الْعِلْمُ ما أَوْصَلَ أَرْبابَهُ

الْعِلْمُ ما أَوْصَلَ أَرْبابَهُ

إلى انكِشافِ الْحَقِّ رَأْياً لِعَيْن

إلى انكِشافِ الْحَقِّ رَأْياً لِعَيْن

Knowledge is what leads its adepts

Knowledge is what brings its possessors

to truth unveiled—a vision to the eye.

to the unveiling of truth, seen by the eye.

وما عَدَا هَذَا فَمَحْصُولُهُ

وما عَدَا هَذَا فَمَحْصُولُهُ

ظَنٌّ وَكُلُّ الْعِلْم للمَرْءِ زَيْن

ظَنٌّ وَكُلُّ الْعِلْم للمَرْءِ زَيْن

Anything short of this yields only

And whatever lies outside this yields

conjecture; and all knowledge adorns a person.

conjecture; and all knowledge is an adornment to a person.

فَهَبْ لِيَ الْعِلْمَيْنِ يا وَاهِبَ ال

فَهَبْ لِيَ الْعِلْمَيْنِ يا وَاهِبَ ال

جَزْلِ ويا كَشّاف غينٍ وَرَيْن

جَزْلِ ويا كَشّاف غينٍ وَرَيْن

So grant me both knowledges, O Giver of

So grant me both kinds of knowledge, O Giver of the

lavish bounty, O Dispeller of clouding and rust.

abundant bounty, and O Dispeller of haze and rust.