سبحان الباريء للنسم — Al Staley — Saqi

Glory to the Creator of souls.
And blessed is your Lord, possessor of bounty.
And exalted is Allah, mighty and majestic,
Bestower of favor and blessings.
And He is the Ever-Living, the Sustainer, without
Slumber overtaking Him; nor has He slept.
And the Last after all, without an end,
And the First before all, eternally pre-existent.
Originator of the living from the dead,
Bringer of lights out of darkness.
And He brings the world to death; then He is the
Giver of life to them after their bones have decayed.
King, One, Unique, the Self-Sufficient,
Reckoner of creation, without weariness.
He brought it forth and brings it back, just as
He brought it into being after nonexistence.
Likewise He fashioned the child and brought
him into being as a fetus after pregnancy's cravings.
And decreed ease for his birth
When he became a fetus in the womb.
And gave him milk to drink as he grew,
And nourished him with a weaned child's food.
And He sent the wind as a bearer of fertility,
So it stirs up clouds laden with gentle rain.
They then reach the earth and make it sprout
Green growth on the plain and on the hillocks:
Pasture and fruits, which He apportioned
As provision for servants and livestock.
So they go on yielding milk for us,
Distinct from dung and blood.
And a person says and does what
Has already been set down and decreed by the pen.
Whoever errs is blamed, and whoever is granted
Success hits the mark and is not blamed.
And sustenance—you strive in pursuit of it,
And it is obtained in proportion to the allotted share.
How strange is man—and how can he rejoice,
And how can he delight in what passes away?
And beauty turns to ugliness,
And pleasure is followed by pain.
How many a king had numbers in abundance,
So he built to dwell, yet did not dwell.
And has he not seen how it struck, and how many
Nations the vicissitudes of time annihilated?
It subdued kings who tyrannized and transgressed,
And grew insolent with wealth and tents.
So they built lofty, firmly raised structures,
And palaces with soaring fortified towers,
Until they reached their term, and there pounced
Upon them a hideous calamity among disasters.
And the people of Saba' at Ma'rib—
The flood of al-'Arim brought them to ruin.