لاno رؤيةvision ولاand no شهودْwitnessing
لا رؤية ولا شهودْ
فيin غيرother than مرآةmirror الوجودْexistence
في غير مرآة الوجودْ
No vision and no witnessing
No sight or witness
Outside the mirror of existence.
Except in the mirror of existence
بلrather ليسis not شيئاًa thing ظاهراًmanifest
بل ليس شيئاً ظاهراً
إلاexcept بهاthrough it بخلstinginess وجودand generosity
إلا بها بخل وجود
Rather, nothing is manifest
Nothing manifests
Except through it—stinginess and generosity.
Except through its generosity and existence
فيهاin it السمواتthe heavens العلاthe lofty
فيها السموات العلا
والأرضand the earth تبدوappears وتعودand returns
والأرض تبدو وتعود
In it are the lofty heavens,
In it are the highest heavens
And the earth appears and returns.
And the earth appears and disappears
وكلand all إدراكperception الورىhumankind
وكل إدراك الورى
وفهمهمand their understanding فيهاin it يرودroams
وفهمهم فيها يرود
And all perception of humankind
And all the perception of creation
And their understanding roam within it.
And their understanding flows back to it
والروحand the spirit والعقلand the intellect الذيwhich
والروح والعقل الذي
لهit has اعترافacknowledgment أوor جحودdenial
له اعتراف أو جحود
And the spirit, and the intellect which
And the soul and intellect which
Has acknowledgment or denial,
Either confesses or denies
وجملةand all الأجسامthe bodies للof the
وجملة الأجسام لل
أبناءdescendants جمعاًall together والجدودand the forebears
أبناء جمعاً والجدود
And all the bodies of
And all bodies altogether
Descendants and forebears together,
To all people, ancestors and descendants
يبدونthey appear فيin المرآةthe mirror معwith
يبدون في المرآة مع
فنائهمtheir annihilation بعدafter النفودexhaustion
فنائهم بعد النفود
Appear in the mirror along with
Appear in the mirror with
Their annihilation after exhaustion.
Their annihilation after departure
معwith غيبةabsence المرآةthe mirror عنfrom
مع غيبة المرآة عن
كلall المعانيthe meanings والعقودand beliefs
كل المعاني والعقود
While the mirror remains hidden from
Despite the mirror's absence from
All meanings and beliefs.
All meanings and conventions
وليسand not يدريknows أحدanyone
وليس يدري أحد
بهاof it علتit has risen عنbeyond القيودthe constraints
بها علت عن القيود
And no one has knowledge
And no one knows
Of it; it has risen beyond constraints.
Its cause, free from constraints
والكلand all ظاهرmanifest بهاthrough it
والكل ظاهر بها
لأنهاbecause it is الربthe Lord الودودthe All-Loving
لأنها الرب الودود
And all is manifest through it,
And all are manifest through it
Because it is the All-Loving Lord.
For it is the Loving Lord
وهوand He is الوجودBeing الحقthe true لاno
وهو الوجود الحق لا
سواهother than Him والكلand all حدودlimits
سواه والكل حدود
And He is true Being; there is none
And He is the True Existent beyond
Besides Him, and all else is limitation.
All else, and all else are limits
تقذفهمit casts them منfrom غيبهاits unseen realm
تقذفهم من غيبها
علىupon عماءclouded obscurity أوor شهودmanifest presence
على عماء أو شهود
It casts them forth from its unseen realm
Which Its mystery casts upon
Into clouded obscurity or manifest presence.
Blindness or witnessing
هذاthis هوit الدينthe faith الذيwhich
هذا هو الدين الذي
منwhoever ارتقىascends بهthrough it يسودattains mastery
من ارتقى به يسود
This is the faith whereby
This is the religion by which
Whoever rises through it attains mastery.
One who aspires, prevails
وهوand it is اعتقادbelief أمةa community
وهو اعتقاد أمة
مضواthey passed on منfrom among القومthe people الأسودthe lions
مضوا من القوم الأسود
And it is the belief of a community
And it is the creed of a nation
Who have passed on, among the lion-hearted folk:
Who went beyond the dark people
أهلadherents of الشريعةthe sacred law الأُلَىwho
أهل الشريعة الأُلَى
همthey فيin الركوعbowing والسجودand prostration
هم في الركوع والسجود
The people of the sacred law, who
The people of the sublime law
Are bowing and prostrating,
Bowing and prostrating
علىin الصلاةprayer دائموconstant (word continued)
على الصلاة دائمو
نplural-ending continuation فيin القيامstanding والقعودand sitting
ن في القيام والقعود
Constant in prayer,
Always in prayer standing and sitting
In standing and sitting.
Upon them is the pleasure of
عليهمupon them الرضوانgood pleasure منfrom
عليهم الرضوان من
ربيmy Lord مدىas long as تحريكmoving عودa stick
ربي مدى تحريك عود
May good pleasure rest upon them from
My Lord for as long as the wood is stirred
My Lord, as long as a stick is moved.
Partial English translation: 33 of 34 Arabic lines translated.