تعظيمُ ربِّكَ في تعظيمِ ما شرعا

تعظيمُ ربِّكَ في تعظيمِ ما شرعا

فاصدع فإنَّ سعيدَ القومِ من صدعا

فاصدع فإنَّ سعيدَ القومِ من صدعا

Honoring your Lord lies in honoring what He has ordained.

Glorifying your Lord in glorifying what He has legislated

So proclaim openly, for the fortunate among the people is whoever proclaims.

So be loud, for the one who is loud is the happiest of people

لكن بأمرِ الذي جاءتك شرعته

لكن بأمرِ الذي جاءتك شرعته

تسعى على قدمٍ فاشكره حين سعى

تسعى على قدمٍ فاشكره حين سعى

But at the command of the one whose law has come to you,

But with the command of the One whose legislation came to you

striving on foot; so thank him when he strove.

Strive with one foot, so thank Him when He made you strive

فكن مع اللهِ في ترتيبِ حكمتِه

فكن مع اللهِ في ترتيبِ حكمتِه

إنَّ الذي مع ربي لا يكون معا

إنَّ الذي مع ربي لا يكون معا

So be with God in the ordering of His wisdom.

So be with Allah in the arrangement of His wisdom

Indeed, whoever is with my Lord is not 'together'.

Indeed, the one with my Lord will not be with anyone else

افهم كلامي فإنَّ الفهم اسعدكم

افهم كلامي فإنَّ الفهم اسعدكم

ولا تحد عنه إنَّ العلم قد جمعا

ولا تحد عنه إنَّ العلم قد جمعا

Understand my words, for understanding has made you happy.

Understand my words, for understanding makes you happiest

Do not stray from it; knowledge has indeed brought things together.

And do not deviate from it, for knowledge has gathered

هو الدليلُ عليه لا تذره سُدى

هو الدليلُ عليه لا تذره سُدى

فالهلك في ترك ما الرحمن قد شرعا

فالهلك في ترك ما الرحمن قد شرعا

It is the proof of Him; do not leave it neglected.

It is the evidence of Him, do not leave it neglected

For ruin lies in abandoning what the All-Merciful has ordained.

For destruction is in abandoning what the Merciful legislated

العلمُ نصفان نصفٌ ليس يبلغه

العلمُ نصفان نصفٌ ليس يبلغه

فكرٌ لذلك حكمُ الفكرِ قد مُنعا

فكرٌ لذلك حكمُ الفكرِ قد مُنعا

Knowledge has two halves: one half is not reached

Knowledge is of two halves, one half cannot be reached

by thought; therefore thought's judgment has been barred.

By thinking, thus the rule of thinking has been denied

ونصفُه فصحيحُ الفكرِ يبلغه

ونصفُه فصحيحُ الفكرِ يبلغه

وليس منزله مثل الذي سمعا

وليس منزله مثل الذي سمعا

And half of it is reached by sound thought,

And its second half, sound thinking can reach it

and its rank is not like that of what was heard.

And its status is not like the one who merely listened

والكلُّ حقٌّ وما أنصفتُ فيه وما

والكلُّ حقٌّ وما أنصفتُ فيه وما

لذاك ردٌ فمن يدريه قد جمعا

لذاك ردٌ فمن يدريه قد جمعا

All of it is true; I have not done it justice, and there is no

And all of it is truth, and I did not do justice in it or

refutation of that; whoever knows it has brought both together.

To that there is a rebuttal, so whoever realizes has gathered

له الكمال فما شخصٌ يقاومه

له الكمال فما شخصٌ يقاومه

صنعُ الإله فكشرُ الله بي صنعا

صنعُ الإله فكشرُ الله بي صنعا

It possesses perfection; so no person can rival it—

For Him is perfection, so no person can resist Him

God's handiwork; so God's baring of teeth worked through me [wording unclear].

The making of Allah, so the generosity of Allah made me generous

والله لو علمتْ نفسي بمن علمت

والله لو علمتْ نفسي بمن علمت

لضاقَ عنها وجودُ الخلق ما اتسعا

لضاقَ عنها وجودُ الخلق ما اتسعا

By God, if my soul knew through whom it knew,

And by Allah, if my soul knew who it knew

creation's existence would be too narrow for it, however vast it grew.

Existence would be too narrow for it, however much it widened

القلبُ يعرف ربي من تقلبه

القلبُ يعرف ربي من تقلبه

مثل الشؤونِ له إنْ سار أو رجعا

مثل الشؤونِ له إنْ سار أو رجعا

The heart knows my Lord through its turning,

The heart recognizes my Lord from its ups and downs

like His affairs, whether it goes forth or returns.

Like its conditions, whether it walked straight or turned back

والنفسُ تجهلُه من أجلِ شهوتها

والنفسُ تجهلُه من أجلِ شهوتها

وعينُها لفراقِ الحقِّ ما دمعا

وعينُها لفراقِ الحقِّ ما دمعا

And the soul is ignorant of Him because of its desire,

And the soul is ignorant of Him because of its desires

and its eye has not wept at separation from the Real.

And its eyes did not weep over separation from the Truth

لما تعزز عنه باتَ يطلبه

لما تعزز عنه باتَ يطلبه

ولو تداني له إليه ما ارتجعا

ولو تداني له إليه ما ارتجعا

When He held aloof from him, he spent the night seeking Him.

When it fortified itself against Him, it started seeking Him

And had He drawn near to him, he would not have returned to Him.

And if it got close to Him, it would not have turned back

وقد جرى مثلٌ يدري وصورته

وقد جرى مثلٌ يدري وصورته

أحبُّ شيءٍ إلى الإنسان ما منعا

أحبُّ شيءٍ إلى الإنسان ما منعا

And a well-known proverb has circulated; its wording is:

And an example has circulated which makes one realize its form:

The thing dearest to a person is what is withheld.

The most beloved thing to man is what he is deprived of