خُصصتُ بعلم لم يخصَّ بمثله

خُصصتُ بعلم لم يخصَّ بمثله

سواي من الرحمن ذي العرشِ والكرسي

سواي من الرحمن ذي العرشِ والكرسي

I was singled out for knowledge whose like was granted to none

I was endowed with knowledge unmatched

but me, by the All-Merciful, possessor of the Throne and the Seat.

Except by the Most Merciful of the Throne and Chair

وأشهدتُ من علمِ الغيوبِ عجائباً

وأشهدتُ من علمِ الغيوبِ عجائباً

تصانُ عن التذكارِ في عالم الحسِّ

تصانُ عن التذكارِ في عالم الحسِّ

And I was made to witness wonders of knowledge of the unseen,

And I witnessed of the knowledge of the unseen, wonders

safeguarded from mention in the realm of the senses.

That are too sacred to be mentioned in the world of senses

فيا عجباً إني أروحُ وأغتدي

فيا عجباً إني أروحُ وأغتدي

غريباً وحيداً في الوجود بلا جنسِ

غريباً وحيداً في الوجود بلا جنسِ

So how wondrous! I go forth in the evening and the morning,

How strange that I come and go

a stranger, alone in existence, with none of my kind.

A stranger, alone in existence, without kin

لقد أنكر الأقوامُ قولي وشنَّعوا

لقد أنكر الأقوامُ قولي وشنَّعوا

عليَّ بعلمٍ لا ألومُ به نفسي

عليَّ بعلمٍ لا ألومُ به نفسي

The peoples have indeed rejected my words and denounced

The people denied my words and maligned

me for knowledge for which I do not blame myself.

Me with knowledge for which I do not blame myself

فلا هم مع الأحياء في نور ما أرى

فلا هم مع الأحياء في نور ما أرى

ولا هم مع الأموات في ظلمة الرمسِ

ولا هم مع الأموات في ظلمة الرمسِ

So they are not with the living in the light of what I see,

For they are neither with the living in the light I see

nor with the dead in the darkness of the grave.

Nor with the dead in the darkness of blindness

فسبحان من أحيى الفؤاد بنورِه

فسبحان من أحيى الفؤاد بنورِه

وأفقدهم نور الهدايةِ بالطَّمسِ

وأفقدهم نور الهدايةِ بالطَّمسِ

So glory be to Him who brought the heart to life with His light,

So glory to Him who gave life to my heart with His light

and deprived them of the light of guidance through effacement.

And blinded them, the light of guidance, with blindness

علومٌ لنا في عالم الكونِ قد سَرَت

علومٌ لنا في عالم الكونِ قد سَرَت

من المغربِ الأقصى إلى مطلع الشمس

من المغربِ الأقصى إلى مطلع الشمس

Our branches of knowledge have spread through the realm of being,

We have knowledge of the universe that has spread

from the farthest West to the rising-place of the sun.

From farthest West to rising of the sun

تحلَّى بها من كان عقلاً مجرَّداً

تحلَّى بها من كان عقلاً مجرَّداً

عن الفكرِ والتخمين والوهم والحدس

عن الفكرِ والتخمين والوهم والحدس

With them was adorned whoever was an intellect stripped

Adorned with it is he who had a pure mind

of thought, conjecture, illusion, and intuition.

Free of conjecture, guesswork, illusion and hunches

وأصبحتْ في بيضاءَ مثلي نقيةً

وأصبحتْ في بيضاءَ مثلي نقيةً

إماماً وإن الناسَ منها لفي لَبسِ

إماماً وإن الناسَ منها لفي لَبسِ

And in a white one, pure like me, they became

And it became in my pure whiteness immaculate

a guide, though people are indeed confused about them.

A leader, though people about it are in confusion