الجودُgenerosity أولىmore fitting بهfor Him والفقرand poverty أولىmore fitting بناfor us
الجودُ أولى به والفقر أولى بنا
فكنso be بهthrough Him لاnot تكنْbe إلاَّexcept لهfor Him ولناand for us
فكن به لا تكنْ إلاَّ له ولنا
Generosity is more fitting for Him, and poverty more fitting for us.
Generosity suits Him, and poverty suits us
So be through Him; be only for Him and for us.
So be for Him, be only for Him and for us
ماnot فيin الوجودِexistence سوىexcept فقرٍpoverty وليسand there is not لهfor it
ما في الوجودِ سوى فقرٍ وليس له
ضدّan opposite سمونهthey call it فيin الاصطلاحِtechnical usage غنىself-sufficiency
ضدّ سمونه في الاصطلاحِ غنى
There is nothing in existence but poverty, and it has no
There is nothing in existence but poverty, and it has
opposite they call, in technical usage, self-sufficiency.
No opposite - what they term in terminology: riches
أينwhere الغنىself-sufficiency وأناwhile I بالذاتin my very essence أقبلُI receive ماwhat
أين الغنى وأنا بالذات أقبلُ ما
يريدHe wishes تكوينهbringing it into being والكونُand the cosmos منيfrom me أناI myself
يريد تكوينه والكونُ مني أنا
Where is self-sufficiency, when in my very essence I receive what
Where are riches when I, in my essence, accept
He wishes to bring into being, while the cosmos comes from me myself?
What He wants to create, and creation is from me
فالكونُso the cosmos منيfrom me ومنهand from Him فاعتبرso consider عجباًa wonder
فالكونُ مني ومنه فاعتبر عجباً
هذاthis الذيwhich قلتهI said it قدalready كانexisted قبلbefore أناI
هذا الذي قلته قد كان قبل أنا
So the cosmos comes from me and from Him—consider this wonder.
So creation is from me and from Him; consider well
What I have said already existed before the “I.”
This wonder I have told you was before me
أناI بهthrough Him كالذيlike that which ضربتهI set it forth مثلاًas an example
أنا به كالذي ضربته مثلاً
وإنهand indeed He بوجودthrough the existence of المعتقينthe emancipated بناthrough us
وإنه بوجود المعتقين بنا
Through Him I am like what I set forth as an example.
Through Him I am like one I gave as a parable
And indeed He, through the existence of the emancipated, is through us.
And through the existence of those loyal to us
قدindeed ارتبطناwe have become bound لأمرby a matter لاno انفكاكَrelease لناfor us
قد ارتبطنا لأمر لا انفكاكَ لنا
منهfrom it وماand what منهfrom Him منfrom نشأتيّmy two modes of being عناappeared (uncertain reading)
منه وما منه من نشأتيّ عنا
We have become bound by a matter; there is no release for us
We have been linked in a matter that has no separation
from it; and what comes from Him appeared from my two modes of being.
From Him and what is from Him from my origination from us
مثلlike النتيجةthe outcome كانarose الكونُthe cosmos عنfrom عدمٍnonexistence
مثل النتيجة كان الكونُ عن عدمٍ
ولمand did not يكنarise عنfrom وجودِexistence تحملbears الأمناassurance
ولم يكن عن وجودِ تحمل الأمنا
Like an outcome, the cosmos arose from nonexistence,
Like a conclusion - creation was from nothingness
and did not arise from existence—bearing assurance.
And was not from an existence bearing tranquility
عينُthe very reality of النكاحِcoupling بداappeared بالكشفthrough unveiling يشهدهhe witnesses it
عينُ النكاحِ بدا بالكشف يشهده
بصورتيهin its two forms ولكنَّbut الإلهGod كنىused a euphemism
بصورتيه ولكنَّ الإله كنى
The very reality of coupling appeared through unveiling; he witnesses it
The essence of marriage appeared, revealing it
in its two forms, but God used a euphemism.
In its two images, but God used a metaphor
قدindeed أشرقتْshone أرضناour earth بنورwith the light of بارئهاits Creator
قد أشرقتْ أرضنا بنور بارئها
كالنفسlike the soul منهfrom Him إذاwhen سوّىHe fashioned لهاfor it البدناthe body
كالنفس منه إذا سوّى لها البدنا
Our earth has shone with the light of its Creator,
Our land shone with the light of its Creator
like the soul from Him, when He fashioned the body for it.
Like a soul when He proportioned a body for it
والنفسُand the soul فيin الكونِthe cosmos عنfrom جسمa body وعنand from نفسa breath
والنفسُ في الكونِ عن جسم وعن نفس
جادbestowed generously الإلهGod بهwith it لذاكfor that reason عللناwe explained the cause
جاد الإله به لذاك عللنا
And the soul in the cosmos comes from a body and from a breath
And the soul in creation is from body and from soul
God bestowed; hence we explained its cause.
God created it for that reason, so we sought causes
فلمso did not أزلI cease لوجودِfor the existence of الجودِgenerosity أطلبهI seek Him
فلم أزل لوجودِ الجودِ أطلبه
فعلةُso the cause of الفقرِpoverty فيناin us علةthe cause of الزمناtime
فعلةُ الفقرِ فينا علة الزمنا
So I have never ceased to seek Him for generosity to exist.
So I have not ceased seeking His existence for the existence of Bestower
Thus the cause of poverty in us is the cause of time.
The cause of poverty in us is the cause binding us
لوif لمnot يكنHe exists لمnot أكنI exist لوif لمnot أرI see لمnot يرHe sees
لو لم يكن لم أكن لو لم أر لم ير
فالكونُso the cosmos منيfrom me بهthrough Him والعلمُand knowledge منهfrom Him بناthrough us
فالكونُ مني به والعلمُ منه بنا
Had He not been, I would not have been; had I not seen, He would not have seen.
If He did not exist I would not exist; if I did not see Him He would not see
So the cosmos comes from me through Him, and knowledge from Him through us.
So creation is from me through Him and knowledge from Him of us
لولاwere it not for النبيّthe Prophet صحيحٌtrue ماwhat أتاكhe came to you بهwith it
لولا النبيّ صحيحٌ ما أتاك به
نصٌa text جليٌclear حكاهhe recounted it فيin القرآنِthe Qur'an لناto us
نصٌ جليٌ حكاه في القرآنِ لنا
Were it not for the Prophet—what he brought you is true—
If not for the Prophet, soundly, what he brought you
a clear text he recounted for us in the Qur'an,
A clear text he related in the Quran to us
فيin سورةthe surah of الأنبياءالزهرِthe radiant Prophets فيin زُمُرZumar
في سورة الأنبياءالزهرِ في زُمُر
أتىhe brought بحرفِwith a particle of امتناعٍnon-occurrence واضحاًclearly علناopenly
أتى بحرفِ امتناعٍ واضحاً علنا
in the surah of the radiant Prophets (Al-Anbiya), in Zumar,
In Surat Al-Anbiya, the Flower, among throngs
he brought a particle of non-occurrence, clearly and openly.
He brought a letter of clear refusal to us
هذاthis الدليلُthe proof علىfor إمكانهits possibility ولذاand therefore
هذا الدليلُ على إمكانه ولذا
لوif شاءHe willed كانthere would be اصطفاءٌa choosing منهfrom Him عنهfrom Him لناfor us
لو شاء كان اصطفاءٌ منه عنه لنا
This is the proof of its possibility; and therefore,
This evidence of His possibility and thus
if He willed, there would be a choosing by Him, from Him, for us.
If He willed, choosing would have been from Him from it for us
ولوand if يكونit were لصلبٍof the loins كانit would be عنfrom جسدa body
ولو يكون لصلبٍ كان عن جسد
فيin ناظرthe pupil of العينِthe eye لمnot يدركwas perceived بهthrough it غبناdeception
في ناظر العينِ لم يدرك به غبنا
And were it of the loins, it would come from a body
And if it were to be from loins it would have been from a body
within the eye's pupil; no deception was perceived through it.
In the onlooker’s eye, no loss would be perceived by us
لقدindeed تجلَّىHe revealed Himself لقومٍto a people فيin منامهمُtheir sleep
لقد تجلَّى لقومٍ في منامهمُ
فعاينوهso they beheld Him شهوداًin direct witnessing منظراًa sight حَسَناbeautiful
فعاينوه شهوداً منظراً حَسَنا
He indeed revealed Himself to a people in their sleep,
He was manifested to a people in their dreams
so they beheld Him directly—a beautiful sight—
So they saw Him, witnessing, a goodly vision
مثلlike المعانيthe meanings التيwhich التجميلbeautification جسدهاembodied them
مثل المعاني التي التجميل جسدها
كالعلمlike knowledge يشربهhe drinks it فيin نومهhis sleep لبناas milk
كالعلم يشربه في نومه لبنا
like meanings that beautification has embodied,
Like meanings beautified whose bodies
like knowledge that he drinks in his sleep as milk.
Are like knowledge one drinks in sleep, pure milk to us
Sol 6.1