1. Do you know absolute nothingness
So that you grasp from its word a letter?
١. هل تعرفون العدم الصرفا
فتدركوا من لفظه حرفا
2. Do not think its meaning is your understanding -
Its meaning is something hidden from you.
٢. لا تحسبوا معناه مفهومكم
معناه شيء عنكمو يخفى
3. So how can you know existence, which
Is more hidden than absolute nothingness?
٣. فكيف تدرون الوجود الذي
من عدم صرف هو الأخفى
4. It is that which we mean by the oneness of
Existence when we mention an attribute.
٤. وهو الذي نعنيه في وحدة ال
وجود لما نذكر الوصفا
5. Indeed, absolute existence in its attribution
Is like absolute nothingness for one who is faithful.
٥. إن الوجود الصرف إطلاقه
كالعدم الصرف لمن وفى
6. Both, in themselves,
Are equal, so they are turned in the same way.
٦. كلاهما من حيث نفساهما
تساويا فانعطفا عطفا
7. They opposed and came together for us
In the nothingness of perception, for it is denied.
٧. تقابلا واجتمعا عندنا
في عدم الإدراك إذ ينفى