تقدستYou are holy قدساًin holiness ياO سلامPeace مبرءاًfree of defects
تقدست قدساً يا سلام مبرءاً
منfrom النقصimperfection والآفاتand afflictions محضutter البراءةfreedom from defects
من النقص والآفات محض البراءة
You are hallowed in utter holiness, O al-Salām, wholly free
You are utterly holy, O Peace, free
of deficiency and afflictions—pure freedom from all fault.
from imperfection and afflictions—entirely free of them.
سلمتYou are unblemished فماso ... not قدسholiness السلامof Peace اضافةa relation
سلمت فما قدس السلام اضافة
لحدto a limit ولاnor اسلابهHis negations لشريطةto a condition
لحد ولا اسلابه لشريطة
You are transcendent: the holiness of al-Salām is no attribution
You are unblemished; the holiness of Peace is not relative
relative to a limit, nor are His negations subject to a condition.
to a limit, nor are His negations subject to a condition.
سلامةfreedom from defects ذاتessence الحقof the True One قدسholiness لذاتهintrinsic to His essence
سلامة ذات الحق قدس لذاته
يشارreference is made إليهto it دونwithout دركgrasping الحقيقةthe reality
يشار إليه دون درك الحقيقة
The transcendence of the Real’s Essence is holiness intrinsic to Him;
The soundness of the True One’s essence is holiness intrinsic to Him,
He may be indicated, though the Reality cannot be grasped.
indicated without grasping its reality.
وماand ... not مبلغutmost reach الادراكunderstanding إلاexcept سلامةfreedom from flaws
وما مبلغ الادراك إلا سلامة
لوجهfor the countenance of السلامPeace الحقthe True One فيin كلevery حضرةpresence
لوجه السلام الحق في كل حضرة
The utmost reach of cognition is only to affirm transcendence
And understanding’s utmost reach is only freedom from flaw
for the Face of al-Salām, the Real, in every presence.
of the countenance of Peace, the True One, in every presence.
وليستand are not مقاماتstations الثناءof praise وإنand even if علتthey rise high
وليست مقامات الثناء وإن علت
ببالغةattaining تقديسهproclaiming His holiness منby طريقةa path
ببالغة تقديسه من طريقة
The stations of praise, however high they rise,
And the stations of praise, however lofty, cannot
cannot attain to hallowing Him in any way.
fully proclaim His holiness by any path.
الهيmy God سلمتYou made safe الخليقةcreation مبدءاًat the outset
الهي سلمت الخليقة مبدءاً
بايجادكby Your bringing into being الامكانpossibility بالأبدعيةthrough creative origination
بايجادك الامكان بالأبدعية
My God, You safeguarded creation from its very beginning
My God, You made creation safe at its beginning,
by bringing the realm of possibility into being through peerless origination.
by Your bringing the possible into being through creative origination.
وسلمتهمand You kept them safe منfrom بدئهمtheir beginning لمعادهمto their return
وسلمتهم من بدئهم لمعادهم
منfrom الظلمinjustice فيin اقداركYour decrees الأزليةeternal
من الظلم في اقدارك الأزلية
And You kept them safe, from their beginning until their return,
And You kept them safe, from their beginning to their return,
from injustice in Your eternal decrees.
from injustice in Your eternal decrees.
وسلمتهمand You kept them safe منfrom مطلقunrestricted السرthe secret غيرexcept ماwhat
وسلمتهم من مطلق السر غير ما
تضمنcontains خيراًgood وهوand it عنهمfrom them بخفيةin concealment
تضمن خيراً وهو عنهم بخفية
And You spared them the absolute mystery, except what
And You kept them safe from all that is secret, except what
contained good—while it remains hidden from them.
contains good, though it is hidden from them.
أجرنيgrant me refuge أجرنيgrant me refuge ياO سلامPeace منfrom الأذىharm
أجرني أجرني يا سلام من الأذى
بدينيin my faith والدنياand worldly life بأيةin any وجهةdirection
بديني والدنيا بأية وجهة
Shelter me, shelter me, O al-Salām, from harm
Grant me refuge, grant me refuge, O Peace, from harm
to my faith or worldly life, from any direction.
in my faith and worldly life, from any quarter.
فماfor ... not يسلمis safe المخلوقthe creature إنif لمnot يكنthere is لهfor it
فما يسلم المخلوق إن لم يكن له
بيمنىby the right hand of السلامPeace الحقthe True One نشرspreading السلامةsafety
بيمنى السلام الحق نشر السلامة
For no creature is safe unless there is for it,
For no creature is safe unless, for its sake,
by the right hand of al-Salām, the Real, a spreading of safety.
safety is spread by the right hand of Peace, the True One.
الهيmy God حققنيmake me truly embody سلاماًpeace ولقنيand grant me
الهي حققني سلاماً ولقني
سلامكYour peace فيin دارabode السلامof Peace المقيمةeverlasting
سلامك في دار السلام المقيمة
My God, make me truly peace, and let me receive
My God, make me an embodiment of peace, and grant me
Your peace in the everlasting Abode of Peace.
Your peace in the everlasting Abode of Peace.