1. I am, and while 
I told you I am 
١. إني أنا وبينما
 قلت لكم أني أنا
2. I was a thousand I's
Repeated, composed   
٢. كنت أنا ألف أنا
 مكرَّراً مكوَّنا
3. Quickly by my Creator
The hidden of hidden with glory 
٣. بسرعة من خالقي
 غيب الغيوب ذي السنا
4. A lightning that struck repeatedly  
Then struck repeatedly 
٤. برقٌ أضا وبطنا
 ثم أضا وبطنا
5. Because I am of His command
Be and it becomes, carefully 
٥. لأنني عن أمره
 كن فيكون باعتنا
6. And His command is one
Apply what He told us 
٦. وأمره واحدة
 طبق الذي قال لنا
7. And so is the universe 
Together, every time like us 
٧. وهكذا الكون جمي
 عاً كل وقتٍ مثلنا
8. Because He created and created
Allah by command came close 
٨. لأنه خلقٌ وخل
 قُ الله بالأمر دنا
9. So of His signs 
Created by command composed 
٩. فإن من آياته
 خلقاً بأمرٍ كُوِّنا
10. No doubt, creation is His as 
He said and the command is here 
١٠. ألا له الخلقُ كما
 قد قال والأمرُ هنا
11. So believe Him and leave  
What minds are accustomed to 
١١. فصدقوه واتركوا
 ما للعقول ديدنا
12. For the mind links all  
To perceptions here 
١٢. فالعقل ربط كله
 للمدركات هاهنا
13. And our Lord is more truthful than  
The mind of the lad no doubt 
١٣. وربنا أصدق من
 عقل الفتى تيقُّنا
14. And with Allah's book does not  
Befit other than it for us 
١٤. ومع كتاب الله لا
 يليق غيره بنا
15. And my people have built
Upon it the straightest structure   
١٥. وإن قومي قد بنوا
 عليه أقوَمَ البِنا
16. And they did not accept their minds
To be safe among them 
١٦. وما رضوا عقولهم
 تكون فيهم آمَنا
17. On beliefs they have  
For it is the creation of life 
١٧. على عقائدٍ لهم
 لأنها خلق الدُّنا
18. And when the people were revealed
By His command, which is the purpose 
١٨. والقوم لما كوشفوا
 بأمره وهو المنى
19. They saw by it their standing 
And everything clearly 
١٩. رأوا به قيامهم
 وكل شيء علنا
20. About His command like lightning or
Like pipes of the waterway 
٢٠. عن أمره كالبرق أو
 مثل أنابيب القنا
21. That is why whoever  
Said my Creator is I 
٢١. من أجل ذا يقول من
 قد قال خالقي أنا
22. And this saying is wrong
It necessitated the taste of extinction 
٢٢. وقول هذا خطأ
 أوجبه ذوق الفنا
23. For himself and others
Without fixed duration 
٢٣. لنفسه وغيره
 بلا ثبوبت زمنا
24. So if he sobered from his drunkenness
He would see God other than us 
٢٤. فلو صحا من سكره
 رأى الإله غيرنا
25. Because we are created for Him 
By His command composed 
٢٥. لأننا خلق له
 بأمره كوَّننا
26. And His command is like a blink say
From a sight when delight 
٢٦. وأمره كاللمح قل
 من بصرٍ إذا رنا
27. And creation is thus without  
Hesitation and effort   
٢٧. والخلق هكذا بلا
 تردُّدٍ ولا عنا
28. As my Lord came rarely  
Casts the truth at us 
٢٨. كما أتى ربِّيَ قل
 يقذفُ بالحق بنا
29. Similar to what they said in 
Qualities words well composed 
٢٩. نظير ما قالوه في ال
 أعراضِ قولاً متقنا
30. If they were fair, then all  
Qualities, and this is what we know 
٣٠. لو أنصفوا فالكل أع
 راضٌ وهذا عندنا
31. But they were deluded
By a mind they excelled in   
٣١. لكنهم قد غرَّهم
 عقل لهم تفننا
32. In everything, so follow it
And forget our Lord 
٣٢. في كل شيء فاقتدوا
 به وأُنْسُوا ربَّنا
33. So they did not follow His saying
Nor saw it good   
٣٣. فما اقتدوا بقوله
 ولا رأوه حسنا
34. And they denied the one  
Who by his saying the truth suffices 
٣٤. وأنكروا على الذي
 بقوله الحق اغتنى
35. And did not follow their minds
Nor cared for them 
٣٥. ولم يتابعهم على
 عقولهم ولا اعتنى
36. And my Lord will judge  
Tomorrow in truth between us 
٣٦. بهم وربي حاكم
 غدا بحق بيننا