1. سقطَ الفُحولُ عن الأَرائِكْ

    لمَّا برزْتَ بكِبْرِيائِكْ

    The mighty fell from their couches

    when You appeared in Your grandeur.

  2. وبدتْ أساجيفُ السَّنا

    تجلو جلالَكَ من سَنائِكْ

    And the curtains of radiance appeared,

    revealing Your majesty through Your splendor.

  3. ذهِلَتْ هناكُ أُولو العُلى

    وتحيَّرَتْ زُمَرُ الملائِكْ

    There, those of high station were bewildered,

    and the hosts of angels were confounded.

  4. فعلى جمالِكَ منْ جَلا

    لِكَ هَيْبَةٌ بِعَما غِطائِكْ

    Over Your beauty, from Your majesty,

    lies awe in the obscurity of Your veil.

  5. وسَرى بأرضِكَ سرُّها

    والحكمُ جَلْجَلَ في سَمائِكْ

    And its mystery coursed through Your earth,

    and judgment thundered in Your heaven.

  6. يا من قهرْتَ الأوَّلي

    نَ بنسقِ شأنٍ من قَضائِكْ

    O You who subdued the earlier ones

    through an ordered act of Your decree,

  7. وبهم طويْتَ الآخِري

    نَ فكلُّهُمْ بطُوى ابْتِلائِكْ

    and through them folded away the later ones—

    all are in the Ṭuwā of Your trial.

  8. ورشَشْتَ فوقَ المُرْسَلي

    نَ الزُّهْرِ رَشًّا من بَهائِكْ

    And You sprinkled upon the messengers,

    the radiant ones, a sprinkling of Your splendor,

  9. وبعَثْتَهُمْ للعالَمي

    نَ فأيَّدوا معنى وَلائِكْ

    and sent them to the worlds,

    so they upheld the meaning of allegiance to You.

  10. وجرَى هُداهُمْ منكَ في

    أهلِ العِنايَةِ أوْلِيائِكْ

    And their guidance flowed from You among

    the people of providence, Your saints,

  11. أَحبابِكَ الغُرِّ الكِرا

    مُ أُولي المَعارِجِ أَصْفِيائِكْ

    Your beloved, the radiant, the noble,

    possessors of ascents, Your chosen ones.

  12. كشَفوا ظلامَ الفانِيا

    تِ بما تلأْلأَ من ضِيائِكْ

    They dispelled the darkness of transient things

    with what sparkled from Your light.

  13. تبًّا وسُحْقاً للَّذي

    نَ لوَوْا عِناناً عن أولَئِكْ

    Ruin and banishment upon those

    who turned their reins away from them!

  14. جهِلوا جَلالَكَ وهو لا

    يخفَى وصَمُّوا عن نِدائِكْ

    They knew not Your majesty, though it is not

    hidden, and turned deaf to Your call.

  15. قَرَعَتْهُمُ الآياتُ بال

    صَّدَماتِ من فَعَّالِ دائِكْ

    The signs struck them with

    blows from the potent working of Your affliction.

  16. قُدِّسْتَ ما للدَّاءِ إِ

    لاَّ ما تنزَّلَ من دَوائِكْ

    Holy are You! Sickness has no cure

    save what has descended from Your remedy.

  17. حارَتْ عُقولُ أُلي النُّهى

    بنِماطِ نُقطةِ رمزِ بائِكْ

    The minds of those endowed with reason were bewildered

    by the patterns of the dot in the symbol of Your bāʾ.

  18. نوعُ انْجِلائِكَ بالتَّجَ

    لِّي والتَّجلِّي بانْجِلائِكْ

    The manner of Your unveiling through self-manifestation,

    and self-manifestation through Your unveiling,

  19. أبدى رَقائِقَ ما نَسَج

    تَ لكلِّ فانٍ من بَقائِكْ

    revealed the subtleties of what You wove

    for every transient being from Your everlastingness.

  20. بالافْتِقارِ تشوَّفَتْ

    مُقَلُ المُجودِ الى عطائِكْ

    In need, there gazed longingly

    the eyes of the perfected one toward Your bounty.

  21. وجميعُ ذرَّاتِ البَوا

    رِزِ وهي تسبحُ في فَضائِكْ

    And all the particles of manifest things,

    as they swim in Your expanse,

  22. ذلَّتْ لعِزِّكَ بالخُضو

    عِ وبالخُشوعِ الى عَلائِكْ

    humbled themselves before Your might in submission

    and in reverence toward Your exaltedness.

  23. فبجَبْرَؤُوتِكَ من ظُهو

    رِكَ سرُّ طَوْلٍ في خَفائِكْ

    Thus, by Your omnipotence, from Your manifestation

    comes a secret of bounty within Your concealment.

  24. نُزِّهْتَ عن نسبِ ابْتِدا

    ئِكْ في شُؤُنِكَ وانْتِهائِكْ

    You are exalted beyond any ascription of a beginning

    to You in Your affairs, or of an end.

  25. لن يقشَعَ الظُّلُماتِ بال

    تَّوحيدِ غيرُ سَنا جلائِكْ

    Nothing will dispel the darkness through

    affirming oneness, save the radiance of Your unveiling.

  26. إنِّي أتيتُكَ بالدُّعا

    ءِ وأينَ قَدْري من دُعائِكْ

    I have come to You in supplication,

    yet what is my worth beside calling upon You?

  27. مُتوسِّلاً بمحمَّدٍ

    سُلطانِ سادةِ أنبيائِكْ

    Seeking intercession through Muhammad,

    sovereign of the leaders of Your prophets,

  28. وبآلِهِ وبصحبِهِ

    والأَولياءُ أولي حَبائِكْ

    and through his family and his companions,

    and the saints, endowed with Your bounty;

  29. بالذَّاهلينَ الخائفي

    نَ ذوي التَّملمُلِ في فِنائِكْ

    through the awestruck, the fearful,

    those restless within Your courtyard,

  30. والذَّاهبينَ إليكَ لا

    يبغونَ شيئاً من وَرَائِكْ

    and those who go to You, who do not

    seek anything beyond You.

  31. كُلِّي مريضٌ فاغْمِسَنْ

    أجْزاءَ كلِّي في شِفائِكْ

    All of me is sick, so immerse

    all my parts in Your healing.

  32. واجْعَلْ جَميلَ العفوِ عن

    ذَنْبي جَزائي من جَزائِكْ

    And make gracious forgiveness for

    my sin my share of Your recompense.

  33. واسْتُرْ عُيوبي حينَ أج

    فَلُ من ثَوايَ الى لِقائِكْ

    And conceal my faults when I rush

    from my resting place to meet You.

  34. وعليكَ يا طَهَ صَلا

    ةُ اللهِ تختَرِقُ الحَبائِكْ

    And upon you, O Taha, be

    God's blessing, piercing the celestial paths,

  35. وصِحابِكَ الغُرِّ الكِرا

    مِ وتابِعيكَ وأقربائِكْ

    and upon your radiant, noble companions,

    your followers and your kinsfolk,

  36. ما ضجَّ في رُفُفِ الغُيو

    بِ جَليلُ حزبٍ في ثَنائِكْ

    as long as, in the tiers of the unseen realms,

    a mighty company cries aloud in your praise;

  37. وبَنى جَحاجِحَةُ القُلو

    بِ هُدى الأنامِ على بِنائِكْ

    and the great masters of hearts build

    mankind's guidance upon your edifice;

  38. وانْحطَّ كلُّ ذوي العُلى

    والمجدِ عن رُتَبِ ارْتِقائِكْ

    and all those of eminence

    and glory fall below the ranks of your ascent;

  39. فوقَ الرَّفارِفِ ما بَنَيْ

    تَ ودونَ حِكمتِكَ السَّبائِكْ

    above the canopies is what you built,

    and beneath your wisdom lie the ingots;

  40. وتواضَعَتْ ساداتُ سا

    داتِ الوُجودِ لدى لِوائِكْ

    and the lords of the lords

    of existence humble themselves before your banner;

  41. وطوَى الإِلهُ خَوارِقَ ال

    عاداتِ طيًّا في رِدائِكْ

    and God enfolds the wonders that defy

    custom, enfolding them within your mantle.