الربَّ يعرفُ مُطلقاً ومقيداً

الربَّ يعرفُ مُطلقاً ومقيداً

من حيث أسماءٌ له وصفاتْ

من حيث أسماءٌ له وصفاتْ

The Lord is known as absolute and conditioned,

The Lord knows the absolute and the limited

with regard to names and attributes belonging to Him.

Through Names attributed to Him and Qualities

ولو انتفى التقييد كان مُقيداً

ولو انتفى التقييد كان مُقيداً

بحقيقةِ الإطلاق في الإثباتْ

بحقيقةِ الإطلاق في الإثباتْ

And even if conditioning were absent, He would be conditioned

And if limitation were removed, He'd still be limited

by the reality of absoluteness in affirmation.

By the reality of Absoluteness in Affirmation

فالربُّ ربُّ الاعتقاد لديهمُ

فالربُّ ربُّ الاعتقاد لديهمُ

وهو الذي قد جاء في الآيات

وهو الذي قد جاء في الآيات

Thus, for them, the Lord is the Lord of belief,

So the Lord is the Lord of their belief in Him

and He is the one who has come in the verses.

And He is the One who came in the Verses

فلكل عقد في الإله علامة

فلكل عقد في الإله علامة

وبها تحلى نفسه إذ ياتي

وبها تحلى نفسه إذ ياتي

For every belief concerning God there is a sign,

So for every tenet in God there is a sign

and with it He adorns Himself when He comes,

With which He adorned Himself when He comes

حتى يقولوا إنَّ هذا ربنا

حتى يقولوا إنَّ هذا ربنا

جلَّ الإله عن الحلولِ بذات

جلَّ الإله عن الحلولِ بذات

until they say, “Indeed, this is our Lord.”

Until they say this is our Lord

Exalted is God above indwelling in any essence.

Exalted is God from incarnating in His Essence

فله من الوجه القريبِ تعلقٌ

فله من الوجه القريبِ تعلقٌ

وله الغنى عن كوننا بالذات

وله الغنى عن كوننا بالذات

Thus, from the aspect of nearness, He has a connection,

So He has attachment from the near aspect

and He is, in essence, independent of our existence.

And He is free from our being in His Essence

ولذا أتى حكم التضايف بيننا

ولذا أتى حكم التضايف بيننا

ما بين جمع كائنٍ وشتات

ما بين جمع كائنٍ وشتات

And so the rule of mutual relation arose between us,

And so the ruling of correlation came between us

between an existing unity and dispersion.

Between a gathered existence and disunity

فرأيتُ موجوداً بنعتِ وجودنا

فرأيتُ موجوداً بنعتِ وجودنا

وعرفت موجوداً بغير سماتِ

وعرفت موجوداً بغير سماتِ

So I saw a being bearing the attribute of our existence,

So I saw an existent with the attribute of our existence

and I knew a being without distinguishing marks.

And I knew an existent without qualities