدafter فقرneed لعلةfor a cause
وتطويرهم من بعد فقر لعلة
And O First, in bringing His creatures into being,
O First, in Your creation of beings,
and developing them after their need for a cause.
And developing them after poverty as cause,
وياand O أولFirst بدءthe beginning of الأوائلthe first things صنعهHis work
ويا أول بدء الأوائل صنعه
فنسبتهاso their relation فيهwith respect to Him إلىto الآخريةposteriority
فنسبتها فيه إلى الآخرية
And O First, the beginning of the first things is His work,
O First, the origin of all origins is Your making,
so, in relation to Him, they come after.
So their attribution to You is posteriority,
وياand O أولFirst منfrom حيثthe standpoint of ذاتيthe intrinsic nature of علمهHis knowledge
ويا أول من حيث ذاتي علمه
وادراكهand His apprehension of المعلومthe known فيin الأزليةpre-eternity
وادراكه المعلوم في الأزلية
And O First, as regards His knowledge’s intrinsic nature,
O First, in Your essential knowledge,
and His apprehension of the known in pre-eternity.
And knowing the known in eternity,
وياand O أولFirst بالذاتin essence منfrom حيثthe standpoint of ذاتهHis essence
ويا أول بالذات من حيث ذاته
ودونand without اعتبارconsidering العلمknowledge للصفتيةas an attribute
ودون اعتبار العلم للصفتية
And O First in essence, with respect to His essence,
O First, essentially from Your essence,
and without considering knowledge as an attribute.
Without considering knowledge to be an attribute,
وياand O أولFirst منfrom حيثthe standpoint of واجبthe necessity of سبقهHis precedence
ويا أول من حيث واجب سبقه
أنلنيgrant me حياةa life of السترconcealment واجمعand gather تشتتيmy scatteredness
أنلني حياة الستر واجمع تشتتي
And O First, in respect of His necessary precedence,
O First, in Your necessary precedence,
grant me a life of concealment, and gather my scattered self.
Grant me the life of veiling and unite my fragmentation.
Sol 6.1