1. الهِيَ يا قيوم ذاتاً بذاته

    لوجهك قيومية الأحدية

    My God, O One self-subsisting in essence through His own essence,

    To Your Face belongs the self-subsistence of absolute oneness.

  2. ومن قام بالموجدة حفظاً وحيطة

    ولطفاً وتدبيراً بأية نسبة

    And He who tends creation, preserving and protecting,

    And with kindness and governance, in every relation;

  3. ومن قامت الدنيا والأخرى بأمره

    له فيهما تدبير حكم وحكمة

    And He by whose command this world and the next subsist—

    His is their governance, through decree and wisdom.

  4. الهي قيوم السموات والفضا

    ء والأرض وما فيهما من حادثية

    My God, Sustainer of the heavens and space,

    And the earth, and all created existence within them:

  5. بسر اسمك القيوم عرشك قائم

    ومن حملته أو بعرشك حفت

    Through the mystery of Your name, the Self-Subsisting, Your Throne stands,

    As do those who bear it or surround Your Throne.

  6. بسر اسمك القيوم كرسيك احتوى

    سماواتك العليا وجرم البسيطة

    Through the mystery of Your name, the Self-Subsisting, Your Seat encompasses

    Your lofty heavens and the globe of the earth.

  7. بسر اسمك القيوم في ملكوته

    تجلى سنا الالهام للملكية

    Through the mystery of Your name, the Self-Subsisting, in His spiritual realm,

    The radiance of inspiration shone forth to the angelic host.

  8. بسر اسمك القيوم في الملك فهمنا

    خطابك ما قد تقتضي كل آية

    Through the mystery of Your name, the Self-Subsisting, in the visible realm, make us understand

    Your address—what each verse may require.

  9. أقمني بقيومية الحق شاهداً

    لسر اسمك القيوم في كل ذرة

    Through the sustaining power of the Real, establish me as a witness

    To the mystery of Your name, the Self-Subsisting, in every atom.

  10. وفي كل أطواري أقمني بسره

    بحقك قيوماً على بشريتي

    And in all my states, establish me through its mystery,

    By Your right, as a steadfast guardian over my human nature.

  11. وهب لي بقيومية اللّه مقسماً

    به قطع أشقائي ووصل سعادتي

    And grant me, through God's sustaining power, an allotted share,

    By which my misery is cut off and my happiness joined to me.