قل للذي نظم الوجودَ عقوداً

قل للذي نظم الوجودَ عقوداً

هلا اتخذت عليك فيه شُهودا

هلا اتخذت عليك فيه شُهودا

Say to the one who strung existence into bonds:

Say to the one who composed existence in cycles

Why did you not take witnesses against yourself therein,

Why did you not take witnesses over yourself in it

عدلاً من الأكوان من ساداته

عدلاً من الأكوان من ساداته

المصطفين معالماً وحدودا

المصطفين معالماً وحدودا

Upright ones from created beings, from its masters,

Just rulers from the universes and its masters

Those chosen as landmarks and bounds?

The chosen ones, landmarks and boundaries

إنَّ الذين يبايعونك إنهم

إنَّ الذين يبايعونك إنهم

ليبايعون الحاضر المفقودا

ليبايعون الحاضر المفقودا

Indeed, those who pledge allegiance to you—they

Indeed, those who pledge allegiance to you

Surely pledge allegiance to the one present yet missing.

Are pledging allegiance to the absent, vanished one

فإذا مضى زمن مضى لمروره

فإذا مضى زمن مضى لمروره

عقد فجدّد للإمام عقودا

عقد فجدّد للإمام عقودا

And when a span of time passes, with its passing expires

So when a time passes, it passes in its passing

A covenant; so renew covenants for the Imam.

Renew the pledge for the Imam, contracts

اشهد عليه بها جوارح ذاته

اشهد عليه بها جوارح ذاته

وكفى بربِّ الوارداتِ شهودا

وكفى بربِّ الوارداتِ شهودا

Call the limbs of his own being to witness against him concerning them;

Bear witness for him with the limbs of his essence

And the Lord of incoming inspirations is witness enough.

And suffice is the Lord of gifts as witness

إنَّ الإمام هو الذي شهدت له

إنَّ الإمام هو الذي شهدت له

صُمّ الجبال بكونه معبودا

صُمّ الجبال بكونه معبودا

Indeed, the Imam is the one for whom testimony is borne

Indeed, the Imam is the one for whom the deaf mountains

By the solid mountains to his being worshipped.

Testified that he is worshipped