1. مفاتيح الغيبِ في أمِّ الكتابِ فمن

    يقرأ بها صلاة فهي تكفيهِ

    The keys to the unseen are in the Mother of the Book; whoever

    recites it in prayer, it suffices him.

  2. النصفُ منها له والنصفُ منها لنا

    على اشتراكٍ وإفراد بتنزيه

    Half of it is His, and half of it is ours,

    in sharing and singling out, with affirmation of transcendence.

  3. وفي التي قد تليها من برازخنا

    علم صحيح وذاك العلم أدريه

    And in the one that follows it, among our intermediate realms,

    is sound knowledge, and that knowledge I know.

  4. أتى بها الله للأسماع في بقر

    يحيى بها ميتاً حياتُه فيه

    God brought it to the ears in the account of cattle;

    through it He revives a dead man, whose life is within it.

  5. وآل عمران توحيدٌ بلا صفةٍ

    من الصفاتِ التي أتت بتشبيه

    And the family of Imran is oneness without an attribute

    among the attributes that convey resemblance.

  6. إلى النساء جنحنا في تلاوتنا

    فهنَّ فرعٌ لنا بكلِّ توجيه

    Toward the women we inclined in our recitation,

    for they are a branch of us in every interpretation.

  7. وفي العقودِ لنا عقد عقدتُ به

    ما بيننا ليوفى إذ نوفيه

    And in the covenants we have a bond by which I bound

    what is between us, to be fulfilled as we fulfill it.

  8. إنَّ السكينةَ للأنعامِ قد نَزَلتْ

    لما تلاها شخيصٌ جلَّ من فيه

    Tranquility has indeed descended for the cattle,

    when a little person recited it—exalted is the one within him.

  9. السور من سورةِ الأعراف منشأه

    بين الجنانِ وبين النار تبديه

    The wall has its origin in the surah of the Heights;

    between the gardens and the Fire, it reveals it.

  10. أنفالُنا قد أُحلت للذي جُمعتْ

    له العلومُ وهذا القدرُ يكفيه

    Our spoils have been made lawful for the one for whom were gathered

    the branches of knowledge, and this measure suffices him.

  11. وتوبة ما لديها اليوم بسملة

    والاسم فيها وإنَّ الله يخفيه

    And Repentance has no basmala today,

    and the Name is in it, and God indeed conceals it.

  12. وإنَّ في يونس من ربنا قدما

    لنا بصدقٍ إذا ما كنت أعنيه

    And in Yunus there is, from our Lord, a footing

    for us in truth, if that is what I meant.

  13. وإنَّ هوداً له من يوسفَ خبرٌ

    من فبلِ تكوينِه ما زال يدريه

    And Hud has news from Yusuf

    from before his formation; he has always known it.

  14. والرعد تسبيحه حمدٌ يقول به

    خليله وهو إبراهيم يحويه

    And the thunder's glorification is praise uttered by

    His intimate friend, Ibrahim, who encompasses it.

  15. بالحجر حجر وحي النحل حين سَرى

    بفتيةِ الكهفِ في قربٍ من التيه

    In Al-Hijr, the bees' revelation was confined when it journeyed by night

    with the youths of the Cave, close to wandering.

  16. ومريمُ ثم طه فلتقلْ بهما

    في الأنبياء بما أسمعتكم فيه

    And Maryam, then Ta-Ha—speak of both

    among the prophets, with what I made you hear therein.

  17. وإنّ زلزلةَ الإصعاق قال بها

    المؤمنون لسرٍّ فيه يوحيه

    And the earthquake that strikes senseless was spoken of by

    the believers, for a secret within it that He reveals.

  18. النورُ فرقانُ من أفتنه ظلمته

    والنملُ في قصص لها تجافيد

    Light is the criterion for one beguiled by his darkness,

    and the ants, in tales, have tajafid [unclear in the text].

  19. والعنكبوتُ بنتْ بيتاً لتسكنه

    والروم تهدمه وقتاً وتبنيه

    And the spider built a house to dwell in,

    and the Romans demolish it at times and rebuild it.

  20. وجاء لقمان يتلو بيننا حكماً

    بسجدةٍ لترى الأحزابَ تأتيه

    And Luqman came, reciting words of wisdom among us,

    with a prostration, so you may see the confederates coming to him.

  21. وفي سبا فطروا ياسين واعتمدوا

    على الصفوفِ لصاد شربه فيه

    And in Saba they brought forth Ya-Sin and relied

    upon the ranks; for Sad, his portion of drink is therein.

  22. لما أتتْ نحونا أملاكه زُمَرا

    بمؤمنٍ فُصلتْ بما يلاقيه

    When his angels came toward us in companies,

    with a believer, it was explained through what he encounters.

  23. نعم وفي سورة الشورى لنا مثلٌ

    من الإله بتنزيه وتشبيه

    Yes, in the surah of Consultation we have a likeness

    from God, through transcendence and resemblance.

  24. وزخرفُ القولِ أبدته دجاجلةٌ

    بسورةِ الدُّخ صافٍ قد جثا فيه

    And the ornament of speech was displayed by impostors

    in the surah of Smoke; a pure one has knelt within it.

  25. أحقافه أوقعت فيها القتال وما

    فتح لحجر بقاف إذ تقفيه

    His sand dunes brought fighting into them, and no

    opening was made for an enclosure through Qaf, as you follow it.

  26. والذارياتُ التي في الطور مسكنُها

    هي الدواء لمن قد جاء يبغيه

    And the scattering winds, whose dwelling is on the Mount,

    are the remedy for one who has come seeking it.

  27. النجمُ والقمر العالي يسقفه ال

    رحمنُ عيناً وفي الآفاق يبديه

    The star and the lofty moon are roofed over by the

    All-Merciful Himself, and He reveals it on the horizons.

  28. وكلُّ نازلة في الكون واقعة

    من الحديد الذي بأساؤه فيه

    And every calamity in the cosmos is an event

    from the iron whose severity lies within it.

  29. فإن أتت نونا عينٌ تجادُلنا

    فالحشر يجمعنا وفيه ما فيه

    And if an eye comes toward us, disputing with us,

    then the gathering brings us together, and in it is what is in it.

  30. ولتمتحن نسوة في الدين هنَّ له

    مهاجرات بلا عجبٍ ولا تيه

    And let women be tested in the faith; for Him they are

    emigrants, without conceit or arrogance.

  31. والصفُّ للجمعاتِ سنة ثبتت

    ما للمنافق حظ فيه يشفيه

    And the rank for Friday gatherings is an established practice;

    the hypocrite has no share in it to heal him.

  32. إنَّ التغابنَ إنْ طلقت سابقةٌ

    فلا تحرّم له ملكاً توافيه

    Mutual loss is indeed a forerunner, if you divorce;

    so do not forbid him a kingdom you will reach.

  33. رأيت بالقلم الأعلى محققَه

    عند المعارج إذ نوحٌ يواليه

    I saw its verifier through the highest Pen

    at the ascending ways, as Nuh supported him.

  34. والجنُّ يعضده التزميل حين أتى

    مد ثريده منه إلى فيه

    And enwrapping supports the jinn; when he came,

    he extended his tharid from it to his mouth.

  35. وفي القيامة إنسانٌ بها لسن

    بالمرسلات ِ وعم النور يأتيه

    And in the Resurrection is a human eloquent through it,

    through those sent forth, and the light has spread, coming to him.

  36. بالنازعاتِ والأعمى كوّرت شمسٌ

    والانفطار مع التطفيف يحميه

    Through those that snatch away, and the blind man, a sun was folded up,

    and the splitting open, with short measure, protects him.

  37. والانشقاق إذا عاينت صورته

    عند البروجِ تجده طارقاً فيه

    And the rending apart, when you behold its form

    among the constellations, you find it a night visitor therein.

  38. سبح إلهكم الأعلى بغاشية

    بالفجر في بلدِ الشمسِ تبديه

    Glorify your God, the Most High, with an overwhelming event,

    at dawn, in the land of the sun, you reveal it.

  39. والليلُ عند الضحى يأتيه شارحه

    بالتينِ في علقٍ وقدره فيه

    And to the night, at morning brightness, its expounder comes

    with the fig, amid clots, and its measure is therein.

  40. ولم يكن زلزلوا بالعادياتِ إذا

    ما القارعاتُ أتتْ بالقبر تلهيه

    And 'It was not'—they were shaken by the chargers when

    the striking calamities came to distract him with the grave.

  41. والعصر يهمز فيلاً بالحجارة إذ

    جاءتْ قريشٌ بدينِ الحوضِ تنشيه

    And time prods an elephant with stones, when

    Quraysh came with the religion of the Basin, intoxicating him.

  42. وكافرٍ قد أبى نصراً فكان له

    التبُّ من سورة الإخلاص يأتيه

    And a disbeliever refused help, so for him

    perdition comes from the surah of Sincerity.

  43. وسورةُ الفلقِ النوريّ جاء بها

    للناسِ والله من ضرٍّ يعافيه

    And the surah of luminous Daybreak—he brought it

    for mankind, and God spares him harm.

  44. فهذه سورُ القرآنِ أجمعها

    جمعتُ أسماءها لرغبتي فيه

    These, then, are all the surahs of the Qur'an;

    I gathered their names out of my longing for it.

  45. بالحجر حجر وحي النحل حين سَرى

    بفتيةِ الكهفِ في قربٍ من التيه

    In Al-Hijr, the bees' revelation was confined when it journeyed by night

    with the youths of the Cave, close to wandering.

  46. ومريمُ ثم طه فلتقلْ بهما

    في الأنبياء بما أسمعتكم فيه

    And Maryam, then Ta-Ha—speak of both

    among the prophets, with what I made you hear therein.

  47. وإنّ زلزلةَ الإصعاق قال بها

    المؤمنون لسرٍّ فيه يوحيه

    And the earthquake that strikes senseless was spoken of by

    the believers, for a secret within it that He reveals.

  48. النورُ فرقانُ من أفتنه ظلمته

    والنملُ في قصص لها تجافيد

    Light is the criterion for one beguiled by his darkness,

    and the ants, in tales, have tajafid [unclear in the text].

  49. والعنكبوتُ بنتْ بيتاً لتسكنه

    والروم تهدمه وقتاً وتبنيه

    And the spider built a house to dwell in,

    and the Romans demolish it at times and rebuild it.

  50. وجاء لقمان يتلو بيننا حكماً

    بسجدةٍ لترى الأحزابَ تأتيه

    And Luqman came, reciting words of wisdom among us,

    with a prostration, so you may see the confederates coming to him.

  51. وفي سبا فطروا ياسين واعتمدوا

    على الصفوفِ لصاد شربه فيه

    And in Saba they brought forth Ya-Sin and relied

    upon the ranks; for Sad, his portion of drink is therein.

  52. لما أتتْ نحونا أملاكه زُمَرا

    بمؤمنٍ فُصلتْ بما يلاقيه

    When his angels came toward us in companies,

    with a believer, it was explained through what he encounters.

  53. نعم وفي سورة الشورى لنا مثلٌ

    من الإله بتنزيه وتشبيه

    Yes, in the surah of Consultation we have a likeness

    from God, through transcendence and resemblance.

  54. وزخرفُ القولِ أبدته دجاجلةٌ

    بسورةِ الدُّخ صافٍ قد جثا فيه

    And the ornament of speech was displayed by impostors

    in the surah of Smoke; a pure one has knelt within it.

  55. أحقافه أوقعت فيها القتال وما

    فتح لحجر بقاف إذ تقفيه

    His sand dunes brought fighting into them, and no

    opening was made for an enclosure through Qaf, as you follow it.

  56. والذارياتُ التي في الطور مسكنُها

    هي الدواء لمن قد جاء يبغيه

    And the scattering winds, whose dwelling is on the Mount,

    are the remedy for one who has come seeking it.

  57. النجمُ والقمر العالي يسقفه ال

    رحمنُ عيناً وفي الآفاق يبديه

    The star and the lofty moon are roofed over by the

    All-Merciful Himself, and He reveals it on the horizons.

  58. وكلُّ نازلة في الكون واقعة

    من الحديد الذي بأساؤه فيه

    And every calamity in the cosmos is an event

    from the iron whose severity lies within it.

  59. فإن أتت نونا عينٌ تجادُلنا

    فالحشر يجمعنا وفيه ما فيه

    And if an eye comes toward us, disputing with us,

    then the gathering brings us together, and in it is what is in it.

  60. ولتمتحن نسوة في الدين هنَّ له

    مهاجرات بلا عجبٍ ولا تيه

    And let women be tested in the faith; for Him they are

    emigrants, without conceit or arrogance.

  61. والصفُّ للجمعاتِ سنة ثبتت

    ما للمنافق حظ فيه يشفيه

    And the rank for Friday gatherings is an established practice;

    the hypocrite has no share in it to heal him.

  62. إنَّ التغابنَ إنْ طلقت سابقةٌ

    فلا تحرّم له ملكاً توافيه

    Mutual loss is indeed a forerunner, if you divorce;

    so do not forbid him a kingdom you will reach.

  63. رأيت بالقلم الأعلى محققَه

    عند المعارج إذ نوحٌ يواليه

    I saw its verifier through the highest Pen

    at the ascending ways, as Nuh supported him.

  64. والجنُّ يعضده التزميل حين أتى

    مد ثريده منه إلى فيه

    And enwrapping supports the jinn; when he came,

    he extended his tharid from it to his mouth.

  65. وفي القيامة إنسانٌ بها لسن

    بالمرسلات ِ وعم النور يأتيه

    And in the Resurrection is a human eloquent through it,

    through those sent forth, and the light has spread, coming to him.

  66. بالنازعاتِ والأعمى كوّرت شمسٌ

    والانفطار مع التطفيف يحميه

    Through those that snatch away, and the blind man, a sun was folded up,

    and the splitting open, with short measure, protects him.

  67. والانشقاق إذا عاينت صورته

    عند البروجِ تجده طارقاً فيه

    And the rending apart, when you behold its form

    among the constellations, you find it a night visitor therein.

  68. سبح إلهكم الأعلى بغاشية

    بالفجر في بلدِ الشمسِ تبديه

    Glorify your God, the Most High, with an overwhelming event,

    at dawn, in the land of the sun, you reveal it.

  69. والليلُ عند الضحى يأتيه شارحه

    بالتينِ في علقٍ وقدره فيه

    And to the night, at morning brightness, its expounder comes

    with the fig, amid clots, and its measure is therein.

  70. ولم يكن زلزلوا بالعادياتِ إذا

    ما القارعاتُ أتتْ بالقبر تلهيه

    And 'It was not'—they were shaken by the chargers when

    the striking calamities came to distract him with the grave.

  71. والعصر يهمز فيلاً بالحجارة إذ

    جاءتْ قريشٌ بدينِ الحوضِ تنشيه

    And time prods an elephant with stones, when

    Quraysh came with the religion of the Basin, intoxicating him.

  72. وكافرٍ قد أبى نصراً فكان له

    التبُّ من سورة الإخلاص يأتيه

    And a disbeliever refused help, so for him

    perdition comes from the surah of Sincerity.

  73. وسورةُ الفلقِ النوريّ جاء بها

    للناسِ والله من ضرٍّ يعافيه

    And the surah of luminous Daybreak—he brought it

    for mankind, and God spares him harm.

  74. فهذه سورُ القرآنِ أجمعها

    جمعتُ أسماءها لرغبتي فيه

    These, then, are all the surahs of the Qur'an;

    I gathered their names out of my longing for it.