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God cannot be comprehended by reason

تعالى الله لم يدركه عقل

1. God cannot be comprehended by reason
Nor can anything other than Him when you witness

١. تعالى الله لم يدركه عقلٌ
ولم تدركْ سواه إذا شهدتا

2. If you seek what I said about Him
When you are fair to me about it you will find

٢. فإنْ تطلبْ على ما قلت فيه
إذا أنصفتني فيه وجدتا

3. The command is singular though commands are many
If you embark on it, it will lead you

٣. جماع الأمر إن الأمر فردٌ
إذا ركبتَ فيه عليك جدتا

4. And you will attain elucidated cognitions
And thereby your proof will get what it seeks

٤. وأدركتَ المعارفَ موضحاتٍ
ونال به دليلك ما أردتا

5. And you will equalize the penitent in every aspect
His proof beholds Him and you add to it

٥. وساويتَ المنيب بكلِّ وجهٍ
رآه دليله وعليه زدتا

6. You stand by it, benefiting
So when you love through it you give benefit

٦. أقمتَ به وجودك مستفيداً
فلما أنْ حبيتَ به أفدتا

7. And you were, through it, an Imam with attainment
Your munificence flows through it if you aim

٧. وكنت به إماماً ذا نوالٍ
يجود به نداك إذا قصدتا

8. And of what would incur blame appears
Its features become visible to your eye through it

٨. ومما كان نجد اللومِ تبدو
معالمه لعينك عنه حدتا

9. So fulfill the pacts to Him until
God becomes for you as you pledged

٩. فأوفى بالعهود إليه حتى
يكون لك الإله كما عهدتا

10. And adhere to His door with the letter ba and worship
With the letter lam a day if you worship

١٠. ولازم بابه بالباء واعبد
بحرفِ اللام يوماً إن عبدتا

11. And forget not your share of being
Realize it in yourself when you worship

١١. ولا تنسى نصيبك من وجود
تحققه لديك إذا عبدتا

12. And beware the violence of the deluded one day
In your heart whilst prostrating if you prostrate

١٢. وحاذر سطوة المغرور يوماً
بقلبك في السجود إذا سجدتا

13. You spurred on the steeds of resolve to an end
They preceded you and for it you prepared

١٣. ندبتَ لغاية سبقتَ إليها
جيادَ العزم ثم لها أعدتا

14. When the banner of glory was unfurled
Yearningly you extended your right hand toward it

١٤. إذا ما راية نشرتْ لمجدِ
يمينك نحوها شوقاً مددتا