يسYā-Sīn علىupon الجزمvowelless quiescence مبنيindeclinable فليسso there is not لهfor it
يس على الجزم مبني فليس له
فيin العقلthe intellect كونٌexistence ولاnor طبعٌan innate nature فيسرقهُso as to steal it away
في العقل كونٌ ولا طبعٌ فيسرقهُ
Yā-Sīn is fixed with a vowelless ending; thus it has no
existence in the intellect, nor a nature that might steal it away.
فذاتُهso its essence القلبُthe heart فالتقليبُso turning شيمتُهُits disposition
فذاتُه القلبُ فالتقليبُ شيمتُهُ
لكنهbut it رحوىّmillstone-like فيهwithin it مُشرقهُits illuminator
لكنه رحوىّ فيه مُشرقهُ
Its essence is the heart, and turning is its disposition.
Yet it is millstone-like; its illuminator is within it.
فماso not لهfor it منany سكونstillness فهوfor it is فيin فرحjoy
فما له من سكون فهو في فرح
وماand not لهfor it حركاتٌmotions عندduring تقلقهits agitation
وما له حركاتٌ عند تقلقه
It has no stillness, for it is in joy,
nor has it any motions during its agitation.
لهto it belong الشؤونُthe affairs وفوقَand above العرشِthe Throne مسكنهits dwelling
له الشؤونُ وفوقَ العرشِ مسكنه
عندwith الإلهGod الذيwhom بهthrough Him تحققهits realization
عند الإله الذي به تحققه
Affairs belong to it, and above the Throne is its dwelling,
with God, through whom it has its reality.
وبالذيand to what عندهwith it منهfrom Him تعلقهits attachment
وبالذي عنده منه تعلقه
كماjust as بأسمائهthrough His names الحسنىmost beautiful تخلقهits taking on qualities
كما بأسمائه الحسنى تخلقه
Its attachment is to what it has from Him,
just as it takes on the qualities of His most beautiful names.
هوit الوجودُBeing فماso not تنفكceases صورتهits form
هو الوجودُ فما تنفك صورته
معwith الجمالِthe beauty الذيwhich بهthrough it تعشقهits passionate love
مع الجمالِ الذي به تعشقه
It is Being, and its form never ceases to be
with the beauty through which its passionate love arises.
فالوجدُso ecstasy يسكنهstills it والشوقُand longing يقلقهunsettles it
فالوجدُ يسكنه والشوقُ يقلقه
وللذيand for what يدعيهit claims it الأمرthe command يسبقهprecedes it
وللذي يدعيه الأمر يسبقه
Ecstasy stills it, while longing unsettles it.
And in what it claims, the command precedes it.
خلافُunlike طهṬā-Hā فإنfor indeed الفتحthe open a-vowel يلزمهis inseparable from it
خلافُ طه فإن الفتح يلزمه
لذاكfor that reason جاءit came ليشقىto suffer وهوwhile He يخلقهHe creates it
لذاك جاء ليشقى وهو يخلقه
Unlike Ṭā-Hā, for the open a-vowel is inseparable from it;
therefore it came to suffer, while He creates it.
هوit الجديدthe ever-new الذيwhose الايجادbringing into being عينهits very essence
هو الجديد الذي الايجاد عينه
فيin كلّevery آنinstant معwith الأنفاسthe breaths يخلقهHe creates it
في كلّ آن مع الأنفاس يخلقه
It is the ever-new, whose very essence is creation;
at every instant, with each breath, He creates it.
بالجودِthrough generosity أوجدهHe brought it into being بالكونthrough created existence حدّدهHe bounded it
بالجودِ أوجده بالكون حدّده
وبالتجليand through self-disclosure يُغذيهHe nourishes it ويرزقهand provides for it
وبالتجلي يُغذيه ويرزقه
Through generosity He brought it into being; through created existence He bounded it.
And through self-disclosure He nourishes it and provides for it.
أعطاهHe gave it سورتهits Qur’anic chapter فحازand so it acquired سورتهits Qur’anic chapter
أعطاه سورته فحاز سورته
بهthrough Him يقيدهHe binds it عنهfrom Him ويطلقهand releases it
به يقيده عنه ويطلقه
He gave it its surah, and it took possession of its surah.
Through Him it is bound, and from Him it is released.
بهthrough Him يحققهHe makes it real منهfrom Him يخلقهHe creates it
به يحققه منه يخلقه
فيهin Him يعشقهHe loves it passionately لهfor Him يشوقهHe makes it yearn
فيه يعشقه له يشوقه
Through Him it is made real; from Him it is created.
Within Him it is passionately loved, and for Him it is made to yearn.
إنَّindeed الوجودَBeing لهhas حدٌّa limit ومستندand a ground
إنَّ الوجودَ له حدٌّ ومستند
فيin الكائناتِcreated things وأحواليand my states تصدِّقهconfirm it
في الكائناتِ وأحوالي تصدِّقه
Indeed, Being has a limit and a ground
in created things, and my states confirm it.
ونand Nūn وقand Qāf معwith صṢād وسائطintermediaries ظهرتْhave appeared
ون وق مع ص وسائط ظهرتْ
تعطيthey bestow الغنىself-sufficiency وهيwhile they بالأسماin the Names تغرقهdrown it
تعطي الغنى وهي بالأسما تغرقه
And Nūn and Qāf, with Ṣād, are intermediaries that have appeared,
bestowing self-sufficiency while drowning it in the Names.
وإذand when بدتْappeared سبحاتthe splendors الوجهِof the Face واتصلتand connected
وإذ بدتْ سبحات الوجهِ واتصلت
بالكونwith the cosmos أضواؤهاtheir lights فيin الحالthe present instant تحرقهburn it
بالكون أضواؤها في الحال تحرقه
And when the splendors of the Face appeared and made contact,
their lights burned the cosmos at once.
منamong أعجبthe most wondrous الأمرthings أنَّthat السترthe veil منسدلٌhanging down
من أعجب الأمر أنَّ الستر منسدلٌ
والنورُand the light منfrom خلفهbehind it وليسand does not يخرقهpierce it
والنورُ من خلفه وليس يخرقه
One of the most wondrous things is that the veil hangs down,
and the light is behind it, yet does not pierce it.
وكلُّand every سترveil فمجموعٌso it is composite ويشهدand bears witness ليfor me
وكلُّ ستر فمجموعٌ ويشهد لي
أجزاؤهits parts ثمyet لاnot تأتيyou come تمزقهyou tear it apart
أجزاؤه ثم لا تأتي تمزقه
And every veil is composite, as is attested for me
by its parts; yet you do not come to tear it apart.
Sol 6.1