أحرف في سكونها الإعدامُ

أحرف في سكونها الإعدامُ

ولها في وجوده إدغامُ

ولها في وجوده إدغامُ

Letters—in their stillness lies annihilation.

Letters in their stillness is execution

And in His existence they are assimilated,

And in their existence is assimilation

في وجود الحق الذي لا سواه

في وجود الحق الذي لا سواه

فعليه به ومنه السلام

فعليه به ومنه السلام

in the existence of the Real, besides whom there is none.

In the existence of the Truth, there is no other

So upon Him, through Him, and from Him be peace.

So to Him belong peace and from Him, greetings

إن إدغام أحرف الكون فيه

إن إدغام أحرف الكون فيه

لسكون بها هو الإنعام

لسكون بها هو الإنعام

Indeed, the assimilation of the cosmos's letters into Him,

The assimilation of the letters of the universe in Him

because of a stillness within them, is the bestowal of grace.

Is stillness by which is blessing

فإذا ما تحركت فك عنها

فإذا ما تحركت فك عنها

فاستقلت وفاتها الإدغام

فاستقلت وفاتها الإدغام

So whenever they move, it is released from them;

So if they move, release them

then they become independent, and assimilation eludes them.

And they become independent and their assimilation passes

ولهذا يقول ربي له ما

ولهذا يقول ربي له ما

سكن الليل والنهار دوام

سكن الليل والنهار دوام

And for this reason my Lord says: His is whatever

And for this my Lord says to Him as long as

rests by night and day, forever.

The night and day remain

فهي لولا السكون ما كان إدغا

فهي لولا السكون ما كان إدغا

م لها فيه أو عليها قيام

م لها فيه أو عليها قيام

Thus, without stillness, there would be no assimilation

So without stillness, there would have been no assimilation

of them into Him, nor any sustaining of them.

For them in Him or establishment over them

أحرف الكائنات عن نفس الحق

أحرف الكائنات عن نفس الحق

ق اختلاف لها به وانقسام

ق اختلاف لها به وانقسام

The letters of created things arise from the breath of the Real;

The letters of the existents from the essence of the Truth

through it, they differ and divide.

Are differing for them with Him and division

فإذا ما تركبت كلمات

فإذا ما تركبت كلمات

هي تتلى وجمعهن كلام

هي تتلى وجمعهن كلام

Then, whenever they are composed into words,

So if words are compiled

these are recited, and together they form speech.

They are recited and their collection is speech

قوله الحق فاستمع يا ابن ودي

قوله الحق فاستمع يا ابن ودي

والسوى باطل هو الأوهام

والسوى باطل هو الأوهام

His utterance is the truth; so listen, O son of my love.

The word of the Truth so listen O son of fervor

And all else is falsehood—it is illusion.

And all else is falsehood, it is delusions

جل رب به البرية قاموا

جل رب به البرية قاموا

لا بعلم والعالمون استقاموا

لا بعلم والعالمون استقاموا

Exalted is the Lord, through whom creation subsists,

Exalted is the Lord by whom the land stood

not through knowledge; and those who know stand firm.

Not by knowledge, and the knowledgeable became upright