إنّ لي معنى أعيش به

إنّ لي معنى أعيش به

هو مني مثل نا وأنا

هو مني مثل نا وأنا

Indeed, I have an object of worship through whom I live;

Indeed, I have a meaning by which I live.

He is of me, like “us” and “I.”

It is of me, like “us” and “I.”

فيقول الشرع أنت هنا

فيقول الشرع أنت هنا

ويقول الكشف لست هنا

ويقول الكشف لست هنا

Thus the Sacred Law says, “You are here,”

So the sacred law says, “You are here.”

while unveiling says, “You are not here.”

And unveiling says, “You are not here.”

كلُّ من تعدوه حكمته

كلُّ من تعدوه حكمته

فهو في تعمي بها وهنا

فهو في تعمي بها وهنا

Whoever His wisdom passes over

Everyone whose wisdom passes him by

is thereby in blindness and frailty.

is thus blinded by it, feeble.

وجميعُ ليس لهم

وجميعُ ليس لهم

من غذاء غيرهم فبنا

من غذاء غيرهم فبنا

And all of them have no

And all have no

nourishment but themselves. Through us—

nourishment but others—so, through us.

فبنا كانت عوارضنا

فبنا كانت عوارضنا

وبه كنا له سكنا

وبه كنا له سكنا

through us—our contingent attributes arose,

So through us our incidental qualities came to be,

and through Him we became His dwelling.

and through him we were a dwelling for him.

ويقول العقل فيه كما

ويقول العقل فيه كما

قاله مدبِّر الزمنا

قاله مدبِّر الزمنا

And reason speaks of Him as

And reason says of him, just as

it calls Him the governor of Time.

the governor of time said it.

وهولا يدري زمانتهم

وهولا يدري زمانتهم

فتراه يعبد البدنا

فتراه يعبد البدنا

Its caprice knows their infirmity,

And he does not know their infirmity,

so you see it worshipping the body.

so you see him worshipping the body.

والذي أحواله هكذا

والذي أحواله هكذا

هو إلا عابدٌ وثنا

هو إلا عابدٌ وثنا

Yet one whose states are thus

And one whose states are like this

is nothing but a worshipper of an idol.

is nothing but a worshipper of an idol.

فإذا قامت شواهده

فإذا قامت شواهده

عنده مضى لها وثنا

عنده مضى لها وثنا

Then, when his proofs arise

So when his signs arise

before him, he follows them, then turns

before him, he goes toward them and turns

عطفه عنها وغادرها

عطفه عنها وغادرها

عدماً واستلزم السننا

عدماً واستلزم السننا

his regard away from them and leaves them

his side away from them and leaves them

as nothing, holding fast to the Sunan.

as nothing, and holds fast to the prescribed practices.

وأتى لكل خافيةٍ

وأتى لكل خافيةٍ

فأتى بها لهم علنا

فأتى بها لهم علنا

He comes upon every hidden thing

And he comes to every hidden thing,

and brings it openly before them.

then brings it openly to them.

وأزال الابتداع ولم

وأزال الابتداع ولم

ير إلا الفرض والسننا

ير إلا الفرض والسننا

He removes innovation and does not

And he removes innovation, and does not

see anything but religious duty and the Sunan.

see anything but obligatory duty and the prescribed practices.

كلُّ ما في العلم يشهده

كلُّ ما في العلم يشهده

ليس شيءٌ عنده بطنا

ليس شيءٌ عنده بطنا

Everything within knowledge he beholds;

All that is in knowledge he witnesses;

nothing remains hidden from him.

nothing is hidden from him.

فمتى ما قال قائلهم

فمتى ما قال قائلهم

حكمة الإخفاء عنه بنا

حكمة الإخفاء عنه بنا

So whenever one of them says,

So whenever their speaker says,

“The wisdom of concealing it from him lies with us,”

“The wisdom of concealment from him is through us,”

قل له جهلت صورته

قل له جهلت صورته

فانظروا ما ضمن اللسنا

فانظروا ما ضمن اللسنا

tell him, “You have misunderstood its form;

tell him, “You are ignorant of his form.”

then look, all of you, at what the tongue contains.”

So look at what was placed within the tongues.

من يقل نحن به وله

من يقل نحن به وله

فليقل أيضاً بنا ولنا

فليقل أيضاً بنا ولنا

Whoever says, “We are through Him and for Him,”

Whoever says, “We are through him and for him,”

must also say, “He is through us and for us.”

let him also say, “Through us and for us.”