1. ألبستُ أمَّ محمدٍ

    ثوبَ التصوُّف معلما

    I clothed Umm Muhammad

    in the robe of Sufism, instructing her

  2. بشروطها مستوثِقا

    منها بذاك ومحكما

    in its conditions, taking firm assurance

    from her concerning that, and making firm

  3. ما يقتضيه وسلمتُ

    فمنحتُها مُستسلما

    what it requires; and I handed it over.

    Thus I bestowed it upon her, submitting

  4. لله فيما قد فعلت

    من اللباس ومنعما

    to God in what I had done

    in clothing her, and bestowing favor

  5. لشفاعة الصفتين إذ

    كان المهيمن أنعما

    at the intercession of the two qualities, since

    the Guardian had graced

  6. بهما على مملوكةٍ

    وهما اللتان هما هما

    a bondwoman with them both;

    and they are the two that are what they are:

  7. خلقٌ وعلمٌ جامعٌ

    أخذ التصوُّف عنهما

    character and all-embracing knowledge.

    Sufism is drawn from them both.

  8. فالحمدُ لله الذي

    قد كان ذلك منهما

    So praise be to God, through whom

    that indeed came from them both.

  9. والملكُ لله العليِّ

    لباسُ شخصٍ منهما

    And dominion belongs to God, the Most High;

    a person's garb comes from them both,

  10. في خِرقةٍ فرحيةٍ

    قَلمُ الإله قد أُحكما

    in a joyful cloak;

    the pen of God has been perfected.

  11. فيها رُقومٌ نصُّها

    الملك لله فما

    In it are inscriptions whose text reads:

    “Dominion belongs to God”; and so never

  12. عاينتُ رُقماً مثله

    في العالمين منمنما

    have I seen an inscription like it

    in all the worlds, so finely embellished.