1. We are the ranks of existence ranked
Eternally, and what is the farthest and nearest of existence

2. Since there is none but Him, and all that is other than Him
Are but attributes by which He prevails over them

3. Thus they have eternally been made for us by none but Him
An assignation to Him, and assignation is a gift from Him

4. And assignation is an effusion of His existence, and His existence
Is what overflowed, but appears ranked to imagination

5. Existence is free of essences
And essences were made subordinate to it by His power

6. It is He who appears through them, and they
Appear through Him, existing, changing

7. Our declaring His unity distinguishes Him from them through Him
And when distinguished, they become hidden from Him

8. We absolve Him of all attributes comparing
And reject comparison, for absolving has no likeness

9. He is comparable and absolved in attributes
Without attributes, and His essence astonishing

10. Be cognizant in existence, aware through it
For through it is the pleasant life