إحراقناour burning البالغthorough فيin أولthe beginning of الthe
إحراقنا البالغ في أول ال
تكليسcalcination روحspirit ثابتfixed لاnot يطيرflies
تكليس روح ثابت لا يطير
Our thorough burning at the outset of the
Our burning zeal at the outset of
calcination is a fixed spirit that does not fly.
Calcifying the soul that does not fly
والكلسand the calx إنif أدخلis introduced آثالناour aludel (sublimation vessel) ألthe
والكلس إن أدخل آثالنا أل
أبيضwhite روحspirit نخلتwas sifted بالحريرthrough silk
أبيض روح نخلت بالحرير
And the calx, if put into our aludel—the
And if the calcification enters our lineage
white one—is a spirit sifted through silk.
A white soul lined with silk
فاجعلso make لأجسادكfor your bodies تنهضthey rise بهاby means of them
فاجعل لأجسادك تنهض بها
أجنحةwings منfrom روحهاtheir spirit فيin السعيرthe blazing fire
أجنحة من روحها في السعير
So fashion for your bodies, to lift them,
So make your bodies rise with
wings from their spirit in the blazing fire.
Wings of spirit in the blaze
وكلماand whenever ثَقَّلتَyou make heavier أرواحهاtheir spirits
وكلما ثَقَّلتَ أرواحها
كانwas لهاfor them أنهضَmore uplifting نحوtoward الأثيرthe ether
كان لها أنهضَ نحو الأثير
And whenever you make their spirits heavier,
And the more their souls grew heavy
it lifts them higher toward the ether.
The higher they rose towards the ether
وَروحِand spiritualize الأجسادthe bodies فيduring حلّهاtheir dissolution
وَروحِ الأجساد في حلّها
فحلَّهاfor their dissolution أمرa matter عليناfor us يسيرeasy
فحلَّها أمر علينا يسير
And spiritualize the bodies as you dissolve them;
And unleash the souls in their problems
for their dissolution is an easy matter for us.
For solving them is easy for us
وَجّردِand strip bare الأرواحthe spirits فيduring عقدهاtheir coagulation
وَجّردِ الأرواح في عقدها
لجسمهاto their body عقدbinding مُمَرِّone who twists tightly المَرِيرthe tightly twisted cord
لجسمها عقد مُمَرِّ المَرِير
And strip the spirits bare as you bind them
And free the spirits in their bond
to their body, as a rope-twister knots a tightly twisted cord.
To their bodies a passing bitter bond
فهذهso this غايةthe utmost of ماwhat عندناwe have
فهذه غاية ما عندنا
فيin الحلdissolution والعقدand coagulation بقولin a saying شهيرwell-known
في الحل والعقد بقول شهير
This, then, is the sum of what we know
For this is the extent of what we have
of dissolution and coagulation, in a well-known saying.
In binding and loosing with famous words
وإنماand only الصنعةthe craft فيin جنبcomparison with ماwhat
وإنما الصنعة في جنب ما
عَلِّمَناtaught us اللهُGod جزاءٌa reward حقيرpaltry
عَلِّمَنا اللهُ جزاءٌ حقير
And the craft, compared with what
But the real skill lies in the side of what
God has taught us, is but a paltry reward.
God has taught us, a meager reward
فاسعدso rejoice بماin what أوتيتَyou were given منof حكمةwisdom
فاسعد بما أوتيتَ من حكمة
واعمرand enrich بهاwith it عقباكyour hereafter فهيfor it is المصيرthe final destination
واعمر بها عقباك فهي المصير
So rejoice in the wisdom you have been granted,
So be content with the wisdom you've been given
and enrich your hereafter with it, for that is the final destination.
And build your future with it, for it is the destiny
وماand what أعَدَّhas prepared اللهGod فيin جنةgarden الthe
وما أعَدَّ الله في جنة ال
مأوىrefuge لناfor us فهوso it is الثوابthe reward الكبيرgreat
مأوى لنا فهو الثواب الكبير
And what God has prepared in the Garden of
And what God has prepared in a paradise
Refuge for us is the great reward.
For our refuge, it is the great reward