عَلَيَّ للهِ إنْ أُعْطيتُ مَقْدِرَةً
في الْحَلِّ والْعَقْدِ في وِرْدٍ وفي صَدَرِ
It is my duty to God, if I am granted power,
If God grants me authority
to loose and bind, in coming and going,
To bind and to loosen, to spell and recite
أنْ أَنْشُرُ الْعَدْلَ نَشْراً تستنيرُ به
مَعالِمُ الدّينِ في بَدْوٍ وفي حَضَر
to spread justice so that it brings light to
I will spread justice as light spreads
the landmarks of religion, among nomads and settled folk,
Illuminating the tenets of faith in desert and town
مِنْ بَعْدِ طَيِّ بِساطِ الْجَوْرِ عَنْ كَمَلٍ
عِنْدَ انْبِساطِ يَدِي بالنّصْرِ والظّفَرِ
after rolling up the carpet of oppression in its entirety,
After the carpet of injustice has long been rolled up
when my hand stretches forth with victory and triumph.
As my hand spreads in victory and triumph
وقَدْ دَعَا لِيَ خَيْرُ الْخَلْقِ أَحْمَدُ مَنْ
جاءَتْ بمدْحَتِهِ الآياتُ في السُّوَرِ
And the best of creation, Ahmad, has prayed for me—he whose
The best of creation, Ahmad, prayed for me
praise the verses in the surahs proclaim.
Whose praises the verses in the suras proclaim
وقَالَ أَيِّدْ بهِ الشَّرْعَ الْحَنِيفَ فَهَلْ
يَشُكُّ في مِثْلِ ذَا فَرْدٌ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ
And he said, “Strengthen the upright Law through him.” So does
"Support through him the upright canon," he said
a single human being doubt such a thing?
Can any mortal doubt the like of this command?
فَمنْ رآهْ مَنَاماً قَدْ رَآهُ كما
لَوْ كانَ حَيّاً وَهَذَا صَحَّ في الْخَبَرِ
For whoever sees him in a dream has indeed seen him, as
Who sees me in a dream has seen me truly
though he were alive—and this is confirmed in the tradition.
As if I were alive—that is the true report
Sol 6.1