1. لمتى أنت في الضلال المبينِ

    سلم الأمر واعتصم باليقينِ

    How long will you remain in manifest error?

    Surrender the matter and hold fast to certainty.

  2. يا ابن يومين لا تكن في جدال

    أنت كالبرق نشؤُ حينٍ فحينِ

    O son of two days, do not engage in dispute.

    You are like lightning, arising moment after moment.

  3. ربنا الله وحده يتجلى

    عندنا بالتقبيح والتحسين

    Our Lord, Allah alone, manifests Himself

    to us through making ugly and making beautiful.

  4. قال كن للورى فكانوا جميعاً

    وهو أمر مرتب التعيين

    He said 'Be!' to creation, and they all came to be.

    And it is a command whose determination is ordered.

  5. حضرة بالجلال تبدو وتخفى

    ظهرت بالجمال للتبيين

    A Presence appears and is hidden in majesty;

    it has appeared in beauty to make itself known.

  6. فبدا كل أحور الطرف أحوى

    يتجلّى بوجه حور عين

    Then every dark-eyed, dusky one appeared,

    manifesting in the face of wide-eyed houris.

  7. إن تثنَّى فغصنُ بانٍ رطيبٍ

    قابضٍ كلَّ مهجة باليمين

    If he sways, he is a fresh bough of the bān tree,

    holding every heart in his right hand.

  8. وهو لا شك وصف ولدان حور

    حجبت بالجلال عن كل عين

    And this is, without doubt, a description of fair, dark-eyed youths,

    veiled by majesty from every eye.

  9. دار دنيا ودار جنة خلد

    واحد عند عارف مستكين

    The abode of this world and the abode of eternal Paradise

    are one to a humble knower.

  10. وهي عند الجهول نار تلظّى

    سوف يدري بذاك من غير مين

    And to the ignorant one, it is a blazing fire;

    he will learn of that, without a lie.

  11. فاكشفوا يا قلوب عمن رأيتم

    ظاهراً بالوجود فالدين ديني

    So lift the veil, O hearts, from the One you have seen

    manifest in existence—for the faith is my faith.

  12. حجبتكم نفوسكم فجهلتم

    أنه النور نور حق مبين

    Your selves have veiled you, so you did not know

    that He is the Light, the light of manifest Truth.

  13. ونفتكم عن الهدى شهوات

    من حلال ومن حرام مهين

    And desires have banished you from guidance,

    from lawful things and from base, forbidden things.

  14. وهواكم هوى الجهول خبيث

    لم يطب باعتبار ما في الكمين

    And your passion—the passion of the ignorant—is vile;

    it has not become pure, considering what lies in ambush.

  15. عهد ربي ألستُ خنتُم جهاراً

    ما اتبعتم صراط طه الأمين

    My Lord's covenant, 'Am I not?'—you betrayed it openly.

    You did not follow the path of Ta Ha, the trustworthy one.

  16. وكتاب الأبرار يعلو علوّاً

    وكتاب الفجار في سجين

    And the record of the righteous ascends on high,

    and the record of the wicked is in Sijjin.

  17. جعلوا رزقهم من الضعف أن قد

    كذّبوا بالدين القوي المتين

    Out of weakness, they made their portion this: that they had indeed

    denied the strong, steadfast faith.