1. قلم يجري له النورُ يدُ

    فوق لوح معه يتحدُ

    A pen runs; light is its hand,

    over a tablet with which it becomes one.

  2. يكتب الظاهر والباطن من

    كل شيء كان فهو المدد

    It writes the outward and the inward of

    everything that has come to be, for it is the sustaining power.

  3. وهو عين الكل والكل له

    راجع إذ هو فيهم رصد

    And it is the very essence of all, and all to it

    returns, for it keeps watch among them.

  4. وهو لا شك كثير بالورى

    وهو في تحقيقه منفرد

    And it is, without doubt, manifold through created beings,

    yet in its true reality it is one alone.

  5. مثل ما أنك ذو عقل به

    تعقل الأشيا كما يعتمد

    Just as you possess an intellect through which

    you comprehend things, as is accepted.

  6. بحر ماء موجه أرواحه

    راق والأجسام فيه الزبد

    A sea of water, whose waves are its spirits,

    is clear, and bodies within it are the foam.

  7. وإذا شئت فقل عقل وقل

    هي نفس كل شيء تلد

    And if you wish, say 'intellect,' and say:

    'It is a soul that gives birth to everything.'