ولتقوموا إذا وصلتم إليه

ولتقوموا إذا وصلتم إليه

ونزلتم به عليه سنينا

ونزلتم به عليه سنينا

And stand when you reach Him,

And stand when you reach him

And have lodged with Him, as His guests, for years.

And stay with him for years

فجوارُ الإله خيرُ جوارٍ

فجوارُ الإله خيرُ جوارٍ

تعلموه يومَ الورودِ يقينا

تعلموه يومَ الورودِ يقينا

For God's neighborhood is the best of neighborhoods;

For being near God is the best company

Learn it with certainty on the day of arrival.

You will know that for certain on the day of arrival

وادخلوه إذا أتيتم إليه

وادخلوه إذا أتيتم إليه

دون هدى بعمرةٍ مُحرمينا

دون هدى بعمرةٍ مُحرمينا

And enter it when you come to it,

And enter unto him when you come to him

Without a sacrificial offering, consecrated for an umrah.

In pilgrimage without guidance, in consecration

فهو الشرع لا تحيدون عنه

فهو الشرع لا تحيدون عنه

وهو نصُّ الرسول فيهم وفينا

وهو نصُّ الرسول فيهم وفينا

For this is the sacred Law; you do not turn aside from it,

For that is the law, do not deviate from it

And it is the Messenger's explicit pronouncement concerning them and us.

It is the words of the Messenger regarding them and us

مع هذا فقلت عبد نقي

مع هذا فقلت عبد نقي

وسِعَ الحقُّ بالنصوصِ المتينا

وسِعَ الحقُّ بالنصوصِ المتينا

Despite this, I said: a pure servant

With this I, the pure servant, said

Contained the Real, the Firm, as the texts attest,

The truth fits into the solid texts

حين ضاقت عنه سماءٌ وأرضٌ

حين ضاقت عنه سماءٌ وأرضٌ

نصَّ فيه الرسولُ حيّاً مبينا

نصَّ فيه الرسولُ حيّاً مبينا

When heaven and earth were too narrow for Him;

When the heavens and earth were too narrow for it

The Messenger declared this while alive, making it plain.

The Messenger texted it clearly while alive

فثقلنا كما ثقلنا بقولٍ

فثقلنا كما ثقلنا بقولٍ

حين كنا بما أتى مؤمنينا

حين كنا بما أتى مؤمنينا

So we grew heavy, as we grew heavy with a saying,

So we took it as we took the words

When we believed in what he brought.

When we were, by what came to us, believers

لم نكن بالذي سمعناه منه

لم نكن بالذي سمعناه منه

وتلوناه بالهدى كافرينا

وتلوناه بالهدى كافرينا

We were not, regarding what we heard from him

We were not with what we heard from him

And recited with guidance, disbelievers.

And repeated with guidance, disbelievers

لم نكن في الذي ذكرناه عنه

لم نكن في الذي ذكرناه عنه

ونسبنا لذاته مفترينا

ونسبنا لذاته مفترينا

We were not, in what we mentioned about Him

We were not, in what we mentioned of him

And attributed to His essence, fabricators.

And attributed to his essence, fabricators

فاحمدوا الله إنني لنبيّ

فاحمدوا الله إنني لنبيّ

لم يكن مثله نبيّ يقينا

لم يكن مثله نبيّ يقينا

So praise God: I am indeed a prophet;

So thank God, I am a prophet indeed

Certainly no prophet has been like him.

There has not been a prophet like me, for sure

من عذاب الحجاب في دار بعد

من عذاب الحجاب في دار بعد

حصل الغير فيه حزناً وهونا

حصل الغير فيه حزناً وهونا

From the torment of the veil in an abode of remoteness,

Of being veiled after this abode

The other gained sorrow and abasement there.

He who is different has gotten sorrow and degradation

ما مقامي بأرضِ شرقٍ وغربٍ

ما مقامي بأرضِ شرقٍ وغربٍ

وشمالٍ إلا خساراً مبينا

وشمالٍ إلا خساراً مبينا

My sojourn in the land of east and west

My position in east, west, north and south

And north is nothing but manifest loss.

Is nothing but evident loss

فاعملوه نحوه مطيّ الأماني

فاعملوه نحوه مطيّ الأماني

لتكونوا لحكمه مسلمينا

لتكونوا لحكمه مسلمينا

So put the mounts of hope to work toward Him,

So act according to him, hopes’ rider

So that you may submit to His judgment.

To be, by his rule, in submission

إنما أنتمُ عبيدٌ دعاةٌ

إنما أنتمُ عبيدٌ دعاةٌ

لتكونوا بذلكم آمينا

لتكونوا بذلكم آمينا

You are only servants, callers,

You are nothing but servants, preachers

So that through this you may be seekers.

To be, by that, responders

واتقوا الله في الدعاء إليه

واتقوا الله في الدعاء إليه

فبتقوى إلهكم تعملونا

فبتقوى إلهكم تعملونا

And fear God when calling to Him;

And fear God in calling to him

For through reverence for your God you act.

For by fearing your God you act

كلُّ فرقٍ يكون ما بين هدى

كلُّ فرقٍ يكون ما بين هدى

وضلالٍ به يكون مصونا

وضلالٍ به يكون مصونا

Every distinction that exists between guidance

Every group will be between guidance

And error is safeguarded through Him

And misguidance, thereby protected

من أذى باطل وعصمة حق

من أذى باطل وعصمة حق

ولأشبالٍ أسدِه فعرينا

ولأشبالٍ أسدِه فعرينا

From falsehood's harm, and is a safeguard of truth,

From the harm of falsehood and integrity of truth

And thus a den for the cubs of His lion.

And for the lion cubs, their den

من يكن هكذا يغزُ بمقامٍ

من يكن هكذا يغزُ بمقامٍ

حازه من أتاه من طور سينا

حازه من أتاه من طور سينا

Whoever is thus wages war by virtue of a station

Who is such, he conquers with a position

Attained by one who came to Him from Mount Sinai.

He got from the one who came from Mount Sinai

لم يكن قصده فكان امتناناً

لم يكن قصده فكان امتناناً

وجزاء لسعيه ليبينا

وجزاء لسعيه ليبينا

It was not his aim, so it was a gracious gift,

His intention was not that, so it was a favour

And a reward for his striving, to make manifest

And reward for his effort to make clear

عندنا جودُه فنعلم حقاً

عندنا جودُه فنعلم حقاً

أنه لم يكن بذاك ضنينا

أنه لم يكن بذاك ضنينا

His generosity before us, so that we truly know

We, near him, have his generosity so we truly know

That He was not stingy with that.

That he was not therein stingy

ولهذا الفقيرُ يطمعُ فيه

ولهذا الفقيرُ يطمعُ فيه

وإليه شدَّ الحريصُ الوضينا

وإليه شدَّ الحريصُ الوضينا

And therefore the poor one hopes in Him,

For this, the poor hopes in him

And toward Him the eager one tightened the saddle-girth.

And the greedy stretches the twisty rope to him

يبتغي الجودُ والوجودُ جميعاً

يبتغي الجودُ والوجودُ جميعاً

لتكونوا لديه حيناً فحينا

لتكونوا لديه حيناً فحينا

Generosity and existence seek together,

Seeking bounty and existence together

So that you may be with Him, time after time.

To be, by him occasionally, sometimes

إنه ذو جدى وربُّ وفاءٍ

إنه ذو جدى وربُّ وفاءٍ

بعيدٍ أضحى لديه مكينا

بعيدٍ أضحى لديه مكينا

He possesses bounty and is a lord of fidelity;

He is of real power and a fulfilling Lord

A distant one has become firmly established with Him.

Who has gotten established near him

فإذا ما ابتغاه جاء إليه

فإذا ما ابتغاه جاء إليه

ومن أسمائه أراه كمينا

ومن أسمائه أراه كمينا

And whenever he sought Him, He came to him.

So when one seeks him, he comes to him

And among His names I see Him lying hidden

And of his names I see him hidden

فيه حتى تراه عيناً بعين

فيه حتى تراه عيناً بعين

شافياً علة وداء وفينا

شافياً علة وداء وفينا

In him, until you see Him eye to eye,

In him until you see him eye to eye

Healing infirmity and disease within us as well.

A cure for illness and disease and in us

إنه الداءُ والدواءُ جميعاً

إنه الداءُ والدواءُ جميعاً

لتقوموا بحقِّه أجمعينا

لتقوموا بحقِّه أجمعينا

He is the disease and the remedy together,

He is both the disease and cure together

So that you may all uphold His due.

So stand by his truth all together

واطلبوا العدلَ حيث كنتم لديه

واطلبوا العدلَ حيث كنتم لديه

واسكنوا من أماكنيه عرينا

واسكنوا من أماكنيه عرينا

And seek justice wherever you are in His presence;

And seek justice wherever you were near him

And dwell in a den among His abodes,

And inhabit from his places, a den

مثل زيتونة تمد بدهن

مثل زيتونة تمد بدهن

نورَ مصباحِنا به لترينا

نورَ مصباحِنا به لترينا

Like an olive tree that feeds with oil

Like an olive tree extending with oil

Our lamp's light, thereby to show us

The lamp of our light with it to see

ما أتانا به لضربِ مثالٍ

ما أتانا به لضربِ مثالٍ

نعلم الحقَّ منه حقاً يقينا

نعلم الحقَّ منه حقاً يقينا

What He brought us to set forth a parable.

What came to us as an example

We know the Real through it, truly and with certainty.

We know the truth from it, truly