هذاthis القديمthe Eternal One وهذهand these أفعالُهُHis acts
هذا القديم وهذه أفعالُهُ
وجلالُهand His majesty هوit ظاهرmanifest وجمالُهُand His beauty
وجلالُه هو ظاهر وجمالُهُ
This is the Eternal One, and these are His acts.
His majesty is manifest, as is His beauty.
لاno حادثoriginated thing إلاexcept الذيwhat فيin علمهHis knowledge
لا حادث إلا الذي في علمه
بالحقin truth كانwas لذكرهfor remembrance of Him إنزالهits sending down
بالحق كان لذكره إنزاله
No originated thing exists except what is in His knowledge;
in truth, its sending down was for remembrance of Him.
والكلand all فيهin Him وليسand is not شيءanything خارجاًoutside
والكل فيه وليس شيء خارجاً
عنهfrom Him وهذاand this فيin الظهورmanifestation كمالهHis perfection
عنه وهذا في الظهور كماله
All is in Him, and nothing is outside
Him; this is His perfection in manifestation.
والحادثand the originated thing المعلومknown ليسis not بحادثoriginated
والحادث المعلوم ليس بحادث
علمknowledge قديمeternal مثلهlike it أحوالهits states
علم قديم مثله أحواله
The known originated thing is not originated:
it is eternal knowledge, and its states are likewise.
لكنyet لهit has حدثorigination; ritual impurity يقالit is said شريعةin sacred law
لكن له حدث يقال شريعة
إنthat الطاهرةthe pure one رفعهits removal وزوالهand its disappearance
إن الطاهرة رفعه وزواله
Yet it has an impurity; it is said in sacred law
that the pure [state] is its removal and disappearance.
كالعبدlike a servant يعلمknows ثمthen يذكرrecalls علمهhis knowledge
كالعبد يعلم ثم يذكر علمه
لاnot خارجاًoutside عنهfrom him وذاكand that خيالهhis imagination
لا خارجاً عنه وذاك خياله
Like a servant who knows, then recalls his knowledge,
not outside himself—and that is his imagination.
أهلpeople of الجمالbeauty لهمfor them بهthrough Him بسطexpansion كماjust as
أهل الجمال لهم به بسط كما
أهلpeople of الجلالmajesty بقبضهمthrough their contraction إجلالهreverence for Him
أهل الجلال بقبضهم إجلاله
The people of beauty have expansion through Him, just as
the people of majesty revere Him through their contraction.
لاnot هؤلاءthese لهؤلاءto those مجانسakin
لا هؤلاء لهؤلاء مجانس
هيهاتhow far apart! أينwhere is الليلthe night أينwhere is هلالهits crescent
هيهات أين الليل أين هلاله
These are not akin to those.
How far apart! Where is the night, and where its crescent?
جمعgathered الإلهGod الحقthe Real يومon the Day of قيامةResurrection
جمع الإله الحق يوم قيامة
كلall الجلالmajesty لنارهfor His Fire إضلالهHis leading astray
كل الجلال لناره إضلاله
God, the Real, gathered on Resurrection Day
all majesty for His Fire—His leading astray;
وكذاand likewise الجمالbeauty جميعهall of it المجموعgathered فيin
وكذا الجمال جميعه المجموع في
نورthe light of الجنانthe Gardens تفيَّأتهsought shade in it ظلالهHis shadows
نور الجنان تفيَّأته ظلاله
and likewise beauty, all of it, gathered in
the light of the Gardens, in which His shadows sought shade.
ذاكthat الذيwhich للظالمينfor the wrongdoers كماjust as الذيthat which
ذاك الذي للظالمين كما الذي
للصالحينfor the righteous هوit الجمالbeauty وآلهand its kin
للصالحين هو الجمال وآله
That which is for the wrongdoers, like that which
is for the righteous, is beauty and its kin.
مقسومةapportioned فيin العلمknowledge تلكthat وهذهand this
مقسومة في العلم تلك وهذه
حكمتdecreed بقسمتهاconcerning their apportionment لناfor us آزالهHis eternities past
حكمت بقسمتها لنا آزاله
That and this are apportioned in knowledge;
His eternities past decreed their allotment to us.
لاno خلفbreach of promise لاno تبديلalteration فيin كلماتهHis words
لا خلف لا تبديل في كلماته
نصthe explicit text of الكتابthe Book درتknew بهof it أبدالهHis substitute saints
نص الكتاب درت به أبداله
No broken promise, no alteration in His words:
the Book's explicit text, which His Abdal have understood.