الِلّهAllah قلsay وذرand leave aside الوجودexistence وماand whatever حوىit contains
الِلّه قل وذر الوجود وما حوى
إنif كنتَyou are مرتاداًseeking بلوغَattainment of كمالِperfection
إن كنتَ مرتاداً بلوغَ كمالِ
Say 'Allah,' and leave existence and all it holds,
O God, say and leave existence and all it contains
if you seek to attain perfection.
If you seek to attain perfection
فالكلُّfor everything دونapart from اللَهِAllah إنif حقّقتهُyou discern its reality
فالكلُّ دون اللَهِ إن حقّقتهُ
عدمٌnothingness علىin التفصيلdetail والإجمالand in sum
عدمٌ على التفصيل والإجمال
For all besides Allah, if you discern its reality,
For all below God, if you examine it
is nothingness, in detail and as a whole.
Is nothingness in detail and in general
واعلَمand know بأنكthat you والعوالمand the worlds كلَّهاall of them
واعلَم بأنك والعوالم كلَّها
لولاهُwere it not for Him فيin محوeffacement وفيand in اضمحلالdissolution
لولاهُ في محو وفي اضمحلال
And know that you and all the worlds
And know that you and all the worlds
would, but for Him, be effaced and dissolved.
Without Him would be wiped out and destroyed
منwhatever لاno وجودَexistence لذاتهِfor its essence منfrom ذاتهits own essence
من لا وجودَ لذاتهِ من ذاته
فوجودهُthen its existence لولاهُwere it not for Him عينُthe very essence of محالِimpossibility
فوجودهُ لولاهُ عينُ محالِ
Whatever has no existence from its own essence—
One who has no existence in his essence
its existence without Him is sheer impossibility.
His existence without Him is purely impossible
فالعارفونَso the knowers فنواthey were effaced ولمّاand have not yet يشهدواthey witness
فالعارفونَ فنوا ولمّا يشهدوا
شيئاًanything سوىother than المتكبرthe Supremely Great المتعالthe Most Exalted
شيئاً سوى المتكبر المتعال
So the knowers were effaced and have not beheld
Thus the gnostics vanished and when they witnessed
anything but the Supremely Great, the Most Exalted.
Nothing but the Exalted, the Magnificent
ورأواand they saw سواهُall besides Him علىin الحقيقةِtruth هالكاًperishing
ورأوا سواهُ على الحقيقةِ هالكاً
فيin الحالthe present والماضيand the past والإستقبالand the future
في الحال والماضي والإستقبال
And they saw all besides Him truly perishing,
And saw all else as perishing in reality
in the present, the past, and the future.
In the present, past and future
فالمحso look بعقلكwith your mind أوor بطرفكwith your eye هلdo ...? ترىyou see
فالمح بعقلك أو بطرفك هل ترى
شيئاًanything سوىother than فعلan act منَamong الأفعالthe acts
شيئاً سوى فعل منَ الأفعال
So look with your mind or your eye: do you see
So erase with your mind or glance - do you see
anything but an act among acts?
Anything but acts from the Acts?
وانظُرand look إلىat علوthe heights of الوجودexistence وسفلهِand its depths
وانظُر إلى علو الوجود وسفلهِ
نظراًa gaze تؤيدهُyou reinforce it بالإستدلالِby reasoned inference
نظراً تؤيدهُ بالإستدلالِ
And look at the heights of existence and its depths,
And look upon the height of existence and its low
with a gaze you reinforce through reasoning.
A look supported by reasoning
تجدyou will find الجميعeverything يُشيرُpointing نحوtoward جلالهِHis majesty
تجد الجميع يُشيرُ نحو جلالهِ
بلسانwith the tongue of حالٍstate أوor لسانthe tongue of مقالspeech
بلسان حالٍ أو لسان مقال
You will find everything pointing toward His majesty,
You will find all pointing to His Majesty
with the tongue of its state or the tongue of speech.
With the tongue of state or tongue of words
هوHe ممسكupholding الأشياءall things منfrom علوٍheight إلىto
هو ممسك الأشياء من علوٍ إلى
سفلٍdepth ومُبدِعُهاand their Originator بغيرِwithout مثالِa model
سفلٍ ومُبدِعُها بغيرِ مثالِ
He upholds all things, from the heights to
He who upholds things from high to
the depths, and originates them without a model.
Low and originates them without model