يا أيها الناس خافوا الله واعتمدوا

يا أيها الناس خافوا الله واعتمدوا

عليه في كلِّ حالٍ إنكم صبرُ

عليه في كلِّ حالٍ إنكم صبرُ

O people, fear God and rely

O people, fear God and rely

On Him in every state; indeed, you are steadfast.

On Him at all times, you are patient

ولا يزالُ وجودُ الحقِّ عينكم

ولا يزالُ وجودُ الحقِّ عينكم

في هذه الدار حتى ينقضي العمرُ

في هذه الدار حتى ينقضي العمرُ

And the being of the Real remains your very essence

And the existence of truth is still in your eyes

In this abode until life's span ends.

In this world until life ends

إذا نُقلتم إلى الأخرى فإنَّ لكم

إذا نُقلتم إلى الأخرى فإنَّ لكم

فيها شؤوناً يراها من له نظر

فيها شؤوناً يراها من له نظر

When you are transferred to the other abode, you will have

When you move to the next, you will have

Affairs within it that whoever has insight sees

In it affairs that the one with insight sees

هناك والمؤمنون العالمون بها

هناك والمؤمنون العالمون بها

يرونها بعيون ما لها بصر

يرونها بعيون ما لها بصر

There; and the believers who know of them

There the believers and the knowledgeable see them

See them with eyes that have no sight.

With eyes that have no vision

فيها الكمال الذي بالنشىء أطلبه

فيها الكمال الذي بالنشىء أطلبه

فيها المنافع ما فيها لنا ضرر

فيها المنافع ما فيها لنا ضرر

In it is the perfection I seek through coming into being.

In it is the perfection that I seek with prosperity

In it are benefits; in it there is no harm for us.

In it are benefits, nothing in it harms us

قد خُص بالضرّ أقوامٌ ذوو أعمه

قد خُص بالضرّ أقوامٌ ذوو أعمه

في دار خزي لهم فيها بما كفروا

في دار خزي لهم فيها بما كفروا

Some people, possessed of blind bewilderment [unclear wording], have been singled out for harm

Some people of blindness have been afflicted with harm

In an abode where disgrace is theirs because they disbelieved.

In the house of disgrace, for their disbelief they have

جاءت سعادتهم تمشي على قدمٍ

جاءت سعادتهم تمشي على قدمٍ

فيما ابتلاهم به لو أنهم صبروا

فيما ابتلاهم به لو أنهم صبروا

Their happiness would have come walking on foot,

Their happiness came walking on one foot

In what He tested them with, had they been patient.

While the affliction that befell them, had they been patient

أعماهم الله عن أمر له خلفوا

أعماهم الله عن أمر له خلفوا

حتى يكون الذي يأتي به القدر

حتى يكون الذي يأتي به القدر

God blinded them to a matter for which they were left behind,

God blinded them from a matter they abandoned

So that what destiny brings might come to pass.

Until what fate brings comes

أشقاهم الله في أشياء تسرّهمُ

أشقاهم الله في أشياء تسرّهمُ

قد زينت لهمُ فيهم وما شحروا

قد زينت لهمُ فيهم وما شحروا

God made them wretched through things that delight them,

God made them miserable in things that delight them

Already adorned for them within themselves, yet they did not perceive [conjectural reading].

Adorned for them while they swelled with pride

لو أنهم صبروا ما كان حالهمُ

لو أنهم صبروا ما كان حالهمُ

إلا السعادة والإسعاد والظفر

إلا السعادة والإسعاد والظفر

Had they been patient, their state would have been nothing

Had they been patient their state

But happiness, the bestowal of happiness, and triumph.

Would only be happiness, prosperity and triumph