الأصلthe root قدmay يثبتُهestablishes it فرعُهits branch
الأصل قد يثبتُه فرعُه
والفرعُand the branch لاdoes not يثبتهestablish it الأصلُthe root
والفرعُ لا يثبته الأصلُ
The root may be established by its branch,
But the branch is not established by the root.
الأصلُthe root لاno أصلroot لهfor it فاعتبرso consider
الأصلُ لا أصل له فاعتبر
قدرthe stature of الذيthe One who ليسis not لهfor Him أصلُa root
قدر الذي ليس له أصلُ
The root has no root, so consider
The stature of the One who has no root.
الفرعُthe branch قدmay يرجعbecome فيin علمناour knowledge
الفرعُ قد يرجع في علمنا
أصلاًa root لاdoes not ينكرهdeny it العقلreason
أصلاً لا ينكره العقل
The branch may become, in our knowledge,
A root that reason does not deny.
كعلمناlike our knowledge باللهof God منfrom علمناour knowledge
كعلمنا بالله من علمنا
بناof ourselves كماas عيَّنهspecified it النقلtransmitted tradition
بنا كما عيَّنه النقل
Like our knowledge of God from our knowledge
Of ourselves, as transmitted tradition has specified.
حتىuntil يرىis seen حَمديmy praise لهof Him مطلقاًunqualified
حتى يرى حَمدي له مطلقاً
ليسthere is not لهfor Him جنسٌa genus ولاnor فصلُa differentia
ليس له جنسٌ ولا فصلُ
Until my praise of Him is seen as unqualified—
He has neither genus nor differentia.
نادانيَcalled to me الحقُّthe Real بقرآنهthrough His Qur'an
نادانيَ الحقُّ بقرآنه
ياO فاعلاًdoer ليسthere is not لهfor him فعلan act
يا فاعلاً ليس له فعل
The Real called to me through His Qur'an:
“O doer who has no act!”
فقلتُso I said لبيكat Your service كذاthus علمناwe know
فقلتُ لبيك كذا علمنا
فالأمرfor the command منfrom بعدِafter ومنand from قبلbefore
فالأمر من بعدِ ومن قبل
So I said: At Your service! Thus we know:
For the command, afterward and beforehand,
للهto God مولاناour Master ولكنْbut بناthrough us
لله مولانا ولكنْ بنا
دقيقةٌa subtle truth جاءcame بهاwith it الفضلgrace
دقيقةٌ جاء بها الفضل
Belongs to God, our Master—but through us.
A subtle truth that grace has brought
لكلِّfor every ذيpossessor of كشفٍunveiling وذيand possessor of فطنةٍdiscernment
لكلِّ ذي كشفٍ وذي فطنةٍ
خَصَّصهاsingled it out جوداًgenerously بهاwith it البذلُbestowal
خَصَّصها جوداً بها البذلُ
For everyone endowed with unveiling and discernment,
Which generous bestowal has specially endowed with this.
Sol 6.1