روحspirit يذكرis deemed masculine والأنثىand the feminine طبيعتهits nature
روح يذكر والأنثى طبيعته
فكلthus every عينٍentity فمنthen from أنثىa female ومنand from ذَكَرِa male
فكل عينٍ فمن أنثى ومن ذَكَرِ
Spirit is deemed masculine, and its nature is feminine;
The spirit recalls its feminine nature,
Thus every entity comes from a female and a male.
For every eye belongs to a female or male.
هذاthis فراشa bed وذاand that سقفa roof يظللهshades it
هذا فراش وذا سقف يظلله
والأمرand the affair بينهماbetween them both يجريproceeds علىaccording to قدرa measure
والأمر بينهما يجري على قدر
This is a bed, and that a roof that shades it;
This is a moth and that a roof shading it,
And the affair between them proceeds according to measure.
And what's between them flows according to fate.
للهto God حكمrule اقتدارٍmight لاnot يزايلهleaves Him
لله حكم اقتدارٍ لا يزايله
كماjust as القبولُreceptivity لناto us فاسلكso walk علىin أثريmy footsteps
كما القبولُ لنا فاسلك على أثري
To God belongs the rule of might, which never leaves Him,
God has a power of decree that nothing alters,
Just as receptivity is ours—so follow in my footsteps.
So accept it and follow in my footsteps.
والكونand the cosmos عنfrom أصلِan origin شفعٍa pair لاno وجودَexistence لهfor it
والكون عن أصلِ شفعٍ لا وجودَ له
فيin الوترthe unpaired فاعلمso know وكنand be منهagainst it علىon حذرguard
في الوتر فاعلم وكن منه على حذر
And the cosmos springs from a paired origin; it has no existence
The universe has no origin in paired opposites,
In the unpaired—so know, and be on your guard against it.
In the odd numbers know this and beware.
والرابطُand the link الفردُthe single one لاnot ينفكceases to be بينهماbetween them both
والرابطُ الفردُ لا ينفك بينهما
لولاهwithout it ماnot كانwould exist ماwhat شاهدتyou witnessed منof صُوَرِforms
لولاه ما كان ما شاهدت من صُوَرِ
And the single link never ceases to be between them;
The one link does not separate between them,
Without it, the forms you have witnessed would not exist,
Without it you'd not see any forms you see.
عقلاًby reason وشرعاًand by sacred law وتنزيهاًand affirming transcendence لمعرفةٍfor knowledge
عقلاً وشرعاً وتنزيهاً لمعرفةٍ
وليسand there is not فيin العلمknowledge إنْif أنصفتَyou are fair منany خطرdanger
وليس في العلم إنْ أنصفتَ من خطر
By reason and sacred law, and in affirming transcendence for the sake of knowledge;
Intellect and law and transcending knowledge,
And in knowledge there is no danger, if you are fair.
If you judge fairly, there is no flaw in learning.