إنَّ الذي أظهر الأعيان لو ظهرا

إنَّ الذي أظهر الأعيان لو ظهرا

ما زاد حكماً على الأمر الذي ظهرا

ما زاد حكماً على الأمر الذي ظهرا

Indeed, He who made the entities appear—were He Himself to appear,

Indeed, were the One who made the entities manifest to appear,

He would add no further determination to what had already appeared.

He would add no determination to the matter already manifest.

هو الجليُّ الخفيُّ في تصرُّفه

هو الجليُّ الخفيُّ في تصرُّفه

فليس يظهر منه غيرُ ما ظهرا

فليس يظهر منه غيرُ ما ظهرا

He is the Manifest, the Hidden, in all His working;

He is manifest and hidden in His workings;

nothing appears from Him except what has appeared.

So nothing appears of Him except what has appeared.

مُقدَّس الذاتِ عن إدراكِ ما ظهرا

مُقدَّس الذاتِ عن إدراكِ ما ظهرا

لكنه يهبُ الأرواح والصورا

لكنه يهبُ الأرواح والصورا

His Essence is sanctified beyond the apprehension of all that appears,

His essence is sanctified beyond the grasp of what has appeared,

for He bestows both spirits and forms.

Yet He bestows spirits and forms.

فكلُّ صورة روحٍ عينُ صورتِه

فكلُّ صورة روحٍ عينُ صورتِه

وهو الذي عين الأفلاكِ والبشرا

وهو الذي عين الأفلاكِ والبشرا

Thus every spirit’s form is that spirit’s very form,

So every spirit's form is His very form,

and He it is who determined the celestial spheres and humankind—

And He is the One who determined the spheres and humankind,

من آدمَ خمرت يداه طينته

من آدمَ خمرت يداه طينته

بذاك سمِّي في ما قد روى بشرا

بذاك سمِّي في ما قد روى بشرا

beginning with Adam, whose clay His hands kneaded.

From Adam, whose clay His two hands fermented;

For that, as has been related, he was named bashar, a human being.

For that he was called a human being, as the account relates.

لما أتى من وراء السّتر كلمني

لما أتى من وراء السّتر كلمني

وما رأيتُ له عَيناً ولا خبرا

وما رأيتُ له عَيناً ولا خبرا

When He came from behind the veil, He spoke to me,

When He came from behind the veil, He spoke to me,

yet I saw neither His very self nor any trace.

And I saw neither His actual presence nor any tidings of Him.

علمت أنَّ حجابي لم يكن أحداً

علمت أنَّ حجابي لم يكن أحداً

غيري فلم أتعب الألبابَ والفكرا

غيري فلم أتعب الألبابَ والفكرا

I knew then that my veil had been no one

I knew that my veil was no one

but myself; and so I did not weary minds and thought.

But myself; so I did not weary minds and thought.

فما رأيتَ وجودَ الحقِّ في أحد

فما رأيتَ وجودَ الحقِّ في أحد

إلا رأيت له في كونِه أثرا

إلا رأيت له في كونِه أثرا

Never have I seen the existence of the Real in anyone

Thus you never saw the existence of the Real in anyone

without seeing, in that being, a trace of Him.

Without seeing a trace of Him in that person's being.