كبِّر إلهك فالإله كبير

كبِّر إلهك فالإله كبير

والخلق إن حقرته فكبيرُ

والخلق إن حقرته فكبيرُ

Proclaim your God's greatness, for God is great.

Glorify your God for God is Great

And creation, if you belittle it, is great.

And creation, though you belittle it, is great

ولذاك جاء بوزن أفعل فاعتبر

ولذاك جاء بوزن أفعل فاعتبر

في لفظ أكبر فالمقامُ خطير

في لفظ أكبر فالمقامُ خطير

And thus it came in the afʿal pattern—so reflect

And that's why it came in the pattern 'af'al' so take heed

on the word 'greater,' for the station is momentous.

In the word 'akbar' for the occasion is momentous

لا تحقرنَّ الخلقَ إن مقامه الت

لا تحقرنَّ الخلقَ إن مقامه الت

عظيم والتعزيز والتوقيرُ

عظيم والتعزيز والتوقيرُ

Do not ever belittle creation, for its station is

Do not belittle people for their station is

magnification, honoring, and reverence.

Exalted, and due esteem and honor

فهو الدليل على مكوّن ذاته

فهو الدليل على مكوّن ذاته

فله التصوُّر ما له التصوير

فله التصوُّر ما له التصوير

For it is the proof of the maker of its essence.

For they are proof of their Maker's essence

It takes form, but does not give form.

So to Him belong conception and depiction

فإذا ذكرت الله وحِّد ذاته

فإذا ذكرت الله وحِّد ذاته

فمقامها التوحيد ولها التكثير

فمقامها التوحيد ولها التكثير

So when you mention God, affirm the oneness of His essence.

And when you mention God, profess His Oneness

For its station is oneness, and multiplicity belongs to it.

For its stance is oneness, though multiplicity belongs to it

ولتكثير النسب التي ثبتت له

ولتكثير النسب التي ثبتت له

فهو الوحيد وإنه لكثير

فهو الوحيد وإنه لكثير

And because of the multiplicity of relations established for Him,

And belongs to the multiplication of attributes attached to Him

He is the Unique One, and indeed He is manifold.

He is One though abundant

فهو المريد وجودنا من عينه

فهو المريد وجودنا من عينه

وإذا أراد وجودنا فقدير

وإذا أراد وجودنا فقدير

For He wills our existence from His own essence.

He is the willful of our existence from His essence

And when He wills our existence, He is powerful.

And when He wills our existence, He is Able

وهو المكلم والمناجي عبدَه

وهو المكلم والمناجي عبدَه

بالطورِ في النيران وهو النور

بالطورِ في النيران وهو النور

And He is the One who speaks to and communes with His servant

He is the Speaker, the One who converses with His servant

at the Mount, amid the fires—and He is the Light.

At the Mount amidst the flames, and He is the Light

وهو السميعُ هو البصيرُ بخلقه

وهو السميعُ هو البصيرُ بخلقه

وهو العليم بما علمتَ خبير

وهو العليم بما علمتَ خبير

And He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing of His creation.

He is the Hearer, the Seer of His creation

And He is the All-Knowing, fully aware of what you have known.

He is the Knower, the Expert of what you know

إني رأيت قصيدتي ديباجةً

إني رأيت قصيدتي ديباجةً

فيها نُضارٌ رقمُها وحرير

فيها نُضارٌ رقمُها وحرير

Indeed, I saw my poem as a brocade:

I saw my poem as a fine robe

in it are pure gold for its embroidery, and silk.

In it, youthful features, its embroidery and silk

أوّلتها أسماءه ونعوته

أوّلتها أسماءه ونعوته

فلها على كلِّ الوجوهِ ظهورِ

فلها على كلِّ الوجوهِ ظهورِ

I interpreted it as His names and attributes;

I began it with His Names and Attributes

thus it is manifest in every aspect.

For through every aspect, they are manifest