حكم الطبيعة في الأجسامِ معتبرٌ

حكم الطبيعة في الأجسامِ معتبرٌ

لأنها أصلها والأصل يعتبرُ

لأنها أصلها والأصل يعتبرُ

Nature's sway over bodies is to be reckoned with,

Nature's rule in bodies is well-founded

For it is their origin, and the origin is duly regarded.

For it is their origin, and origin is respected

فانظر إليها إذا طال الزمانُ بها

فانظر إليها إذا طال الزمانُ بها

تبدَّد الشملَ لا تبقي ولا تذر

تبدَّد الشملَ لا تبقي ولا تذر

So look at it when long ages have passed over it:

So look at them when time has worn them down

It scatters what was united, leaving nothing and sparing nothing.

Their unity scatters, nothing remains or is left

في النار ينضحها وفي الجنان لها

في النار ينضحها وفي الجنان لها

حكم علينا كما تدرون فادّكروا

حكم علينا كما تدرون فادّكروا

In the Fire He sprinkles it, and in the Gardens it has

In fire it melts them, in gardens it rules them

Sway over us, as you know—so take heed.

It judges us, as you know, so remember

إن العذابَ لها مثلُ النعيمِ بها

إن العذابَ لها مثلُ النعيمِ بها

وذنبها عند أهلِ الكشفِ مغتفرُ

وذنبها عند أهلِ الكشفِ مغتفرُ

Indeed, torment is for it like bliss through it,

That for it, torment is like bliss

And its sin is forgiven in the eyes of the people of unveiling.

And its sin, for the mystically aware, is forgiven

الله حكّمها فينا وأحكمها

الله حكّمها فينا وأحكمها

فما لها عن نفوذِ حكمه وزرُ

فما لها عن نفوذِ حكمه وزرُ

God has given it authority over us and perfected it;

God made it judge us and made it wise

So it has no refuge from His decree taking effect.

It cannot evade enforcing His decree

بها يعذبنا بها ينعمنا

بها يعذبنا بها ينعمنا

وليس يخلص من أحكامها بشر

وليس يخلص من أحكامها بشر

Through it He torments us; through it He grants us bliss,

With it He torments us, with it gives us joy

And no mortal escapes its rulings.

No mortal can escape its judgments

سبحان من أوسع الأشياء رحمته

سبحان من أوسع الأشياء رحمته

في الخير والشر علما هكذا الخبر

في الخير والشر علما هكذا الخبر

Glory to Him whose mercy is the vastest of all things,

Glory to Him whose mercy encompasses all things

In good and evil, in knowledge—such is the report.

In good and evil—such is knowledge's advice

جل الإله فما تُحصى عورافُه

جل الإله فما تُحصى عورافُه

فالكلُّ منه كما قد شاءه القدر

فالكلُّ منه كما قد شاءه القدر

Exalted is God; His favors cannot be counted.

Exalted is God, His mysteries are uncountable

All, then, is from Him, as destiny has willed it.

All is from Him, as predestined by Fate