الحمد للأوَّلِ والآخر

الأحد الباطنِ والظاهر

Praise be to the First and the Last

The One, the Hidden and the Manifest

بوحدةِ الكبر عرفت الذي

قرَّره الرحمن في خاطري

Through His Oneness of Greatness I knew Him

Whom the Merciful established in my heart

إنَّ الغنى وصفٌ له ثابتٌ

عند اللبيب العاقلِ الناظر

Indeed, Richness is an attribute fixed for Him

In the mind of the wise and thoughtful observer

والنقلُ قد أثبت أسماءَه

لحكمتهِ الخابرِ والحائر

Transmission has proven His names

For His penetrating and confounding wisdom

والكشفُ قد قال بهذا وذا

لأنه في الموقفِ الباهر

Unveiling has spoken of this and that

For He is overwhelming in the splendid scene

يبهر أربابَ الحجى بالغنى

ويبهر الناقلُ بالحابر

He overwhelms the learned with Richness

And overwhelms the transmitter with the Overwhelmer

وهو على ما هو في نفسه

يحكم للأوَّل والآخر

And He judges, as He is within Himself

For the First and the Last