Sol 6.1

  1. الحمد لله ربِّ العالمين على

    ما كان منه من الأحوال في الناسِ

    Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds, for

    the states that have come from Him among humankind,

  2. مما يسرّهم مما يسؤهم

    وكلُّ ذلك محمولٌ على الراس

    those that gladden them and those that grieve them;

    and all of this is borne upon the head.

  3. له الثناء له التمجيد أجمعه

    من قبل والدنا المنعوتِ بالناسي

    His is praise; His is glorification, all of it,

    since before our father, known as the forgetful one.

  4. عبدته وطلبتُ العون منه كما

    قد قال شرعاً على تحرير أنفاسي

    I worshipped Him and sought His aid, just as

    He prescribed in sacred law, to free my breaths,

  5. وأنْ يهيىء لي من أمرنا رشَداً

    وأنْ يليّن مني قلبيَ القاسي

    and asked Him to prepare right guidance for me in our affair,

    and soften my hard heart within me,

  6. حتى أكون على النهج القويم به

    خلقاً كريماً بإسعادٍ وإيناس

    so that through Him I may be upon the upright path,

    noble in character, bringing happiness and comfort.

  7. الله نورٌ تعالى أنْ يماثله

    نورٌ وقد لاح لي في نارِ نِبراسِ

    God is light, exalted beyond being matched by

    any light; yet He shone forth to me in a lamp’s flame.

  8. لو قال خلق به من دون خالقه

    لكفروه وما في القول من باس

    Had a creature, rather than his Creator, asserted this,

    they would have called him an unbeliever, though the statement is blameless.

  9. لأنه مثل لو قلته قيل هل

    لداء هذا الذي قد قال من آسي

    For it is a parable; were I to utter it, they would ask: ‘Is there

    a healer for the ailment of this man who has spoken?’

  10. وما جهلتُ سوى أوقاتها ولذا

    نهيت عنها ووَسواسي وخَناسي

    I was ignorant of nothing but their times, and so

    I was forbidden them—my whisperer and my skulker too.

  11. فلو تجارت لها سبقاً خيول نهى

    فازت بها في سباق الكشف أفراسي

    If the steeds of reason raced to reach them first,

    my steeds would win them in the race of unveiling.