العينُ واحدةٌ والأمر واحدةٌ

العينُ واحدةٌ والأمر واحدةٌ

والكثر ما قام إلا بالذي أمرا

والكثر ما قام إلا بالذي أمرا

The essence is one, and the matter is one.

The eye is one, and the matter is one,

And multiplicity subsists only through the one who commanded.

And the many arose only by what He decreed.

والواحدُ الفردُ قد قامت به نسب

والواحدُ الفردُ قد قامت به نسب

فصار من قيل فرد فيه قد كبرا

فصار من قيل فرد فيه قد كبرا

And relations have arisen in the One, the Unique.

The One, the Single, lineages have arisen through Him,

So the one spoken of as unique has grown great.

So He who was called Single became Great.

لما تعددتِ الأسماء قيل لنا

لما تعددتِ الأسماء قيل لنا

أين التوحُّد والتكثير قد شهرا

أين التوحُّد والتكثير قد شهرا

When the names multiplied, it was said to us:

When names became manifold, it was said to us:

Where is oneness, while multiplicity has been made manifest?

"Where is oneness and multiplicity that appeared?"

وهذه نسب ولا وجود لها

وهذه نسب ولا وجود لها

والحكم ليس لمعدومٍ وقد ظهرا

والحكم ليس لمعدومٍ وقد ظهرا

And these are relations, and they have no existence.

These are lineages which have no existence,

And the effect does not belong to the nonexistent, yet it has appeared.

And judgment does not apply to what does not exist, as has become clear.