Claude 2

  1. عجبت لمن دعا ولمن أجابا

    وما علم الدعاء ولا الجوابا

    I wondered at the one who prayed and the one who answered,

    And did not know the prayer or the answer.

  2. فلما ان تحققَّ من دعاه

    وحقق ما دعاه به أنابا

    So when the one who prayed was sure,

    And made sure what he prayed for humbly,

  3. ولكن بالإيابةِ عن قبولٍ

    لدعوته فأخطأ ما أصابا

    But in answering the acceptance of his prayer he missed what he hit.

    As for the knowers of Him, they stood

  4. وأما العارفون به فقاموا

    عن الكشف الذي يهدي الصوابا

    Above the unveiling which guides to the right.

    And His law affirmed the affirmation of a scholar,

  5. وقرر شرعّه تقرير حبر

    وأنزله على شخص كتابا

    And revealed it to the person of a book.

    And the believers won through it and obtained

  6. وفازَ المؤمنون به ونالوا

    من الله السعادةَ والثوابا

    From God happiness and reward.

    And the sinners obtained much forgiveness,

  7. ونالَ المذنبون كثيرَ عفوٍ

    وفي الدنيا فما أمنوا العقابا

    And in the world so they feared no punishment,

    Establishing His ordained limit in them

  8. إقامة حدِّه المشروعِ فيهم

    يقامُ به وقد قبلَ المتابا

    Is established by which he accepted the penitent.

    And no repentance he accepts will avail him from it,

  9. ولا ينجيه منه قبولُ توبٍ

    إذا علم الإمامُ وقد أنابا

    When the Imam knows and he has turned in penance.

    And the Imam judges him by his religion and chooses him

  10. وبدينه الإمام ويصطفيه

    ويوليه العقوبةَ والعقابا

    And assigns him punishment and penalty.

    And this is not the judgement of the Resurrection in him,

  11. وما حكمُ القيامة فيه هذا

    وإنْ وفاه خالقه الحسابا

    Even if his Creator absolved him in accounting.

    The Ash’ari sees him without limit,

  12. يراه الأشعريُّ بغير حدٍّ

    ويثبتُ منكروه له الحجابا

    And its deniers veil it from him.

    And whoever witnessed matters without a veil

  13. ومن شهدَ الأمور بلا غطاء

    تراه وما تراه إذا يحابى

    Sees it and does not see it when it is hidden.

    And the All-Knowing witnesses it in every aspect

  14. ويشهده العليم بكلِّ وجه

    ويعلم أنه إنْ خابَ خابا

    And knows that if he erred, he erred.

    And were it not for His being, there would be no being,

  15. ولولا كونُه ما كان كون

    وبالإتيان أشهدنا السحابا

    And by bringing us the clouds He showed us witnesses.

    The decisive judgment came to you in us,

  16. أتاك بها الحكمُ الفصلِ فينا

    ويفتح ظُله فيه وبابا

    And opens its shade in it and a door.