ياO واصفاًone describing ربهhis Lord بجهلin ignorance
يا واصفاً ربه بجهل
لمdid not يقدرesteem اللَهGod حقthe due measure of قدرهHis worth
لم يقدر اللَه حق قدره
O you who describe your Lord in ignorance,
O you who describe your Lord with ignorance,
you have not accorded God His due.
You have not appreciated Allah as He deserves,
كيفhow يفوتelude الإلهGod علمknowledge
كيف يفوت الإله علم
بسرof the secrets of مخلوقهHis creature وجهرهand its open utterances
بسر مخلوقه وجهره
How could knowledge elude God
How can the knowledge of the Divine miss
of His creature's secrets and open utterances,
The secrets of His creation, overt and covert,
وهوwhile He محيطٌencompassing بكلof every شيءٍthing
وهو محيطٌ بكل شيءٍ
وكلهand all of it كائنٌexisting بأمرهby His command
وكله كائنٌ بأمره
while He encompasses all things,
When He encompasses all things,
and all of it exists by His command?
And all exist by His command.