إلا إنَّ أسماء الإله عظيمة

إلا إنَّ أسماء الإله عظيمة

وأعظمها في العقل ما ليس يعلمُ

وأعظمها في العقل ما ليس يعلمُ

Behold, the names of God are mighty,

Lo, the names of God are indeed great,

and greatest of them, to the intellect, is that which cannot be known.

And the greatest of them, to the intellect, is what is not known.

هو الأعظم المطلوب في كلِّ حالةٍ

هو الأعظم المطلوب في كلِّ حالةٍ

بهذا له قد صحَّ منه التقدُّمُ

بهذا له قد صحَّ منه التقدُّمُ

It is the Supreme, the one sought in every state;

It is the greatest, sought in every state;

through this, its precedence from Him stands confirmed.

Through this, its own precedence is indeed established.

وما هو إلا كونه جامعاً لما

وما هو إلا كونه جامعاً لما

تكون عنها فافهم إنْ كنتَ تفهم

تكون عنها فافهم إنْ كنتَ تفهم

It is nothing but its being all-embracing of that

And it is nothing but its encompassing whatever

from which you come to be. So understand, if you understand:

Has come into being from them; so understand, if you understand,

بأنك مفطورٌ على الحالةِ التي

بأنك مفطورٌ على الحالةِ التي

تكون بها وقتاً تجورُ وتظلم

تكون بها وقتاً تجورُ وتظلم

that you are by nature fashioned for the state

That you are naturally disposed to the state in which

in which, at times, you stray and do wrong.

You find yourself for a time, acting unjustly and doing wrong.

فتطلبها فقراً إليها وذلةً

فتطلبها فقراً إليها وذلةً

لأنك عبدٌ بالأصالة معدَم

لأنك عبدٌ بالأصالة معدَم

Thus you seek it, needy for it and humbled,

So you seek it out of need for it and in abasement,

because you are, in your very essence, a destitute servant.

For you are a servant, destitute by your very nature.

لقد غبتم عن آصف بالذي أتى

لقد غبتم عن آصف بالذي أتى

به لسليمانَ النبيِّ المحكم

به لسليمانَ النبيِّ المحكم

Indeed, you have overlooked the quality of the one who brought it

You have indeed overlooked Asif in what he brought

to Solomon, the prophet whose authority was made firm.

To Solomon, the firmly established prophet.

لذا قال في دُستِ الإمامة أيكم

لذا قال في دُستِ الإمامة أيكم

لتعلمَ من هذا العليُّ المعظم

لتعلمَ من هذا العليُّ المعظم

For this reason, from the seat of the imamate, he said, “Which of you...?”

Thus, on the throne of leadership, he said, 'Which of you?'

so that you might know who this exalted, venerated one is.

So that you may know who this exalted, revered one is.