فيin فَسادِcorruption الأَحوالِthe affairs لِلَّهِbelonging to God سِرٌّa secret
في فَسادِ الأَحوالِ لِلَّهِ سِرٌّ
وَاِلتِباسٌand ambiguity فيin غايَةِthe utmost degree of الإيضاحِclarity
وَاِلتِباسٌ في غايَةِ الإيضاحِ
In the corruption of affairs, God has a secret,
In the corruption of affairs, God has a secret plan,
And ambiguity amid the utmost clarity.
And in extreme confusion, there is ultimate clarity.
فَيَقولُso say الجُهّالُthe ignorant قَدindeed فَسَدَhas become corrupt الأَمthe matter (word begins here)
فَيَقولُ الجُهّالُ قَد فَسَدَ الأَم
رُcompletion of “the matter” وَذاكَand that الفَسادُcorruption عَينُthe very essence of الصَلاحِgood order
رُ وَذاكَ الفَسادُ عَينُ الصَلاحِ
So the ignorant say, “The matter has become corrupt,”
The ignorant say, “Things are falling apart,”
Yet that corruption is good order itself.
But that very collapse is the essence of recovery.
Sol 6.1