قل لامرىء رام إدراكاً لخالقه

قل لامرىء رام إدراكاً لخالقه

العجز عن دَرك الإدراك إدراكُ

العجز عن دَرك الإدراك إدراكُ

Say to a man who sought to comprehend his Creator:

Tell whoever aspires to know their Creator

Inability to grasp comprehension is comprehension.

That realizing the unrealizable is realization

من دانَ بالحيرة الغرَّاءِ فهو فتى

من دانَ بالحيرة الغرَّاءِ فهو فتى

لغايةِ العلمِ بالرحمن دراكِ

لغايةِ العلمِ بالرحمن دراكِ

Whoever believes in radiant bewilderment is a youth

Whoever is perplexed by the haze has merit

Who deeply grasps the utmost reach of knowledge of the All-Merciful.

For reaching the knowledge of the Merciful is realization

وأيّ شخصٍ أبى إلا تحققه

وأيّ شخصٍ أبى إلا تحققه

فإنَّ غايته جحد وإشراك

فإنَّ غايته جحد وإشراك

And anyone who insists on his own certain apprehension—

And whoever insists on certainty

Then his end is indeed denial and associating partners with God.

Their end is denial and idolatry

فالعجز وعن دركِ التحقيق شمسُ حجىً

فالعجز وعن دركِ التحقيق شمسُ حجىً

جرتْ بها فوق جوِّ النسكِ أفلاك

جرتْ بها فوق جوِّ النسكِ أفلاك

Thus incapacity—and inability to attain realization—is a sun of reason,

So incapacity to attain verification is a sun of splendor

With which celestial spheres have coursed above the sky of devotion.

Revolving above the cosmos of devotion are its orbits