Sol 5.6

  1. I have praised my God, who is deserving of praise,

    for blessings too sublime to number or count.

  2. And I offer greetings, together with a prayer, to him who

    came as a messenger with truth, to free man and slave alike;

  3. and to the Family and Companions, all together, and everyone who

    follows in their footsteps, walking the paths of right guidance.

  4. Now then: I have granted authorization to one,

    Ṣuwaymiʿ, the well-known, in all the learning I possess.

  5. I have permitted him in this with a general authorization,

    subject to its customary condition among keepers of the covenant.

  6. Likewise the worthy al-Sarsī, Sālim al-Riḍā:

    I have granted him a comprehensive authorization, without refusal.

  7. And I ask the Lord of the Throne to benefit humankind

    through their praiseworthy knowledge, and grant success in the aim.

  8. I counsel them both to clothe themselves in the robes of piety,

    for knowledge without piety is like bees without honey.

  9. And bless, my God, morning and evening,

    the Chosen One and the Family, together with every loving soul.

  10. To God be praise forever; and the noblest thing

    with which poems are sealed is the closing praise.

Sol 5.6