Sol 6.1

  1. الحقُّ للرحمن في العرشِ

    وفي السمواتِ وفي الفرشِ

    The Real belongs to the All-Merciful in the Throne,

    and in the heavens, and in the earthly bed;

  2. وفي نزولِ الغيثِ وفي وابلٍ

    حمدته أيضاً وفي الرش

    and in the falling rain, and in a downpour,

    I praised Him also, and in the drizzle—

  3. حمداً كثيراً طيباً خالصاً

    يسلم في البحثِ من الهرشِ

    with praise abundant, wholesome, and pure,

    that remains free of wrangling under scrutiny.

  4. وكلُّ حمدٍ ليس فيه أنا

    يقبله الله بلا أرْشِ

    And every praise that contains no "I",

    God accepts without deduction.

  5. يمتاز ختم الحقِّ عن ختمتنا

    بما نرى فيه من النقش

    The Real's seal differs from our seal

    by the engraving we see in it.

  6. لو سلمت أغنامنا لم يكن

    يقضي سليمان من النقش

    Had our sheep escaped harm, there would have been no

    judgment by Solomon over the engraving [possibly: night-grazing].

  7. فبطشه الأقوى على عزِّه

    ينزل في الشدّة عن بطشي

    So His mightiest assault, for all His might,

    falls below my assault in severity,

  8. لمزجه برحمته لم تضق

    فهي لدي بطشي كالخدش

    because He mingles it with His mercy, which has not grown narrow;

    so beside my assault it is like a scratch.

  9. ألفيته في وزن أعمالِه

    يربى على الأوزان بالنش

    I found Him, in the weighing of His deeds,

    exceeding the weights by a nash.

  10. أخلصت ودي لحبيبِ الهوى

    فليس في ودّي من غش

    I made my affection pure for love's beloved,

    so there is no deceit in my affection.

  11. وليس ذا عشك فلتدرجي

    وأين عش السرِّ من عشي

    This is not your nest, so go your way;

    how far the secret's nest is from mine!

  12. نبشتُ عنه عند أسمائه

    حتى رأيتُ الأمر في النبش

    I dug for Him among His names,

    until I saw the matter in the digging.

  13. خادعني عند التجلي كما

    خادع إبراهيم بالكبش

    He beguiled me at the self-disclosure, just as

    He beguiled Abraham with the ram.

  14. أظهره في صورة ابن له

    فكاد يختلّ من الدَّهش

    He made it appear in the form of a son of his,

    so he nearly lost his senses from astonishment.

  15. وهكذا الأمر إذا لم يكن

    كالنصِّ في الأمر الذي يفشي

    And so it is when it is not

    like an explicit text about the matter it reveals.

  16. إني وإياه كليل أتى

    نهاره للولدِ إذ يغشي

    Indeed, He and I are like a night that has come—

    its day is for the child, as it casts its veil.

  17. بالله يا نفسي كذا فافعلي

    إذا أتى يبغي السّوى غشي

    By God, my soul, do likewise:

    when He comes seeking otherness, deceive Him,

  18. حتى يرى فعلمكو فعله

    كمثلِ موسى في عصا الهشِّ

    until He sees [your act?] as His act,

    as with Moses and his staff for beating down leaves.

  19. أجمل أمراً بعدَ تفصيله

    ليحصلَ المطلوبُ بالفتش

    He summed up a matter after detailing it,

    so that the desired thing might be attained through searching.

  20. أخبرنا حكمة إمساكه

    كما روى قائمة العرش

    He told us the wisdom of his grasping—

    as he related—the leg of the Throne.

  21. إن عصاه لم يزل حكمها

    لكي يرى الأعينَ مَن يعشي

    Indeed, his staff's sway has never ceased,

    so that He who dims sight may see the eyes.

  22. هيهاتِ هيهاتِ لما تبتغي

    وأينَ فرغانةَ من النش

    Far, far beyond reach is what you seek!

    And what is Farghana beside al-Nash?

  23. لقيت شخصاً عند وادي القرى

    فقلتُ ذا محمد اللوشي

    I met a person near Wadi al-Qura,

    and said, "This is Muhammad al-Lawshi."

  24. ولم يكن فقلتُ مكرا بنا

    فلم أثق من بعد بالنوش

    But it was not he, so I said, "A trick against us!"

    So thereafter I put no trust in grasping.

  25. إن جاءكم نص بضدِّ الذي

    ذكرته مع الهدى يمشي

    If a text comes to you contrary to what

    I have stated, and walks in step with guidance,

  26. تمسكوا منه بأهدابه

    وألقوا الذي ذكرت في الحش

    hold fast to its fringes,

    and throw what I have stated into the privy.

  27. أنا ابنُ سامٍ لا ابنُ حامٍ فلي

    فضلٌ على الأغربة الحبشِ

    I am a son of Shem, not a son of Ham; thus I have

    superiority over the Abyssinian crows.

  28. في صاحبِ الفيل لكم عبرةٌ

    وهادمي الكعبة بالنكش

    In the master of the elephant there is a lesson for you,

    and in the destroyers of the Kaaba, prying it apart.

  29. لله سرٌّ لو بدا ما اهتدى

    به رجال الأعينِ العُمشِ

    God has a secret: were it revealed, they would find no guidance

    through it—those men with bleary eyes.

  30. والله ما أخفيته عنهم

    إلا لما فيه من الفحش

    By God, I concealed it from them

    only because of the obscenity it contains.

  31. لله قومٌ لهم فطنةٌ

    تراهم كالحمر الوحشي

    God has a people endowed with discernment;

    you see them like wild asses.

  32. لهم نفور ولهم وقفة

    تردّهم عن بطشةِ الطَّيش

    They are wary, and they have a pause

    that holds them back from the onslaught of recklessness.

  33. العرشُ فرشٌ للذي يستوي

    عليه وهو السقفُ للفرشِ

    The Throne is a bed for Him who is established

    upon it, while it is the roof over the earthly bed.

  34. فما أرى شيئاً بلا نسبةٍ

    فنزِّهوا الرحمن ذا العرش

    So I see nothing without a relation;

    so declare the All-Merciful, Possessor of the Throne, transcendent.