لا حيرة في الحق عند ذوي الهدى

لا حيرة في الحق عند ذوي الهدى

بل عندهم منه الهداية تعرفُ

بل عندهم منه الهداية تعرفُ

There is no bewilderment concerning the Real among those endowed with guidance;

There is no bewilderment concerning the Real among those endowed with guidance.

rather, among them, guidance from Him is recognized.

Rather, among them, guidance from Him is known.

قوم أزال حجابه عن قلبهم

قوم أزال حجابه عن قلبهم

وبهم يسوَّى بل بهم هو يوصف

وبهم يسوَّى بل بهم هو يوصف

They are a people from whose hearts He lifted His veil;

A people from whose heart He has lifted His veil.

through them He is given form—rather, through them He is described.

And with them He is equated; rather, through them He is described.

لا زال فيهم نور ظلمة كونهم

لا زال فيهم نور ظلمة كونهم

أين الظلام وشمسه لا تكسف

أين الظلام وشمسه لا تكسف

Within them still shines the light of the darkness of their being.

May the light of their existence’s darkness never cease within them.

Where is darkness, when its sun is never eclipsed?

Where is darkness, when His sun is not eclipsed?

والعين تلك العين واحدة كما

والعين تلك العين واحدة كما

كانت قديماً عند من هو منصف

كانت قديماً عند من هو منصف

The Essence—that very Essence—is one, just as

And the Essence—that very Essence—is one, just as

it was from all eternity, in the judgment of the fair-minded.

it was of old, in the judgment of anyone fair-minded.

والناس حاروا بالعقول لأنهم

والناس حاروا بالعقول لأنهم

راموا التكيف وهو ليس يكيف

راموا التكيف وهو ليس يكيف

People became bewildered through reason, because

And people were bewildered by their intellects, because they

they sought to assign Him a mode, though He cannot be given one.

sought to define His mode of being, though He cannot be so defined.

فلو احتموا بحماه عن أفكارهم

فلو احتموا بحماه عن أفكارهم

وبه اهتدوا لا بالعقوللَأُتْحفوا

وبه اهتدوا لا بالعقوللَأُتْحفوا

Had they taken refuge in His sanctuary from their thoughts,

Had they taken refuge in His sanctuary from their thoughts,

and let Him—not reason—guide them, they would have been graced with gifts.

and been guided through Him, not through reason, they would surely have been granted gifts.

لكن إذا رام المهين رتبة

لكن إذا رام المهين رتبة

للمرء قام بها فمن ذا يحرف

للمرء قام بها فمن ذا يحرف

But when the abased one aspires to a station

But when the Abaser desires a rank

meant for man and takes his stand in it, who then can turn him aside?

for a man, he occupies it—who, then, can alter it?

فهو المكيف بالأوامر للحجى

فهو المكيف بالأوامر للحجى

وبحضرة القيوم ذاك مكيف

وبحضرة القيوم ذاك مكيف

For He is the One who conditions reason through His commands,

For He is the one who conditions reason through commands,

and in the Presence of the Self-Subsisting, reason is what is conditioned.

and in the presence of the Self-Subsisting One, that reason is conditioned.