موجودْ معدومْ لا موجودْ لا معدومْ

موجودْ معدومْ لا موجودْ لا معدومْ

عبدٌ كثيرُ الخطا في حضرةِ القيومْ

عبدٌ كثيرُ الخطا في حضرةِ القيومْ

Existent, nonexistent—neither existent nor nonexistent.

Existent, nonexistent—neither existent nor nonexistent.

A servant, much given to error, in the presence of the Self-Subsisting.

A servant, much given to error, in the presence of the Ever-Sustaining One.

عالمْ غدا ما لَهُ علمٌ ولا معلومْ

عالمْ غدا ما لَهُ علمٌ ولا معلومْ

لا فعلَ بل فعلُهُ الممدوحُ والمذمومْ

لا فعلَ بل فعلُهُ الممدوحُ والمذمومْ

A knower who came to have neither knowledge nor anything known.

A knower who has come to have neither knowledge nor anything known.

No act—rather, his act is both praised and blamed.

No action—rather, his action is praised and blamed.