كل شيء منكم عليكم دَليل

كل شيء منكم عليكم دَليل

وَضح الحق واِستَبان السَبيل

وَضح الحق واِستَبان السَبيل

Everything from you is a proof concerning you.

Everything of you is evidence upon you

The truth has become clear, and the path is plain.

The truth has become clear and the path apparent

أَحدث الخلق بين كاف وَنون

أَحدث الخلق بين كاف وَنون

مَن يَكون المراد حين يَقول

مَن يَكون المراد حين يَقول

He brought creation into being between kāf and nūn:

He who created between Kaf and Noon

He for whom what is willed comes to be when He speaks.

Who could be intended when He says

من أَقام السَماء سَقفا رَفيعا

من أَقام السَماء سَقفا رَفيعا

يَرجع الطرف عنه وَهُوَ كَليل

يَرجع الطرف عنه وَهُوَ كَليل

He who raised the sky as a lofty roof,

He who erected the sky a lofty ceiling

the gaze returns from it, weary.

The glance turns back from it and it is weary

وَدَحا الأَرض فَهي بحر وَبر

وَدَحا الأَرض فَهي بحر وَبر

وَوعور مَجهولة وَسهول

وَوعور مَجهولة وَسهول

And spread out the earth: it is sea and land,

And spread out the earth, so it is sea and land

and unknown rugged tracts and plains,

Rugged unknown and plains

وَجبال منيفة شامخات

وَجبال منيفة شامخات

وَعيون معينة وَسيول

وَعيون معينة وَسيول

and lofty, towering mountains,

And towering smooth mountains

and flowing springs and torrents,

And springs flowing and torrents

وَرياح تهب في كل جوّ

وَرياح تهب في كل جوّ

وَسحاب يَسقى الجهات ثَقيل

وَسحاب يَسقى الجهات ثَقيل

and winds blowing through every expanse of air,

And winds blowing through every atmosphere

and heavy clouds watering the regions,

And clouds watering the horizons heavily

وَرياش بكم وَشمس وَبدر

وَرياش بكم وَشمس وَبدر

وَنجوم طَوالع وأفول

وَنجوم طَوالع وأفول

and finery upon you, and sun and full moon,

And thunderbolts and sun and moon

and stars rising and setting.

And rising and setting stars

حكمة تاهَت البَصائِر فيها

حكمة تاهَت البَصائِر فيها

واعتَراها دون الذهول ذهول

واعتَراها دون الذهول ذهول

A wisdom in which discerning minds lose their way,

A wisdom that sights are lost in

and bewilderment overtakes them before bewilderment.

And it was confounded, less than confounded

فالسَموات السَبع وَالعرش وَالكر

فالسَموات السَبع وَالعرش وَالكر

سي وَالحجب ذكرها التَهليل

سي وَالحجب ذكرها التَهليل

So the seven heavens, the Throne, and the Foot-

So the seven heavens, the Throne, and the Pen

stool, and the veils—their remembrance proclaims God's oneness.

And Sidra and the Veils, exalted be He who mentioned them

وَجَميع الوجود يسجد شكرا

وَجَميع الوجود يسجد شكرا

لمبيد الوجود جلّ الجَليل

لمبيد الوجود جلّ الجَليل

And all existence prostrates in gratitude

And all existence prostrates in thanks

to the Destroyer of existence—exalted is the Majestic One.

To the Eternal, Majestic of Majesty

ممسك الطير في الهَواء وَمحيى

ممسك الطير في الهَواء وَمحيى

السحوت في الماء فَهوَ كاف كَفيل

السحوت في الماء فَهوَ كاف كَفيل

He who holds birds aloft in the air and gives life

Who holds the birds in the air and revives

to the fish in water; He is sufficient, a guardian.

The swimming creatures in the water, He suffices

سرمدى البقا أَخير قديم

سرمدى البقا أَخير قديم

قصرت عَن مَدى علاه العقول

قصرت عَن مَدى علاه العقول

Everlasting in being, the Last, the Beginningless;

Eternal without end, Last without beginning

minds fall short of the extent of His exaltedness.

Minds fall short of the extent of His Sublimity

حيث لَم يَشتَمِل عليه مَكان

حيث لَم يَشتَمِل عليه مَكان

يَحتَويه أَوغدوة وأصيل

يَحتَويه أَوغدوة وأصيل

For no place encloses Him,

Where no place contains Him

nor do morning and evening contain Him.

In the morning or evening

من له الملك وَالمُلوك عَبيد

من له الملك وَالمُلوك عَبيد

وَله العز وَالعَزيز ذَليل

وَله العز وَالعَزيز ذَليل

He whose is dominion, while kings are slaves,

To whom belongs the Kingdom, and kings are servants

and His is might, while the mighty are humbled.

To him belongs Might, and the mighty are humbled

كل شيء سواه يفنى وَيُبلى

كل شيء سواه يفنى وَيُبلى

وَهُو حي سبحانه لا يَزول

وَهُو حي سبحانه لا يَزول

Everything other than Him perishes and wears away,

Everything other than Him perishes and decays

while He is living—glory be to Him—and never passes away.

And He, Glorified is He, does not pass away

أَلفت بره البَرايا فهم في

أَلفت بره البَرايا فهم في

رحمة ظلها عليهم ظَليل

رحمة ظلها عليهم ظَليل

Creatures have grown accustomed to His goodness; so they dwell in

His righteous servants have accustomed themselves to His kindness

mercy whose shade shelters them.

In the shade of which they are shaded

سيدي أَنتَ مَقصدي وَمُرادي

سيدي أَنتَ مَقصدي وَمُرادي

أَنتَ حسبي وَأَنتَ نعم الوَكيل

أَنتَ حسبي وَأَنتَ نعم الوَكيل

My Master, You are my aim and my desire.

My Master, You are my goal and purpose

You are enough for me, and You are the best guardian.

You are enough for me, and You are the Best Guardian

أَحى قَلبي بِمَوت نَفسي وَصلني

أَحى قَلبي بِمَوت نَفسي وَصلني

وأنلني أَن الكَريم ينيل

وأنلني أَن الكَريم ينيل

Revive my heart through the death of my self, and draw me near,

Revive my heart with the death of my soul, and join me

and bestow upon me, for the Generous One bestows.

Grant me that the Generous will grant me

وأجرني من كل خطب جَليلي

وأجرني من كل خطب جَليلي

قبل قول الوشاة صبر جَميل

قبل قول الوشاة صبر جَميل

And shelter me from every calamity, my Majestic One,

And save me from every mighty adversity

before the slanderers say, 'Beautiful patience.'

Before the words of slanderers, beautiful patience

وافتقدني برحمة وأقلني

وافتقدني برحمة وأقلني

من عثارى فانني مُستَقيل

من عثارى فانني مُستَقيل

And care for me with mercy, and pardon me

And care for me with mercy, and inspire me

for my stumblings, for I seek pardon.

To abstain from disobediences, for I am resigned

كَيفَ يَظمأ قَلبي وَعفوك بحر

كَيفَ يَظمأ قَلبي وَعفوك بحر

زاخر طافح عَريض طَويل

زاخر طافح عَريض طَويل

How can my heart thirst when Your pardon is a sea,

How can my heart thirst when Your pardon is a sea

surging, overflowing, wide and long?

Abundant, overflowing, vast and long

رب صفحا فان ذَنبي كَبير

رب صفحا فان ذَنبي كَبير

واِصطباري عَلى العَذاب قَليل

واِصطباري عَلى العَذاب قَليل

Lord, pardon me, for my sin is great,

Lord, forgive me, for my sin is great

and my endurance of torment is little.

And my patience with punishment is little

لا نؤاخذ عبدَ الرَحيم بقول

لا نؤاخذ عبدَ الرَحيم بقول

أَو بفعل وأَنتَ بروصول

أَو بفعل وأَنتَ بروصول

Do not hold ʿAbd al-Raḥīm to account for a word,

The Merciful does not take His servant to account for a saying

or for a deed, when You are kind and ever-giving.

Or action while You arrive with gifts

فَهوَ يَرجو رِضاكَ عنه وَعَن ذي

فَهوَ يَرجو رِضاكَ عنه وَعَن ذي

رحم هم فروعه والاصول

رحم هم فروعه والاصول

For he hopes You will be pleased with him and with his

For he hopes for Your pleasure with him and with those

kin, who are his branches and roots.

Who are branches of him and roots

كلهم خائِفونَ منك فآمن

كلهم خائِفونَ منك فآمن

خوفهم ان أَلم هول مهول

خوفهم ان أَلم هول مهول

All of them fear You; so ease

All of them fear You, so secure

their fear if a dreadful terror descends.

Their fear, for the horror is tremendous

وَالرجافيك وَالرضا منك فضلا

وَالرجافيك وَالرضا منك فضلا

ولك المن وَالعَطاء الجَزيل

ولك المن وَالعَطاء الجَزيل

And hope is in You, and favor from You is grace;

And acceptance from You is bounty and grace

and Yours are the bounty and the abundant giving.

And Yours is the bounty and ample gift

وَعَلى المُصطَفى النبي صَلاة

وَعَلى المُصطَفى النبي صَلاة

أَحمَد الهاشمي نعم الرَسول

أَحمَد الهاشمي نعم الرَسول

And blessings upon the Chosen One, the Prophet,

And blessings upon the Chosen Prophet

Aḥmad the Hāshimite—how excellent a Messenger!

Ahmad the Hashimi, excellent is the Messenger

وَعَلى الآل ماسري برق نجد

وَعَلى الآل ماسري برق نجد

أَو نثنى في الاصل غصن يَميل

أَو نثنى في الاصل غصن يَميل

and upon his family, as long as Najd's lightning courses by night,

And upon the Family, traveling by the lightning of Najd

or a swaying branch bends at its root.

Or a branch bending on the origin