1. إذا النور من فارٍ أو من طور سيناء

    أتى عاد ناراً للكليم كما شاء

    When the light, from Fār or from Mount Sinai,

    came, it turned to fire for the one God addressed, as He willed.

  2. فكلمه منه وكان لحاجته

    رأها به فاسترسل الحال أشياء

    So He spoke to him from it; and it was for his need;

    he saw it through Him, and the state unfolded into things.

  3. وإن شاء ربُّ الوقتِ من حالِ من سعى

    على أهلِه من خالصِ الصدق انشاء

    And if the Lord of the moment willed, from the state of one who strove

    for his family, a creation born of pure sincerity.

  4. وأما أنا من أجلِ أحمد لم أر

    سوى بلة من قدر راحتنا ماء

    As for me, for Ahmad's sake I saw nothing

    but a little moisture—water the measure of our palm.

  5. فلم يك ذاك القول إلا ببقعة

    من الواد سماها لنا طور سيناء

    That utterance was nowhere but in a spot

    of the valley, which He named for us Mount Sinai.

  6. واسمعني منها كلاماً مقدَّسا

    صريحاً فصحَّ القولُ لم يك إيماء

    And He let me hear from it sacred speech,

    explicit; thus the utterance was sound, not a hint.

  7. ولم يحكم التكليفَ فينا بحالة

    وجاء به الله المهيمنُ أنباء

    And He did not decree obligation for us through a state;

    and God, the Guardian, brought it as tidings.

  8. فالقيت كلّ اسم لكوني وكونه

    إذا انصف الرائي يفصل اسماء

    So I cast aside every name for my being and His;

    if the beholder judges fairly, he distinguishes names.

  9. وكان إلى جنبي جلوساً ذوو احجى

    فلم يفشه من أجلهم لي إفشاء

    And beside me sat people of understanding;

    so, for their sake, He did not divulge it openly to me.

  10. وما ثم أقوالٌ تُعاد بعينها

    إلا كلُّ ما في الكونِ لله له بداء

    And there are no utterances there repeated exactly as they were,

    except that all in the universe is God's, and His is fresh manifestation.

  11. إذا ماتتِ الألباب من طول فكرها

    أتى الكشفُ يحيها من الحقِّ إحياء

    When minds die from thinking too long,

    unveiling comes to revive them with life from the Real.

  12. وقد كان أخفاها من أجل عشرتي

    لنكر بهم قد قام إذ قال إخفاء

    And He had hidden them on account of my company,

    for disapproval had arisen among them when He spoke in secret.

  13. خفاها فلم تظهر دعاها فلم تجب

    وكان الدعا ليلا فأحدثَ إسراء

    He hid them, so they did not appear; He called them, so they did not answer.

    And the call was at night, so He brought about a night journey,

  14. ليظهر آياتٍ ويبدي عجائبا

    لناظره حتى إذا ما انتهى فاء

    to reveal signs and display wonders

    to His beholder, until, when he reached the end, he returned

  15. إلى أهله من كلِّ حسٍّ وقوّة

    فقرَّب أحباباً وأهلكَ أعداء

    to his household of every sense and faculty.

    Then he drew loved ones close and destroyed enemies.

  16. وأرسل أملاكا بكل حقيقته

    إليه على حبٍّ وألف اجزاء

    And He sent angels with the fullness of His reality

    to him in love, and joined the parts together.

  17. وأبدى رسوما داثرات من البلى

    فابرز أمواتا وأقبر أحياء

    And He revealed traces effaced by decay;

    then brought forth the dead and buried the living.

  18. وأظهر بالكاف التي عميت بها

    عقول عن إدراك التكافؤ أكفاء

    And He manifested, through the kāf by which were blinded

    minds to the perception of equivalence, equals.

  19. وما كانت الأمثالُ إلا بنورِه

    فكانت له ظلاً وفي العلم أفياء

    And the likenesses existed only through His light;

    thus they were a shadow for Him, and shades within knowledge.

  20. وارسل سحباً مُعصراتٍ فامطرتْ

    لترتيبٍ أنواء وحرَّم أنواء

    And He sent rain-laden clouds, which poured down rain

    for an ordering of rain-stars; and He forbade rain-stars.

  21. فرَّوضكَ مطلولٌ بكلِّ خميلةٍ

    إذا طله أوحى من الليل أنداء

    So your garden is dew-drenched in every thicket,

    when He bedewed it, He imparted dews from the night.

  22. فعطر أعرافاً لها فتعطرتْ

    أزاح بها عن روضه اليانعِ الداء

    So He perfumed its scents, and it grew fragrant;

    with them He drove disease from His flourishing garden.

  23. وصيرّها للداء عنها مزيلة

    فكانت شفاءً للمسامِ وأدواء

    And He made them remove disease from it;

    thus they became healing for the pores, and ailments.

  24. وأطلع فيها فيها الزهر من كلِّ جانبٍ

    نجوما تعالت في الغصون وأضواء

    And in it, in it, He brought forth blossoms on every side,

    stars rising high among the branches, and lights.

  25. وقد كانت الأرجاء منها علي رجي

    فأوصلها خيراً وأكبر نعماء

    And its expanses had rested upon hope;

    so He brought them goodness and the greatest bounty.

  26. فهذي علومُ القوم إن كنتَ طالباً

    ودع عنك أغراضا تصدُّ وأهواء

    These, then, are the sciences of the folk, if you are a seeker;

    and put aside aims that hinder you, and passions.

  27. فدونك والزم شرعَ أحمد وحدَه

    فإنّ له في شرعة الكلّ سيساءَ

    So take this, and hold fast to Ahmad's law alone,

    for his is the backbone within the law of all.