أَلاbehold إنّindeed وعدَthe promise of الحقّthe True One أصدقtruest موعودِthing promised
أَلا إنّ وعدَ الحقّ أصدق موعودِ
وَماand what قَدalready قَضىHe decreed فيin خلقهِHis creation غيرnot مردودِreversed
وَما قَد قَضى في خلقهِ غير مردودِ
Behold, the True One's promise is the surest promise.
Behold, the promise of Truth is the most truthful promise
And what He has decreed in His creation cannot be undone.
And what He has decreed for His creation cannot be undone
إِليهِto Him تَعالىexalted be He يَرجعُreturns الأمرthe affair كلّهُall of it
إِليهِ تَعالى يَرجعُ الأمر كلّهُ
كَماjust as إنّهindeed it بَداappeared منهfrom Him كلّevery موجودِexisting thing
كَما إنّه بَدا منه كلّ موجودِ
To Him, exalted be He, every affair returns,
All matters will return to Him, the Exalted
just as all that exists came forth from Him.
As everything that exists originated from Him
وَماand not هذهِthese الأعمارُlifetimes إلّاexcept مسافةٌa span
وَما هذهِ الأعمارُ إلّا مسافةٌ
إِلىto أجلٍan appointed end عندَwith المهيمنthe Guardian معدودِnumbered
إِلى أجلٍ عندَ المهيمن معدودِ
And these lifetimes are nothing but a span
These lifetimes are but a distance
to an appointed end, reckoned by the Guardian.
To an appointed time with the Overseer, already counted
فَياso, O مُغفلاًone neglecting ذكرَthe remembrance of المَناياdeaths كأنّهas though he
فَيا مُغفلاً ذكرَ المَنايا كأنّه
بِكأسِwith the cup of المَناياdeaths ليسَis not يوماًone day بموعودِpromised
بِكأسِ المَنايا ليسَ يوماً بموعودِ
So, O you who neglect the remembrance of death, as though
O heedless of the remembrance of death, as though
you were not destined one day to drink death's cup!
He will never be promised the cup of death
أَماsurely إنّهاindeed it لوif سالَمتكَhad made peace with you لَسالمتit would have made peace
أَما إنّها لو سالَمتكَ لَسالمت
فَتىa young man كأبيlike Abu العبّاسal-Abbas أحمدAhmad داوودِDawud
فَتى كأبي العبّاس أحمد داوودِ
Surely, had death made peace with you, it would have made peace with
If it would spare you, it would spare
a young man like Abu al-Abbas Ahmad Dawud.
A youth like Abu Al 'Abbas Ahmad Dawood
فَتىًa young man كانَwas ذاpossessing هونٍgentleness عَلىupon الأرضِthe earth مشيهُhis walk
فَتىً كانَ ذا هونٍ عَلى الأرضِ مشيهُ
قَنوعاًcontented مِنَfrom الدنياthe world بِأيسرwith the slightest مرفودِgift bestowed
قَنوعاً مِنَ الدنيا بِأيسر مرفودِ
A young man whose tread upon the earth was gentle,
A youth who walked the earth with ease
content with the smallest gift from this world.
Content with the simplest of the world's refuse
تَدرّعhe armored himself لِلدّنياagainst the world وكانَand he was هوىan object of love لهاto it
تَدرّع لِلدّنيا وكانَ هوى لها
بِأبيضَwith a white one فَضفاضٍample مِنof الزهدrenunciation مسرودِinterlinked
بِأبيضَ فَضفاضٍ مِن الزهد مسرودِ
He armored himself against the world, though he was its beloved,
He armed himself against the world, and his passion for it
with a white, ample coat of mail woven from renunciation.
Was a flowing white garment of renunciation
تُؤرّقهُkeep him awake سودُblack اللياليthe nights لِيَجتليso he may behold
تُؤرّقهُ سودُ الليالي لِيَجتلي
بياضَthe whiteness of المَعانيthe meanings منfrom صحائفpages سودِblack
بياضَ المَعاني من صحائف سودِ
Black nights kept him wakeful, so that he might discern
The blackness of the nights would trouble him
the whiteness of meanings from black pages.
So the whiteness of meanings would manifest from black pages
فَأصبحَso he came to be فيin دارِthe abode of الكرامةِhonor آنساًat ease
فَأصبحَ في دارِ الكرامةِ آنساً
بِحورٍwith houris حسانٍbeautiful بالغاًattaining كلّevery موعودِthing promised
بِحورٍ حسانٍ بالغاً كلّ موعودِ
So he came to dwell in the abode of honor, at ease
Thus he came to reside in the house of blessings
with beautiful houris, attaining all that was promised.
In the company of lovely wide-eyed maidens, having attained all that was promised
وَفيand in الخلدِeternity إِذwhen وافىhe arrived بيومٍon a day مؤرّخٍdated
وَفي الخلدِ إِذ وافى بيومٍ مؤرّخٍ
تُبينُdisplay اِحتفالاًa celebration حورُhouris of أحمدAhmad داوودِDawud
تُبينُ اِحتفالاً حورُ أحمد داوودِ
And in eternity, when he arrived on a day thus dated:
And in eternity, when he met his appointed day
Ahmad Dawud's houris display their celebration.
The maidens of Ahmad Dawood rejoiced in celebration
Sol 6.1