ظهرت يا نور والسوى عدمُ

ظهرت يا نور والسوى عدمُ

فأشرقت من ظهورك الظلمُ

فأشرقت من ظهورك الظلمُ

You appeared, O Light, and all else is nonbeing.

You appeared, O Light, and the void was no more

So darkness shone forth from Your manifestation.

So you shone from your rising, and darkness was over

وبان سرُّ الحدوث في صور

وبان سرُّ الحدوث في صور

بها عليها تلبَّس القدم

بها عليها تلبَّس القدم

And the mystery of coming-into-being appeared in forms,

And the secret of origination was seen in forms

In them and upon them, eternity clothed itself.

With which eternity was clothed from of old

وموج بحر الوجود مختلف

وموج بحر الوجود مختلف

وهو الكتاب المبين والكلم

وهو الكتاب المبين والكلم

And the waves of the sea of Being are varied,

And the wave of the sea of existence was stirred

And it is the clear Book and the words.

It is the Clear Book and the Word

لنا إلى الحق نسبة ظهرت

لنا إلى الحق نسبة ظهرت

بها يكون النعيم والألم

بها يكون النعيم والألم

A relation to the Real appeared for us,

We have a relation to Truth that appeared

Through which bliss and pain come to be.

By it there comes bliss or pain

يا أمة النور هذه رتب

يا أمة النور هذه رتب

تبدو بها الذات ثم تنكتم

تبدو بها الذات ثم تنكتم

O community of Light, these are ranks

O nation of Light, these ranks

Through which the Essence appears, then is concealed.

Reveal the Essence, then are concealed

نحن وأنتم وأنتما وهما

نحن وأنتم وأنتما وهما

وهن وهو الجميع قل وهم

وهن وهو الجميع قل وهم

We, and you all, and you two, and the two of them,

We and you and you two and they two

And they, and he—say: all are illusion.

And she and he - all are Him

وليس إلا الوجود صادرة

وليس إلا الوجود صادرة

شئونه عنه منه تنقسم

شئونه عنه منه تنقسم

And there is nothing but Being; issuing forth

And there is no existence but derived

Are its modes from it, branching out from it.

From His qualities from Him dividing

وجهٌ له باعتبارها ويدٌ

وجهٌ له باعتبارها ويدٌ

كذاك عينٌ وصورة وفم

كذاك عينٌ وصورة وفم

In respect of them, it has a face and a hand,

A face belonging to Him in one aspect, and a hand

Likewise an eye, a form, and a mouth,

Likewise an eye, a form, a mouth

وكل ما جاءت النصوص به

وكل ما جاءت النصوص به

والحكْم منه اقتضاه والحكم

والحكْم منه اقتضاه والحكم

And all that the texts have brought,

And all that the revealed texts told of

And what its judgment and wisdom have required.

And the judgment reason required of wisdom

قف عندها يا حجاب حضرتها

قف عندها يا حجاب حضرتها

مدادها عنه أنت مرتسم

مدادها عنه أنت مرتسم

Halt at them, O veil of their presence;

Stop at them, O veil of His court

Their ink is from it; you are inscribed.

You are inscribed by their ink from Him

وكن بها لا بغيرها ولها

وكن بها لا بغيرها ولها

لا لسواها يزول منبهم

لا لسواها يزول منبهم

And be through them, not through anything else, and for them,

And be by them, not by other than them, and for them

Not for anything other than them; what is obscure will vanish.

Not for other than them, the confused will pass away

واعلم بأن الوجود ها هو ذا

واعلم بأن الوجود ها هو ذا

وما سواه فإنه عدم

وما سواه فإنه عدم

And know that Being—here it is;

And know that existence, this, is He

And whatever is other than it is nonbeing.

And all else, it is nonexistence

يكشف عن ذاته ويظهرها

يكشف عن ذاته ويظهرها

له ويعطيك غيره الوهم

له ويعطيك غيره الوهم

It unveils its Essence and reveals it

He discloses His Essence and shows it

To itself; illusion gives you what is other than it.

To Him and gives you other than Him fancy

وهو على نفسه به وله

وهو على نفسه به وله

يكتبنا فوق لوحه القلم

يكتبنا فوق لوحه القلم

And upon Being itself, through it and for it,

And He in Himself, by Him and for Him

The Pen writes us upon its tablet.

Inscribes us above the Tablet of the Pen

وليس فيما مضى وما هو في

وليس فيما مضى وما هو في

مستقبل غيره هم التهم

مستقبل غيره هم التهم

And neither in what has passed nor in what lies in

And in what passed and what is

The future is there anything other than it; those others are suspicions.

To come, none but He, they are the covetous

الله الله يا موحده

الله الله يا موحده

فإنه محسن ومنتقم

فإنه محسن ومنتقم

God, God, O you who affirm His oneness!

God, God O my Unifier

For He is a benefactor and an avenger.

For He is Beneficent and Avenger

وكن له خائفاً ومرتجياً

وكن له خائفاً ومرتجياً

تمضي البلايا وتقبل النعم

تمضي البلايا وتقبل النعم

And be fearful of Him and hopeful in Him;

And be in awe of Him and hopeful in Him

Afflictions pass away, and blessings approach.

Afflictions will pass and favors come

ولا تجد غيره تجده به

ولا تجد غيره تجده به

فغيره الجهل منك واللمم

فغيره الجهل منك واللمم

And find no other than Him; you will find Him through Him.

And you will find none but Him finding Him

For anything other than Him is your ignorance and a touch of madness.

Other than Him is from you ignorance and blame

من ذل للغير فهو عابده

من ذل للغير فهو عابده

وذلك الغير عنده صنم

وذلك الغير عنده صنم

Whoever abases himself before anything else is its worshipper,

Who humbles himself to other, he but worships it

And that other is, to him, an idol.

And that other to him is an idol