محمدُMuhammad الإسمِthe name حمدُpraise الرسمthe written form معلومُknown
محمدُ الإسمِ حمدُ الرسم معلومُ
وليسand not يحكيهportrays him منطوقٌwhat is spoken ومفهومُand what is understood
وليس يحكيه منطوقٌ ومفهومُ
Muhammad by name, praise in written form, is known.
Muhammad is the name, praise is the trait, well-known
And neither what is spoken nor what is understood portrays him.
And no spoken word or concept can describe him
لأنهbecause he is السرthe secret فالأسرارso the secrets تعرفهknow him
لأنه السر فالأسرار تعرفه
فكنso be بهthrough him السرthe secret إنindeed الجهرopen utterance موهومillusory
فكن به السر إن الجهر موهوم
For he is the secret, so the secrets know him.
For he is the secret, so the secrets know him
So be the secret through him; indeed, open utterance is illusory.
So be with him the secret, for the loud is delusion
ميمmīm الدوائرthe circles بالتحقيقin truth معتبرreckoned
ميم الدوائر بالتحقيق معتبر
فيin كلevery شيءthing فمقروءthus read ومرقومand inscribed
في كل شيء فمقروء ومرقوم
The mīm of the circles is, in truth, reckoned
The Meem of circles, considered true
In everything, and thus read and inscribed.
In everything, so written and destined
والمدand lengthening معناهits meaning فيin العرفcommon usage الزيادةthe increase منfrom
والمد معناه في العرف الزيادة من
شيءsomething يقالis said وماand what قدalready قيلwas said محتومdecreed
شيء يقال وما قد قيل محتوم
And lengthening, in common usage, means an increase from
And the stretch, its meaning in convention, addition from
Something spoken; and what has been said is decreed.
Something said, and what was said, destined
حاميمُḤā-Mīm فيin قلبهhis heart فهيso it is الزيادةthe increase معwith
حاميمُ في قلبه فهي الزيادة مع
حاميمُḤā-Mīm حاميمُḤā-Mīm سرُّthe secret السبعِof the seven مكتومconcealed
حاميمُ حاميمُ سرُّ السبعِ مكتوم
Ḥā-Mīm is in his heart; thus it is the increase, together with
The Haa, in his heart, so it is the addition with
Ḥā-Mīm, Ḥā-Mīm—the secret of the seven is concealed.
The Haa, the Haa, secret of the seventh, concealed
حاءḤāʾ وميمand mīm إليهاto them الدالُthe dāl منتسبٌrelated
حاء وميم إليها الدالُ منتسبٌ
لأنهbecause it is سرهاtheir secret يخفيهconceals it حلقومa throat
لأنه سرها يخفيه حلقوم
Ḥāʾ and mīm—the dāl is related to them,
Haa and Meem, to it the Daal related
For it is their secret, which a throat conceals.
For it hides its secret, esophagus
حرفa letter شريفnoble لهfor it التحريفthe distortion فيamong بشرmortals
حرف شريف له التحريف في بشر
قدindeed اعتراهمhas beset them علىfor تحريفهdistorting it شومill fortune
قد اعتراهم على تحريفه شوم
A noble letter, subject to distortion among mortals;
Noble letter, it corrupts in human
Ill fortune has beset them for distorting it.
Corrupted by its corruption, ill-omened