قرأنا معاني السر فالحكم ظلهر

قرأنا معاني السر فالحكم ظلهر

به رونقٌ من باطن الحال باهر

به رونقٌ من باطن الحال باهر

We read the meanings of the secret; thus the decree is manifest.

We read the meanings of the secret, so the wisdom became apparent

In it is dazzling splendor from the inward aspect of the state.

With it a splendor from the essence of the state dazzling

أفاد بأن البارزات لسمتها

أفاد بأن البارزات لسمتها

بطلَّسم أحاكام الغيوب مظاهر

بطلَّسم أحاكام الغيوب مظاهر

It taught that outward things, in keeping with their character,

It benefited that the prominent ones, their trait

are manifestations through the talisman of the decrees of the unseen.

Is clad with the rulings of the hidden, manifestations

فهذا بماضي قسمة الغيب مؤمنٌ

فهذا بماضي قسمة الغيب مؤمنٌ

وهذا كما قد تشهد العين كافر

وهذا كما قد تشهد العين كافر

So this one, by the unseen's prior allotment, is a believer,

So this one believes in the partition of the unseen

and this one, as the eye may attest, is an unbeliever.

And this one is an unbeliever, as the eye can attest

جلا مظهر الإبراز كلَّ خفيةٍ

جلا مظهر الإبراز كلَّ خفيةٍ

وحينا عن الأسرار تعمى البصائر

وحينا عن الأسرار تعمى البصائر

The revealer of outward manifestation laid bare every hidden thing,

The manifestation of prominence has revealed every hidden thing

and at times inward eyes are blind to the secrets.

And the insights are sometimes blind to the secrets

أما ومعانيها وغامض سرها

أما ومعانيها وغامض سرها

وما هو مبدٍ للشؤن وساتر

وما هو مبدٍ للشؤن وساتر

Indeed, by their meanings and the mystery of their secret,

As for its meanings and its ambiguous secret

and by that which reveals affairs and conceals them:

And what initiates affairs and veils them

ضربنا عن الآثار صفحاً ولبُّنا

ضربنا عن الآثار صفحاً ولبُّنا

إلى الواحد الفرد المؤثر طائرُ

إلى الواحد الفرد المؤثر طائرُ

we turned away from effects, and our innermost heart

We turned away from traces and yearned

flies toward the One, the Unique, the Cause.

Towards the One, the Singular, the Effecter flying

وغبنا به عن كل بادٍ وطامسٍ

وغبنا به عن كل بادٍ وطامسٍ

وفيه لنا سرٌّ مع الصدق حاضر

وفيه لنا سرٌّ مع الصدق حاضر

And in Him we lost awareness of all things manifest and effaced,

And missed with Him every fading and concealing

and in Him we have a secret, present alongside sincerity.

And in Him we have a secret along with truth present

نرى واردات الكون منه وعنه لا

نرى واردات الكون منه وعنه لا

سواه وعجز الكل في الكل ظاهر

سواه وعجز الكل في الكل ظاهر

We see the influxes of the cosmos coming from Him and issuing from Him, not

We see the universe's occurrences from and through Him alone

from anyone besides Him; the powerlessness of all in everything is manifest.

Other than Him, all are inept in all, evident

فمختاره الهادي لحضرةِ قدسه

فمختاره الهادي لحضرةِ قدسه

هدانا ومحقا قد غدون الخواطر

هدانا ومحقا قد غدون الخواطر

So His chosen one, the guide to His holy presence,

So His Chosen one to the sanctity of His presence

guided us, and passing thoughts have become nothing.

Guided us and the thoughts have indeed become corrected

عرفنا به الحقًّ المبين وإنه

عرفنا به الحقًّ المبين وإنه

مواردنا عن علمه والمصادر

مواردنا عن علمه والمصادر

Through him we knew the manifest Truth, and indeed,

We knew through him the clear truth, and that He

our comings and goings arise from his knowledge.

Is our resource of knowledge and the wellsprings

لقد مزَّقض الشكَّ الكثيف بعزمه

لقد مزَّقض الشكَّ الكثيف بعزمه

ومدَّت علينا من هداه الستائر

ومدَّت علينا من هداه الستائر

Indeed, he tore dense doubt apart with his resolve,

He has indeed shredded the dense doubt with his resolve

and curtains from his guidance were spread over us.

And the veils have been lifted from us by his guidance

فكل لسانٍ بالهدى المحض ناطقٌ

فكل لسانٍ بالهدى المحض ناطقٌ

وكلُّ فؤآد بالعناية عامر

وكلُّ فؤآد بالعناية عامر

So every tongue utters pure guidance,

So every tongue speaks with the pure guidance

and every heart is filled with divine care.

And every heart is inhabited by the providence

تلألأ نور الحق في كل مؤمن

تلألأ نور الحق في كل مؤمن

وقامت على العلم اليقين البشائر

وقامت على العلم اليقين البشائر

The light of the Truth shone brilliantly in every believer,

The light of truth has glittered in every believer

and glad tidings arose upon certain knowledge.

And the glad tidings have been established upon knowledge

له حملت سراً قديماً قلوبنا

له حملت سراً قديماً قلوبنا

فحاشاه يبلى يوم السرائر

فحاشاه يبلى يوم السرائر

For Him our hearts bore an ancient secret,

For Him our hearts have secretly borne an ancient secret

so far be it from that secret to decay on the day of innermost secrets.

So it is shameful that it fade on the day all secrets are exposed