1. A thousand signs, that is what we wanted
To reveal this book to existence

2. A thousand signs, eternal, never perishing
Immune from any destruction or denial

3. A thousand signs, unambiguous to the discerning
Were I to will its knowledge to the witnessed

4. A thousand signs, preceded, we came
With the truth of the promise, not of the threat

5. A thousand signs, truly a momentous affair
That grays the hair of the young and old

6. A thousand signs, good tidings revealed
Bowing despite the envious

7. A thousand signs, a lightning flash glimmers
Heralding the coming rains

8. A thousand signs, forgot a friend
To resurrection day from the grave

9. A thousand signs, with honest scales
Clarifying intention from desire

10. Kaf ha ya 'ayn, O four symbols
Bowing down before the Almighty

11. Ta ha, none have I seen its equal
If the witnessed attend with the martyr

12. Ta sin mim, breasts are straitened
The soul of poetry is in the ode

13. Ta sin, brought kindled fire
And the Sustainer spoke to existence

14. Ta sin mim, with it I killed a victim
To transfer him to the narrow enclosure

15. A thousand signs, I made fragile an arrogant structure
Consuming insects from nests

16. A thousand signs, Rome was defeated by it
To defeat me with further signs

17. A thousand signs, to protect me by commandments
Roaming creation, black and white

18. A thousand signs, descending from
A divine station to one of servants

19. Ya sin, heart of great Qur'an
His is the Praise from the Bountiful

20. Saad, thanking Him legislatively
And rationally, seeking increase

21. Ha mim the Forgiver of grievous sins
I praise with His Praise, Praise of the Praised

22. Ha mim clarifying eloquent words
Ransoming with warmth and tradition

23. Ha mim a discerning eye from it
Transcending the witnessed from afar

24. Ha mim establishing by steps among us
Subjugating us with celestial structures

25. Ha mim a smoke for the torment of folk
Intense in His severe punishment

26. Ha mim, bowing to an arrival
Reality of His Eye emerging kindly

27. Ha mim singled out in a gathering
To ascend from the human plain

28. Qaf, I reveal it from Me in loss
Descent of the Soul from the vein's rope

29. Noon, Its pens clarified it
To teach its opponents the truth of witnesses

30. Symbolizing esoteric meanings
Elevated from attainment by pursuit

31. And none attains it graciously or essentially
If realized beyond the fortunate

32. I sought its existence without limit
Knowledge said my eye is bounded

33. Lo, detachment from constraints
Is the strongest of constraints