إذا كنتَ بالحقِّ المهيمنِ ناطقاً

إذا كنتَ بالحقِّ المهيمنِ ناطقاً

فكن ناطقاً في كلِّ شي بحقِّهِ

فكن ناطقاً في كلِّ شي بحقِّهِ

If you speak through the All-Overseeing Real,

If you speak truly of the Supreme Truth

then speak of each thing according to its due.

Then speak truly of all things in their right

ولا تأخذِ الأشياء من غير وجهها

ولا تأخذِ الأشياء من غير وجهها

فإنَّ وجودَ العدل في غيرِ خلقِهِ

فإنَّ وجودَ العدل في غيرِ خلقِهِ

And do not take things from any aspect but their own,

Take not things from other than their essence

for justice exists outside His creation.

For justice exists not outside its nature

فكن بالإله الحقِّ في كلِّ حالةٍ

فكن بالإله الحقِّ في كلِّ حالةٍ

ولا تجر في الأشياء إلا بوفقه

ولا تجر في الأشياء إلا بوفقه

So be through God, the Real, in every state,

So be with the True God in every state

and proceed among things only in accord with Him.

And draw things only as He wills and decrees

وخذ سرَّ هذا الأمر من عينِ غربه

وخذ سرَّ هذا الأمر من عينِ غربه

وخذ نورَه للكشفِ من عين شرقه

وخذ نورَه للكشفِ من عين شرقه

And take the secret of this matter from the very essence of its west,

Take the secret of this matter from its west

and take its light for unveiling from the very essence of its east.

And take its light for unveiling from its east

فيا نائباً عن ربِّه في صلاته

فيا نائباً عن ربِّه في صلاته

إذا قام بين الآيتين من أفقه

إذا قام بين الآيتين من أفقه

So, O deputy for his Lord in his prayer,

So you who pray in place of your Lord

when he stands between the two signs of his horizon.

When standing between two bows in prayer

ومَن حاز شيئاً من وجودِ إلهه

ومَن حاز شيئاً من وجودِ إلهه

فما حازَه إلا بأفضلِ خلقه

فما حازَه إلا بأفضلِ خلقه

And whoever gains something of his God's being

Whoever obtains a thing of his God's being

gains it only through the best of His creation.

Obtains it only by God's best attribute

أنا حقُّ أسماءِ الإله بأسرها

أنا حقُّ أسماءِ الإله بأسرها

وهل تخزنُ الأعلافُ إلا بحقِّه

وهل تخزنُ الأعلافُ إلا بحقِّه

I am the receptacle for all God's names;

I am the Truth of all the Names of God

and is fodder stored except in His receptacle?

And can fodder be stored except in its right?

ألا إنني العبدُ الذي ليس يُرتجى

ألا إنني العبدُ الذي ليس يُرتجى

خروجاً بعتقٍ من حقيقة رِقِّه

خروجاً بعتقٍ من حقيقة رِقِّه

Behold, I am indeed the slave for whom there is no hope

Lo, I am the servant who cannot be hoped

of escape through emancipation from the reality of his bondage.

To be freed by emancipation from his bond

وإن كان عبدَ الله حقاً بذاته

وإن كان عبدَ الله حقاً بذاته

فإني ممن لا أقولُ بعتقه

فإني ممن لا أقولُ بعتقه

And even if he is truly God's slave in his very essence,

And if God's servant is free in his essence

then I am indeed among those who do not affirm his emancipation.

I am not one who says he can be freed