هذاthis بُروزٌa manifestation سابقٌprior
هذا بُروزٌ سابقٌ
بهِin it عَطاءٌa gift سابقُprior
بهِ عَطاءٌ سابقُ
This is a prior manifestation;
This is an early emergence
In it is a prior gift.
With it, an early gift
حارَwere bewildered الرِّجالُthe men سابقٌone who came before
حارَ الرِّجالُ سابقٌ
بِشأنهِconcerning its nature ولاحِقُand one who came after
بِشأنهِ ولاحِقُ
Men were bewildered, those who came before,
Men were confused about it
At its nature, and those who came after.
Regarding its matter and subsequent
أخْلاقُvirtues حَقٍّtruth لألأتْglittered
أخْلاقُ حَقٍّ لألأتْ
بِنِمْطِهاin their pattern الحَقائِقُthe realities
بِنِمْطِها الحَقائِقُ
Virtues of truth—there glittered
The morals of truth have adorned
In their pattern, the realities.
With their authentic pattern
خالِقُهاtheir Creator أكْمَلَهاperfected them
خالِقُها أكْمَلَها
فَلْتَجْهَلِso let them be ignorant الخَلائِقُthe created beings
فَلْتَجْهَلِ الخَلائِقُ
Their Creator perfected them;
Its Creator has perfected them
So let created beings remain ignorant.
So let the creatures be ignorant
وأنَّهاand that they ظاهرةٌmanifest
وأنَّها ظاهرةٌ
أنوارُهاtheir lights شوارقُshining forth
أنوارُها شوارقُ
And they are manifest;
And that it is an apparent phenomenon
Their lights shine forth.
Its lights are brilliant
حَقائقٌrealities ثابِتَةٌfirmly established
حَقائقٌ ثابِتَةٌ
يُجْلىare unveiled لهاfor them بَوارقُflashes of lightning
يُجْلى لها بَوارقُ
Firmly established realities,
Fixed truths
For which flashes of lightning are unveiled.
For which insights are unveiled
لمdid not يَنْتظمْbecome strung بِسِلْكهاon their thread
لم يَنْتظمْ بِسِلْكها
إِلاَّexcept المُرادُthe chosen one الصَّادقُthe sincere
إِلاَّ المُرادُ الصَّادقُ
None was strung upon their thread
None have joined its path
Except the sincere chosen one,
Except the sincere desired one
ومنand whoever زَوىkept away عنfrom نَفْسهِhimself
ومن زَوى عن نَفْسهِ
ماwhat أوْهَمَfalsely suggested العَلائقُthe attachments
ما أوْهَمَ العَلائقُ
And whoever kept away from himself
And one who deviates from himself
What attachments falsely suggested,
What relations have deluded
ومنand the one who إذاwhen ذَكَرْتهُI mention him
ومن إذا ذَكَرْتهُ
قلتُI said الحَكيمُthe sage الحاذقُthe adept
قلتُ الحَكيمُ الحاذقُ
And the one of whom, whenever I speak,
And when he is mentioned
I say: 'The sage, the adept.'
I say the wise, prudent one
Sol 6.1