أنا إن شئتُ شئتُ منل إلا

أنا إن شئتُ شئتُ منل إلا

أنا إن شئتُ شاء من لا يشاءُ

أنا إن شئتُ شاء من لا يشاءُ

I—if I will, I will [unclear word], except...

If I willed, I willed nothing but

I—if I will, the one who does not will wills.

If I willed, He who does not will, willed

عجباً شئت والمشيئةُ غيري

عجباً شئت والمشيئةُ غيري

ثم إن لم أشأ فلست تشاء

ثم إن لم أشأ فلست تشاء

How strange! I willed, yet the will is other than me.

How strange! I willed yet the will was not mine

Then, if I do not will, you do not will.

Then if I did not will, you do not will

بل أنا صاحبُ المشيئةِ فاعلم

بل أنا صاحبُ المشيئةِ فاعلم

ومشيئي بها وذاتي المشاء

ومشيئي بها وذاتي المشاء

Rather, I am the possessor of will, so know this.

Rather, I am the owner of the will, so know

And my willing is through it, and my essence is what is willed.

And my will is by it, and my essence is the will

كيف شاءتْ مشيئةُ المتلاشي

كيف شاءتْ مشيئةُ المتلاشي

ولها الحكم ان تشا والقضاء

ولها الحكم ان تشا والقضاء

How did the vanishing one's will come to will?

How did the will of the vanishing will?

And to it belong authority—if it wills—and decree.

And for it is the judgment, if it willed and the decree

بمشي المشيء شاءت فأبدت

بمشي المشيء شاءت فأبدت

كل شيء يصح فيه المشاء

كل شيء يصح فيه المشاء

By the willing of the giver of will, it willed and brought forth

By the walking of the wilful, it willed, so it manifested

Everything that can rightly be called willed.

Everything in which the will is valid

والوجودُ بصيرٌ

والوجودُ بصيرٌ

عميتْ عينُ كلِّ مَن لا يشاء

عميتْ عينُ كلِّ مَن لا يشاء

And existence has sight.

And existence is seeing

The eye of everyone who does not will has gone blind.

The eye of everyone who does not will has been blinded

كلُّ من شاءَ بالوجودِ يشاءُ

كلُّ من شاءَ بالوجودِ يشاءُ

وله المجدُ في العلى والثناء

وله المجدُ في العلى والثناء

Everyone who wills wills through existence.

Everyone who willed with existence, wills

And his are glory on high and praise.

And for Him is the glory on high, and the praise