إنيindeed I رأيتI saw وجوداًa being لستI am not أعرفهI know him
إني رأيت وجوداً لست أعرفه
وكيفand how أعلمI know منone whom بالعلمthrough knowledge أجهلهI am ignorant of him
وكيف أعلم من بالعلم أجهله
Indeed, I have seen a being I do not know.
I saw an existence I do not recognize
And how can I know one whom, through knowledge, I do not know?
How can I know what I am ignorant of?
لولاwere it not for الوجودُexistence الذيwhich مناfrom us يصرِّفهhe directs him
لولا الوجودُ الذي منا يصرِّفه
فيهاtherein لماthen not كانwould have been قلبٌa heart يفصلهdivides him
فيها لما كان قلبٌ يفصله
Were it not for existence, which he directs from us
If not for the existence that directs us
therein, no heart would have divided him
No heart could distinguish it
إلىinto وجودٍexistence إلىinto ذاتٍessence إلىinto صفةan attribute
إلى وجودٍ إلى ذاتٍ إلى صفة
إلىinto نعوتٍqualities لهof his جاءتcame تكلمهspeak to him
إلى نعوتٍ له جاءت تكلمه
into existence, into essence, into an attribute,
To an existence, to an essence, to attributes
into qualities of his that came to speak to him.
To qualities, it came to speak of Him
إنindeed النفوسَsouls بأوهامthrough fancies تخيلهimagine him
إن النفوسَ بأوهام تخيله
وبالتوهمand through conjecture نفسٌa soul ماnot تحصلهgrasps him
وبالتوهم نفسٌ ما تحصله
Indeed, souls imagine him through fancies,
Souls with delusions imagine Him
and through conjecture no soul grasps him.
With delusion, no soul can grasp Him
إذاwhen يفصلهdifferentiates him علميmy knowledge يحدّدهdelimits him
إذا يفصله علمي يحدّده
وهميmy conjecture وماand whatever يقبلadmits التفصيلdifferentiation يجملهsums it up
وهمي وما يقبل التفصيل يجمله
When my knowledge differentiates him, he is delimited
If my knowledge precisely defines Him
by my conjecture, which sums up whatever admits differentiation.
My imagination and what accepts detailing sums Him up
إذاthen الجمالbeauty لمنfor whoever يهوىloves الجميلthe Beautiful بهthrough it
إذا الجمال لمن يهوى الجميل به
والناسand people أعلمهمinformed them بهabout him تجملهhis self-adornment
والناس أعلمهم به تجمله
Then beauty belongs to whoever loves the Beautiful through it,
So beauty belongs to one who loves the beautiful
and his self-adornment has made him known to people.
And people most knowledgeable of Him are those who idealize Him
فيحملso he bears الكلَّthe burden عنon behalf of أهلpeople of الكلالِweariness فتىa youth
فيحمل الكلَّ عن أهل الكلالِ فتى
يدريhe knows بأنَّthat انبساطexpansiveness الحقِّthe Real يحملهbears him
يدري بأنَّ انبساط الحقِّ يحمله
So a youth bears the burden for the weary,
So a young man bears the burden of the hopeless
knowing that the Real's expansiveness bears him.
Knowing that the diffusion of truth bears it
أخوكyour brother ياO ابنةdaughter of عمرانImran شبيهكlike you فيin
أخوك يا ابنة عمران شبيهك في
كفالةcare of المجتبىthe Chosen One واللهand God يكفلهcares for him
كفالة المجتبى والله يكفله
Your brother, O daughter of Imran, is like you in
Your brother, o daughter of Imran, your peer
caring for the Chosen One; and God cares for him.
In caring for the Chosen One, God protects him
لهhe has عليكabove you كماas قدalready جاءناhas come to us درجdegrees
له عليك كما قد جاءنا درج
لذاكfor that reason فازhe attained بماwith what منهfrom him يؤملهhe hopes for it
لذاك فاز بما منه يؤمله
He has degrees above you, as has already been conveyed to us;
He has a station with you, as has come to us
thus he has attained what he hopes for from him.
Thus he won what he hopes from Him
عمداًdeliberately يراهhe sees him إذاwhen ماemphatic particle الكونthe cosmos يفصلهseparates him
عمداً يراه إذا ما الكون يفصله
عنfrom الإلهGod ترىyou see الرحمنthe All-Merciful يوصلهconnects him
عن الإله ترى الرحمن يوصله
Deliberately he sees him when the cosmos separates him
You see he purposely sees, when existence
from God; you see the All-Merciful bring him into union.
Separates him from God, the Merciful reconnects him
وتلكand that منزلةٌa station عظمىsupreme يعينهاmarks it out
وتلك منزلةٌ عظمى يعينها
لهfor him منfrom اللهGod بالزلفىthrough nearness منزلهhis dwelling
له من الله بالزلفى منزله
And that is a supreme station, marked out
That is a great station, aided for him
for him by his dwelling in nearness to God.
By God through nearness, his position
إذاwhen عبيدٌa lowly servant تراهyou see him فيin مخالفةdisobedience
إذا عبيدٌ تراه في مخالفة
للهto God جودgenerosity الإلهGod الحقِّthe Real يمهلهgrants him respite
لله جود الإله الحقِّ يمهله
When you see a lowly servant in disobedience
When He sees slaves in defiance
to God, the generosity of God, the Real, grants him respite.
The truth's generosity gives them respite
وليسand not تهملهneglects him إلاexcept عنايتهhis care
وليس تهمله إلا عنايته
بهfor him فيمهلهso he grants him respite وليسand not يهملهneglects him
به فيمهله وليس يهمله
And nothing neglects him except his care
Only His concern for him makes Him respite
for him; so he grants him respite, and does not neglect him.
Not neglect, but respite for him
وتلكand that منزلةa station جاءتcame بهاwith it كتبbooks
وتلك منزلة جاءت بها كتب
ماnot كانwould have يحظىenjoyed بهاwith it لولاwere it not for تنزلهhis descent
ما كان يحظى بها لولا تنزله
And that is a station conveyed by books;
That station came in scriptures
he would not have enjoyed it but for his descent.
None would have it, were it not for his descent
Sol 6.1