1. The youth who upholds his Creator's right
Then the right of Allah's Messenger with devotion

2. The gnostics see the Truth as their eyes
And they see none but the Truth's eyes as others

3. So they are jealous lest betrayal find its way
Into their realm from souls that were once chasms

4. They are with Allah, not for their own sakes
Thus they erected sanctuaries of transcendence

5. A transcendence of likening - not just transcendence
By what the Merciful granted them as news

6. They relate what He said of Himself so when
They relate it, they are His troops and helpers

7. They know none but the Merciful among all
They never knew a neighbor or abode but Him

8. Had they found anything to rival their Lord
Rivalry would have cast them into flames

9. And none among them praised Him ever
With every art of lavish praises

10. They are few even when numerous
The Truth adorned them with secrets upon secrets