ألا إنَّ ربَّ الناسِ ربي وإنه

ألا إنَّ ربَّ الناسِ ربي وإنه

لذي النظر الفكريّ ربُّ المشارقِ

لذي النظر الفكريّ ربُّ المشارقِ

Behold, the Lord of humankind is my Lord, and He

Behold! The Lord of mankind is my Lord, and He

is, for one who reflects intellectually, the Lord of the easts.

Is the One with intellectual insight, Lord of the Easts

ثلاثةُ أسماءَ بإحكامِ دورها

ثلاثةُ أسماءَ بإحكامِ دورها

نموتُ ونحيى ما أنا بالمفارقِ

نموتُ ونحيى ما أنا بالمفارقِ

Three names—through the precise ordering of their cycle

Three names with precision in their cycle

we die and live; I do not part

We die and live, I won't be separated

لها ولهذا لو تفكرت شيبتْ

لها ولهذا لو تفكرت شيبتْ

بإحكامها فينا وفيكم مفارقي

بإحكامها فينا وفيكم مفارقي

from them; hence, were I to reflect, they would gray

From them, and if you contemplate this, you'll grow gray hair

the partings of my hair through their precise ordering in us and you.

With their precision in us and in you the separators

فلولا الرحيمُ الربُّ ما كنتُ طامعاً

فلولا الرحيمُ الربُّ ما كنتُ طامعاً

وإنْ كان فيها حكمةٌ بالتطابق

وإنْ كان فيها حكمةٌ بالتطابق

Were it not for the Merciful, the Lord, I would not be hopeful,

So if not for the Merciful Lord, I wouldn't be hopeful

even if there is wisdom in them through correspondence.

Even if there is wisdom in the harmony

وبالواسعِ الرحمن وسعت خاطري

وبالواسعِ الرحمن وسعت خاطري

وقد كنتُ منها في عقودِ المضايق

وقد كنتُ منها في عقودِ المضايق

And through the All-Encompassing, the All-Merciful, I broadened my mind,

And with the Vast the Merciful, my mind expanded

though on their account I had been in knots of constriction.

When I was among them in times of hardship