هذاthis الوجودexistence كماas تراهyou see it فلمso did not يكنexist
هذا الوجود كما تراه فلم يكن
إلاهexcept it فيin الماضيthe past ورهنand a pledge of الآتيwhat is to come
إلاه في الماضي ورهن الآتي
This existence, as you see it—there was nothing
This existence as you see it was not
But it in the past, and it is the pledge of what is to come.
Except God in the past and hostage to the future
ولئنand even though تعدّدbecame manifold فيin مظاهرmanifestations كنههits essence
ولئن تعدّد في مظاهر كنهه
فصميمهyet its core متوحدunified اللبناتthe building blocks
فصميمه متوحد اللبنات
And though it takes many forms in the manifestations of its essence,
And if it varied in its manifestations its essence
Yet its core is one in all its building blocks.
Is unified in its components
باقenduring علىthrough الآيادthe ages (probable intended reading) مثلlike بقائهits endurance
باق على الآياد مثل بقائه
قبلاbefore وتلكand that حياتهits life كحياتيlike my life
قبلا وتلك حياته كحياتي
It endures through the ages, just as it endured
Remaining for eras like its remaining
Before; that is its life, like mine.
Before and that is its life like my life
عمريmy lifetime ملايينmillions القرونthe centuries وعدهاand their count
عمري ملايين القرون وعدها
دونيshort of me وفيand in آياتهاtheir signs آياتيmy signs
دوني وفي آياتها آياتي
My lifetime is millions of centuries, and their count
My age is millions of eons beyond counting
Falls short of me; in their signs are my own.
Before me and in its verses are my verses
عمريmy lifetime هوit الزلbeginningless eternity (probable intended reading) الذيwhich لاnot ينتهيends
عمري هو الزل الذي لا ينتهي
حسبانهits reckoning أوor ينتهيends لصفاتin attributes
حسبانه أو ينتهي لصفات
My lifetime is beginningless eternity, which never ends
My age is the infinity that does not end
In its reckoning, nor is bounded by attributes.
Its account or end to its attributes
فيهin it الحياةlife معwith المماتdeath تبادلاthe two alternated
فيه الحياة مع الممات تبادلا
كالتوأمينlike the twins فماso not المماتdeath مماتيmy death
كالتوأمين فما الممات مماتي
Within it, life and death have alternated
In it life and death alternate
Like twins; thus death is not my death.
Like twins so death is not my death
فيمwhy التحدثspeaking عنabout صفاتattributes ماnot لهاfor them
فيم التحدث عن صفات ما لها
اصلa basis سوىexcept الأوهامillusions والعثراتand missteps
اصل سوى الأوهام والعثرات
Why speak of attributes that have
So why speak of attributes that have
No basis except illusions and missteps?
No origin but illusions and stumbling blocks
الكونthe universe ليسthere is not سواهother than it كونa universe آخرanother
الكون ليس سواه كون آخر
إلاexcept المدىthe expanse المحجوبconcealed عنfrom نظراتيmy gaze
إلا المدى المحجوب عن نظراتي
The universe—there is no other universe besides it,
The universe is nothing but another universe
Except the expanse concealed from my gaze.
Except the scope veiled from my sights
كفلguaranteed الزمانtime أبوهits father إعلاناa disclosure لهfor it
كفل الزمان أبوه إعلانا له
والعلمand science وهوand it is مناصرa champion ومواتيand supportive
والعلم وهو مناصر ومواتي
Time, its father, has ensured its disclosure,
Time vouched for its father as a declaration of it
And so has science, its champion and ally.
As did science as its ally and supporter
والخلقand creation فيهin it تحولtransformation وتجددand renewal
والخلق فيه تحول وتجدد
وتعددand multiplicity بعواملthrough factors أشتاتdiverse
وتعدد بعوامل أشتات
And creation within it is transformation and renewal,
And creation in it changes and renews
And multiplicity through diverse factors.
And multiplies with scattered factors
هذيthis الألوهةdivinity فيin الصميمthe core فقلso say لمنto whoever
هذي الألوهة في الصميم فقل لمن
فيin الوهمdelusion فلسفphilosophized جهلهhis ignorance بالذاتof the Essence
في الوهم فلسف جهله بالذات
This is divinity at its core; so tell whoever
This divinity in essence so say to those
In delusion has made a philosophy of his ignorance of the Essence:
In illusion philosophizing their ignorance of the essence
هوّنease up عليكon yourself فكلfor all ماthat which هوit كائنexisting
هوّن عليك فكل ما هو كائن
ويكونand will exist ماضيهits past مدارthe pivot of الآتيwhat is to come
ويكون ماضيه مدار الآتي
Ease your mind, for all that exists
Make it easy on yourself for all that is and will be
And will exist has its past as the pivot of what is to come.
Its past is the orbit of the future
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