مَا الحُكمُ في الناسِ إِلّا

مَا الحُكمُ في الناسِ إِلّا

عَلى النُفوسِ الحَكيمَه

عَلى النُفوسِ الحَكيمَه

Judgment among people falls only

The judgments of people

Upon wise souls,

Are only upon wise souls

مُشاهِداتٍ حَدي

مُشاهِداتٍ حَدي

ثَ المُغَيِّباتِ القَديمَه

ثَ المُغَيِّباتِ القَديمَه

Beholding the account

New perspectives

Of the ancient hidden things,

Of old hidden things

السالِكاتُ إِلَيها

السالِكاتُ إِلَيها

عَلى الخَطوطِ القَويمَه

عَلى الخَطوطِ القَويمَه

Journeying toward them

That walk towards it

Along straight lines.

On straight paths

بِسُنَّةِ الحَمدِ نالَت

بِسُنَّةِ الحَمدِ نالَت

رَفضَ الصِفاتِ الذَميمَه

رَفضَ الصِفاتِ الذَميمَه

Through the practice of praise, they attained

With the tradition of praise they obtained

The rejection of blameworthy traits.

Rejection of blameworthy traits

فَحَدُّ مَن حادَ عَنها

فَحَدُّ مَن حادَ عَنها

في الناسِ حَدُّ البَهيمَه

في الناسِ حَدُّ البَهيمَه

So the definition of one who strays from them

So the limit of one who deviated from it

Among people is that of a beast.

Among people is the limit of beasts

وَالناسُ رَبُّ يَقينٍ

وَالناسُ رَبُّ يَقينٍ

وَخابِطٍ في وَهومِه

وَخابِطٍ في وَهومِه

And among people is one possessed of certainty,

And people are the lord of certainty

And one floundering in his delusions.

And confusion in their illusions

لا يَستَضيءُ بِأَنوا

لا يَستَضيءُ بِأَنوا

رِ قادِحٍ في عُلومِه

رِ قادِحٍ في عُلومِه

He is not illumined by the lights

Not illuminated by the lights

Of one striking sparks in his learning.

Of one kindling in his knowledge

آوٍ إِلى غَيرٍ ظَلَّ

آوٍ إِلى غَيرٍ ظَلَّ

مُستَمطِرٍ غَيرَ ديمَه

مُستَمطِرٍ غَيرَ ديمَه

He remains seeking refuge in another,

Seeking unto other than shade

Seeking rain other than a lasting shower,

Continuously pouring but not lasting

هاوٍ إِلى أَعوَجَ الخَطِّ

هاوٍ إِلى أَعوَجَ الخَطِّ

مِن ذُرىً مُستَقمَه

مِن ذُرىً مُستَقمَه

Falling toward the crooked line

Plunging unto the crooked line

From upright summits.

From straight descendants

بِالتيهِ تاهَ ضَلالاً

بِالتيهِ تاهَ ضَلالاً

عَن ظِلِّ كَهفِ رَقيمَه

عَن ظِلِّ كَهفِ رَقيمَه

In the wilderness he wandered astray

Lost in bewilderment, lost in misguidance

From the shade of the cave of his Raqim.

From the shade of honorable cavern

لا يَهتَدي في دُجاهُ

لا يَهتَدي في دُجاهُ

لِغَيبِهِ عَن نُجوسِه

لِغَيبِهِ عَن نُجوسِه

He finds no guidance in his darkness,

Does not find guidance in his darkness

For he is unaware of his impurity.

Of his absence from his purity

مَعنى الكِتابِ لَدَيهِ

مَعنى الكِتابِ لَدَيهِ

عِبارَةً في رُقومِه

عِبارَةً في رُقومِه

The Book's meaning, to him,

The meaning of the book to him

Is wording in its written marks.

Is an expression in its transcripts

مُؤَخِّرَ فيهِ ما

مُؤَخِّرَ فيهِ ما

حَثَّهُ عَلى تَقديمِه

حَثَّهُ عَلى تَقديمِه

He puts off within it what

Postponing in it what

It urged him to put first.

It urged him to prioritize

فَاِسلَم بِنَفسِكَ عَنهُ

فَاِسلَم بِنَفسِكَ عَنهُ

إِلى العُقولِ السَليمَه

إِلى العُقولِ السَليمَه

So take yourself safely away from him

So resign yourself from him

To sound minds.

To the sound minds

وَخَلِّهِ وَهَواهُ

وَخَلِّهِ وَهَواهُ

مُخَلَّداً في جَحيمِه

مُخَلَّداً في جَحيمِه

And leave him with his desire,

And leave him and his desire

Forever abiding in his hell.

Immortalized in his hellfire