وياand O واليRuler of الأشياءall things ملكاًin dominion وحيطةand encompassing oversight
ويا والي الأشياء ملكاً وحيطة
تصرفهاYou direct them حكماًby decree بحسبaccording to المشيئةYour will
تصرفها حكماً بحسب المشيئة
And O Ruler of all things, in dominion and encompassing oversight,
O Master of all things, a King of encompassing rule
You direct them by decree, according to Your will.
Whose management according to His will all things endure
توليتهاYou took charge of them بسطاًin expansion وقبضاًand contraction مدبراًgoverning
توليتها بسطاً وقبضاً مدبراً
لهاfor them حسبaccording to ماwhat تختارYou choose لاnot بمعونةwith assistance
لها حسب ما تختار لا بمعونة
You took charge of them, expanding and contracting, governing
Who has extended and withheld them in His providence
Them as You choose, without assistance.
According to what He chooses, not with any help
لأمركYour command has سلطانsovereign authority النفوذeffective sway بلاwithout يدa hand
لأمرك سلطان النفوذ بلا يد
معارضةopposing أوor شركةpartnership فيin القضيةthe matter
معارضة أو شركة في القضية
Your command has sovereign force, with no hand
For Your command there is the sultanate of influence without hands
Opposing it, nor any partnership in the matter.
Or any partnership in the matter
تفردتYou stand alone بالتدبيرin governance فيin كلevery كائنexistent being
تفردت بالتدبير في كل كائن
فماso no دبرgoverned المخلوقcreated being أمراًany affair لشركةin partnership
فما دبر المخلوق أمراً لشركة
You alone govern every being;
You alone oversee all creation
So no creature has governed any affair in partnership.
So no creature contrives anything without Your partnership
وكنتand You have been ملياًfully capable بالولايةof guardianship قدرةin power
وكنت ملياً بالولاية قدرة
وفعلاًand in action وتدبيراًand in governance بغيرwithout وسيطةan intermediary
وفعلاً وتدبيراً بغير وسيطة
And You have ever been fully capable of guardianship, in power,
And You have been endowed with guardianship and power
And in action and governance, without an intermediary.
In deed and management without any intermediary
وماand what ليhave I وللتدبيرand with planning والأمرwhile command كلهall of it
وما لي وللتدبير والأمر كله
إليكto You وماand not ليmine منكof Yours مثقالthe weight of ذرةan atom
إليك وما لي منك مثقال ذرة
And what have I to do with planning, when all command
And I have no part in the management and command of all
Belongs to You, and nothing of Yours—not an atom's weight—is mine?
To You belongs all and I have not an atom's weight from You
وماand what قدرthe worth of تدبيريmy planning وشأنand the standing of استطاعتيmy ability
وما قدر تدبيري وشأن استطاعتي
وفيwhile within قيدthe fetters of حكمa decree منكfrom You تصريفthe directing of فطرتيmy innate nature
وفي قيد حكم منك تصريف فطرتي
And what worth has my planning, what standing my ability,
And my management and the extent of my capability
When my nature's workings are bound by a decree from You?
Is by the decree of Your governance, the molding of my nature
واسقاطand relinquishing تدبيريmy planning سلوكa spiritual path محققof a realized seeker
واسقاط تدبيري سلوك محقق
يحققهmakes it real أمريmy affairs لواليto the Guardian of الحقيقةReality
يحققه أمري لوالي الحقيقة
And relinquishing my planning is a realized seeker's path,
And the lowering of my management is the course of truth
Made real by this: my affairs belong to the Guardian of Reality.
Made true by my Lord's command of the reality
وماand what مبلغthe reach of التدبيرplanning والأمرwhile the affair منتهىending
وما مبلغ التدبير والأمر منتهى
إليكto You وأطواريwhile my states لحصرsubject to limitation وعلةand causation
إليك وأطواري لحصر وعلة
And what reach has planning, when all affairs come at last
And the extent of management and command is not the end
To You, while my states are subject to limitation and causation?
To You, and my states are for definition and cause
الهيmy God سلطانsovereign power الولايةguardianship باهرdazzling
الهي سلطان الولاية باهر
لكليلةto the dim eye of الامكانcontingency والجزئيةand particularity
لكليلة الامكان والجزئية
My God, the sovereign power of Your guardianship is dazzling
O God, the splendid sultanate of guardianship
To the dim eye of contingency and particularity.
Of the macrocosm and microcosm
تولtake charge of أموريmy affairs كلهاall of them وادفعand ward off البلاtribulation
تول أموري كلها وادفع البلا
وأفاتand the afflictions of هذاthis الكونuniverse وابسطand extend ولايتيmy guardianship
وأفات هذا الكون وابسط ولايتي
Take charge of all my affairs, and ward off tribulation
Take over all my affairs, and remove afflictions
And the afflictions of this universe, and extend my guardianship.
And extend my guardianship over this universe