للقومِ في حضرَةِ التَّصريفِ ديوانُ

للقومِ في حضرَةِ التَّصريفِ ديوانُ

به مُلوكٌ وقُوَّادٌ وفُرْسانُ

به مُلوكٌ وقُوَّادٌ وفُرْسانُ

The company has a council in the court of governance;

The people have in the presence of destiny a book

In it are kings, commanders, and knights.

In it are kings, generals, and horsemen

تبدو الخَفايا على مضمونِ حِكمَتِهِمْ

تبدو الخَفايا على مضمونِ حِكمَتِهِمْ

فهُمْ لباطِنِ حُكمِ الغيبِ بُرْهانُ

فهُمْ لباطِنِ حُكمِ الغيبِ بُرْهانُ

Hidden things appear according to the purport of their wisdom;

The secrets become apparent in the content of their wisdom

Thus they are proof of the inward aspect of the unseen’s decree.

For they are proof of the inner workings of the unseen

نِظامُهُمْ في طَوايا شأنِ سيرَتِهِمْ

نِظامُهُمْ في طَوايا شأنِ سيرَتِهِمْ

وكشْفِها سُنَّةٌ تُروى وقُرآنُ

وكشْفِها سُنَّةٌ تُروى وقُرآنُ

Their order, in the hidden folds of the nature of their conduct

Their system in the intricacies of their conduct

and in its unveiling, is a transmitted tradition and the Qur’an.

And its exposure is a tradition related and recited