تبارك الله الذي لم يزل

تبارك الله الذي لم يزل

بما به متصفاً في الأزل

بما به متصفاً في الأزل

Blessed is God, who has never ceased

Blessed is Allah, who has always

to bear the attributes that were His in beginningless eternity.

Been characterized by what He was in eternity

سبحانه من واحدٍ ما له

سبحانه من واحدٍ ما له

قد عز في سلطانه ثم جَل

قد عز في سلطانه ثم جَل

Glory be to Him, the One; what belongs to Him

Glory be to Him, the One who has no equal

is indeed mighty in His sovereignty, then exalted.

Who has become mighty in His sultanate, then majestic

أنكرتِ الألباب بعضَ الذي

أنكرتِ الألباب بعضَ الذي

جاءت به آياته والرسُل

جاءت به آياته والرسُل

Intellects denied some of what

The minds have denied some of what

His signs and the messengers brought,

His verses and messengers have brought

وسلمته بعد ما أوّلت

وسلمته بعد ما أوّلت

ظاهره من خبرِ أو مثل

ظاهره من خبرِ أو مثل

and accepted it after interpreting

And accepted it after interpreting

its outward sense, whether report or parable.

Its apparent meaning with a tradition or parable

إن الذي أعطاه برهانها

إن الذي أعطاه برهانها

لما بها من زيغٍ أو من علل

لما بها من زيغٍ أو من علل

Indeed, what their proof has yielded

Indeed, He who gave it its proofs

is due to the deviation or ailments within them,

Due to the deviance or defects in it

في قلبها كذا أتى وحيه

في قلبها كذا أتى وحيه

في ذكره من كلِّ خَطب جلل

في ذكره من كلِّ خَطب جلل

in their hearts; thus His revelation came

Sent His revelation to their hearts

in His Reminder, concerning every momentous affair.

About His mention from every momentous address

ما استغنتِ الذاتُ التي برهنت

ما استغنتِ الذاتُ التي برهنت

عن عَرض قام بها أو محل

عن عَرض قام بها أو محل

The essence established by proof has not dispensed

The essence that proved it

with an accident inhering in it, or a locus,

Does not need an attribute that supports it or a place

إلا عن العالم من كونه

إلا عن العالم من كونه

دليلُ كونِ حكمه لم يزل

دليلُ كونِ حكمه لم يزل

except with the world, insofar as it is

Except from the world by its existence

proof that His rule has never ceased.

As evidence of the constant wisdom of His judgement

وإنه إنْ لم يكن قائلاً

وإنه إنْ لم يكن قائلاً

لم يكن الكونُ به واضمحل

لم يكن الكونُ به واضمحل

And indeed, if He were not speaking,

For if He were not the Speaker

the cosmos would not exist through Him, and would vanish.

The universe would not exist through Him and would vanish

فالأمر لا شكَّ على ما ترى

فالأمر لا شكَّ على ما ترى

في عينه حكمةُ أهلِ الدول

في عينه حكمةُ أهلِ الدول

So the matter is doubtless as you see:

So there is no doubt, as you see

in its very essence lies the wisdom of those who hold sway.

The wisdom of the people of power is in His eye