حق بدا في صورة الموهومِ

لما تسمَّى فيه بالقيومِ

The Truth appeared in the form of the Imaginary

When He was named the Eternal

وتتابعت أوصافه وترادفت

أسماؤه في أنفس وجسوم

And His attributes continued to flow

His names multiplied in souls and bodies

وتبينت أفعاله فتعاكست

أحكامها في أمره المحكوم

And His actions became manifest and opposed

His ordained judgments

نحن الكواكب في سموات الهدى

نرمي شياطين العدى برجوم

We are the stars in the heavens of guidance

Pelting the devils of enmity with shooting stars

صور شربناها حلاوة كوثر

والجاهلون تعبُّ من زقّوم

Images we drank the sweetness of Kawthar from

While the ignorant suffer from Zaqqum

قرأوا الوجود وساوساً وزخارفاً

وشكوك أوهامٍ وقبح فهوم

They read existence as delusions and decorations

And doubts, imaginations and the ugliness of understandings

ولقد قرأناه صحائف نُشِّرَت

بالحق بين معارف وعلوم

While we read it as pages spread

With the Truth between sciences and knowledge

ظل ظليل للذين به اهتدوا

وعلى الذين جفوه من يحموم

It was a shady shade for those guided by it

And burning distress for those who spurned it

ضاءت سموات القلوب بشمسنا

وعلى الورى كانت طلوع نجوم

The heavens of hearts shone with our sun

While for the people it was the rising of stars

والآن نوبته انقضت بظهورنا

وخصوصنا مستجمع لعموم

And now its time has passed with our appearance

Our exclusivity encompasses the generality

أزل له ما قبلنا ولنا به

أبد وليس الفرق غير رسوم

For Him is what was before us and for us through Him

Is eternity, the difference being only conventions

نحن الذين يضيء نور علومنا

بين الورى في غيبة المعصوم

We are those whose light of knowledge illuminates

Among the people in the absence of the Infallible

الله أكبر ما أعز مقامنا

وأجل وافر حظنا المقسوم

God is Great - how honorable is our station

And abundant our predestined share