آمَنْتُ باللهِ الوُجودُ كُلُّهُ

آمَنْتُ باللهِ الوُجودُ كُلُّهُ

سواهُ يَفْنى وهو باقٍ لمْ يَزَلْ

سواهُ يَفْنى وهو باقٍ لمْ يَزَلْ

I believe in God; all existence

I believe in Allah, all existence is His

Other than Him perishes, while He abides eternally.

Besides Him fades, while He eternal remains

فَطَهِّرِ القلبَ لِقُدْسهِ وكُنْ

فَطَهِّرِ القلبَ لِقُدْسهِ وكُنْ

مُمْتَثِلاً كِتابَهُ كَما نَزَلْ

مُمْتَثِلاً كِتابَهُ كَما نَزَلْ

So purify the heart for His holiness, and be

So purify your heart for His holiness and be

Obedient to His Book as it was revealed.

Obedient to His scripture as it was revealed

وارْضَ بِنَهجِ الهاشميِّ مَنْهَجاً

وارْضَ بِنَهجِ الهاشميِّ مَنْهَجاً

فإنَّهُ المَأمونُ من زَيْغِ الزَّلَلْ

فإنَّهُ المَأمونُ من زَيْغِ الزَّلَلْ

And take the Hashemite's way as your path,

And take as your path, the Hashimite’s approach

For it is safe from straying into error.

It is the secure from the deviations of missteps

واعْدِلْ بِحكمِ الشَّرعِ واعرَفْ قَدْرَهُ

واعْدِلْ بِحكمِ الشَّرعِ واعرَفْ قَدْرَهُ

ولا تُصاحبْ يا بُنَيَّ من عَدَلْ

ولا تُصاحبْ يا بُنَيَّ من عَدَلْ

And act justly by the sacred Law's ruling, and know its worth;

And judge with the rule of Sacred Law and know its value

And do not befriend, my dear son, anyone who turns aside.

And do not accompany, my son, one who has swerved

وقِفْ على البابِ ذَليلاً خاشعاً

وقِفْ على البابِ ذَليلاً خاشعاً

قد عَزَّ من الله بالإخْلاصِ ذَلْ

قد عَزَّ من الله بالإخْلاصِ ذَلْ

And stand at the door, lowly and reverent;

And stand at the door, humble and reverent

Honored indeed is he who humbles himself sincerely before God.

Exalted through sincerity from Allah despite humiliation

ما لازَمَ الإخْلاصَ في أعْمالِهِ

ما لازَمَ الإخْلاصَ في أعْمالِهِ

معَ التُّقى مُنْقَطِعٌ إِلاَّ وَصَلْ

معَ التُّقى مُنْقَطِعٌ إِلاَّ وَصَلْ

No one who maintains sincerity in his deeds

One who clings to sincerity in his deeds

Along with piety, though cut off, fails to attain.

Along with piety, disconnected except to join

ولا تَرَ القُدْرَةَ في العَبدِ وكُنْ

ولا تَرَ القُدْرَةَ في العَبدِ وكُنْ

ذا عِبْرَةٍ فاللهُ يُمْضي ما فَعَلْ

ذا عِبْرَةٍ فاللهُ يُمْضي ما فَعَلْ

And do not see power in the servant, but be

Do not see the ability in man, rather be

One who takes heed, for God brings what is done to pass.

One who takes heed, for Allah decrees what was done

وما رَمَيْتَ إذْ رَمَيْتَ إنَّهُ

وما رَمَيْتَ إذْ رَمَيْتَ إنَّهُ

هو الَّذي رَمى وبالنُّبْلِ قَتَلْ

هو الَّذي رَمى وبالنُّبْلِ قَتَلْ

And you did not cast when you cast; indeed,

And when you shot, it was He

He is the One who cast, and nobly slew.

Who shot, and with the arrow He killed

بالاضْطِرارِيَّاتِ مَعْذورٌ فَكُنْ

بالاضْطِرارِيَّاتِ مَعْذورٌ فَكُنْ

بالاخْتِياريَّاتِ زاكِيَّ العَمَلْ

بالاخْتِياريَّاتِ زاكِيَّ العَمَلْ

You are excused for involuntary acts; so be

For necessities, one is excused, so be

Pure in your deeds in matters of choice.

With choices, excellent in deed

وراقِبِ اللهَ إذا ما جِئْتَهُ

وراقِبِ اللهَ إذا ما جِئْتَهُ

لَدى السُّؤالِ إذْ عنِ الفِعْلِ سَألْ

لَدى السُّؤالِ إذْ عنِ الفِعْلِ سَألْ

And be mindful of God when you come to Him,

And watch Allah when you come before Him

At the questioning, when He asks about your deeds.

At questioning, when asked about the act

صَحائِفٌ حَفيظةٌ شامِلَةٌ

صَحائِفٌ حَفيظةٌ شامِلَةٌ

لِكُلِّ ما زادَ من الفِعلِ وَقَلْ

لِكُلِّ ما زادَ من الفِعلِ وَقَلْ

There are records, preserving and encompassing

Scrolls, vigilant, comprehensive

Every deed, whether abundant or scant.

Of all that increased or diminished in deeds

واغْنَمْ بِحُسْنِ الصُّنْعِ أيَّامَ الصِّبا

واغْنَمْ بِحُسْنِ الصُّنْعِ أيَّامَ الصِّبا

فَأيُّ صُنْعٍ إن قَوِيَ الحَيْلُ بَطَلْ

فَأيُّ صُنْعٍ إن قَوِيَ الحَيْلُ بَطَلْ

And seize the days of youth through good deeds;

And gain, with goodness of conduct, the days of youth

For what deed fails if vigor is strong?

What use is conduct, if overwhelmed by old age

وخَفْ من الله بِقَلْبٍ خاشعٍ

وخَفْ من الله بِقَلْبٍ خاشعٍ

فإنَّما الخَوفُ بهِ يُنْفي الكَسَلْ

فإنَّما الخَوفُ بهِ يُنْفي الكَسَلْ

And fear God with a reverent heart,

And fear Allah with a humble heart

For it is through fear that sloth is dispelled.

For it is fear that dispels laziness

وجانبِ الإهْمالَ للذِّكْرِ فَمَنْ

وجانبِ الإهْمالَ للذِّكْرِ فَمَنْ

أهْمَلَهُ يُكْتَبُ في صِنْفِ الهَمَلْ

أهْمَلَهُ يُكْتَبُ في صِنْفِ الهَمَلْ

And shun neglect of remembrance; whoever

And avoid negligence of remembrance, one who

Neglects it is recorded among the heedless.

Was heedless is written among the negligent

وَهِمْ بأهلِ الله واحْفَظْ وُدَّهُمْ

وَهِمْ بأهلِ الله واحْفَظْ وُدَّهُمْ

وخَلِّ عنكَ رَبَّ زورٍ قد عَذَلْ

وخَلِّ عنكَ رَبَّ زورٍ قد عَذَلْ

And be enamored of God's people, and preserve their affection;

And desire the company of the people of Allah and keep their friendship

And leave aside the purveyor of falsehood who reproaches you.

And rid yourself of every false pretender who was abandoned

وصِرْ تَقِيًّا فالتُّقى لأهْلِهِ

وصِرْ تَقِيًّا فالتُّقى لأهْلِهِ

كَنْزٌ وصاحبُ التُّقى هو البَطَلْ

كَنْزٌ وصاحبُ التُّقى هو البَطَلْ

And become pious, for piety, to its people,

And be devout, for devotion for its people

Is a treasure, and the pious one is the hero.

Is a treasure, and the pious one is the hero

والعَقْلُ في التَّقْوى فَمَن جانَبَها

والعَقْلُ في التَّقْوى فَمَن جانَبَها

معَ الهَوى إلى الضَّلالِ ما عَقَلْ

معَ الهَوى إلى الضَّلالِ ما عَقَلْ

And reason lies in piety; whoever forsakes it,

Reason lies in piety, one who neglects it

Following desire into error, has not exercised reason.

For passion, to misguidance did not reason

إيَّاكَ والعِصْيانَ فهوَ نَزْغَةٌ

إيَّاكَ والعِصْيانَ فهوَ نَزْغَةٌ

منها العَذابُ ولَدى النَّاسِ الخَجَلْ

منها العَذابُ ولَدى النَّاسِ الخَجَلْ

Beware of disobedience, for it is an evil impulse

Beware disobedience, it is a whim

From which come torment and shame before people.

From which comes torment, and with people, shame

واسْتَحْكِمِ الآدابَ شُغْلاً أبَداً

واسْتَحْكِمِ الآدابَ شُغْلاً أبَداً

فَخاسرٌ بِغَيرها مَنِ اشْتَغَلْ

فَخاسرٌ بِغَيرها مَنِ اشْتَغَلْ

And master proper conduct, making it your constant pursuit;

And establish etiquette as lifelong work

For whoever busies himself with anything else is a loser.

For one occupied otherwise is lost and strayed

ما تلكَ إِلاَّ شَرْعُ طَهَ المُصْطَفى

ما تلكَ إِلاَّ شَرْعُ طَهَ المُصْطَفى

مَحَمَّدٌ سِرُّ الوُجودِ المُحْتَفَلْ

مَحَمَّدٌ سِرُّ الوُجودِ المُحْتَفَلْ

Such conduct is none other than the Law of Taha, the Chosen One,

It is none but the Law of Taha the Chosen

Muhammad, the celebrated secret of existence.

Muhammad, secret of existence, the celebrated

آدابُهُ شَريفَةٌ كَريمَةٌ

آدابُهُ شَريفَةٌ كَريمَةٌ

مَضْمونُها على العِناياتِ اشْتَمَلْ

مَضْمونُها على العِناياتِ اشْتَمَلْ

His code of conduct is noble and generous;

His etiquette noble and generous

Its substance encompasses gracious favors.

Its content encompassing all kinds of care

مَنْ أحْكَمَ السَّيرَ بها على هُدًى

مَنْ أحْكَمَ السَّيرَ بها على هُدًى

ومن عَداها ضَلَّ بالغَيِّ وَزَلْ

ومن عَداها ضَلَّ بالغَيِّ وَزَلْ

Whoever follows it well is rightly guided,

One who perfectly walked by it, guided

And whoever goes beyond it strays in error and stumbles.

And one who transgressed it, strayed in misguidance and slipped

جامعَةٌ لِكُلِّ خَيرٍ بيِّنٍ

جامعَةٌ لِكُلِّ خَيرٍ بيِّنٍ

سِوى طَريقِها مُناطٌ بالفَشَلْ

سِوى طَريقِها مُناطٌ بالفَشَلْ

It encompasses every evident good;

A comprehensive collectivity of every clear good

Any path but its own is bound to failure.

Besides its path, a place of guaranteed failure

قد أسَّسَتْ للدِّينِ والدُّنْيا مَعاً

قد أسَّسَتْ للدِّينِ والدُّنْيا مَعاً

رَصينَ حُكْمٍ شامِخٍ هو الجَبَلْ

رَصينَ حُكْمٍ شامِخٍ هو الجَبَلْ

It has laid, for religion and worldly life together,

It laid the foundation in religion and worldly life together

A firm, lofty rule—a mountain.

A firm, towering rule, it is the mountain

مُنَزَّهٌ في طَيِّهِ ونَشْرِهِ

مُنَزَّهٌ في طَيِّهِ ونَشْرِهِ

عن زُعْمِ ذي جُحْدٍ مُشابٍ بالعِلَلْ

عن زُعْمِ ذي جُحْدٍ مُشابٍ بالعِلَلْ

Free, in its folding and unfolding,

Safeguarded in its folds and propagation

From the claims of a denier tainted with flaws.

From the claims of one of denial, marked by defects

يَقْصُرُ عن سِرِّ عُلاهُ عَقْلُهُ

يَقْصُرُ عن سِرِّ عُلاهُ عَقْلُهُ

ويَفْتَري الزُّورَ سَفيلٌ ما وَصَلْ

ويَفْتَري الزُّورَ سَفيلٌ ما وَصَلْ

His mind falls short of the secret of its sublimity,

His intellect falls short of its sublime mystery

And a base man fabricates falsehood, having failed to attain.

And the lowly fabricates falsehood, not having reached

قد يَشْهَدُ العَقْلُ بأنَّ شَرْعَنا

قد يَشْهَدُ العَقْلُ بأنَّ شَرْعَنا

أشرَفُ حُكْماً من شَرائِعِ المِلَلْ

أشرَفُ حُكْماً من شَرائِعِ المِلَلْ

Reason indeed bears witness that our Law

The intellect may acknowledge that our Law

Is nobler in judgment than the laws of the faiths.

Is the most noble rule of the creeds

على نِماطِ الوِسْعِ قامَ سِرُّهُ

على نِماطِ الوِسْعِ قامَ سِرُّهُ

مَنَزَّهٌ عن حَرَجٍ وعن ثِقَلْ

مَنَزَّهٌ عن حَرَجٍ وعن ثِقَلْ

Its secret is founded upon a pattern of ample scope,

It is built upon degrees of capacity

Free from hardship and burden.

Safe from undue hardship and heaviness

لِغايَةِ الغاياتِ شَوْطُهُ انْتَهى

لِغايَةِ الغاياتِ شَوْطُهُ انْتَهى

ما ظَلَّ للعَقْلِ بهِ عَسى وَعَلْ

ما ظَلَّ للعَقْلِ بهِ عَسى وَعَلْ

Its course has reached the goal of all goals;

For the ultimate purpose, its range extends

No 'perhaps' or 'maybe' remains for reason regarding it.

What remains for the intellect, perhaps and if only

أسْرارُهُ جَلِيَّةٌ أنْوارُها

أسْرارُهُ جَلِيَّةٌ أنْوارُها

دَوْلَتُهُ بالعِلْمِ أعْظَمُ الدُّوَلْ

دَوْلَتُهُ بالعِلْمِ أعْظَمُ الدُّوَلْ

Its mysteries—their lights are manifest;

Its secrets manifest, its lights

Its dominion, through knowledge, is the greatest of dominions.

Its state through knowledge, greatest of states

أحْكَمَها اللهُ تَعالى شَأنُهُ

أحْكَمَها اللهُ تَعالى شَأنُهُ

وأنَّهُ مُنَزَّهٌ عنِ المَثَلْ

وأنَّهُ مُنَزَّهٌ عنِ المَثَلْ

God has perfected it—exalted is His majesty—

Allah ordained it supreme, His affair

And indeed He is free from any likeness.

And that He is beyond likeness, transcendent

فَطِبْ بها قلباً وخُذْ تِرْياقَها

فَطِبْ بها قلباً وخُذْ تِرْياقَها

خيرَ دَواءٍ وشِفاءٍ للعِلَلْ

خيرَ دَواءٍ وشِفاءٍ للعِلَلْ

So let your heart rejoice in it, and take its antidote,

So incline your heart to it and take its remedy

The best remedy and healing for ailments.

The best cure and healing for afflictions

فإنَّها للخَيرِ في تَعْريفَها

فإنَّها للخَيرِ في تَعْريفَها

كالنَّوْمِ ما مَسْكَنُهُ إِلاَّ المُقَلْ

كالنَّوْمِ ما مَسْكَنُهُ إِلاَّ المُقَلْ

For, in its definition of goodness, it is

For it makes known goodness in its identification

Like sleep, whose only dwelling is the eyes.

As sleep, its place none but the resting

صَلاةُ مَوْلانا على صاحِبِها

صَلاةُ مَوْلانا على صاحِبِها

مُحَمَّدٍ سِرِّ الوَرى كُلِّ الأمَلْ

مُحَمَّدٍ سِرِّ الوَرى كُلِّ الأمَلْ

May our Lord's blessing be upon its bearer,

Blessings upon our Master, upon its founder

Muhammad, the secret of creation, the sum of hope,

Muhammad, secret of all hope

وآلِهِ وصَحْبِهِ ساداتِنا

وآلِهِ وصَحْبِهِ ساداتِنا

أُولي الإغاثاتِ إذا طَمَّ الوَجَلْ

أُولي الإغاثاتِ إذا طَمَّ الوَجَلْ

And upon his family and his companions, our masters,

And his family, our masters

The bringers of relief when dread overwhelms,

The granters of aid when distress binds

ما انْبَلَجَ الصُّبْحُ وما اللَّيْلُ دَجا

ما انْبَلَجَ الصُّبْحُ وما اللَّيْلُ دَجا

وما غَمامُ الأُفْقِ بالسُّحْبِ هَطَلْ

وما غَمامُ الأُفْقِ بالسُّحْبِ هَطَلْ

As long as dawn breaks and night grows dark,

Whether dawn has risen or night has darkened

And as long as the horizon's cloudbank pours rain through the clouds.

Or the clouds of the horizon pour with rain