ويا خالق الخلق المقدر كونهم

نظاماً قويماً كل ذات لصورة

And O Creator of creatures, who ordains their existence,

In a sound order, each being assigned a form.

الهي ابتدعت الممكنات سوية

كما شئت من جنس وطبع وهيأة

My God, You originated contingent beings, well-proportioned,

As You willed, in kind, nature, and form.

واتقنتها لم تحك صنعة متقن

ولم تسعتن فيها بظهرة قوة

And You perfected them, copying no skilled maker's work,

Nor did You seek any power's support in their making.

أردت فكانت فاستقرت بدائعاً

بحكم اختيار لا بصنع وعلة

You willed, and they came to be, then stood established as marvels,

By the decree of choice, not through artifice or cause.

مظاهر ذات اللّه مظهر فعله

مظاهر فعل اللّه مظهر حكمة

The manifestations of God's essence are the manifestation of His action;

The manifestations of God's action are a manifestation of wisdom.

تجلت بتخصيص الارادة فانجلى

عليها جمال اللّه لما تجلت

They appeared through the will's particular determination, and there shone forth

Upon them God's beauty when they appeared.

وفي حكمة التخصيص سر مخصص

لذاتك لا يقواه إدراك فطرة

And in the wisdom of that determination lies a secret reserved

For Your essence, beyond the grasp of innate understanding.

لقد كنت كنزاً خافياً فخلقتهم

لعرفانك اللهم من غير شبهة

Truly, You were a hidden treasure, so You created them

That they might know You, O God, without any doubt.

نصبت لهم منهم عليك أدلة

فما حيلة الأبصار عند الأدلة

You set up for them, from among themselves, proofs of You;

What recourse, then, have eyes before these proofs?

فهب لي في الابداع فكرة ناظر

ترقَّى يقيني فيك أرفع رتبة

So grant me an observer's reflection upon creation,

That my certainty in You may rise to the highest rank.

ويا خالقي نور جناني وقالبي

ويا خالقي أوجد رغائب طلبتي

And O my Creator, illumine my heart and my body;

And O my Creator, fulfill the wishes of my petition.