مراتب ذات في البرية تحكمُ

وما هي إلا الآخر المتقدمُ

The ranks of an Essence hold sway throughout creation,

and it is none but the Last—the One who precedes.

معاني صفات دونهن مراتب

قديمات عهد بالحوادث تعلم

The meanings of attributes have ranks beneath Him,

ancient in covenant, made known through temporal events.

مناط كلا الأمرين غيب مقدس

وجود له منه عليه مترجم

The ground on which both matters rest is a hallowed Unseen:

an existence belonging to it, proceeding from it, and interpreting it.

محا ما بدا منه وأثبت ما اختفى

ولاح طراز بالمراتب مُعْلَم

It effaced what appeared from it and affirmed what lay concealed,

and an ornate design gleamed forth, marked with the ranks.

مقامات قدس الذات معراج همتي

وقلبي بُراقي والذي ثَمَّ مبهم

The sacred stations of the Essence are my aspiration’s Ascension,

and my heart is my Buraq; what lies there is obscure.

مكانة قرب دونها كل كائن

على الإرث نلناها وزال التوهم

A station of nearness beneath which every existent stands—

through inheritance we attained it, and delusion vanished.

معي سرها باق وإن حجد السوى

وإن غشي الليل الذي هو مظلم

Its secret abides with me, though all else deny it,

and though the night, dark as it is, should close in.

مشيت بها أسعى على حكم أمرها

وعندي لها بيت حرامٌ وزمزم

With it I walked, pressing on as its command decreed,

and I possess for it a Sacred House and Zamzam.

مبين كتابي ناطق بكلامها

وإني وإياها الذي يتكلم

My book makes it clear, giving voice to its speech,

and I, together with it, am the one who speaks.

مضت قبلنا أمثالنا وستهتدي

إليها أناس بعدنا وتسلم

Those like us passed before us, and people after us will be guided

to it—and it will remain intact.