إذا كانت الأشياء تبدو عن الأمر

إذا كانت الأشياء تبدو عن الأمر

تساوى الدنيّ الأصل والطيِّب النجرِ

تساوى الدنيّ الأصل والطيِّب النجرِ

If things come forth from the command,

If things seem strange beyond comprehension,

those of lowly origin and those of noble stock are equal.

The origin and perfume are equal in creation.

لقد ضربوه قاطعين بأنه

لقد ضربوه قاطعين بأنه

إذا ضربوه لا يقوم من القر

إذا ضربوه لا يقوم من القر

They certainly struck him, convinced that

They struck him down claiming,

if they struck him, he would not rise from the cold.

If struck, he would not rise from his burial site.

فأنطقه للقوم ثم أعاده

فأنطقه للقوم ثم أعاده

إلى الحالة الأولى إلى مطلعِ الفجر

إلى الحالة الأولى إلى مطلعِ الفجر

So he made him speak to the people, then returned him

But he spoke to the people, then restored him

to his former state, until the break of dawn.

To his original state at the break of dawn.

كما سبَّح الحصباءُ في كفِّ سيِّدٍ

كما سبَّح الحصباءُ في كفِّ سيِّدٍ

وأصحابه الأعلام كالأنجمِ الزهر

وأصحابه الأعلام كالأنجمِ الزهر

Just as the pebbles glorified God in a master's palm,

As the pebbles glorified in the hand of the Master,

and in the palms of his eminent companions, like radiant stars.

And his companions were like shining stars.

فما كانت الآيات إلا سماعهم

فما كانت الآيات إلا سماعهم

وهذا الذي قد جاء ضربٌ من النثر

وهذا الذي قد جاء ضربٌ من النثر

Thus the signs were nothing but their hearing,

The miracles were only their hearing,

and this that has come is a kind of prose.

And this that came was a type of prose.

وكلٌّ له حالٌ ووقتٌ مُعيَّن

وكلٌّ له حالٌ ووقتٌ مُعيَّن

فحالٌ إلى كَشفٍ ووقتٌ إلى ستر

فحالٌ إلى كَشفٍ ووقتٌ إلى ستر

And each has a state and an appointed time:

Everyone has a state and appointed time,

a state toward unveiling, and a time toward veiling.

A time for unveiling and a time for concealment.

فما كان من شام يراه ممثلاً

فما كان من شام يراه ممثلاً

فيبصره حيّاً إذا كان من مصر

فيبصره حيّاً إذا كان من مصر

So one from Syria sees him represented,

One from Damascus would not see him acting,

while one from Egypt beholds him alive.

Yet sees him alive if from Egypt.

وجاء الذي مثلي غريباً مقرّراً

وجاء الذي مثلي غريباً مقرّراً

يقول الذي قالاه ما فيه من نُكرِ

يقول الذي قالاه ما فيه من نُكرِ

And one like me came as a stranger, affirming,

He who resembled me came a stranger, asserting

saying what the two had said: there is nothing objectionable in it.

What they both said, nothing objectionable in it.

فمن شاء فليكفر ومن شاء فليقل

فمن شاء فليكفر ومن شاء فليقل

بأني على حق يقينٍ من الأمر

بأني على حق يقينٍ من الأمر

So whoever wishes, let him disbelieve; and whoever wishes, let him say

Whoever wants may disbelieve, and whoever wants may say,

that I have true certainty concerning the matter,

I am certainly right in the matter.

لقوّةِ إيماني بما قال خالقي

لقوّةِ إيماني بما قال خالقي

وصدقي الذي قد قرّر الله في صدري

وصدقي الذي قد قرّر الله في صدري

because of the strength of my faith in what my Creator said,

By the strength of my faith in what my Creator said,

and my truthfulness, which God has established in my breast.

And my truthfulness which God has asserted in my conscience.