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Glorifying your Lord in glorifying what He has legislated

تعظيم ربك في تعظيم ما شرعا

1. Glorifying your Lord in glorifying what He has legislated
So be loud, for the one who is loud is the happiest of people

١. تعظيمُ ربِّكَ في تعظيمِ ما شرعا
فاصدع فإنَّ سعيدَ القومِ من صدعا

2. But with the command of the One whose legislation came to you
Strive with one foot, so thank Him when He made you strive

٢. لكن بأمرِ الذي جاءتك شرعته
تسعى على قدمٍ فاشكره حين سعى

3. So be with Allah in the arrangement of His wisdom
Indeed, the one with my Lord will not be with anyone else

٣. فكن مع اللهِ في ترتيبِ حكمتِه
إنَّ الذي مع ربي لا يكون معا

4. Understand my words, for understanding makes you happiest
And do not deviate from it, for knowledge has gathered

٤. افهم كلامي فإنَّ الفهم اسعدكم
ولا تحد عنه إنَّ العلم قد جمعا

5. It is the evidence of Him, do not leave it neglected
For destruction is in abandoning what the Merciful legislated

٥. هو الدليلُ عليه لا تذره سُدى
فالهلك في ترك ما الرحمن قد شرعا

6. Knowledge is of two halves, one half cannot be reached
By thinking, thus the rule of thinking has been denied

٦. العلمُ نصفان نصفٌ ليس يبلغه
فكرٌ لذلك حكمُ الفكرِ قد مُنعا

7. And its second half, sound thinking can reach it
And its status is not like the one who merely listened

٧. ونصفُه فصحيحُ الفكرِ يبلغه
وليس منزله مثل الذي سمعا

8. And all of it is truth, and I did not do justice in it or
To that there is a rebuttal, so whoever realizes has gathered

٨. والكلُّ حقٌّ وما أنصفتُ فيه وما
لذاك ردٌ فمن يدريه قد جمعا

9. For Him is perfection, so no person can resist Him
The making of Allah, so the generosity of Allah made me generous

٩. له الكمال فما شخصٌ يقاومه
صنعُ الإله فكشرُ الله بي صنعا

10. And by Allah, if my soul knew who it knew
Existence would be too narrow for it, however much it widened

١٠. والله لو علمتْ نفسي بمن علمت
لضاقَ عنها وجودُ الخلق ما اتسعا

11. The heart recognizes my Lord from its ups and downs
Like its conditions, whether it walked straight or turned back

١١. القلبُ يعرف ربي من تقلبه
مثل الشؤونِ له إنْ سار أو رجعا

12. And the soul is ignorant of Him because of its desires
And its eyes did not weep over separation from the Truth

١٢. والنفسُ تجهلُه من أجلِ شهوتها
وعينُها لفراقِ الحقِّ ما دمعا

13. When it fortified itself against Him, it started seeking Him
And if it got close to Him, it would not have turned back

١٣. لما تعزز عنه باتَ يطلبه
ولو تداني له إليه ما ارتجعا

14. And an example has circulated which makes one realize its form:
The most beloved thing to man is what he is deprived of

١٤. وقد جرى مثلٌ يدري وصورته
أحبُّ شيءٍ إلى الإنسان ما منعا