أرى الأتباع تلحق سابقوهم

أرى الأتباع تلحق سابقوهم

بمن تبعوه في حكم وحالٍ

بمن تبعوه في حكم وحالٍ

I see the followers catching up with their forerunners,

I see the followers pursuing their predecessors

With those they followed, in judgment and state.

In the path of him whom they followed in judgment and state

وهذي لا خفاء بهم لديهم

وهذي لا خفاء بهم لديهم

تبينه مقامات الرجال

تبينه مقامات الرجال

And this is no secret to them concerning themselves;

And this is no secret to them

The stations of the men make it clear.

It is made clear by the stations of men

ولما أن رأيت وجود عيني

ولما أن رأيت وجود عيني

بعين القلب في ظلم الليالي

بعين القلب في ظلم الليالي

And when I saw the existence of my own essence

When I saw the existence of my eyes

With the heart's eye, in the darkness of the nights,

With the eye of my heart in the darkness of nights

سجدت لربنا معنى وحسّاً

سجدت لربنا معنى وحسّاً

سجودَ القلب أو عين الظلال

سجودَ القلب أو عين الظلال

I prostrated to our Lord, in spirit and in sense,

I prostrated to our Lord in meaning and sensation

With the prostration of the heart, or of the shadows' very essence.

The prostration of the heart or the eye of shadows

ولم أرفع لما تعطيه ذاتي

ولم أرفع لما تعطيه ذاتي

من الحاق الأسافل بالأعالي

من الحاق الأسافل بالأعالي

And I did not rise, because of what my essence imparts

And I did not raise up what my self gives

Of joining the lowest to the highest,

Of the lowly reaching the lofty

وإلحام الأباعد بالأداني

وإلحام الأباعد بالأداني

وإظهار السوابق بالمآل

وإظهار السوابق بالمآل

And fusing the farthest with the nearest,

And the far joining the near

And revealing what came before in the final outcome.

And the foremost showing the outcome

وقلت له لقد أسجدت قلبي

وقلت له لقد أسجدت قلبي

لقلبي كالزِّجاج مع العوالي

لقلبي كالزِّجاج مع العوالي

And I said to Him, 'I have indeed made my heart prostrate

And I said to Him, my heart has prostrated

To my heart, like spear-butts with spear-tips.'

To my heart like glass with the lofty

وخاطبني به فأبى وجودي

وخاطبني به فأبى وجودي

قبول خطابه لصلاح بالي

قبول خطابه لصلاح بالي

And He addressed me through it, but my being refused

And my existence spoke to me but refused

To accept His address, for the soundness of my mind.

To accept its speech for the soundness of my state

فإني ما علمت من أيّ وجه

فإني ما علمت من أيّ وجه

يخاطبني فقال من السؤال

يخاطبني فقال من السؤال

For I did not know from what direction

For I did not know in what manner

He addressed me; He said, 'From the question.'

It addresses me, so it said, from asking

فقلت علمت إنك لي مجيب

فقلت علمت إنك لي مجيب

على قدر السؤال بشرح حالي

على قدر السؤال بشرح حالي

So I said, 'I know that You answer me

So I said, I learned that you are my answerer

In proportion to the question, by explaining my state.

To the extent of my question with explaining my state

فإني ما أريد سوى ملاذي

فإني ما أريد سوى ملاذي

بملذوذ التواله والنوال

بملذوذ التواله والنوال

For I desire nothing but my delights,

For I want nothing but my refuge

In the sweetness of rapturous love and bounty.'

In the sweetness of attachment and attainment

يا أيُّها الناسُ اتقوا رَبّكم

يا أيُّها الناسُ اتقوا رَبّكم

زلزلةُ الساعةِ شيءٌ عظيم

زلزلةُ الساعةِ شيءٌ عظيم

O people, fear your Lord.

O people, fear your Lord.

The earthquake of the Hour is a tremendous thing.

The earthquake of the Hour is a tremendous thing.

يحذرها الكافر في كفره

يحذرها الكافر في كفره

كمثل ما يحذرها المستقيم

كمثل ما يحذرها المستقيم

The unbeliever fears it in his unbelief,

The disbeliever fears it in his disbelief

Just as the upright person fears it.

Like the pious fears it.

وإنني إنْ قلت فيها بما

وإنني إنْ قلت فيها بما

أعلمه كنت العليم الحكيم

أعلمه كنت العليم الحكيم

And indeed, if I spoke of it according to what

And if I speak about it with what

I know, I would be the All-Knowing, the Wise.

I know, I would be the Knowing, the Wise.

وإن سترناها ولم نبدها

وإن سترناها ولم نبدها

لعينها كنت القسيم الكريم

لعينها كنت القسيم الكريم

And if we concealed it and did not reveal it

And if we concealed it and did not reveal it

To its very essence, I would be the comely, the generous.

To the eye, I would be the Apportioner, the Generous.

الأمر موقوف على شعره

الأمر موقوف على شعره

تزال عن عين الغريم العديم

تزال عن عين الغريم العديم

The matter depends on his hair

The matter is dependent on His will

Being removed from the eye of the destitute debtor.

To be removed from the eye of the deprived worthless one.

فيظهر الأمر بأحكامه

فيظهر الأمر بأحكامه

ظهور منعوت بنعت القسيم

ظهور منعوت بنعت القسيم

Then the matter appears with its decrees,

So the matter will appear in its rulings

An appearance marked by the comely one's attribute.

Appearing attributed with the attribution of the Apportioner.