لله قومٌ لهم في كلِّ حادثةٍ

لله قومٌ لهم في كلِّ حادثةٍ

شانٌ وصورتهم من لا له شانُ

شانٌ وصورتهم من لا له شانُ

To God belong a people who, in every occurrence,

God has a people for whom in every event

have a concern, and whose appearance is that of one who has none.

There is a special distinction, their image is not like those without distinction

فإن نظرتَ إليهم في تصرفهم

فإن نظرتَ إليهم في تصرفهم

تقولُ ما هم كما قالوا وما كانوا

تقولُ ما هم كما قالوا وما كانوا

So if you look at them in their conduct,

So if you look at them in their conduct

you say, “They are not as they said, nor were they.”

You say they are not as they said nor as they were

يعم علمهمُ أحوالَ كونهمُ

يعم علمهمُ أحوالَ كونهمُ

الماض وآلات بالتصريف والآنُ

الماض وآلات بالتصريف والآنُ

Their knowledge encompasses the states of their being:

Their knowledge encompasses the states of their existence

the past, and instruments, through transformation, and the present.

The past, the means of steering, and the present

سبحانَ من خصَّهم منه بصورته

سبحانَ من خصَّهم منه بصورته

هم المقيمون في الوقت الذي بانوا

هم المقيمون في الوقت الذي بانوا

Glory be to Him who singled them out, from Himself, with His form.

Glory to Him who singled them out with His image

They are the ones abiding at the time they departed.

They are the eternal ones from the time they appeared

مسافرون ولم تفقد ذواتهمُ

مسافرون ولم تفقد ذواتهمُ

من المجالس والأعيان أعيان

من المجالس والأعيان أعيان

They are travelers, yet their selves have not been missed

Travelers, yet their essences are not missed

from the gatherings; the entities are entities.

From assemblies and people, the elite of the elite

أجسامهم هي أجسادٌ ممثلةٌ

أجسامهم هي أجسادٌ ممثلةٌ

للناظرين وهم في العين إنسان

للناظرين وهم في العين إنسان

Their bodies are corporeal forms made manifest

Their bodies are bodies acting

to beholders; within the eye, they are its pupil.

For onlookers, and they are human in appearance

بهم نراهم كما قلنا ويشهد لي

بهم نراهم كما قلنا ويشهد لي

من رؤية الله عرفانٌ ونكران

من رؤية الله عرفانٌ ونكران

Through them we see them, as we said; and witness for me is borne

Through them we see them as we said, and testifies to me

by recognition and denial arising from seeing God.

Whoever knows God, affirmation and denial

أنت اعترفتَ بمن أنكرتَ صورته

أنت اعترفتَ بمن أنكرتَ صورته

الأمر سوق فأرباحٌ وخسران

الأمر سوق فأرباحٌ وخسران

You acknowledged the One whose form you denied.

You have acknowledged those whose image you denied

The affair is a market: profits and loss.

The matter is marketing, so profits and losses

وهم ذوو بصر لما يرون وهم

وهم ذوو بصر لما يرون وهم

عند الأكابر منا فيه عميانُ

عند الأكابر منا فيه عميانُ

And they possess sight for what they see, yet they,

And they have insight into what they see, yet they

in the judgment of the great ones among us, are blind to it.

Are blind to our leaders in it

لا يهتدون لما تعطى نواظرهم

لا يهتدون لما تعطى نواظرهم

وما لهم في الذي يرون برهان

وما لهم في الذي يرون برهان

They find no guidance in what their eyes are given,

They are not guided to what their sights are given

and they have no proof concerning what they see.

And they have no proof in what they see

وكلُّ ما انكروا منه أو اعترفوا

وكلُّ ما انكروا منه أو اعترفوا

به فذلك عند القومِ عرفان

به فذلك عند القومِ عرفان

And whatever they denied of Him or acknowledged,

And all that they denied or acknowledged

that, in the judgment of these people, is recognition.

Of it, that is recognition to the people

هم في الكتابِ الذي اخفته غيرته

هم في الكتابِ الذي اخفته غيرته

منهم ومن غيرهم في الصدر عنوان

منهم ومن غيرهم في الصدر عنوان

They are, in the book that His jealousy concealed

They are the inscription in the book whose jealousy

from them and from others, a heading within the breast.

Concealed it from them and from others in hearts, a title

ما في الوجودِ سوى جودِ خزائنه

ما في الوجودِ سوى جودِ خزائنه

لها إذا نزلتْ بالخلقِ ميزان

لها إذا نزلتْ بالخلقِ ميزان

Nothing exists except the bounty of His treasuries.

There is nothing in existence but the generosity of its treasuries

For them, when they descend upon creation, there is a balance.

For it, if it descends upon creation, a scale

لكنه عنده لا عندهم ولذا

لكنه عنده لا عندهم ولذا

يخيب في نظر الإنصاف أوزان

يخيب في نظر الإنصاف أوزان

But it is with Him, not with them; and therefore

But it is with Him, not with them, and so

weights prove wanting in the judgment of fairness.

It disappoints in the eyes of justice, weights