كبِّر إلهك فالإله كبير

والخلق إن حقرته فكبيرُ

Glorify your God for God is Great

And creation, though you belittle it, is great

ولذاك جاء بوزن أفعل فاعتبر

في لفظ أكبر فالمقامُ خطير

And that's why it came in the pattern 'af'al' so take heed

In the word 'akbar' for the occasion is momentous

لا تحقرنَّ الخلقَ إن مقامه الت

عظيم والتعزيز والتوقيرُ

Do not belittle people for their station is

Exalted, and due esteem and honor

فهو الدليل على مكوّن ذاته

فله التصوُّر ما له التصوير

For they are proof of their Maker's essence

So to Him belong conception and depiction

فإذا ذكرت الله وحِّد ذاته

فمقامها التوحيد ولها التكثير

And when you mention God, profess His Oneness

For its stance is oneness, though multiplicity belongs to it

ولتكثير النسب التي ثبتت له

فهو الوحيد وإنه لكثير

And belongs to the multiplication of attributes attached to Him

He is One though abundant

فهو المريد وجودنا من عينه

وإذا أراد وجودنا فقدير

He is the willful of our existence from His essence

And when He wills our existence, He is Able

وهو المكلم والمناجي عبدَه

بالطورِ في النيران وهو النور

He is the Speaker, the One who converses with His servant

At the Mount amidst the flames, and He is the Light

وهو السميعُ هو البصيرُ بخلقه

وهو العليم بما علمتَ خبير

He is the Hearer, the Seer of His creation

He is the Knower, the Expert of what you know

إني رأيت قصيدتي ديباجةً

فيها نُضارٌ رقمُها وحرير

I saw my poem as a fine robe

In it, youthful features, its embroidery and silk

أوّلتها أسماءه ونعوته

فلها على كلِّ الوجوهِ ظهورِ

I began it with His Names and Attributes

For through every aspect, they are manifest