تكبرتYou are exalted فوقabove الكلall ياO متكبراًMajestic One
تكبرت فوق الكل يا متكبراً
لذاتكby Your essence مختاراًfreely willing بعزthrough the might الألوهةof divinity
لذاتك مختاراً بعز الألوهة
You rose in greatness above all, O Exalted One,
You are exalted above all, O Majestic One,
for Your own Essence, freely choosing, in the majesty of divinity.
by Your own essence, freely willing through the might of divinity.
لكto You belongs الكبرياءmajesty البحتunalloyed ياO متكبراًexalted One
لك الكبرياء البحت يا متكبراً
عنbeyond النقصimperfection فيin الذاتيةthe essential nature الأقدسيةthe most holy
عن النقص في الذاتية الأقدسية
Yours is pure grandeur, O Exalted One,
Yours is unalloyed majesty, O You who are exalted
far above all deficiency in the all-holy Essence.
beyond imperfection in Your most holy essence.
تكبركYour exaltation الاسمىthe supreme عنbeyond النقصimperfection مطلقاًabsolutely
تكبرك الاسمى عن النقص مطلقاً
تضاءلتdwindled الأفهامunderstandings عنهbefore it وكلتand grew weary
تضاءلت الأفهام عنه وكلت
Your supreme greatness is utterly beyond imperfection.
Your supreme exaltation, utterly beyond imperfection—
Understandings dwindle before it and grow weary;
understanding dwindles before it and grows weary.
وغايةand the utmost reach ادراكof understanding العقولof minds حسورهاtheir exhaustion
وغاية ادراك العقول حسورها
وتشطينهاand their being driven far off بالعجزthrough helplessness فيin بحرa sea هيبةof awe
وتشطينها بالعجز في بحر هيبة
the furthest reach of minds’ perception is their exhaustion,
And the utmost reach of minds' understanding is their exhaustion,
and their being cast helpless and far off in a sea of awe.
and their being driven far off by helplessness in a sea of awe.
وماand not حجبتthey were veiled عنfrom دركcomprehending ماwhat لاnot تطيقهthey can bear it
وما حجبت عن درك ما لا تطيقه
ولكنbut وراءbeyond الطورthe sphere أمرthe matter الحقيقةof reality
ولكن وراء الطور أمر الحقيقة
Nor is there any veiling from grasping what cannot be borne;
They have not been veiled from grasping what exceeds their capacity;
but beyond the Mount lies the mystery of Reality.
but the matter of reality lies beyond that sphere.
وماهيةand the very nature الادراكof understanding نقصdeficiency علىregarding السِوىall besides God
وماهية الادراك نقص على السِوى
فكيفso how بهwith it فيin كبرياءthe majesty الألوهةof divinity
فكيف به في كبرياء الألوهة
The very nature of perception is a deficiency in all besides You—
And understanding, by its very nature, is deficient regarding all besides You;
so how would perception fare amid the grandeur of divinity?
so how could it grasp the majesty of divinity?
وكيفand how يخوضplunges الوهمimagination فيinto أبحرseas العمىof blindness
وكيف يخوض الوهم في أبحر العمى
ومنقطعand the limit الأفكارof thoughts دونshort of الهويةthe divine Essence
ومنقطع الأفكار دون الهوية
How can imagination plunge into oceans of blindness,
And how can imagination plunge into the seas of blindness,
when thoughts reach their limit short of the Divine Identity?
when thoughts reach their limit short of the divine Essence?
وهيهاتand how far beyond reach! عزwas inaccessible الأمرthe matter وانطمسand were effaced الصوىthe waymarks
وهيهات عز الأمر وانطمس الصوى
وغابand was hidden عنfrom الألبابthe intellects كنهthe true nature القضيةof the matter
وغاب عن الألباب كنه القضية
Far from it! The matter is unassailable, and the guideposts are effaced;
How far beyond reach! The matter is elusive, and the waymarks are effaced,
the essence of the matter is hidden from discerning minds.
and the matter's true nature is hidden from the intellects.
تدانيتYou drew near ليto me فيin كبريائكYour majesty رافعاًraising
تدانيت لي في كبريائك رافعاً
لقدريfor my standing وماand not أسلمتنيYou abandoned me لمضيعةto ruin
لقدري وما أسلمتني لمضيعة
You drew near to me in Your grandeur, raising
You drew near to me in Your majesty, raising
my worth, and did not consign me to ruin.
my standing, and did not abandon me to ruin.
وشددتand You strengthened أزريmy back حينwhen حطنيbrought me low الورىhumankind
وشددت أزري حين حطني الورى
بحولكby Your power ربيmy Lord لاnot بحوليby my power وقوتيand my strength
بحولك ربي لا بحولي وقوتي
You strengthened my back when humankind brought me low,
And You strengthened my back when humankind brought me low,
through Your might, my Lord—not through my own might and strength.
by Your power, my Lord, not by my power and strength.
فهبso grant ليto me علىover ماwhatever صدkept away عنكfrom You تكبراًproud disdain
فهب لي على ما صد عنك تكبراً
وذلand humility خضوعof submission فيin رضاكYour good pleasure وخشيةand reverent fear
وذل خضوع في رضاك وخشية
So grant me a proud rising above all that turns me from You,
So grant me proud disdain for whatever keeps me from You,
and the humility of submission in seeking Your pleasure and in reverent fear.
and humble submission in seeking Your pleasure, and reverent fear.
Sol 6.1