وإنَّ الذي أَزْرَى بشمسِ سَمائِهِ

وإنَّ الذي أَزْرَى بشمسِ سَمائِهِ

فأَبْداهُ نُوراً والخَلائقُ طِينُ

فأَبْداهُ نُوراً والخَلائقُ طِينُ

And indeed, He who put the sun of His heaven to shame,

And he who adorned with the sun of his sky

and brought him forth as light while all creatures are clay,

So he manifested light while creations are clay

تَأنّقَ فيهِ كيفَ شاءَ وإنّما

تَأنّقَ فيهِ كيفَ شاءَ وإنّما

مقالَتُهُ للشّيءِ كُنْ فيَكُونُ

مقالَتُهُ للشّيءِ كُنْ فيَكُونُ

fashioned him exquisitely as He willed; for all

Beautified it however he willed, and his only

He says to a thing is 'Be,' and it is.

Pronouncement to a thing is "Be" and so it becomes