رأيتI saw ذكوراًmales فيin إناثfemales سواحرbewitching
رأيت ذكوراً في إناث سواحر
ترآأينthey appeared ليto me ماwhat بينbetween سلعSalʿ وحاجرِand Ḥājir
ترآأين لي ما بين سلع وحاجرِ
I saw males within bewitching females,
I saw males in the form of sorceress females
who appeared to me between Salʿ and Ḥājir.
Who appeared before me between merchandise and walls
فخاطبتُso I addressed ذكراناmales لأنيbecause I رأيتهمI saw them
فخاطبتُ ذكرانا لأني رأيتهم
رجالاًmen بكشفِthrough an unveiling صادقٍtrue متواترِrecurring
رجالاً بكشفِ صادقٍ متواترِ
So I addressed males, because I had seen them
So I addressed the males because I saw them
as men, through a true and recurring unveiling.
As honest men of frequent good counsel
وكنَّand they were إناثاًfemales قدalready حملنthey bore حقائقاًrealities
وكنَّ إناثاً قد حملن حقائقاً
منfrom الروحthe Spirit القاءًan imparting لسورةpertaining to the surah غافرGhāfir
من الروح القاءً لسورة غافر
And they were females who had borne realities
Yet they were females bearing truths
from the Spirit—an imparting associated with the surah Ghāfir.
Cast by the soul reciting the Forgiving Sura
وبعلهمُand their husband الروحُthe Spirit الذيwhom قدalready ذكرتهI mentioned him
وبعلهمُ الروحُ الذي قد ذكرته
وإنهمُand indeed they ماwhat بينbetween ناهٍone who forbids وآمرand one who commands
وإنهمُ ما بين ناهٍ وآمر
And their husband is the Spirit whom I have mentioned,
And their husband was the soul I mentioned
and they range between one who forbids and one who commands.
Though they are between soft and firm
همthey العارفونthe knowers الصمُّthe deaf ones ردماًa rampart ولاand do not تقلsay
هم العارفون الصمُّ ردماً ولا تقل
بأنَّthat الذيthe one who قدalready جاءhas come ليسis not بخابرwell-informed
بأنَّ الذي قد جاء ليس بخابر
They are the knowers, deaf as a rampart; and do not say
They are the silent knowers, never say
that the one who has come is not well-informed.
That what has come is not well-informed
وماand not خصsingled out نوعاًa kind دونto the exclusion of نوعa kind لأنهbecause he
وما خص نوعاً دون نوع لأنه
رأىhe saw الأمرthe matter يسريflows فيin صغيرa small one وكابرand a great one
رأى الأمر يسري في صغير وكابر
And he singled out no kind to the exclusion of another, because he
And did not specify one kind over another
saw the matter flowing through the small and the great.
For he saw the matter flow in small and old
ولاand do not تمترِdoubt فيماin what أقولI say فإننيfor indeed I
ولا تمترِ فيما أقول فإنني
وقفتI stood علىupon علمٍknowledge منfrom البحرِthe sea زاخرsurging
وقفت على علمٍ من البحرِ زاخر
And do not doubt what I say, for I
Do not doubt what I say, for I
have come upon knowledge from the surging sea.
Stood upon abundant knowledge from the sea
تحسيتهI sipped it ماءًwater فُراتاًsweet and fresh وإنهand indeed it
تحسيته ماءً فُراتاً وإنه
لمِلحٌindeed salty أجاجٌbitter فيin السنينthe years المواطرِrainy
لمِلحٌ أجاجٌ في السنين المواطرِ
I sipped it as sweet water, yet it
I sensed it a gushing Euphrates, though
is indeed salty and bitter in the rainy years.
It is bitter salt in the pouring years
فمنso whoever كانis ذاpossessing فكرthought تراهyou see him محيَّراًbewildered
فمن كان ذا فكر تراه محيَّراً
ومَنand whoever كانis ذاpossessing شرعٍsacred law فليسthen is not بحائرperplexed
ومَن كان ذا شرعٍ فليس بحائر
So whoever is a thinker, you see him bewildered,
So one of intellect you'll see confused
and whoever follows sacred law is not perplexed.
While one of law is not lost
تمنيتI wished أنto أحظىI gain favor برؤيةِwith seeing مؤمنٍa believer
تمنيت أن أحظى برؤيةِ مؤمنٍ
صَدوقٍever-truthful منamong الفتيانِthe young men ليسis not بكافرِan unbeliever
صَدوقٍ من الفتيانِ ليس بكافرِ
I wished for the good fortune of seeing a believer,
I wished to gain sight of a faithful youth
ever-truthful, one of the young men, not an unbeliever.
Truthful from the lads, no unbeliever
وذاكand that one الذيthe one who يأتيcomes بصورةin the form of تاجرa merchant
وذاك الذي يأتي بصورة تاجر
مليrich ّمنfrom الأرباحِthe profits ليسis not بخاسرa loser
ملي ّمن الأرباحِ ليس بخاسر
And that is the one who comes in a merchant's form,
That one who comes in the form of a merchant
rich with profits, not a loser.
Full of profits, no loser
فلمso did not أرI see إلاexcept خالعاًshedding ثوبَthe robe of ماجنٍa libertine
فلم أر إلا خالعاً ثوبَ ماجنٍ
ولمand did not أرI see لابساًwearing زيّthe garb of شاطرa rogue
ولم أر لابساً زيّ شاطر
So I saw only one shedding a libertine's robe,
But I saw only one who stripped the garb of a libertine
and I saw no one wearing a rogue's garb.
And saw no one wearing a clever costume
تنوَّعتbecame diverse الأشياءthe things والأمرand the matter واحدone
تنوَّعت الأشياء والأمر واحد
وماand not غائبٌone absent فيin الأخذreceiving عنهfrom him كحاضرlike one present
وما غائبٌ في الأخذ عنه كحاضر
Things have taken diverse forms, yet the matter is one,
Things and matters diversified yet one
and one absent is not like one present in receiving from him.
And absent in acquisition like the present
إذاif صحَّholds true غيبُthe unseen الغيبِthe unseen ماwhatever لأمرbelonging to a matter حاضرpresent
إذا صحَّ غيبُ الغيبِ ما لأمر حاضر
يشاهدهbeholds it قلبيmy heart وعقليand my intellect وناظريand my eye
يشاهده قلبي وعقلي وناظري
If the unseen of the unseen holds true, whatever belongs to a present matter
If the unseen of the unseen is true the matter of the present
is beheld by my heart, my intellect, and my eye.
My heart, mind and sight behold it
Sol 6.1