هذا الثبوت الذي ما فيه تعطيل

هذا الثبوت الذي ما فيه تعطيل

الروضُ منها إذا استنشقت مطلول

الروضُ منها إذا استنشقت مطلول

This is the constancy in which there is no negation.

This firmness which has no cessation

The meadow from it is dew-laden when you breathe in.

The meadow from which when inhaled is fragrant

لذاك يخرج ما فيه على صور

لذاك يخرج ما فيه على صور

شتى تراها فتبديل وتحويل

شتى تراها فتبديل وتحويل

For that reason, what is within it emerges in forms,

Therefore it brings forth in various forms

Of many kinds, which you see—thus alteration and transformation.

That you see, changing and transforming

لا تسكننّ إلى صور تشاهده

لا تسكننّ إلى صور تشاهده

فيه فغايته في الحسِّ تبديل

فيه فغايته في الحسِّ تبديل

Do not rest content with forms you behold

Do not settle for forms you witness

Within it, for its utmost in sensory perception is change.

For its essence is change in the senses

واثبت على الجوهر الأصليّ تخط به

واثبت على الجوهر الأصليّ تخط به

عِلماً أتاكَ به من صدقه القيل

عِلماً أتاكَ به من صدقه القيل

And hold fast to the original substance; with it inscribe

And stand firm upon the original essence, bypass with it

Knowledge brought to you by one whose truthfulness speech attests.

Knowledge that came to you in its honesty of saying

الله أعظمُ قدراً أن يحاط به

الله أعظمُ قدراً أن يحاط به

عِلماً فما هو للبرهانِ مدلول

عِلماً فما هو للبرهانِ مدلول

God is too great in majesty to be encompassed

God is greatest in might, that He be encompassed

In knowledge; He is no object of demonstrative proof.

By knowledge, for He is not for argument inferred

إنَّ استنادي إليه لا أكيفه

إنَّ استنادي إليه لا أكيفه

فكيف أعلمه والعلمُ تحصيل

فكيف أعلمه والعلمُ تحصيل

Indeed, I rely on Him without assigning Him a modality.

Indeed my reliance on Him I do not qualify

How, then, can I know Him, when knowledge is acquisition?

So how can I know Him when knowledge is acquisition

وليس عندي منه ما أعينه

وليس عندي منه ما أعينه

إلا افتقاري إليه فهو محصول

إلا افتقاري إليه فهو محصول

And I have nothing of Him that I can specify,

And I have of Him nothing with which I aid Him

Except my need for Him—that is what is attained.

Except my need of Him, so He is the harvest

كما علمت غناه عن خليقته

كما علمت غناه عن خليقته

من اسمها عالماً أعطاه تنزيل

من اسمها عالماً أعطاه تنزيل

Just as I know His independence from His creation,

As you knew His lack of need for His creation

From its name, “world,” which revelation bestowed.

In its name, Knower, the Scripture named Him

كفى يسرِّح ما عقلي يقيده

كفى يسرِّح ما عقلي يقيده

فبيت عقلك بالأفكار معقول

فبيت عقلك بالأفكار معقول

It suffices; it frees what my intellect binds.

It suffices to free what my mind restricts

Thus the house of your intellect is fettered by thoughts.

So make your mind's home with thoughts reasonable

فصاحبُ الفكر بالأوهام في جهة

فصاحبُ الفكر بالأوهام في جهة

وصاحب الكشف بالتنزيل مقبول

وصاحب الكشف بالتنزيل مقبول

Thus the thinker, through imaginings, is in a direction,

So the thinker's thoughts are in one place

While the man of unveiling is accepted through revelation.

And the unveiled's revelation accepted