العلمُknowledge بالأحكامof the rulings لاnot يظهرappears
العلمُ بالأحكام لا يظهر
إلاexcept علىon ألسنةtongues الرسْلِthe messengers
إلا على ألسنة الرسْلِ
Knowledge of the rulings does not appear
Knowledge of the rulings is only revealed
except on the tongues of the messengers.
On the tongues of the messengers
والعلمُand knowledge بالآياتِof the signs لاnot ينجليbecomes clear
والعلمُ بالآياتِ لا ينجلي
إلاexcept لمنto one who يمشيwalks علىupon السبلthe paths
إلا لمن يمشي على السبل
And knowledge of the signs does not become clear
And knowledge of the signs is only illuminated
except to one who walks the paths.
For those who walk the path
فاحذرso beware إذاwhen شاهدتyou witnessed توحيدهHis oneness
فاحذر إذا شاهدت توحيده
شهودbeholding عينِthe essence المثلthe likeness لاnot الشكلthe form
شهود عينِ المثل لا الشكل
So beware, when you witness His oneness,
So beware when you witness His oneness
of beholding the essence of likeness, not the form.
The witnessing of the image, not the form
فإنهfor indeed He لمdid not ينفِnegate إلاexcept الذيthat which
فإنه لم ينفِ إلا الذي
سميتهyou called it بالشكلِas form والمثلِand likeness
سميته بالشكلِ والمثلِ
For He negated only what
For He only denied that
you called form and likeness.
Which you called the form and the image
فلوso if نفىHe negated الرتبةَthe rank لمnot يتخذtake
فلو نفى الرتبةَ لم يتخذ
خليفةًa vicegerent فيin عالمthe world السفلِthe lower realm
خليفةً في عالم السفلِ
For had He negated rank, He would not have taken
For if He denied the hierarchy, He would not have appointed
a vicegerent in the lower world.
A successor in the world of the lowly
واللهand God قدindeed عيّنappointed نوّابهHis deputies
والله قد عيّن نوّابه
فيin نشأةٍa constitution قامتْarose منfrom الثقلheaviness
في نشأةٍ قامتْ من الثقل
And God has appointed His deputies
And God has appointed His representatives
in a constitution that arose from heaviness.
In a genesis that rose from the physical
لمdid not يقبلaccept الروحَthe spirit لهfor Him صورةan image
لم يقبل الروحَ له صورة
مجرَّداًstripped عنof نسبةrelation الأصلthe origin
مجرَّداً عن نسبة الأصل
He did not accept the spirit as an image of Himself,
The spirit would not accept a form for Him
stripped of its relation to the origin.
Stripped of the attribution of the origin
ألاdo you not ترىsee كيفhow نهىHe forbade عبدَهHis servant
ألا ترى كيف نهى عبدَه
عنfrom البتراthe truncated prayer وهيand it is فيin النفلvoluntary prayer
عن البترا وهي في النفل
Do you not see how He forbade His servant
Do you not see how He forbade His servant
from the truncated prayer, though it is voluntary?
From mutilation while it was in infancy
وقدَّمand He gave precedence to الشفعthe even number علىover وترهHis odd number
وقدَّم الشفع على وتره
فيin سُورةِthe surah الفجرthe Dawn إلىup to الليلِthe night
في سُورةِ الفجر إلى الليلِ
And He placed the even before His odd number
And put pairing before the single
in the surah 'The Dawn,' as far as the night,
In the chapter of the Dawn until the night
لأنهbecause He يقصدُintends إنتاجهاits production
لأنه يقصدُ إنتاجها
فيin عالمthe realm التفصيلdifferentiation والوصلِand union
في عالم التفصيل والوصلِ
for He intends its production
Because He intends to create it
in the realm of differentiation and union.
In the world of detail and connection
لاnot يعرفُknows الفضلَbounty علىin وجههits true nature
لا يعرفُ الفضلَ على وجهه
إلاexcept الذيthe one who يعطيgives منfrom الفضلabundance
إلا الذي يعطي من الفضل
No one knows bounty as it truly is
None knows grace in its essence
except one who gives from abundance.
Except one who gives from grace
ينقصfalls short ذوone possessed of الإيثارselflessness فيin بذلِهhis giving
ينقص ذو الإيثار في بذلِه
عنof منزلِthe station الأفضالِfavors والفضلand bounty
عن منزلِ الأفضالِ والفضل
One who puts others first falls short in his giving
One of generosity decreases in his giving
of the station of favors and bounty.
From the station of virtues and grace
Sol 6.1