1. إذا جاء بالإجمال نونٌ فإنه

    يفصِّله العلامُ بالقلمِ الأعلى

    When Nūn brings it in summary, then indeed

    the All-Knowing unfolds it with the Supreme Pen,

  2. فيلقيه في اللوحِ الحفيظِ مفصِّلاً

    حروفاً وأشكالاً وآياته تُتلى

    and casts it into the safeguarding Tablet, setting it out in detail

    as letters and forms, while its verses are recited.

  3. وما فصل الإجمال منه بعلمه

    وما كان إلا كاتباً حين ما يتلى

    Nor did it unfold the summary on its own, through its knowledge;

    it was only a scribe when there was recited

  4. عليه الذي ألقاه فيه مسطر

    لتبلى به أكوانه وهو لا يبلى

    to it what an inscriber had cast within it,

    so that its worlds might wear away through it, while it does not wear away.

  5. هو العقل حقاً حين يعقل ذاته

    له الكشفُ والتحقيق بالمشهد الأجلى

    It is truly the Intellect when it apprehends its own essence;

    to it belong unveiling and realization in the clearest vision.