1. منازلُ القرآنِ لا تعلم

    إلا من الله الذي يعلمُ

    The stations of the Qur'an are not known

    except from God, who knows.

  2. منازلُ ترجمها قوله

    لسمع فهمي ولذا افهم

    Stations which His speech has interpreted

    for my understanding's hearing; hence I understand.

  3. فإن وعاها سمعُ أذني فلا

    أفهم ما قال ولا أعلم

    But if my ear's hearing takes them in, I do not

    understand what He said, nor do I know.

  4. كأنما أذني وسمعي إذا

    شبهت شمس الصحو والأزمم

    It is as though my ear and my hearing, when

    I draw a likeness, were the clear-sky sun and [al-azmam: unclear].

  5. وإنْ تعاليت له فليقلْ

    شمسُ الضحى تشرقُ والأنجم

    And if I rise too high for him, let him say:

    'The morning sun shines, and the stars.'

  6. لو أنّ غير الحقِّ يأتي بها

    ما علم القومَ ولا استفهموا

    Had any but the Real brought them,

    he would not have taught the people, nor would they have sought understanding.

  7. وإنما جاء بها مرسَل

    كأنه هو والورى نُوَّم

    Yet only a messenger brought them,

    as though he were He, while all creation slept.

  8. سبحانَ من يعلمُ ما عنده

    وعندكم وكله منكمُ

    Glory to Him who knows what is with Him

    and with you—and all of it is from you—

  9. إلا الذي يختص من ذاته

    لذاته فما لنا نحلم

    except what He reserves from His essence

    for His essence. Why, then, do we dream

  10. عليه فيه إنه واحد

    لا نسبٌ فيه فلا يقسم

    about Him in this? He is One:

    there are no relations in Him, so He is not divided.

  11. وإنما كلامنا في الذي

    منه إلينا وله منهمُ

    Our speech concerns only that which is

    from Him to us, and for Him from them:

  12. من نسبٍ تظهر آثارها

    يقبلها الطائع والمجرم

    relations whose effects become manifest,

    which the obedient and the sinner receive.

  13. الكاملُ القرآن وهو الذي

    مقامه في الناس لا يعلم

    The Perfect One is the Qur'an; he is the one

    whose station among people is unknown.

  14. الكامل القرآن فاحكم له

    بكلِّ علم ما هو الأعلم

    The Perfect One is the Qur'an; attribute to him

    all knowledge; he is not the most knowing.

  15. وإنما الأعلم من سرَّه

    يبدو إلى الناس ولا يكتم

    The most knowing is only he whose secret

    appears to people and is not concealed.

  16. يدور في أعلامه عرشه

    على ثمان سرُّها مبهم

    His throne revolves among his signs,

    upon eight whose secret is obscure:

  17. حمالةٌ للعرشِ تدرونها

    وبعدها عشرون لا تعلم

    bearers of the Throne whom you know;

    and after them are twenty that are unknown,

  18. إلا إذا تضربها أربعا

    في سبعة هناك يستلزم

    unless you multiply them: four

    by seven; there must follow

  19. خارجها وإن تشا أربعا

    في خمسة وهو الذي ارسم

    their product. Or, if you wish, four

    by five—that is what I record.

  20. أقول تعظيما لإجلاله

    سبحان من يعلم إذ نعلم

    I say, in exaltation, to honor Him:

    'Glory to Him who knows when we know!'

  21. الحمد لله الذي قالها

    معلما عباده يمموا

    'Praise be to God,' who said it,

    teaching His servants: 'Set your course:

  22. إذا بدأتم فبها فابدأوا

    ثم بها من بعد ذا فاختموا

    when you begin, begin with it;

    then, after that, conclude with it.'

  23. فإنها تملأ ميزانكم

    بذا أتى نصُّ الذي يعلم

    For it fills your balance;

    such is the statement of the one who knows.

  24. وهكذا يعطى مقاما وفي

    صحيحه جاء بها مسلم

    Thus one is granted a station; and in

    his Sahih, Muslim reported it.

  25. تعبد الناس لما عندهم

    من فقر الدينار والدرهم

    People were enslaved, because of their

    poverty, by the dinar and the dirham.

  26. هما التواقيع التي أبرزت

    من حضرةِ الحقِّ فلا تندموا

    The two are signatures brought forth

    from the Presence of the Real; so do not regret.

  27. من أجل ذا حرَّ لها ساجداً

    من يتقي الله ومن يظلم

    For this he burned for them, prostrate—

    the God-fearing and the wrongdoer alike.

  28. يعذب الله بها عبدَه

    إذا يشاء وبها يرحم

    God torments His servant through them

    when He wills, and through them He shows mercy.

  29. درى بهذا السامري الذي

    صيَّره عجلا لهم منهم

    Al-Samiri knew this, he who

    turned it into a calf for them, from them,

  30. حتى إذا ما جاء موسى انتفى

    في نفسه مما أتى عنهمُ

    until, when Moses came, he dissociated himself

    inwardly from what had come from them.

  31. وجاء عيسى للذي قاله

    مصدِّقا تعضده مريم

    And Jesus came, regarding what he had said,

    confirming it, with Mary supporting him.

  32. جلَّ إله الخلقِ عن خلقه

    وهو بهم كان وقد جمجموا

    Exalted is the God of creation above His creation,

    yet through them He was, while they spoke obscurely.

  33. قلتُ لهم بالله لا تفضحوا

    ولتعربوا الأمر ولا تعجبوا

    I said to them, 'By God, do not bring disgrace;

    make the matter clear, and do not marvel.

  34. هي الإضافات فلا تكفروا

    بها وقولوا الحقَّ واستعصموا

    These are attributions, so do not disbelieve

    in them; speak the truth and seek protection.

  35. فإنها الحقُّ ولكنه

    ما كلُّ شخصٍ سرّها يفهم

    For they are the Real; yet

    not every person understands their secret.'

  36. تصامم الناس لشخص أتى

    مقرّراً أسرارها يفهم

    People feigned deafness toward a person who came

    expounding their secrets and making them understood.

  37. لو بادر الناس إليه لقد

    أحياهمُ فإنه أعلم

    Had people hastened to him, he would indeed

    have given them life, for he knows best.