إِلهي بنُورِ الذَّاتِ في القِدَمِ الأَسْمَى

بحضرَةِ قدسٍ ضمنَها حضرَةُ الأَسْمَا

My God, with the light of Your Essence from the highest Eternity

With a holy presence within which lies the presence of the Highest Names

بسِرِّ كتابٍ قد نشَرْتَ بطَيِّهِ

لأَهلِ الهُدى سِرًّا وأَفهمْتَهُمْ حُكْمَا

With the secret of a Book You have spread out in its wrapping

As guidance for the rightly-guided, a secret and wise lesson

بأُسْلوبِ حالٍ في القُلُوبِ بثَثْتَهُ

فأَتْرَعْتَها من نورِ حِكمتِكَ العُظْمَى

With a state infused in hearts that You have sown

So they sprout with the light of Your Greatest Wisdom

بأَفئدَةٍ طارتْ إليكَ بصِدقِها

وما عَلِقَتْ سَلْمَى ولا عَشِقَتْ أَسْمَا

With hearts that have flown to You in their truthfulness

Without clinging to any but You or loving any but Your Names

بهمَّةِ أَقوامٍ تَزاحَمَ عومُها

على بابِكَ العالي وأَبعَدَتِ المَرْمَى

With the resolve of a people whose throngs have competed

At Your Lofty Door, distancing every obstacle

بمَدِّ أَنينٍ من رِجالٍ بلَيْلهِمْ

لأَجلَكَ يا موْلايَ قدْ مزَّقوا العَتْمَا

With the moans at night of men who have torn apart the darkness

For Your sake, O my Master, and whose hair has whitened in yearning for You

قد اشْتَعَلَتْ شيباً عليكَ رُؤوسُهُمْ

وفي حُبِّكَ المَقْصودِ قد أَوْهَنوا العَظْمَا

In love for You, the desired aim, they have weakened the strongest

With their devotion as they bow down worshipfully to You

بلهفَتِهِمْ إذْ يَخْشَعونَ تبتُّلاً

إليكَ وللأَغْيارِ ما حَمَلوا هَمَّا

Bearing no concern for others

With the shedding of tears their eyes have chained

برقْراقِ دمعٍ سلسلَتْهُ عُيونُهُمْ

عُيوناً وما اسْطاعوا لإفْشائِها كَتْمَا

Eyes that could not hold back their flowing

With the sincerity of insights illuminated by Your Light

بإِخلاصِ أَلبابٍ بنورِكَ أَشرَقَتْ

جَلَوْتَ عليها من طِرازِ الهُدى رَقْمَا

Upon which You have marked the pattern of guidance

With the ecstasy of breasts opened through You

بوَجْدِ صُدورٍ فيكَ قدْ شُرِحتْ وقدْ

أَضاءَتْ ولم تحمِلْ لشأنِ السِّوى غَمَّا

Shining without bearing sadness over base matters

With every cloak laid down before Your Door for the men

بكلِّ بِساطٍ للرِّجالِ فرَشْتَهُ

ببابِكَ حتَّى جدَّدوا في السُّرى العَزْمَا

So they may renew their resolve in intimacy with You

With Your perfectly instilled Qur’ān in the heart of Aḥmad

بقُرْآنِكَ المَفْروغِ في قلبِ أَحمدٍ

نبيِّ الهُدى أزْكى صُنوفِ الوَرَى فَهْمَا

The brightest star of prophets, the choicest of creation in wisdom

In his retreat in the presence of intimacy and pleasure from You

بخلوتِهِ في حضرَةِ الأُنسِ والرِّضا

بشأنٍ به قدْ زِدْتَهُ دائِماً عِلْمَا

In a state through which You constantly increased his knowledge

From what his spirit attained in nearness with You

بما شارَفَتْهُ منكَ روحُ جَنابِهِ

فأَصبَحَ أعلى الأَنْبِياءِ الأولى نَجْمَا

So he became the highest of past prophets and the first guiding star

With his overflowing proof from his place of resolve

ببُرْهانِهِ الفَيَّاضِ من طَوْرِ عزمِهِ

بمَجْلى مَنارٍ منه أَتمَمْتَهُ حَزْمَا

At the shining station of Light You perfected his determination

With the kindness of a heart You folded within him

برأفَةِ قلبٍ قد طوَيْتَ بذاتِهِ

فقامَ رؤوفاً مثلَما نَعْتُهُ قِدْمَا

So he stood kindly just as You described him early on

With the power of authority You bestowed upon his state

بقدرَةِ سُلطانٍ أَفَضْتَ لحالِهِ

فقامَ لكلِّ الرُّسْلِ والأَنبِيا خَتْمَا

He stood as the Seal of the Messengers and Prophets

With every prophet who partook through him in his absence

بكلِّ نبيٍّ نابَ عنهُ بغَيْبِهِ

وكلِّ وليٍّ من عِنايَتِهِ شَمَّا

And every saint who tasted his spiritual state

Through my grandfather, Father of the Abbas, the heir to his state

بجَدِّي أَبي العَبَّاسِ وارِثِ حالِهِ

ومن نالَ سهماً عزَّ من طَوْرِهِ سَهْمَا

And whoever obtained an arrow marked by his lofty station

Through all my noble ancestors, may God ennoble them

بأَسْلافِنا الغُرِّ الكِرامِ جميعِهِمْ

ومن لهُمُ يُعزى ومن لهُمُ يُنْمَى

And whoever is ennobled and nurtured through them

Save his follower in Your mercy out of Your bounty

تَدارَكَ بفضلٍ منكَ رَبَّاهُ رَحمَةً

وأَفرِغْ علينا الصَّبْرَ واصْلِحْ لنا العَزْمَا

And grant us patience and rectify our resolve

Empower the swords of might uniquely through You

ومكِّنْ سُيوفَ البطشِ منكَ تفرُّداً

بقومٍ عَلينا قدْ بَغَوْا سيِّدي ظُلْمَا

Against a people who have wronged us, my Master, unjustly

Seize them forcefully, sever their ropes

وخُذْهُمْ بقبضِ القهرِ واقْطَعْ حِبالَهُمْ

وجَلْجِلْ عليهِمْ من وَتيرِ القَضا سَهْمَا

Shoot them with arrows of inescapable destiny

We raise our state to You, O Raiser of the Lofty Ranks

رفعْنا إليكَ الحالَ يا رافِعَ العُلى

وجِئْنا بنقصٍ إنْ نظَرْتَ له تَمَّا

Confessing our failing if You see any

Purify the expanse of our hearts from all filth

فطهِّرْ من الأَدْناسِ رُحْبَ قُلوبِنا

بنورِ التَّجلِّي واكْشِفِ الهمَّ والغَمَّا

With the light of divine self-disclosure, remove our worries and grief