إذاif كانتare الأشياءthe things صنعthe handiwork of حكيمa wise one
إذا كانت الأشياء صنع حكيم
فحكمتهthen his wisdom فيهاin them لكلfor every عليمِknower
فحكمته فيها لكل عليمِ
If things are the handiwork of a wise one,
If all things are made by the Wise One
then his wisdom in them is for every knower.
Then His wisdom in them is known to all
فتعلمهاso they know it الأرواحthe spirits فيin كلevery حالةstate
فتعلمها الأرواح في كل حالة
وتجهلهاand are ignorant of it أرواحُthe spirits of كلِّall جسومbodies
وتجهلها أرواحُ كلِّ جسوم
Thus spirits know it in every state,
So the spirits learn it in every state
while the spirits of all bodies are ignorant of it.
Yet the spirits of each dense form are ignorant
أرىI see ظلمةَthe darkness of الطبعِnature المحكمgiven authority فيهمwithin them
أرى ظلمةَ الطبعِ المحكم فيهم
لتعمىso that they grow blind قلوبٌhearts قيدتْwere shackled بعلومby branches of knowledge
لتعمى قلوبٌ قيدتْ بعلوم
I see the darkness of nature made sovereign within them,
I see the darkness of their set nature in them
so that hearts shackled by learning grow blind.
For hearts are blinded, bound by knowledge
وماand no همconcern إلاّexcept أنّthat فيin الطبعnature نكتةa speck
وما هم إلاّ أنّ في الطبع نكتة
لهاit has ظلمةٌdarkness فيin قلبِthe heart of كلِّevery ظلومhabitual wrongdoer
لها ظلمةٌ في قلبِ كلِّ ظلوم
And the only concern is that within nature lies a speck,
And they are but that in nature there is a subtlety
whose darkness lies in every habitual wrongdoer’s heart.
With a darkness in the heart of each unjust
فأوّلُso the first مظلومٍone wronged بهاby it عينُthe very essence of ذاتِهhis self
فأوّلُ مظلومٍ بها عينُ ذاتِه
وليسand not يرىsees ماwhat قلتُI said غيرُanyone other than فهيمa discerning person
وليس يرى ما قلتُ غيرُ فهيم
So the first wronged by it is his very self,
So the first unjust against it is the eye of his essence
and only a discerning person sees what I have said.
And none see what I say but the understanding
إذاif قصَّرتْfell short أفهامunderstandings كلِّevery محققٍinvestigator of truth
إذا قصَّرتْ أفهام كلِّ محققٍ
فماthen not قصَّرتْhave fallen short عنهاof them وعنهand of him فهوميmy understandings
فما قصَّرتْ عنها وعنه فهومي
If the insights of every investigator fall short,
When the understandings of every researcher fall short
then my insights have not fallen short of them or of him.
Then it is not they or my understandings that fall short
Sol 6.1